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Richard Brownson
chr.23 Jul 1615 Earls Colne, Essex, England
d.Bef 26 Sep 1687 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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m. 12 May 1600
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m. Abt 1643
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m. Abt 1646/47
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An original settler at Farmington... Richard and John Bronson were at Hartford at an early period of the settlement. From them, most, if not all, the Bronsons in Connecticut are descended. The artist, Frederic Remington, is a descendant. [edit] From Families of Early Hartford, CTSupposed to have been at Hartford with his brother, John; removed to Farmington 1653; joined the church there Apr 1654. Inv. Sept. 1687 L. 405-8. His first wife was [Abigail Wilborne/Weyborn/Wilbour/Wayborn] a sister of the wife [married in Willesborough, Kent, England] of William Pantrey of Hartford who mentions in her will Sept. 12 1651 "two children of Richard Bronson that he had by my sister, John and Abigail." [edit] Will of Richard Brunson'The will of "Richard Brunson of Farmington" was dated 27 Feb. 1684 [1684/5]. He devised to his wife (unnamed) during her life the use of the whole homestead, the lower room of the old house, "& one good cowe," bedding and household implements. Son Samuel to be sole executor and to have residue, "having given my two other sons their portions"; to daughter Hannah, £4 more; to daughter Eddy £3 more; to daughter Abigail, 40s. more; to daughter Mary, 40s. per annum as long as she liveth unmarried, and on her marriage a good cow; homelot to son Samuel. The inventory, amounting to £405-08-00, was taken 26 Sept. 1687, and the will was proved 26 Oct. 1687. ]Manwaring, Probates, 1:279.]'[1] [edit] Cautionary Note about a Source'Ernest R. Brownson, M.D., Genealogy of One Branch of the Richard Brownson Family, Mayville, North Dakota, 1851 is (sad to say) a book which should be used great caution, for it contains a number of errors, beginning with the belief in the existence of "Old Richard" Brownson.'[1] References
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