Family:John Brownfield and Mary Lewis (1)

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JOHN BROWNFIELD, SR. was born Bef. 1697 in Ireland, and died abt. 1751 in Marple, Chester, PA. He married MARY LEWIS Abt. 1718 in Chester County, PA, daughter of HARRY LEWIS and ABIGAIL.

Notes for JOHN BROWNFIELD SR.: The first evidence of this line of Brownfields in America is the record of John buying 45 and 1/2 acres at Newton Square on March 5, 1718 in Chester County, PA. This is now Delaware County in the same state. The property was about 15 miles west of Phila. on the road to West Chester. Next John and his new wife, the widow Mary Lewis Worrell, are recorded as opening a tavern 25 miles due northwest of Phila. He was taxed there from 1728 to 1739 inclusive.

In 1728 when Edward Kinison Sr. did not renew his tavern inn license, the people of Whiteland Township got up a petition signed by 25 residents saying they were very much decommoded every night by travelers. These were immigrants coming from Britain and Europe with their household goods and livestock and Penn promoters of real estate. The petition for John Brownfield to run a tavern inn state he was a "fitt person to run a tavern inn and was well equipped to feed men and horses."

License #202 was issued to John Brownfield allowing him to sell all kinds of liquor. He ran a tavern inn for several years renewing the license annually. It was known as "The Three Bottles Inn."

Notes for MARY LEWIS: Mary was the widdow of John Worrell when she married John Brownfield.

Children of JOHN SR. and MARY LEWIS are: i. JOHN BROWNFIELD JR., b. 1718, Marple, Chester, PA.

ii. THOMAS BROWNFIELD, b. Abt. 1720; m. SARAH WARTH, 1746, York County, PA; d. 21 Sep 1758, York County, PA.

iii. MARY ANN BROWNFIELD, b. Abt. 1722; d. 12 Apr 1765, Derry, Dauphin, PA; m. CHARLES CLARK, Abt. 1738, PA; d. Abt. 1768, Dauphin County, PA.