Person:Dorothy Unknown (355)

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Dorothy _____
b.Abt 1596 England
  • HJohn Browne1582 - 1662
  • WDorothy _____Abt 1596 - 1673/74
m. Abt 1614
  1. Mary BrownAbt 1615 - 1669
  2. William BrownAbt 1618 -
  3. Lieutenant James BrownAbt 1623 - 1710
  4. John Brown, Jr.Bef 1627 - Bef 1662
Facts and Events
Name Dorothy _____
Married Name Dorothy Brown
Gender Female
Birth[1][3] Abt 1596 EnglandEstimate based on date of marriage.
Marriage Abt 1614 Englandto John Browne
Will[1] 17 Dec 1668 Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Death[1] 27 Jan 1673/74 Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[1][2] 29 Jan 1673/74 Ancient Little Neck Cemetery, East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Probate[1] 29 Nov 1674 Will proved.

In her will, "Dorothy Browne of Swansea... being of great age" names her daughter Mary Willett, Mary's unnamed children; "Sarah Elliott daughter of Sarah Elliott deceased"; son James Browne; grandson John Brown and his brothers Joseph and Nathaniel; granddaughter Dorothy Browne; daughter-in-laws Lydia and Dorethy; granddaughters Lydia and Anna; five children of her son John, deceased. The will was dated 17 Dec 1668, and proven 29 Nov 1674.[1]

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 John Browne, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011).

    Maiden name unknown.
    "Mrs. Dororthy [sic] Brown the wife of Mr. John Brown Senior deceased the twenty seventh day of January 1673 being the ninety and eighth year of her age or thereabouts and was buried upon the 29 of January 1673" (citing SwVR 26).

  2. Mrs Dorothy Browne, in Find A Grave.
  3. The Swansea record of her death would have her born about 1575 which seems way too early. Youngest known child, John, probably born about 1625.