The referenced Brown family has been “traced back”….by at least the mid-1600s….to the area of Virginia that was once known as Old Rappahannock County (later Essex County, on the south side of the Rappahannock River). The oldest known ancestor in this family was Francis Brown “I,” and he left his will in Essex Co., VA in 1691/1692. There was an even earlier Francis Brown who died in Lancaster Co., VA in the 1650s, and it is certainly possible that he was the father of Francis Brown “I,” albeit no proof. Francis Brown “I” was married to a woman who was named Elizabeth, and it appears from one record that she was probably Elizabeth Cole. While there are SEVERAL male Brown DNA donors who strongly appear to “trace back” to Francis Brown “I,” we do not have a donor at this time who can positively trace his lineage all the way back to Francis Brown “I.”
Francis Brown “I” had four known daughters and two known sons: Sarah (married Thomas Munday), Elizabeth (married Robert Mills), Rebecca (married John Mills, Junior), Mary (her husband, if any, is not known), Francis “II” (married Elizabeth Allen) and Daniel “I” (married Jane Copeland). Francis Brown “II” and Elizabeth Allen had sons of their own who were named Francis Brown “IV” (APPARENTLY never married or fathered any children) and Daniel Brown “II” (married Elizabeth Coleman). Daniel Brown “II” and Elizabeth Coleman left Essex Co., VA and moved to Spotsylvania Co., VA around 1723. That was the part of Spotsylvania that became Orange Co., VA in 1734….and then the area where they lived became part of Culpeper Co., VA in 1748/1749. Daniel “II” and Elizabeth (Coleman) Brown reared a large family in the Culpeper Co., VA area. Their male and female children and grandchildren married into various families in Virginia, and those surnames included Stubblefield, Covington, Neville, Nall/Nalle, Doggett, Powell, Vaughan, Dickerson, Davenport, Lewis and Farguson.
http://www.brownsociety.org/browngen/Brown_DNA_Group_Ten.htm
