Person:Francis Browning (22)
Francis Browning
b.Est 1695 Jamestown, James City County, Virginia
d.Abt 21 Jan 1775 Culpeper County, Virginia
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Francis BrowningEst 1695 - Abt 1775
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1718
  1. Nicholas BrowningAbt 1718 - Abt 1786
  2. Francis BrowningAbt 1722 - 1761
  3. Amanda BrowningAbt 1724 -
  4. John BrowningAbt 1726 - 1803
  5. Ruth BrowningAbt 1730 -
  6. Jacob Browning1730 - 1785
  7. Edmund BrowningAbt 1732 - 1795
  8. Mary Browning1735 - 1770
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Francis Browning
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1695 Jamestown, James City County, Virginia
Alt Birth? Est 1700 St. Anne's Parish, Essex, Virginia, United States
Marriage Bef 1718 to Rachel Elizabeth Lloyd
Death? Abt 21 Jan 1775 Culpeper County, Virginia
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Acquisition of Land in Virginia

Acquisition of Land in Virginia:


  • pp. 425-431 - This indenture made this 20th day of October 1724 between William Bryant of King & Queen County of one part and Francis Browning of Saint Marys Parish in Essex County Witnesseth that the said William Bryant for sum of Fourteen hundred pounds of Tobo. doth grant unto said Francis Browning & his heirs and assigns fifty acres of land in Essex County being part of a [?] of land formerly granted to John Meadows and Henry Peeters & bounded Beginning at a corner red oak & hickory of Samuel Poe's land & running thence South to a corner gum on the North side of the South Fork of Peumansend Swamp thence down the Swamp its several courses brought straight North to three gums corner to Samuel Poe's land at ye mouth of a branch thence up the branch North joyning to land of Samuel Poe to the Beginning all which said premises now are in the actual possession of him the said Francis Browning by Virture of Statute for Transferring uses into possession . . . In presence of Thomas Horde. Wit: William Bryant, John Gouge, Margett Bryant
At a Court held for Essex County ye 20th Day of October 1724
This lease and release admitted to record
Also the same day - - Came into Court Margt. Bryant Wife of the said William Bryant & reliquished her right of Dower which is also admitted to record.
Test: W. Beverley Cecur


  • GRANTEE - Browning, Francis, grantee.
Date: 19 June 1735.
Location: Orange County.
Grantee(s): Browning, Francis and Ashley, John.
Description: 400 acres beginning on the head branches of the North fork of Battle run.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 15, 1732-1735 (v.1 & 2 p.1-522), p. 528 (Reel 13).


  • 25 August 1748, pp. 81-82 - Orange County Deed - Indenture between Francis Browning of Orange County and Francis Browning Junr., his son, of same .. for two hundred pounds of Tobacco . . grants all his part in tracts of land taken up in Partnership with John Ashley, upon one of the head branches of Battle Run (containing by Patent 19 June 1735, 400 acres) . .bounded . . John Ashley . . Hickman's line . . (signed) Francis Browning. Witnesses: J. Pendleton, Charles Dewitt, William (x) Poe, Thomas Burk


  • 19 Oct. 1758. p. 157-58 - Francis Browning of St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, unto my son Francis Browning Jr. of Brumfield Parish, Culpeper County. For valuable considerations and for love and affection a father hath for a son. 100 acres being the tract I now live on in St. Marks' Parish . . on the north side the Gourdvine River and corner to Majr. James Pendleton . . up the river . . . at the mouth of the Cabbin Branch corner to John Washburn . . up the branch . . . line of a tract granted by patent to Colonel Henry Willis, now Major James Pendleton . . (signed) Francis (E) Browning. Wit. William Roberts, Cornelius Mitchel, Richard Corley, William Poe.


Acquisition of Land from Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys:


  • Francis Browning, 6 Aug. 1747 - 27 Oct. 1747; 100 acres; from warrant - on Cannon River where his son Nicholas lives & on little ford of Goard Vine River; from survey - in little fork of Rappa. River, North side of Goard Vine at mouth of Cabbin Branch; adj. John Washburn, a patent granted to Henry Willis (now James Pendletons); from plat - Samuel Ferguson's tract was on opposite side of Goard Vine River. Chain Carriers - Edmond Browning & Thomas Bywater. Surv. George Hume. [Abstracts of Virginia's Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys, Orange & Augusta Counties, with Tithables, Delinquents, Petitioners, 1730-1754, Volume One, Peggy Smomo Joyner, pg. 2].
  • Francis Browning, 6 Aug. 1747 - 29 Oct. 1747; James Cannon was partial assignee of Francis Browning; 430 acres in the little fork of the Rappa. River to North Fork of Goard Vine River; adj. James Cannon (now William Duncan's land). Chain Carriers - John Smith & Cortney Normand. Included are two earlier surveys; (1) 10 Mar. 1730 survey for James Cannon, 82 acres of King's land in Spotsylvania County in the little fork of Rappa. River & on Goard Vine River; (2) 1 July 1730 survey for James Cannon, 200 acres (same description as above). Note of surveyor - these two surveys were in Spotsylvania County, now in Orange (8 July 1745). Surv. George Hume. [Abstracts of Virginia's Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys, Orange & Augusta Counties, with Tithables, Delinquents, Petitioners, 1730-1754, Volume One, Peggy Smomo Joyner, pg. 2].
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was deriv)
    Source number: 1689.003; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 4; Submitter Code: .

    Name: Francis BrowningBirth Date: 1700Birth Place: VA

    http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=165061&ti=0&indiv=try

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