Person:John Browne (72)

In 1670 he [Richard Warfield] married Elinor, heiress of Captain John Browne, of London, who, with his brother, Captain Peregrine Browne, ran two of the best equipped merchant transports between London and Annapolis.

Richard Warfield's wife inheirited "Hope" and "Increaqse", two adjoining tracts, the history of which is as follows:

They were taken up by Henry Sewell; transferred by him to John Minter; willed to him by his daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Henry Winchester. These two joined in deeding them, in 1673, to Captain John Browne, mariner of London. No further transfers are to be found, but in 1705, Richard Warfield appeared before the commission, to restore the burnt record of 1704, and requested a record of the above history.

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Captain John Brown of London, merchant, bursts into view because on 9 January 1700/1 he appointed Captain WILLIAM, mariner of the ship Happy Union, to be his lawful attorney for all goods, etc. of his son John Browne, late of London, mariner, deceased.[2] What can we infer from this brief legal act? Greg Todd offers the following hypothesis:

Captain John Browne was running the business from London and his son, "John Browne, late of London, mariner," was a participant in this enterprise. Interestingly, Newman refers to Captain John Browne as a "merchant" rather than as a "mariner." Why would a London merchant be called "Captain" if he had not once been a mariner himself?

If this interpretation of the Newman reference is correct, then Captain John Browne of London had a son named John who was involved in the merchant shipping business and predeceased his father. It would be expected that Captain John Browne would eventually prove too elderly to make the frequent voyages between England and America, and would at some point remain in London to oversee the family business. Captain John Browne's son was likely to have been involved as a "mariner" in this venture until his death in 1700/01.

This interpretation is strengthened by the fact that no records indicate where Captain John Browne died (London or Maryland are equally possible), nor do we know that he had ever actually had a permanent residence in Maryland. The properties he purchased in 1673 in Anne Arundel Co., MD may very well have been a wedding gift to his daughter Elinor Browne, as the date of the purchase (1673) coincides with the likely marriage date of Elinor to Captain Richard WARFIELD. The names of these properties, "Hope" and "Increase," are also suggestive of marital themes. Captain John Browne may have continued to reside in London without ever having a permanent residence of his own in America.[3]

Children of Capt. John Browne (probably incomplete, order uncertain):

i. John Browne1

ii. Peregrine Browne, of London, Eng.; shipmaster, merchant involved with trade with Maryland.[4] He may have married a sister of Sarah who m(1) ___ Read; m(2) ca. 1675 James FRISBY (ca. 1651-1704). James was born in England, the son of James Frisby, and emigrated first as a child to Virginia, then in 1665 with his parents from Virginia to Baltimore Co., Maryland.[5] Peregrine Browne was mentioned as a brother-in-law of James Frisby, but Peregrine's brother John Browne was not mentioned as Frisby's brother-in-law.

iii. Elinor Browne, m. ca. 1673 Richard WARFIELD.

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