Person:John Spurgeon (6)

Notes

Meshach Browning did not speak highly of his uncle John Spurgeon and Aunt Polly. In his book, "Forty-Four Years in the LIfe of a Hunter," he said that Polly "was an even-tempered woman....she was always mad."

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source)
   Ancestry Family Tree.
2.   Hoye, Charles Edward. Garrett County history of pioneer families. (Washington [District of Columbia]: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1987).

   Joshua Browning, son of William Browning, was born in Culpepiper County, Virginia, about 1735, and accompanied his father on Brad- dock’s expedition; upon his return he settled in Maryland near the town of Damascus. In 1768 he married Nancy Farmer, who was a sister of Mrs. John Spurgeon.
   They had four children: Dorcas, born 1769, died 1792; Meshack, born March, 1781, died November 19, 1859; Joshua, Jr., born 1773, and Jeremiah, born 1775.
   Joshua Browning, Sr., died in Frederick County, Maryland, in 1781 at the age of 46.
   (Data from “The Browning Fam¬ ily in America.”)