William Browne

William Browne
b: FEB 1533/34
d: 14 NOV 1613
Biography
from: The New England historical and genealogical register, Volume 63By Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters, New England Historic GenealogicalSociety " Browne, Fenner.— Referring to the contributions to Brownegenealogy, which appeared in the Register; vol. 61, pp. 116-118, andvol. 62, pp. 1911-200, we can now supply the last link in the chain ofancestors who were ministers in Queen Mary's reign, as described byAunt Burchard. The father of Rev. Joseph Browne, clerk and pastor ofthe parish of Rusper, and of Rev. Benjamin Browne of the parish ofIfleld, both parishes in co. Sussex, was the Rev. William Browne, whofor over fifty years was pastor of the parish church in Horley, co.Surrey, Eng. Queen Mary's death occurred in 1558, and although Mr.Browne's incumbency of the parish dates only from June 26, 1561, underthe patronage of Queen Elizabeth, and in the third year of her reign,yet his early years were contemporary with the life and reign of QueenMary. He died Nov. 14, 1615. Aunt Burchard's claim as to ministerialancestry is fully warranted. In tiie History of Surrey, by Manning andBray, three folio volumes, published in London. 1809, is a very fulldescription and history of this old church in Horley, where the agedpastor and his two wives were buried. The first incumbent of thiachurch, Walter de Stoteford, was instituted Jan. 21, 1283. In vol. 2,p. S02, appears a copy of an inscription in Latin, Including a familychart also in Latin, as it appeared on a Sussex black marble stoneagainst the north wall of the Chancel: MEMORI/E SACRUM OVURL' BROWN"PASTOR HU'8 KCL'E P'SPACIUM QUINQUAGINT' ANNORUM OBIIT 14° MOVRMBR181615, MAGDALENE UXOR EJUS PRIMA EXPIRAVIT SEPTLMO SEPTEMB' 1604, ETMAKGAKETA SPOU8A ULTIMA CECIDIT 17° IT.IIK. 1611. It will be seen thatthe will of the Rev. Joseph Browne of Rusper, as found in the recordsof the Consistory Court of Chichester, corroborates the list of hisown children as named on the chart, except as to two sons, Stephen andJoseph, who perjiaps were deceased. The will also mentions his brotherRev. Benjamin Browne of the parish of Ifleld. There is no flaw in thecorroboration. In the parish church of Horley where are a number ofother inscriptions and monuments of the early sixteenth andseventeenth century periods, which are connected with the Browne andFenner families. In the North Aisle, on a flat stone, is a large brassfigure of a woman under a pointed arch of brass, hands uplifted,praying. It is about two-thirds the size of life, perfect, and thoughnot elaborately engraven, is remarkably handsome. At her feet Is thefollow tag inscription : " Of yourcharite pray for the soule of JohanFenner, late wyf of John Fcnntr Gent, whiche Johan decessed the ij dayof July, in the yere of our Lord M VcXVJ, on whose soule Ihii havemercy. Araen." " We may find much material for those who are descendedfrom these families in this vicinity, while the three parishes lie inadjacent counties, they yet lie within a radius of ten or twelvemiles. Silas Fish Dokranck. 489 Fifth Avenue, New York."
Facts
  • FEB 1533/34 - Birth - ; Horley, Surrey, England
  • 16 NOV 1613 - Burial - ; Horley, Surrey, England
  • 14 NOV 1613 - Death - ; Horley, Surrey, England
  • 02 JUL 2014 - _CRE -
  • 1546 - Education - Admitted to Pembroke College, Cambridge
  • BEF 1615 - Occupation - Rector from 1561-1615 ; Horley, Surrey, England
Ancestors
   
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John Browne
ABT 1514 - 30 APR 1546
  
  
  
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William Browne
FEB 1533/34 - 14 NOV 1613
  
 
  
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Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) John Browne
BirthABT 1514Spexhall, Suffolk, England
Death30 APR 1546
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Mother?
PARENT (F) Jane Burgess Mills?
BirthABT 1502
Death
Father?
Mother?
CHILDREN
MWilliam Browne
BirthFEB 1533/34Horley, Surrey, England
Death14 NOV 1613Horley, Surrey, England
MarriageABT 1560to Magdalen Elsick
Marriage16 OCT 1604to Margaret Bonnyk at Horley, Surrey, England
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) William Browne
BirthFEB 1533/34Horley, Surrey, England
Death14 NOV 1613 Horley, Surrey, England
MarriageABT 1560to Magdalen Elsick
Marriage16 OCT 1604to Margaret Bonnyk at Horley, Surrey, England
FatherJohn Browne
MotherJane Burgess Mills?
PARENT (F) Magdalen Elsick
BirthABT 1538Horley, Surrey, England
Death07 SEP 1604 Horley, Surrey, England
MarriageABT 1560to William Browne
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Mother?
CHILDREN
MJospeh Browne
BirthABT 1562Horley, Surrey, England
Death15 OCT 1633Rusper, Sussex, England
Marriage16 FEB 1583/84to Margery Patching
Marriage12 FEB 1607to Elizabeth
MSarah Browne
BirthABT 1569Horley, Surrey, England
Death
FPhoebe Browne
BirthABT 1560Rusper, Sussex, England
Death
MBenjamin Browne
Birth12 OCT 1571Horley, Surrey, England
Death28 AUG 1638Horley, Surrey, England
Marriage08 OCT 1596to Sarah Lechford at Charlewood, Surrey, England
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) William Browne
BirthFEB 1533/34Horley, Surrey, England
Death14 NOV 1613 Horley, Surrey, England
MarriageABT 1560to Magdalen Elsick
Marriage16 OCT 1604to Margaret Bonnyk at Horley, Surrey, England
FatherJohn Browne
MotherJane Burgess Mills?
PARENT (F) Margaret Bonnyk
BirthABT 1540
DeathABT 1611
Marriage16 OCT 1604to William Browne at Horley, Surrey, England
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Mother?
CHILDREN
Evidence
[S272] Millennium File
[S290] Surrey, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
Descendancy Chart
William Browne b: FEB 1533/34 d: 14 NOV 1613
Magdalen Elsick b: ABT 1538 d: 07 SEP 1604
Jospeh Browne b: ABT 1562 d: 15 OCT 1633
Margery Patching b: 1564 d: 15 DEC 1605
Phebe Brown b: 12 JUL 1601
Joseph Browne b: ABT 1590
Sarah Browne b: 22 OCT 1592 d: 1633
Arthur Fenner b: 1575 d: 1640
Mary Browne b: ABT 1605
Stephen Browne b: ABT 1588
John Browne b: 12 AUG 1604
William Browne b: 1585 d: 22 JUL 1650
Jane Burgiss d: ABT 1645
Phebe Browne b: 1620 d: 22 SEP 1664
Thomas Lee b: 1614 d: 1645
James Cornish b: BET 1612 AND 1615 d: 29 OCT 1698
James Cornish b: 1663 d: 02 APR 1740
Ellizabeth Thrall b: 01 MAY 1667 d: 25 JAN 1714
Gabriel Cornish b: 25 MAY 1716 d: 10 MAY 1753
Mercy Wilcoxson or Wilcox b: 05 SEP 1719 d: 1756
Andrew Hilliard Cornish b: 15 JUL 1751 d: 05 NOV 1791
Hulda Sheperd b: 19 MAY 1755 d: 16 APR 1826
Cyrus Cornish b: 13 MAR 1780 d: 04 JUL 1861
Orra Gaines b: 15 JUN 1790 d: 1861
Levi Cornish b: 29 MAY 1825 d: 28 MAY 1911
Margaret Sanford b: 15 MAY 1846
Harriet Hibbard b: 03 MAR 1821 d: 17 JAN 1891
10 Cora Cornish b: 25 MAR 1858 d: 17 FEB 1932
Henry Gagner b: ABT 1855
10 Alwilda Cornish b: ABT 1856 d: 05 JAN 1941
10 Viola Cornish b: 10 FEB 1864 d: 18 OCT 1946
William L. Carney b: 02 FEB 1863 d: 03 APR 1920
10 Virginia Cornish b: ABT 1861
10 Eugenia Cornish b: ABT JUL 1862
Richard Evans b: ABT 1862 d: 16 JUL 1919
10 Dora Cornish b: ABT MAR 1865 d: 13 OCT 1911
James Oatman b: JUL 1869
Ezra A. Wallace b: ABT 1859 d: BET 1884 AND 1889
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Elizabeth b: 1562 d: 15 SEP 1616
Sarah Browne b: ABT 1569
Phoebe Browne b: ABT 1560
Benjamin Browne b: 12 OCT 1571 d: 28 AUG 1638
Sarah Lechford b: 1575 d: ABT 1638
Sarah Browne b: 24 AUG 1600
Margaret Bonnyk b: ABT 1540 d: ABT 1611