James Browne1

#20161, (circa 1603 - )

Family 1

Judith _____ b. s 1616, d. c 1644
Children 1.John Browne4 (1637 - )
 2.Mary1 Browne4 (c 1639 - )
 3.James1 Browne Jr.4 (1642/43 - 1643)

Family 2

Sara Cutting b. s 1632
Children 1.James Browne Jr.4 (1647 - )
 2.Nathaniel Browne4 (1648 - )
 3.Sarah Browne4 (s 1652 - )
 4.Samuel Browne4 (1656/57 - )
 5.Hannah Browne4 (c 1658 - )
 6.Abraham Browne4 (c 1660 - 1683)
 7.Mary Browne4 (1663 - )
 8.Abigail Browne4 (1665 - )
 9.Martha Browne4 (1667 - )
He was a glazier.2 
Birth*circa 1603He was born circa 1603.3 
Marriage*say 1636He married Judith _____ say 1636.4 
Marriage*circa 1645He married Sara Cutting, daughter of Capt. John Cutting and Mary Ward, circa 1645.4 
26 November 1663In Mary Ward's will dated 26 November 1663, James Browne was named as executor.5 
29 January 1674/75He left a will on 29 January 1674/75 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts ColonyG.6 

Citations

  1. [S386] Probate Records of Essex County Massachusetts: Vol. III, 1675-1681 (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1920), I:308-311. Estate of John Cutting of Newbury, deceased 20 Nov 1659. Will dated 22 Oct 1659, proved in Ipswich Court 27 Mar 1660; Inventory 16 Dec 1659. Names "Mary my wife," "Daughter Mary the wife of Nicholas Noyes," "Daughter Sara Browne of Charlestowne, the wife of James Browns," dau. Mary's son Cutting Noyes, grandchild Mary the wife of Samuel Moody; and gives "to every one of my Grandchildren and great grandchildren thirty shillings apiece."
  2. [S1827] Thomas Bellows Wyman, The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818 (Boston: David Clapp and Son, 1879, two volumes), I:136.
  3. [S1827] Thomas Bellows Wyman, Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, I:136, stating he was age 53 in 1658.
  4. [S292] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), online AmericanAncestors.org, pp. 252-253.
  5. [S386] Probate Records of Essex County Vol. III, I:437–438. Will of Mrs. Mary Miller of Newbury, widow, 26 Nov 1664. Names:
    - dau. Sara wife of James Browne
    - James Browne, "son," named executor
    - dau. Mary, wife of Nicholas Noyes "my son"
    - grandchild Mary Moody, wife of Samuel Moody
    - Benjamin Roafe, Henry Tewksbury and John Davis, debtors to Mary Miller
    - Anthony Somerby and Henry Short, witnesses
    Proved in Ipswich Court, 29 Mar 1664 by the witnesses. Inventory 6 Mar 1663/64.
  6. [S386] Probate Records of Essex County Vol. III, III:108–110. Will of James Browne of Salem, 29 Jan 1674/75, deceased 3 Nov 1676. Names:
    - Sarah, beloved wife, executrix and heir
    - John Browne, eldest son
    - James Browne, son
    - Samuel, son
    - Abraham, son
    - Sarah Beasly, daughter
    - Anna, Mary, Abigaile and Martha Browne, daughters
    - John Cutting, deceased, father of wife Sarah
    - Brother Nicholas Noyce and Hilliard Veren Sr., overseers
    Proved in Salem Court, 29 Nov 1676. Inventory 30 Nov 1676.