Maj. William BROWNE & Hannah CORWIN & Rebecca __?_

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Maj. William BROWNE, Esq.
Hannah CORWIN
Rebecca __?__

Husband: William BROWNE
Birth: 14 Apr 1639, Salem, Essex Co., MA
Death: 14 Feb 1714/5, Salem, Essex Co., MA
Occupation: merchant
Offices: Representative, General Court; Governor's Councel; Justice, Court of General Sessions and the Court of Common Pleas
Father: Hon. William BROWNE, Esq.
Mother: Sarah SMITH

Marriage-1: 29 Oct 1644

Wife-1: Hannah CORWIN
Birth: 1643/4, of Salem, Essex Co., MA
Death (æ 48): 21 Nov 1692, Salem, Essex Co., MA
Probable Kin: Rev. George CORWINE

Marriage-2: 26 Apr 1694

Wife-2: Rebecca __?__
Birth: of Boston, Suffolk Co., MA
Death: Jun 1736
Other Spouse: m1. Mr. BAYLEY / BAILEY

Children with Hannah CORWIN — born in Salem, Essex Co., MA

1. William BROWNE, b. 28 Jul 1666; d. 24 [8th month] 1666
2. Hannah BROWNE, b. 16 Mar 1667/8; d. 30 [4th month] 1668
3. Samuel BROWNE, b. 8 Aug 1669
4. William BROWNE, b. 5 [7th month] 1671; d. 18 [7th month] 1671
5. John BROWNE, b. 21 [9th month] 1672
6. Sarah BROWNE, b. 10 [10th month] 1674; d. bef. 1715
7. Elizabeth BROWNE, bapt. Mar 1677; d. young
8. Mary BROWNE, bapt. 27 Aug 1679
9. William BROWNE, bapt. 9 Oct 1681; d. bef. 1715
10. Hannah BROWNE, bapt. 9 Oct 1681; d. bef. 1715
11. Elizabeth BROWNE, bapt. 6 May 1683; d. bef. 1715
12. Mercy BROWNE, bapt. 22 Jun 1684; d. bef. 1715

Children with Rebecca:

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Sources:

. Anon. 1909. "Descendants of William Browne of Salem." Essex Antiquarian (Salem, MA) XIII(1): 159-162 (online at NEHGS www.americanancestors.org and books.google.com; boldface added):

p. 159 2 MAJ. WILLIAM BROWNE², born in Salem, April 14, 1639. He was a merchant, and lived in Salem. He was a representative to the general court, one of the governor's council and justice of the court of general sessions and of the court of common pleas. He married, first, Miss Hannah Corwin of Salem 29:10:1664; and she died Nov. 21, 1692, at the age of forty-eight. He married, second, widow Rebecca Bayley of Boston April 26, 1694; and [he] died Feb. 14, 1715-6, aged seventy-six. In his will, he mentioned his niece Sarah Woodward, dwelling in Great Britain, and his niece Anne Lechmere. He bequeathed to Rev. Nicholas Noyes twenty-five poinds; Rev. George Corwine ten pounds; First church in Salem twenty pounds; poor of the First church and parish in Salem forty pounds; "toward finishing the almshouse or workhouse in Salem that is partly built for poor people," etc., fifty pounds more; "the Grammar school in Salem to kept in or nigh to ye Town house street, where its (sic) now being kept, being in ye body of ye town, towards making the same a free school," one hundred pounds; and to Harvard college in Cambridge one hundred pounds "to help support my grandchildren or their poster-

p. 160 ity while students there, if not any such, then any other poor Salem scholars that may live at college." His wife Rebecca survived him, and died June --, 1736.
Children, born in Salem:—

13— I. WILLIAM³, b. July 28, 1666; d. 24:8:1666,

14— II. HANNAH³, b. March 16, 1667-8 d. 30:4:1668.

15— III. SAMUEL³, b. 8:8:1669. See below (15).

16— IV. WILLIAM³, b. 5:7 mo: 1671; d. 18:7:1671

17— V. JOHN³, b. 21:9:1672. See below (17).

18— VI. SARAH³, b. 10:10:1674; d. before 1715.

19— VII. ELIZABETH³, bapt. March --, 1677; d. young.

20— VIII. MARY³, bapt. Aug. 27, 1679; m. Benjamin Lynde, esq., of Boston April 27, 1699; he grad. H.C. 1686; and went to England in 1692, being admitted to the Middle Temple and made barrister-at-law; returned to America in 1697; became advocate-general of the admiralty for Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island; representative to the general court; justice of the court of sessions, and chief justice of the supreme court; of the governor's council, 1713-1737; he d. Jan. 28, 1744-5; and she d. July 12, 1753, and the age of seventy-four. The lived in Salem.

21— IX. WILLIAM³, bapt. Oct. 9, 1681; d. before 1715.

22— X. HANNAH³, bapt. Oct. 9, 1681; d. before 1715.

23— XI. ELIZABETH³, bapt. May 6, 1683; d. before 1715.

24— XII. MERCY³, bapt. June 22, 1684; d. before 1715.

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