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Diana, Goddess
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| I descend from a BROWN born in New Hampshire (ca. 1806), and he has
been a brick wall for family genealogists for decades. It has long
been alleged that he descends from the armorial BROWNs of Lavenham, Suffolk,
but no paper connection to them or to an alleged cousin descended from
them had been made.
The problem with armorial ancestors is that everyone wants to connect to them, so the pedigrees containing them are often erroneous. With the advent of Y-DNA testing, we finally have a powerful tool for exposing bad connections and breaking down brick walls for these BROWN families. This prospect led me to begin work on the armorial BROWNs who immigrated early to New England, hence this page, which is definitely still under construction. The basis for finally, and accurately, identifying these families has to be Y-DNA testing as the unequivocal and final arbiter of relatedness. This will require finding and testing individuals with solidly documented pedigrees who can become the standard for their family, a task made difficult by the fact that the BROWN Y-DNA Surname Project at FamilyTreeDNA (as of this writing) does not include pedigree information or even earliest ancestor for a large number of its members. |
| As for "my" BROWNs, Y-DNA testing has brought these advances: we have a match with three other BROWN descendants, all with an origin in New England, but also at a brick wall. I continue to work on their genealogy in the hopes of adding a paper connection to the genetic ones. The alleged cousin with the alleged descent from the Lavenham BROWNs appears to be neither. We are not a DNA match with him, and I've found a bad connection in his paper genealogy, so he appears not to be a Lavenham BROWN, either. |
| There are many more armigerous BROWN(E)s in the British
Isles (England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland) who may or may not have had
descendants emigrate to the United States; they are listed on a separate
page. I'm not giving this "British Isles" page any priority,
so it will likely remain fragmentary in its coverage.
Regarding the illustrations: wherever one was available in the source, I extracted it and give it below; however, most sources (see Bibliography below) are not illustrated. In those cases, I've rendered the arms, myself, based on the blazon (written description), in which case the image is dependent on the accuracy of the blazon and my (limited) expertise interpreting it. So, unless otherwise noted, all renderings below are mine. If you see any errors, please don't hesitate to correct me. If you would like to use one of these images to represent your family on your personal genealogy web site, you are welcome to do so, but if you are a commercial web site, you do not have permission to use them. I rendered these using Armorial Gold clipart, and you can do the same. If you make your own, you're free to use them any way you want. If you need help with the arcane terminology, James Parker's,Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, is an excellent source. |
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Arms: Argent on a bend Sable, three eagles displayed of the field.
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GEORGE ESTABROOK BROWN, of New York... Lineage.—EDMUND BROWNE, of Lavenham, Suffolk, probably of the same family as Thomas Browne of that place, who entered his pedigree at the visitation of 1664, as the son of Robert Browne, and bore arms... Edmund Browne was bapt. at Somerton, Suffolk, 4 Nov. 1576 ; m.
at Lavenham, Aug. 1603, Anne Woder, and was the father of
The elder son THOMAS BROWN, of Lavenham, Suffolk, and afterwards of Sudbury, Massachusetts, whither he went with his brother, Edmund... Burke (1939/1996: 2584)
Please Note: the arms actually belong to Robert BROWNE. In Edmund's baptismal record, his father was named, William. Unless William can be connected to Robert, these are not proven to be Edmund's arms, so if you descend from Edmund, it's probably not a good idea to get too attached to them at this point. |
William
BROWNE of Salem, 1635
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| Col. Samuel3 BROWNE, Esq. (1669-1731) of Salem [William2, William1] | |||
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Arms: Argent on a bend double cotised Sable three eagles displayed Argent. | 1. Browne, Col. Samuel (Salem, Mass, 1669-1731) —
Gore Roll of Arms; arms engraved on a two-handled cup given to Harvard
College and a flagon given to the First Church of Salem, 1731. The
Harvard cup has only single cotises and is engraved reversed...
Hall, Collins, & McMillan |
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Arms: Arg on a bend [Sa] double cotised [of the same] 3 eagles
displ of the field.
Crest: An eagle of the field. Alt Crest: same plus 2 bends Sa in each wing. |
Browne...
Engr. on flagon from Hon. Samuel Browne, [1669-]1731, First Church, Salem, Mass. Old Sil. Am. Ch., p. 421. Bookplate I. Coffin Jones Brown, but the eagle of the crest has 2 bends sa in each wing. Also on two-handled cup from Col. Samuel Browne of Salem, 1731, to Harvard College (Curio, 1888, p. 21). Also on tray made by Hurd, owned by Mrs. Lucy T. Richardson, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Seen by L. Park, 1923. Bolton (1927: 24)
John Coffin Jones BROWN (1829-1911) was a frequent contributor to the NEHGR and a member of its Committee on Heraldry. An article there shows him to be a descendant of Edward1 BROWN (1680-1737) of Newbury, MA [John Coffin Jones5, Capt. Nathan4, Capt. Nicholas3, Capt. Edward2, Edward1)]. So, how does Edward of Newbury connect to this family? Jackson (1943: 358). |
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Arms: Argent, on a bend doubly cotised Sable three eagles displayed
Argent.
Crest: An eagle Argent, charged with a bar gemel Sable, beaked and legged Or. |
Samuel Brown, Esq., of Salem, Justice of the Court
of Common Pleas, Col. of the First Regiment of Foot, co. of Essex, and
one of his Majesty's Council.
U.S. Heraldic Registry (#20061016T) |
| Capt. John3 BROWNE (1672-1719) of Salem [William2, William1] | |||
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Arms: Argent on a bend double cotised Sable three eagles displayed Argent... with a crescent Gules in sinister chief for difference. | 2. Browne, John (Salem, Mass, 1672-1719) —
Gore Roll of Arms, dated 1713...
Hall, Collins, & McMillan |
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Arms: Argent, on a bend doubly-cotised Sable three eagles displayed
Argent, a crescent Gules for difference in sinister chief.
Crest: An eagle displayed Argent legged and langued Gules |
Capt. John Browne of Salem, in the County of Essex,
merchant.
U.S. Heraldic Registry (#20061016H) |
Essex Antiquarian
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I'm sorry the image isn't clearer, but this was the best I could manage from the page available online. Even so, you can still make out the elements of both the arms and the crest. But what's that "ball" between the shield and the crest? | CAPT. JOHN BROWN (1672-1719) of Salem. The
image is of the seal on his will.
Essex Antiquarian (1909. 13:160A) |
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Arms: Argent, on a bend Sable doubly cotised of the same, three
eagles displayed of the field; a cresent Sable for difference.
Crest: An eagle displayed Argent on the wings two bars, Sable. |
BROWNE. Massachusetts.
John Browne, Salem. (Lancaster.) Crozier (1904/1957:29)
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| Mary3 (BROWNE) LYNDE (1679-1753) of Salem [William2, William1] | |||
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Arms: Quart of 6: 1: Gu on a chief or 3 crosses potent gu; 2: Gu 3 lions' gambs erased Arg (Newdigate) 3: Az on a fleur-de-lis Arg (Digby); 4: Arg on a bend double cotised Sa 3 eagles displayed Arg (Browne); 5: Arg fretty Gu a chief Az (Curwen); 6: Per chev embatt Sa and Or 3 panthers' faces erased counterchanged (Smith of Buckingham, Norfolk). | Lynde...
Painting of escutcheon for Benjamin Lynde, Jr. [c1675-1745] of Salem, Mass., by Thomas Johnston, dated 1740. Whitmore's Elem. of Her., p. 71. Bolton (1927: 107)
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| William Burnet5 BROWNE (1738- ) of Elsing Green, Virginia [William4, Samuel3, William2, William1] | ||||||
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Arms: Argent on a bend double cotised Sable, three spread eagles
of the first.
Crest: An eagle displayed Argent, on the wings two bars Sa.
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BROWNE.
King Wiliam county.
Herbert Claiborne, born 7 Apr., 1746, of King William Co., married, 2nd, a daughter of William Burnet Browne of Elsing Green, who settled a large estate upon his eldest grandson upon condition of his taking the name of William Burnet Browne. William [p. 25] Burnet was a son of William Browne of Beverly, Mass., who married a daughter of William, the son of Bishop Gilbert Burnet, and was Provincial Governor of New York and Massachusetts.
Crozier (1908: 24-25). |
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Arms: Argent on a bend double cotised Sable three eagles displayed Argent. | 3. Browne, William Burnet
(of Elsing Green, King William Co., Va, 1792-1833).
Hall, Collins, & McMillan
This is the grandson mentioned above who, by blood, is a CLAIBORNE. Does he really have a right to the arms just because he changed his name? |
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| Rev. Chad BROWNE of Providence, 1638 | |||
| Crest | Arms | Blazon | Sources |
 Matthews
Filled-in "black" areas are not printed as such in any of Matthews's images. |
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Arms: Sable, three eagles in bend between two cotises
Argent.
Crest: An eagle displayed. Matthews's blazon is incomplete and, thus, ambiguous. It literally indicates a black shield with everything on it silver (white), but I wonder if this isn't just a case of bad syntax.
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BROWN,
ELISHA RHODES, of Dover, N.H...
of Rev. Chad Brown, first pastor, 1st Baptist Church in Am., Providence, R.I., 1636). Matthews (1991: IV-97b) |
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| BROWNE formerly OF HIGH WYCOMBE
Lineage.— CHAD BROWNE, of High Wycombe, Bucks, the Founder of this branch of the family in America, left England in 1638 on the Martin, landed at Boston, Mass., and settled at Providence, R.I... Burke (1939/1996: 2585) |
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BROWNE / BROWN of Betchworth — Viscounts Montacute
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Arms: Sa, three lions passant, in bend, between two double cotisses, Arg. | BROWNE—VISCOUNTS MONTACUTE, OR MONTAGU.
SIR ANTHONY BROWNE, who was made knight of the Bath at the coronation of King RICHARD II... Burke (1883: |
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| In the window, the shield appears bordured, but so do the other shields at Brownlow House, so I suspect it's an artifact of being formed in glass. None of the blazons mention a bordure . |
 Seamus BELLEW
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It's not uncommon for a lion passant to be shown guardant (facing the
viewer), without it being stipulated, though it should be. So, was
a guardant lion limited to this one family, or should they all be shown
guardant?
Motto: Suivez raison. |
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Heraldry: Brownlow House, Lurgan - Heraldry. Blog by Seamus
BELLEW.
"...Charles Brownlow, 2nd Baron Lurgan was born on 10 April 1831. He married Hon. Emily Anne Browne, daughter of John Cavendish Browne, 3rd Baron Kilmaine and Elizabeth Lyon, on 20 June 1853. He died on 15 January 1882 at aged 50. He was invested as a Knight, Order of St. Patrick (K.P.). "The arms of the spouses [MacDonald, Dawson and Kilmaine (Browne)] of the three children of the first Lord Lurgan are depicted on stained glass at Brownlow." |
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Arms: Sable, three lions passant bendways, between two double
cotises Argent.
Crest: A buck's head erased ppr. attired and ducally gorged Or. Motto: Follow reason. |
BROWNE. Massachusetts.
Thomas Browne, Concord, 1632. (Dumfries.) Crozier (1904/1957: 29) |
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| Arms: Sable three lions passant bendways between two double cotises Argent. | Browne, Thomas (of Concord, Mass, 1632) | ||
| - | Same arms as Thomas Browne, of Concord, quartering those of Tristram Coffin, Boston, Mass. | BROWNE. South Carolina.
Rev. Henry Bascom Brown, President of S.C. Conference Historical Society, Sumter. Crozier (1904: 29) |
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Arms: Sa 3 lions pass in bend bet 2 double cotises Arg.
Crest: a buck's head erased ppr attired and ducally gorged Or. Motto: Suivez raison. |
Browne...
Bust of Rev. Marmaduke Browne in Newport, R.I., burying ground, with arms at head of indcription. Bolton (1927: 24) |
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Arms: Sa 3 lions pass in bend bet 2 cotises (?).
Crest: a griffin's head erased Vert (?).
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Browne (?)...
Very old canvas hatchment owned 1923 by Misses Emma and Elizabeth Harris, Holyoke Pl., Cambridge. Benjamin Lynde married Mary Browne of Salem. Ancestors of the Harrises. Bolton (1927: 24)
The Mary BROWNE who married Benjamin LYNDE is a descendant of William of Salem, 1635, not this family. |
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Arms: Sa. three lions pass. in bend betw. two double cottises
Ar.
Crest: An eagle disp. Vert. Supporters: two wolves Ar. with each a plain collar and chain Or. Motto: Suivez raison. |
Browne (Viscount Montagu; derived from Sir ANTHONY BROWNE,
K.B. at the coronation of Richard, II.; the heiress m. POYNTZ).
Crozier (1904: 132) |
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Arms: Sa. three lions pass. in bend Ar. betw. two double cottises
of the last.
Crest: An eagle displ. Vert. Supporters: dexter a talbot ppr., gorged with a baron's coronet; sinister a horse Ar. Motto: Suivez raison. |
Browne (Marquess of Sligo).
Crozier (1904: 132) |
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Arms: Sa. three lions pass. in bend betw. two double cottises
Ar., a cresent for diff.
Crest: An eagle displ. Vert. Supporters: two lions reguard. Ar. ducally crowned, plain collared and chained Or. Motto: Suivez raison. |
Browne (Lord Kilmaine. See BROWNE of the Neale).
Crozier (1904: 132) |
| BROWNE of Snelston, Derbyshire
(Nathaniel BROWNE's male line became extinct with a great-grandson who died ca. 1752.) |
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Arms: Sable, three lions passant in bend between two cotises
Argent, in chief a trefoil slipped ermine.
Crest: A griffin's head erased Vert, eared beaked and collared Or, charged on the neck with a trefoil slipped ermine. |
NATHANIEL
BROWNE, of Hartford, Conn., 1654, grandson of Sir William BROWNE, Lt.-Gov.
of Flushing, Holland.
Matthew (1907/1991: II-Addenda-14)
Note: Nathaniel BROWNE is a "gateway" ancestor to such lineage societies as the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, the Military Order of the Crusades, and the Baronial Order of Magna Charta through surviving female lines. |
| Arms: Sable three lions passant in bend cotised Silver, in chief a
trefoil slipped ermine.
Crest: A griffin's head erased Sable (?Vert) ears, beak and collar Gold, charged on the neck with a trefoil slipped ermine. |
361. BROWNE, Nathaniel, of the family of Browne of Snelston,
Derbyshire, England; of Hartford, Connecticut, ca. 1633-4.
Beckwith (2013: 123; Plate 361) |
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| Arms: Sable three lions passant in bend between two cotises Argent, in sinister chief a trefoil slipped Ermine. | Browne, Nathaniel (Hartford, Conn, 1654)... Grandson of Sir William
Browne of Flushing, Neth.; family orig. of Snelston, Derbys.
Hall, Collins, & McMillan; citing Matthews and NEHGS |
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Arms: Sa 3 bends gemelles bet 3 lions pass.
[We're not told what the colors are, beyond that the field is black. I'm being as conservative as possible and making everything else silver (white).] Crest: an eagle displ.
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Brown...
Bookplate David Paul Brown, Phila. C.P. Harrison, sc. Bolton (1927: 24). |
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| - | - | John BROWNE, Sr. (1583-1662) of Hawkedon, SFK, to Swansea, MA. |
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Arms: Erm on a bend Gu 3 lions ramp Or.
Crest: A griffin's head. |
Browne...
Wax seal on will of Buckner Browne of Essex County, Va., probated at Tappahannock, 19 Aug., 1735. Wm. & Mary Quar., Jan. 1894, p. 157. Bolton (1927: 24) |
In a cursory online search, I can find no other mention
of a person named "Buckner BROWNE," but there is much online regarding
Buckingham
BROWN (b. 3 Jan 1671, London; d. 1 Feb 1735, Essex Co., VA), including
this ancestry:
Please note that while his will was proved at Tappahannock, county seat
of Essex County, that fact does not establish that he lived in Tappahannock.
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Arms: Ermine on a bend Gules three lions rampant Or.
Crest: A griffin's head. |
BROWNE. Essex county.
Wax seal on the will of Buckner Browne of Essex, probated at Tappahannock 19 Aug., 1735. Crozier (1908: 23) |
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Arms: Ermine on a bend Gules three lions rampant Or. | Browne, Buckner [or Buckingham] (d. ca. 1735, Essex County, Va)...
Arms on wax seal on his will.
Hall, Collins, & McMillan |
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| - | Arms: Sable a lion Silver a bend checky Gold and Azure.
Crest: A demi-lion Silver. |
54. BROWNE, John. Plymouth Colony, New England.
Beckwith (2013:12; Plate 54) |
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Arms: Sable a lion rampant Argent debruisesd by a bend checky Or and Azure. | Browne, John (to Plymouth, Mass, ca 1632).
Hall, Collins, & McMillan citing NEHGS, A Roll of Arms |
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Arms: A lion ramp debruised by a bend charged with a cross.
Crest: Possibly a mascle. Later a demi-lion ramp was used. |
Browne...
Seal of James Browne of Plymouth, 1668, son of John, on a deed. (Life, by Geo. Tilden Brown, p. 9.) Similar to Browne of Cheshire. Seal owned 1920 by Col. Cyrus P. Brown of St. Paul. Minn. Bolton (1927: 24) |
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Arms (as granted to Christopher Browne by Edward IV in 1480): Quarterly, 1st and 4th, per bend Argent and Sable, three mascles in bend counterchanged; 2nd and 3rd, Sable, three mallets Argent, two and one. |
ROLLIN BROWNE, of New York, N.Y., and Fanton Hill, Westport, Conn... Lineage.—The BROWNES were established in the County of Lincoln
from early medieval times, and attaned great prosperity in the wool trade.
Burke (1939/1996: 2586) |
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Arms: Quart 1 and 4: Sa 3 mallets Arg; 2 and 3: Per bend Arg
and Sa 3 mascles in bend (Browne).
Crest: A demi-stork with wings expanded and neck nowed ppr. Motto: A prendre amourir. |
Browne...
Bookplate Edward Ingersoll Browne, Boston. See Heral. Jour., vol. 4, p. 26. Bolton (1927: 24) |
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Arms: Per bend Argent and Sable, three mascles, in bend counterchanged.
Crest: A stork's head, couped and knowed at the neck, between two wings, Argent. Motto: Appendré a mourir. |
BROWNE. Massachusetts.
Christopher Browne, Watertown. (Suffolk.) Crozier (1904/1957: 29). |
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Arms: Party bendwise Silver and Sable three mascles in bend counterchanged.
Crest: A demi-crane displayed neck knotted, in its beak a scroll lettered "A prendre amourir." Torse: Gold and Azure. Mantling: Sable doubled Silver. |
710. BROWNE, Edward, of Achurch cum Waterville, Northants; to
Maryland 1634.
Beckwith (2013: 265-266) |
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Arms: Sable, three square hammers (i.e., mallets) argent. | BROWNE, co. Rutland.
www.heraldsnet.org |
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Argent, a fesse between three mallets sable. | BROWNE.
www.heraldsnet.org |
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Arms: Argent, two lions passant in pale Sable. | BROWN. Massachusetts.
John Brown, Boston, 1632. (Stamford, Lincoln.) Said to be descendant of John BROWNE (1312-1377) of Tolethorpe Manor, Co. Rutland, and Stamford, Lincolnshire. Crozier (1904/1957: 29) |
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| Arms: Argent two lions passant in pale Sable. | Hall, Collins, & McMillan |
| Crest | Arms | Blazon | Sources |
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Arms: Per pale, Argent and Sable, a double-headed eagle displayed
counter-changed.
Crest: An eagle displayed Vert. Motto: Suivez la raison. |
BROWN, EDWARD MARSH,
of New York City (Eldest son of Edward Brown, b June 2, 1815, d May 27, 1898, m March 11, 1837, Eliza James Marsh, d. Dec. 18, 1883; son of Robert and Sarah (Cox) Brown ; son of Robert Brown)... Matthews (1907/1991: I-205)
Robert1 BROWN (1738-1790) of Dublin, IRL, to NYC Robert2 BROWN (1763-1827) & Sarah COX Edward3 BROWN (1815-1898) & Eliza Jane MARSH Edward Marsh4 BROWN (1838- ) & Adelaide MAYHER
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| Arms: Per pale, Argent and Sable a double-headed eagle displayed
counter-changed.
Crest: An Eagle displayed vert. Motto: Suivez la raison. |
BROWN. New York.
Edward Brown, New York, 1815. (Leicester.) Crozier (1904/1957: 29) |
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Arms: Arg a two-headed eagle displ Sa. Impaling:
Or on a chief Sa 3 crescents Or (Preston).
Crest: A griffin's head erased. Motto: Fortiter et fideliter. |
Brown...
Bookplate: John Mason BROWN Bolton (1927: 23) |
| Crest | Arms | Blazon | Sources |
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Arms: Gu. a chev. betw. three fleurs de lis Or.
Crest: A lion ramp. holding in his dexter paw a fleur-de-lis Or. Motto: Floreat majestas. |
Brown or Broun (Colstonn co. Haddington, bart., 1686.
In 1718 Coulston went to the heiress, whose granddau. and heir was the
late Marchioness of Dalhousie, and the baronetcy to the Thornydike branch).
Burke (1884: 131) |
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Paul (1903: 56) |
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Arms: Gules, a chevron between three fleurs-de-lis Or.
Crest: A demi-lion rampant, chained. |
John BROWNE, planter, of Talbot County, Maryland, d 1698.
Matthews
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| Arms: Gules a chevron between three fleurs-de-lis Or. | Browne, John (d. 1698, Talbot Co., Md.)... Undifferenced Scottish arms of Broun of Colstoun. |
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Arms: Gu on a chev bet 3 leopards' faces Or 3 escallops Az.
Crest: A cubit arm vested Gu [hand Gu also] holding erect a dagger Arg hilted or enfiled with a face of the shield. |
Browne...
Very old hatchment painted on wood 20 x 20 inches owned by Harry Reed Draper, Ayer, Mass. His g. g. mother was Ruth Browne, desc. of Dea. Wm. Browne of Sudbuy, Mass. Thos. and Rev. Edmund were his contemporaries there. Bolton (1927: 24)
Obviously, something doesn't jibe here, but it remains to be seen where the error lies. |
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Arms: Gules, on a chevron between three leopards' heads cabossed
Argent, as many escallops Azure.
Crest: Out of a mural coronet Gules a crane's head erased ermine, charged on the neck with an escallop Azure. Motto: Verum atque decens. |
BROWN. Pennsylvania.
Frank R. Brown, Philadelphia, 1891. (Cambridge.) Crozier (1904/1957: 29) |
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Arms: Gu on a chev Arg bet 3 leopards' faces of the same 3 escallops
ppr.
Crest: A cubit arm habited Gu holding a sword piercing a leopard's face through the neck. |
Browne...
Oval water color (old), 3 x 2½ in., owned by Thomas BROWNE, Sr., of Portland, Me., 1790. Done in England. Now owned (1915) by Herbert Browne, 66 Beacon St., Boston. Another water color (abt. 1850), 8 x 5 in. framed. Bolton (1927: 24) |
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| Arms: Gules on a chevron between three leopards' faces Argent three escallops proper. | Browne, Thomas (of Portland, Me, 1790)... Arms on oval watercolor.
Hall, Collins, & McMillan |
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| - | - | Arms: Gu a chev Or bet 3 lions gambs Arg on a chief Or an eagle
displ Sa a bordure Or.
Crest: A griffin's head erased. Motto: Gaudeo. |
Brown...
Bookplates: John Carter Brown and John Nicholas Brown, R.I. Also seal ring of the latter. Also on façade of Jno. Carter Brown Library, Providence, with ermine symbols instead of gambs. Arms used also on Brown residence. Bolton (1927: 24) |
| - | - | Arms: Gu a chev Arg bet 3 lions gambs. On a chief Arg an
eagle displ Sa.
Crest: A lion's gamb. |
Browne...
Bookplate A.G. Browne, Jr. Bolton (1927: 24) |
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Arms: Az 3 bucks trippant Or.
Crest: A stag's head erased. Motto: Nec timeo nex sperno. |
Brown...
Bookplate: Harold Winthrop Brown. Bolton (1927: 23) |
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Arms: Az 3 stags trippant ppr.
Crest: A buck's head erased ppr [attired Or?]. Motto: Nec timeo nec sperno. |
Brown...
Bookplate: Elisha Rhodes Brown. Also of Harold Winthrop Brown. Bolton (1927: 23) |
Are there two Elisha Rhodes BROWNs? (See above.) Or is this an error on the part of Bolton? |
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| - | - | Arms: Arg 3 pheonix (sic) rising from the flames.
Impaling: Gu 3 fleurs-de-lis Arg on a chief Or 3 hearts Gu.
Crest: A pheonix (sic) rising. Motto: Toujours loyal. |
Brown...
Bookplate: John Lewis BROWN, Jr. Bolton (1927: 23) |
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| - | - | Arms: 1st and 4th, Or, a chev. Gu. surmounted by another erminois
betw. two escallops in chief of the second and in base a rose also of the
second, barbed and seeded ppr., BROWN: 2nd and 3rd, Az. a chev. dovetailed
betw. in chief two roses and in base an escallop Ar., CORNISH;
Crests: BROWN: a demi man ppr. wreathed round the temples Or and Gu. charged on the body with five escallops saltireways Gold, and in the dexter hand a battle axe ppr.; CORNISH: upon a ragged staff Or, a Cornich chough wings expanded, ppr. Motto: Deu pascit corvos. |
Brown (CHAS. BROWN CORNISH-BROWN, Esq., of Sandford co. Derby,
took name and arms of BROWN in addition, 14th Oct., 1863).
Burke (1884: 131) |
| Crest | Arms | Blazon | Sources |
| - | - | Arms: Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Or, a bend Az. a canton erm.; 2nd
and 3rd, per chev. nebulée Ar. and Az. three tilting spears two
and one points upwards counterchanged.
Crest-1: On an escallop Ar. a cross moline Gu. betw. fourn torteaux. Crest-2: A demi talbot ramp. Ar. pellettée holding a tilting spear erect Or. |
Browne (GRAVER-BROWNE, Morley Hall, co. Norfolk).
Crozier (1904: 132) |
| Crest | Arms | Blazon | Sources |
| - | Arms: Quart 1 and 4: Arg a lion ramp Sa [Pownall]; 2 and
3: Gu a chev Arg bet 3 lions' gambs bendways erased Sa within a bordure
Arg. On a chief Arg an eagle displayed Sa (Browne).
Impaling: Sa a lion rampant Arg. On a canton of the last a
gross Gu (Churchill).
Crest: a lion's gamb Gu grasping a key Or, to which a chain is fixed. |
Pownall...
Boston Society. Painted on canvas for King's Chapel, 1886. Thomas Pownall, gov. of Mass. 1757. Bolton (1927: 107) |
| Crest | Arms | Blazon | Sources |
| - | - | Or, on a chevron engrailed azure bars wavy argent | BROWNE.
www.heraldsnet.org |
| 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).
Beckwith, Henry L.P. 2013. A Roll of Arms, Parts 1-10. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. 308 pp. [A reprinting of the original 10 Parts printed from 1928 to 1991.] Bolton, Charles Knowles. 1927. Bolton's American Armory: a Record of Coats of Arms Which Have Been in Use within the Present Bounds of the United States. 2nd. ed. F.W. Faxon, Boston, MA (1964, Heraldic Book Co., Baltimore, MD; Broderbund CD-368). Burke, Sir Bernard (Ulster King of Arms). 1875. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britian & Ireland. 2 vols. 5th ed. Harrison, Pall Mall (online at books.google.com). Burke, Sir Bernard (Ulster King of Arms). 1883. A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. New ed. Burke's Peerage, London (reprinted 1996 by Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD; Broderbund CD-368). Burke, Sir Bernard (Ulster King of Arms). 1884. The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales; Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, with a Supplement. 2nd ed. (reprinted 1967. Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD; Broderbund CD-368). Burke, Sir John Bernard. 1996. "Burke's American Families with British Ancestry." Pages 2529-3022 from Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry (1939, Burke's Peerage, London). Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD. Crozier, William Armstrong, ed. 1904. Crozier's General Armory: a Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor from the Earliest to the Present Time. Fox, Duffield, & Co., New York (republ. 1957, Southern Book Co., Baltimore, MD; Broderbund CD-368; online at books.google.com). Crozier, William Armstrong, ed. 1908. Virginia Heraldica, being a Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor, with Genealogical Notes of the Families. New York (republ. 1953, Southern Book Co., Baltimore, MD; republ. 1978, Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD; Broderbund CD-368). Fairbairn, James. 1905. Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland. 4th ed. 2 vols. T.C. & E.C. Jack, London (revised reprinted, two vols. in one, 1993, by Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD; Broderbund CD-368 has Vol. I, Parts I-II, only, xiv + 464 pp.) Hall, Eric, Arian Collins, & Joseph McMillan. n.d. A Roll of Early American Arms (online at the American Heraldry Society web site). Jackson, Russell Leigh. 1943. "Edward Brown of Newbury, Mass., and Some of His Descendants." New England Historical and Genealogical Record 97(July): 260-265; 97(Oct): 353-359. Matthews, John. 1991. Complete American Armoury and
Blue Book, combining 1903, 1907 and 1911-13 Editions. Clearfield/Genealogical
Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD (Broderbund CD-368). [illustrated]
In four parts:
Paul, Sir James Balfour (Lord Lyon King of Arms). 1903. An Ordinary of Arms: Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland. 2nd ed. Edinburgh (republ. 1994. Clearfield Co., Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD; Broderbund CD-368). U.S. Heraldic Registry (online at usheraldicregistry.com). [illustrated] |
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