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    Brown, John

    Male Abt 1658 - 1745  (~ 87 years)


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    • Name Brown, John 
      Born Abt 1658  Of Manton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Buried 26 Jun 1745  Preshute, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I01262  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 28 Feb 2015 

      Father Brown, Robert,   b. Abt 1605, Of Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 10 Sept 1689, Preshute, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years) 
      Mother Sarah,   b. Abt 1625, Of Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1690, Overton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
      Married Abt 1650 
      Family ID F00528  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 1 Caswell, Miriam,   b. Abt 1660, Of Cherhill, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 1 Aug 1710, Preshute, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years) 
      Married 18 May 1685  Cherhill, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Children 
       1. Brown, Robert,   c. 3 Mar 1685/1686, East Kennett, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 13 Nov 1744, Preshute, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years)
       2. Brown, George,   c. 8 May 1689, Preshute, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 14 Sept 1693, Preshute, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 4 years)
       3. Brown, Richard,   c. 13 Apr 1691, Preshute, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 15 Mar 1692, Preshute, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
      +4. Brown, George,   c. 9 May 1694, Preshute, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1759, Preshute, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 64 years)
      +5. Brown, Thomas,   c. 23 Jul 1696, Preshute, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Oct 1771, Wroughton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years)
       6. Brown, Mierriam,   c. 15 Jul 1698, Preshute, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 18 Mar 1706, Preshute, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 7 years)
       7. Brown, William,   c. 16 Oct 1700, Preshute, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 17 Oct 1700, Preshute, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
      Family ID F00523  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 2 Wells, Mary,   b. Abt 1654, Of Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 17 Sept 1729, Preshute, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years) 
      Married 29 Jan 1711  Fyfield, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F00524  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 3 Davis, Mary,   b. Abt 1675, of Overton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 7 Nov 1734, Preshute, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years) 
      Married 01 Nov 1729  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F00525  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 4 Flower, Anne,   b. Abt 1700, Of Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1729  (Age ~ 30 years) 
      Married Aft 1729 
      Family ID F00526  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 5 Neale, Charlotte,   bur. 11 Dec 1738, Preshute, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Married Aft 1734 
      Family ID F00527  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
      • Also
        John Browne Pedigree
        Birth: 16 NOV 1653 St John, Devizes, Wiltshire, England
        Father: Robert Broune

        Also some earlier Brown at Preshute:
        John Browne son of George & Katerine 27.12.1618
        Catherine Browne daughter of George & Katerine 30.09.1621
        Matthew Brown son of Browne 1.08.1624
        George Browne son of George Browne 23.10.1627

        Edith Browne daughter of John and Joan Browne 06.10.1661

        Edmund Browne son of Edmund and Herter Browne 07.09.1688

        John Brown son of John Brown and Margaret Brown? 05.09.1687?

        Took over the Preshute Estate in October 1687 on the death of his brother Robert.

        BARTON, MANTON AND PRESHUTE
        [no title] 9/2/17 1716
        Contents:
        Draft articles of agreement, (1) Charles, Lord Bruce
        (2) Sara, Countess Dowager of Winchelsea
        (3) Mayor and Burgesses of Marlborough
        (4) John Hitchcock of London, Merchant, Henry Levitt of London, doctor of physic, John Mortimer of Manton, Preshute, yeoman, John Brown and William Mortimer of Manton, yeoman, Richard Grinfield of Marlborough, woollen draper, Thomas Webb of Devizes, maltster, Edward Hitchcock of Marlborough, baker, Edward Garlick of same, yeoman, Sara Edny of same, widow, Thomas Brunsdon of Ogbourne St. George, yeoman, Mrs. Morse, widow, John Measome of Manton, husbandman, Robert Alexander, of same, yeoman, John Bowshire of Marlborough, yeoman, Michael Weekes of Manton, tailor, Ann Young of same, widow, Edward Witherstone of Brise Norton, Oxon. yeoman, (5) Michael Cooke of Overton and Henry Pike of Milton, yeoman.
        (2) and (4) are owners and occupiers of common fields of Manton; agreement for their inclosure and division amongst owners. (5) appointed to divide and allot common fields fairly and to decide disputes arising from the division.
        Consideration 5/- from (5) to each of parties in (4).

        FILE [no title] - ref. 9/2/46 - date: 3 September 1736
        [from Scope and Content] Lease for 14 years, (1) Edward Garlick of Bristol, merchant, (2) John Brown of Manton, Preshute, yeoman.

        BARTON, MANTON AND PRESHUTE

        Title Deeds
        FILE [no title] - ref. 9/2/105 - date: 8 June 1706
        [from Scope and Content] Counterpart of deed of exchange, (1) Thomas Webb of Manton, Preshute, miller, (2) John Browne of Manton, yeoman.

        The Will of John Brown of Preshut in the County of Wilts and Diocese of Sarum

        In the name of God Amen I John Brown of Manton in the parish of Preshut in the county of Wilts yeoman do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following (that is to say) I give unto my loving wife Anne my best bedstead bed bedding and furniture thereto belonging and my said will is that my executors hereinafter mentioned shall prescient and suffer my said wife to live with them or one of them in the house I now live in at Manton during her life and for she to have the room over the kitchen and the closet and the use of such goods in the house as she shall have need of and that my said son George Brown shall pay unto my wife Anne yearly and every year during her natural life the sum of ten pounds by four equal quarterly payments and also that my son Thomas Brown shall pay unto my wife Ann yearly and every year during her natural life the sum of five pounds by four equal quarterly payments and further my will is that my two sons George and Thomas above mentioned they or their living executors administrators or assignes shall pay unto my said wife Anne the respective sum above mentioned as her full dowry without payment of taxes or any other deduction whatsoever and thereby charges my estates which shall come into the hands of my executors with the payments of the above mentioned annualities. Also I give and devise unto my grandson George Brown son of my son Thomas Brown all that my freehold estates at Manton called or known by the name of Weeks Bargain to hold the same unto the said George Brown and his heirs for ever under payment of the annunity of five pounds a year to my wife as above mentioned and if she should happen to die without money I leave the said estates fully to his disposal. Also I give to every one of my grandchildren that shall be alive at my decease the sum of ten shillings each and all the rest and residue of my personal estates of what nature or kind so ever charge able with the payments of my debts legacies and funeral expenses I give the same unto my said sons George and Thomas joint executors of this my last will and testament and hereby revoke disanull and make void all former wills and testaments by me heretofore under. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this seven and twentieth day of March in the eighteenth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord King George the second over Great Britain etc and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty five.
        The mark of John Brown
        Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said John Brown to be his last will and testament in the presence of Robert Liddall, Edward Liddall and Robert Davis

        This will was proved at Chippenham Dec 20th 1746…

        First name(s): John Last name: BROWN Date of burial: 30 Jun 1745 Age at death: Calculated year of birth: Not known Place of burial: Preshute Dedication: St George County: Wiltshire