BROWNE, Joshua

1717 - 1798  (80 years)

• Name	BROWNE, Joshua
  Birth	5 May 1717  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Note	Joshua Brown (1717-1798) left an autobiography
  Note	Book Page: Surname: Brown Given Name: Joshua Title: Description: Son Residence: Date: 29 Dec 1762 Prove Date: 20 Mar 1767 Remarks: Jeremiah Brown. West Nottingham. 12/21/1762. Mar. 20, 1767. Provides for wife Mary. To heirs of son Jeremiah deceased 5 shillings having heretofore given my real estate to him by deed of 5/14/1749 on payment of £100 at my decease which I dispose of as follows. To daughter Patience Hadley £20. To son Joshua £20. To son Isaac £40. To wife Mary £20, also executor. Book Page: Surname: Brown Given Name: Joshua Title: Description: Heirs' father Residence: Date: 9 Nov 1769 Prove Date: 30 Nov 1769 Remarks: Mary Brown. Widow of Jeremiah. West Nottingham. 11/9/1769. Nov. 30, 1769. To step-grandson Stephen son of Isaac Brown £20 being the payment coming to me from Esther Brown, at interest until he is 21. Best wearing apparel to be sent to my 3 sisters Elizabeth, Abigail and Catherine in Ireland. To cousin Elizabeth Thornton now living in Carolina £20. To Mary wife of Henry Reynolds case of drawers which was her mother's. To Sarah daughter of Isaac Brown riding mare and saddle. To Mary Lockland, my maid, bed at 18. All remainder to Elisha, Mary, Jeremiah and Saml., children of Joshua Brown, and George, Jeremiah, Isaac and Elisha, children of Isaac Brown. Executors: Elisah son of Joshua and Jeremiah son of Isaac Brown. Book Page: Surname: Brown Given Name: Joshua Title: Description: Executor Residence: Date: 17 Feb 1756 Prove Date: 26 Aug 1760 Remarks: Rachel Gatchell of East Nottingham. Widow of Elisha. 2/17/1756. August 26, 1760. To son Elisha Gatchell £20. To daughter Elizabeth Mitchell £20. To daughter Abigail Price £20. To daughter Esther Brown £20 and interest due on her husband Jeremiah Brown's bond. To daughter Hannah Brown £20 and interest due on her husband Joshua Brown's bond, also to Joshua Brown £10. To daughter Ann Kirk £20 and interest due on her husband Timothy Kirk's bond. To granddaughter Sarah, daughter of Joshua Brown one heifer. To grandson Elisha Price mulatto boy Jack until he is 30 years old and to be taught to read and write. Executors: Three sons-in-law Jeremiah Brown, Joshua Brown, and Timothy Kirk. Letters to Joshua Brown and Timothy Kirk, the other renouncing. Book Page: Surname: Brown Given Name: Joshua Title: Description: Son-in-law Residence: Date: 17 Feb 1756 Prove Date: 26 Aug 1760 Remarks: Rachel Gatchell of East Nottingham. Widow of Elisha. 2/17/1756. August 26, 1760. To son Elisha Gatchell £20. To daughter Elizabeth Mitchell £20. To daughter Abigail Price £20. To daughter Esther Brown £20 and interest due on her husband Jeremiah Brown's bond. To daughter Hannah Brown £20 and interest due on her husband Joshua Brown's bond, also to Joshua Brown £10. To daughter Ann Kirk £20 and interest due on her husband Timothy Kirk's bond. To granddaughter Sarah, daughter of Joshua Brown one heifer. To grandson Elisha Price mulatto boy Jack until he is 30 years old and to be taught to read and write. Executors: Three sons-in-law Jeremiah Brown, Joshua Brown, and Timothy Kirk. Letters to Joshua Brown and Timothy Kirk, the other renouncing.
  Reference Number	2406
  _UID	B57E591134304E9EAB06719B262B5DDD3566
  Death	1798
  Person ID	I2371	MARTINPRUITT
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	BROWNE, Jeremiah,   b. 1689, Marcus Hook, Chester, PA d. 7 Mar 1769, Chester, PA (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Coale, Mary (Royal),   b. 1685, Scotland d. Cecil
  Marriage	13 Apr 1711  [2]
  Family ID	F387	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gatchel, Hannah   d. 7 Jan 1764
  Marriage	15 Dec 1736  [1]
  Family ID	F438	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2021

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] The Browns of Nottinghom, Joshua, born 3mo 5th, 1717; married 10mo 15th. 1736, Hannah, dau. of Elisha Gatchel: died 10mo 15th. 1798. She died 11mo 7th. 1763. Second wife, Zillah Maule, died in West Bradford 7mo. 1811, at Merrick Embree's. [S63] Early Church Records Del co., 12th of 12th mo: ... Jeremiah Brown and Mary Coale, widow [of William Coale, who died testate], both of Nottingham - declared their intentions to marry [and they were subsequently married on 13th of 2nd month, 1711]. (Concord Monthly Meeting Minutes). 12th of 12th mo: ... Jeremiah Brown and Mary Coale, widow [of William Coale, who died testate], both of Nottingham - declared their intentions to marry [and they were subsequently married on 13th of 2nd month, 1711]. (Concord Monthly Meeting Minutes).