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VIRGIXIA BIOGRAPHY
of Chase City Lodge. No. 96, Free and Ac-
cepted .Mas(jn.s.
Dr. J-'inch married, in 1899, Elizabeth .Morton, born in 1S80. daug-hter of Benja- min and Susan (Carrington) Morton, of Clarksville. \'irs:inia. Children: Mary l)onj,'Ias, Elizabeth (loode. Margaret Goode. Aflnm Tyree (2). William Carrington.
Edward S. Brown. The I'rown family trace their ancestry in England to a remote period. Their coat-of-arms : .\ field sable, three lions passant argent in l)end. Crest: Griffin's head or. dentele. Motto: Lact'i "inf>lcti hiborcs.
Buckingham Browne, the first of the line here under consideration of whom we have definite information, a son of Clement and .Mary (Glebe) Browne, was born January 31. 1671-72. died I\>bruary I. 1734-35. He was a native of England, from whence he came accompanied by his wife, mother and daughter, .\ugust 21. 1703. receiving from the king a large grant of land in Essex countv. X'irginia. where he settled and spent the remainder of his days. His mother. Mary ((Jlebe) B.rowne. was baptized Janu- ary 4, 1644. died l-^bruary 8. 1732. daugh- ter of William Tdcbe. Buckingham P)rowne married. .\i)ril 21, 1700. at Radnall Church, Havelstone. I-^ngland. Elizabeth Mestich. who bore him nine children : Mary, born March 3. 1701 ; Clement. January 24. 1702. died December 26. 1702; John. December II. 1708. in Esse.x county. A'irginia. died December 4. 170c) ; Samuel. December 11, 1710; lClizal)eth. December 26. 1712; Sarah, July 23. 1714, died September 9, 1714: Thomas. P'ebruary 14. 1715-16; Dorothy. De- cember 24. 1721 ; James, see forward.
(HI) James lirowne, son of Buckingham and I'llizabcth (Mestich) Browne, was born in I'.sscx county. Virginia. September 23. 1726. was bai)tized in the Parish Church of St. .\nn by Setiore Garzia, October 13. 1726. died August (\ 1814. He married ]\Iary Spearman. Ixtrn November 13. 1730. died August 6. 1S23. daughter of Job Spearman. Children: William, born October 14. 1755; T-ilizabeth. January (\, 1757. died February 27. 1855: Martha. June if). 1759. died July 23. '853; .Anna. June 2S. 1761. died Novem- ber 3. 1848; John. March \i\. 17^)4; Thomas. December 4. 1765; Khnda. June 18. xyCy^); Daniel, sec forward.
(]\') Daniel I'rfuvne. son of lames and
Mary (Spearman) P)rowne, was born May
26. 1776, died May 28, 1863. His occupation
was that of i:)lanter. and he followed this
line of work first in Cumberland and after-
ward in Pov.diatan county, Virginia. He
married. November 24, 1808, Nancy Hob-
son Walton, daughter of Robert and Mary
( Hobson) Walton, who were the parents of
five other children, namely : William,
Thomas. Polly, Aggie, Fanny. Robert Wal-
ton, v.'ho was a soldier in the revolution,
serving from the beginning to the end of
the war. was a son of Thomas and Martha
(Cox) Walton, who were the parents of
three other sons, namely : Thomas, George,
Josiah. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Browne:
1. Flenry J., born October 12, 181 1 ; married.
October 24, 1833, Susan Ann Hobson. 2.
Robert Walton, born August 28, 1813; mar-
ried. April 10. 1838, Elizabeth Allen Hob-
son. 3. Thomas Compton. born December
2y, 1815; married. December 21, 1837, Mar-
tha James Goodman. 4. FIdward Smith, see
forward. 5. Mary Christina, born Novem-
ber 21, 1819; married, March 10. 1842, Har-
rison Jones. 6. Elizabeth Agnes, born No-
vember 13, 1822; married, December 19,
1839. William Thomas Hobson. 7. Martha
Ann. born September 13. 1825. died March
22. 1886; married. November 24. 1846. Zach-
ariah Grayson Moorman. 8. Daniel Hob-
son. born September 3, 1828 ; married (first)
October 16, 1851, Sally Ann Hatcher; (sec-
ond) June 30, 1858. Mildred Minerva Wilkin-
son : (third) February 18, 1874. Charlotte
Virginia Hatcher.
(V) Edward Smith Brown, son of Daniel and Nancy Hobson (W'alton) Browne, was born in Cumberland county. Virginia. April 7. t8i8. died January 3. 1908. in Lynchburg, Virginia. He came from good stock in every sense of the word, for his parents were more than ordinary people. While leading the quiet simple life of the country gentry of those days, they were of a strong mental caliber, educated, refined, and of high char- acter. In early life Edward S. Brown led the life of a \'irginia planter's son. aiding in the affairs of a large farm and family, and attending the best available country schools. He completed his education at the Randolph-Macon College, then ranking ann)ng the best institutions of the south, and was among the first graduates along with Bishop McTyeire and was under the tute- lage of the Rev. Dr. Landon 1^). Garland,
