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Family Subtree Diagram : Descendants of Nicholas Browning (1724)

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Nicholas was a farmer who in 1760 owned 80 acres in Culpeper County, Virginia, and that October purchased 100 more. (Browning Genealogies, 1908, page 448.)

1761 WILL: Culpeper County, Virginia, WB A-242, 4 December 1760. John and his brother Nicholas, adn Thomas Bywaters were witnesses to the Culpeper will of Francis Browning III, recorded 19 February 1761.

1786 WILL: Caswell County, North Carolina, RB B-166.
Nicholas Browning
Recorded in Book B folio 166 Caswell County N. C.
I. Nicholas Browning of the state of North Carolina and county of Caswell being weak in body but of sound mind, memory and understanding do this twenty third of October in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty six make and publish this my last Will and Testament and none other. First I recommend my soul to god and my body to be buried in a Christian manner at the desecration of my executor as I shall nominate and appoint and as to the worldly estate where with it hath pleased god to bestow me, I do dispose of the same in manner and form following. --Viz-- Item First I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Sarah, the third part of all my estate real and personal as not to disturb Joseph Jones where he now lives; Secondly, at her death for all the land to be sold to the highest bidder and equally divided between my two daughters, Sarah and Jean to them and their heir and assigns for ever. Item: I give and bequeath to my son Enos Browning, one feather bed and furniture to him, his heirs and assigns for ever. Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Jean, one feather bed and furniture and forty shillings in money more than those above mentioned; Thirdly; after these legacies are taken out of my estate, Enos and daughter Jean; the remainder that is left to be equally divided between my two daughters above mentioned to be sold and equally divided; Fourthly; my son Francis, John, Charles and my daughters Mary and Elizabeth I cut off from having any part or right or title to any of my estate where with I am now posses with only one shilling sterling to each of them at my decease. Fifthly; I nominate and appoint Edmond Browning my beloved Brother and Joshua Browning my hole and sole executors of this my Last Will and Testament, revoking all other wills or wills, and this only to be my Last Will and Testament and none other in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day an date before written.
Nicholas Browning
Signed Sealed and Delivered, in presence of Isaac Corin and James Hopper

Nicholas & Sarah had one other son who went to S. Carolina.

NOTE: Children named in will:
Sarah, Jean, Enos, Francis, John, Charles, Mary & Elizabeth. These are not the same children as listed elsewhere.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hearts2&id=I1346 1856 Elocid Edwina BROWNING 1870 Margaret Agnes DUNCAN 1875 James Franklin DUNCAN ~1867 Vernon LILLARD ~1868 Roberta LILLARD ~1869 Lena LILLARD ~1875 Benajmin LILLARD ~1876 Silas LILLARD 1885 Richard Henry LILLARD 1841 James Austin SMITH 1846 Duett Fenton SMITH 1854 Festus Browning SMITH 1816 Tabitha R. BROWNING 1748 John BROWNING Named in his father's last Will & Testament of Oct, 1786. Sarah BROWNING Named in her father's last Will & Testament of Oct, 1786. Jean BROWNING Named in her father's last Will & Testament of Oct, 1786. Enos BROWNING Named in his father's last Will & Testament of Oct, 1786.

Marriage source Revolutuinary War Pension records for Enos Browning. Francis BROWNING Named in his father's last Will & Testament of Oct, 1786. Mary BROWNING Named in her father's last Will & Testament of Oct, 1786. Elizabeth BROWNING Named in her father's last Will & Testament of Oct, 1786. Jane TRIM 1842 Virginia BROWNING D. <1800 Sarah WASHBURN 1754 - 1821 Charles BROWNING 67 67 Found on the 1787 tax roll for Culpeper Co., VA.

Named in his father's last Will & Testament of Oct, 1786. 1755 Frances WRIGHT 1775 Lucy BROWNING 1771 Nicholas BROWNING 1773 Charles BROWNING Never married. 1775 Thomas BROWNING 1820 - 1877 William Lloyd BROWNING 57 57 Birth & death dates & burial location verified from Masonic Cemetery listing.

Masonic Cemetery is located on Route 685 1/2 mile North of Culpeper, VA., East side of the road. 1827 - 1887 Margaret A. LILLARD 60 60 Birth & death dates & burial location verified from Masonic Cemetery listing.

Masonic Cemetery is located on Route 685, 1/2 mile North of Culpeper, VA., East side of the road. 1826 - 1913 Richard Henry Lee BROWNING 86 86 ~1830 Edwina C. LILLARD 1805 William H. BROWNING ~1805 Kitty ~1805 Lucy Ellen Rixey EASTHAM 1813 James A. BROWNING 1825 - 1857 Jane F. CHEEK 31 31 I believe this to be correct information for Jane.  Can not find any more info than these dates and I think this may be the correct James A. Browning listed as her husband on her tombstone.     DB Mary UTTERBACK 1806 Charles BROWNING Never married. 1802 - 1868 Elizabeth BROWNING 66 66 1808 Thomas BROWNING 1815 Jackson R. BROWNING 1803 Cassandra BROWNING Johnson McQUEEN 1811 Anne Lucy BROWNING ~1810 James KINSEY 1809 Mildred J. BROWNING 1808 Charles SMITH ~1827 Mildred DUNCAN 1845 Betty D. A. GRIMSLEY Major, 6th Virginia Cav., C.S.A. and Judge of Circuit Court of Virginia.

Most of my information on the Browning came from a listing by Judge Grimsley.

                                   Darlene Clemons Berchtold 1848 - 1924 Annie L. (Or M. ) BROWNING 76 76 Birth & death dates & burial location verified from a listing of the Fairbiew Cemetery, Culpeper, VA.

Fairview Cemetery is located on Route 3, 1 mile West of Culpeper, VA. on the N. side of the road. 1848 - 1922 Burrell Frank BYWATERS 74 74 ~1843 Benjamin William BROWNING Ella RIXEY 1855 - 1889 Silas H. BROWNING 34 34 Birth & death dates & burial location verified from Masonic Cemetery listing.

Masonic Cemetery is located on Route 685, 1/2 mile North of Culpeper, VA., East side of the road.

Birth of Silas verified from family Bible:
Silas H. Browning son of William L. Browning and Margaret A. Lillard was born January 15, 1855

Marriage date verified from family Bible:
S. H. Browning to L. P. Simms December 18, 1879

Death verified from Silas Browning family Bible:
Silas H. Browning died Oct 19, 1889, in his 35th year 1855 - 1923 Lizzie Powell SIMMS 67 67 Birth verified from Silas Browning family Bible:
Lizzie Powell Simms daughter of Montcalm Simms and Sallie M. Hill was born July 15, 1855

Death verified from Silas Browning family Bible:
Lizzie P. Browning died July 2, 1923 in her 68th year 1843 Elocia BROWNING William TIMBERLAKE 1850 Lucy Catherine BROWNING 1832 Robert Russell DUNCAN S. R. BROWNING ~1845 Laura LILLARD ~1847 Ophelia Virginia BROWNING 1854 William Edward LILLARD ~1849 Edward BROWNING ~1851 Sallie BROWNING ???? HARRISON ~1853 Frank BROWNING ~1855 Lessie BROWNING ~1857 Jane BROWNING ~1855 Richard DUNCAN ~1859 Robert Lee BROWNING ~1867 Eva BROWNING ~1863 Lucy BROWNING 1791 Benjamin LILLARD ~1827 Lucy BROWNING J. S. LEAVEL 1844 Lucy Alice BROWNING 1843 Montgomery BROWNING 1846 Myrtie BROWNING ~1830 A. J. YATES Mollie BROWNING George ROSSON Dora BROWNING Charles JOLLIFFE Caroline BROWNING George BROWNING ~1828 Charles Henry LILLARD ~1827 ???? GURLEY 1810 Cornelius SMITH ~1847 Lizzie LILLARD George PULLIAM ~1826 William J. LILLARD ~1824 Virginia LILLARD ~1832 Sarah LILLARD ~1822 Silas B. LILLARD 1843 William Nicholas. SMITH 1844 Lucy Ann SMITH H. A. WOOD 1847 Rebecca SMITH John B. MILLER ~1846 Hugh Murcer SMITH Mollie O'BANNON 1852 Samuel. Russell SMITH Frankie ENGLISH Mary TAUNT ~1835 Eliza KINSEY William SMITH 1833 Lucy M. SMITH Matthew CARPENTER ~1839 Annie M. SMITH R. Y. FIELD 1844 Charles E. SMITH Katherine DUNCAN 1848 Jennie M. SMITH ~1845 Austin SMITH ~1872 Maude DUNCAN Jno BUTTON 1873 Rosa Mildred DUNCAN ~1874 Frank DUNCAN ~1876 Lucy Russell DUNCAN 1843 Allie S. DEATHERAGE ~1865 Thomas SMITH 1777 Mary BROWNING 1780 Sallie BROWNING 1782 Rachel BROWNING 1784 Bettie BROWNING 1871 Hugh L. BYWATERS 1930 census-Jefferson Dist., Culpeper Co., VA.-T626 Roll 2440 Sheet #14B
Hugh L., age 58, farmer, born in VA.
Neva, wife, age 57, born in VA.
William F., son, age 28, born in VA.
Lucy M., daughter, age 24, born in VA.
Annie L., daughter, age 22, born in VA.
H. D., son, age 18, born in VA.
Doyle, Mary W., sister-in-lae, age 68, born in VA.
The Bywaters Family Bible
The following is an exact transcription of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) of Virginia Historical Inventory
Researched by: Margaret Jeffries, Culpeper, Virginia .  December 8, 1937
1. SUBJECT: The Bywaters Family Bible
2. LOCATION: On Bywaters' Farm, .5 mile east of Korea, Virginia, on Route #626, thence south through gate on private road .7 mile.
3. DATE: 1884
4. OWNERS: H. L. Bywaters
5. DESCRIPTION: This bible is in perfect condition. It measures twelve and one half inches in length, and ten inches wide and four inches thick, and is leather bound. It is printed in parallel columns, with concordance and the Apocrypha.
6. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: This bible was printed in Philadelphia, by A. J. Holman Company in 1884. The inscriptions are as follows:
Births
Robert F. BYWATERS was born November 5, 1825
E. R. BYWATERS was born January 3, 1822
William L. BROWNING was born June 1, 1820
Margaret A. BROWNING was born April 8, 1827
B. F. BYWATERS was born October 13, 1848
Annie L. BROWNING, his wife was born January 24, 1848
Hugh L. BYWATERS, son of B. F. and Annie M. BYWATERS was born December 3, 1871
Bessie M. BYWATERS, daughter of B. F .and Annie M. BYWATERS was born April 30, 1873
William F. BYWATERS, son of B. F. and Annie M. BYWATERS was born September 12, 1874
William F. BYWATERS, son of Hugh L. and Neva BYWATERS was born August 15, 1901
Mary E. BYWATERS, daughter of Hugh L. and Neva BYWATERS was born July 19, 1903
Lucy M. BYWATERS, daughter of H. L. and Neva BYWATERS was born July 20, 1905
Hugh Doyle BYWATERS, was born March 12, 1911
Annie Laurie BYWATERS, was born May 25, 1907
Charles Franklin CLEMENT, son of Mary and Roland CLEMENT, was born July 4, 1924
Marriages
B. F. BYWATERS and Annie M. BROWNING, at Monmouth the 24th day of November 1870 in the presence of many witnesses.  Signed: B. Grimsley
Hugh L. BYWATERS and Neva DOYLE were married November 8, 1900
Mary BYWATERS, daughter of Hugh L. and Neva BYWATERS, and Roland CLEMENT were married August 13, 1923
Deaths
William L. BROWNING died October 9, 1877
E. R. BYWATERS died July 2, 1880
Margaret A. BROWNING died August 31, 1886
Silas H. BROWNING died October 19, 1889
R. F. BYWATERS, father of B. F. BYWATERS, died March 14, 1895.
William F. BYWATERS, son of A. M. BYWATERS and B. F. BYWATERS died December 15, 1906.
B. F. BYWATERS died November 24, 1922
Anna M. BYWATERS died March 5, 1924
7. ART:
8. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: The Bible itself. 1872 - 1965 Neva DOYLE 92 92 Age verified from 1930 census. 1901 William F. BYWATERS Birth year verified from 1930 census. 1903 Mary E. BYWATERS Birth year verified from 1930 census. 1902 Roland P. CLEMENT 1930 census-Jefferson Dist., Culpeper Co., VA.-T626 Roll 2440
Roland P., age 28, farmer, born in VA.
Mary E., wife, age 27, born in VA.
Charles F., son, age 5, born in VA. 1924 Charles Franklin CLEMENT Birth year verified from 1930 census. 1905 Lucy M. BYWATERS Birth year verified from 1930 census. 1911 Hugh Doyle BYWATERS Birth year verified from 1930 census. 1907 Annie Laurie BYWATERS Birth year verified from 1930 census. 1874 - 1906 William F. BYWATERS 32 32 1873 Bessie M. BYWATERS 1882 William L. BROWNING Birth verified from Silas Browning family Bible:
William L. Browning son of S.H. & L.P Browning was born January 14, 1882 1880 Olive L. BROWNING Birth verified from Silas Browning family Bible:
Olive Browning daughter of Silas H. and Lizzie P. Browning was born Feb 8, 1880 John A. CARLETON 1883 J. Montcalm BROWNING Birth verified from Silas Browning family Bible:
J. Montcalm Browning son of S.H. & L.P. Browning was born June 13, 1883 1886 Carrie H. BROWNING Birth verified from Silas Browning family Bible:
J. Montcalm Browning son of S.H. & L.P. Browning was born June 13, 1883 B. A. CARLETON 1889 Silas H. BROWNING Birth verified from Silas Browning family Bible:
Silas H. Browning son of S. H. & L.P. Browning was born Oct 7, 1889 Generated by GenoPro®. Click here for details.