Sarah (Freeborn) Browning (bef. 1631 - 1670)

Born before 2 Oct 1631 in Maldon, Essex, England

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Browning — married before 2 Jan 1652 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 23 Apr 1670 after age 38 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island

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Biography

Sarah (Freeborn) Browning immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Birth & Baptism

Christened 2 Oct 1631 St Mary Maldon, Essex, England Sarah, daughter of William Freeborn and wife Mary.^[1]

Emigration

30 April 1634 Sarah aged 2 enrolled at Ipswich with her parents William Freeborn aged 40 and Mary aged 30 and sister Mary aged 7 for passage to New England.^[1]

Francis of Ipswich, John Cutting, Master, bound for New England the last of April 1634. She sailed from Ipswich; pp 121-124; page 122 William Freeborn age 40, Mrs. Mary Freeborn age 33, children Mary age 7, Sarah age 2 Other passengers: Robert Rose family age 40 pp121-122, John Green age 27, p 122 Thomas Sherwood family age 48, p 123 Book, private printing my copy #67 of 787 numbered copies, by author Charles E Banks,1930, Riverside Press, Cambridge. Passenger list publicly available here.^[2]

Marriage

By 2 Jan 1652 she married Nathaniel Browning; on that date she was deeded land from her father as wife of Nathaniel Browning (GM citing Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island page 262)^[1]

Death

23 APR 1670 Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI^[3]

Research Notes

This profile originally cited a "Descendants of East Tennessee Pioneers" for birth, marriage and death information but a review of that book does not indicate any information about this Freeborn family.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Anderson, Robert C, George F. Sanborn, and Melinde L. Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635 Vol. II: C-F (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Great Migration Study Project, Boston, 2001) p 573-5. Featured name: William Freeborn. View with NEHGS Membership
2. ↑ Result of some researches among the British archives for information relative to the founders of New England : made in the years 1858, 1859 and 1860; originally collected for and published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, and now corrected and enlarged by Drake, Samuel Gardner, 1798-1875 Publication date 1860 Publisher Boston : Office of the New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Register p. 53
3. ↑ The genealogical dictionary of Rhode Island : comprising three generations of settlers who came before 1690 : with many families carried to thefourth generation by Austin, John Osborne, 1849-1918 Publication date 1887 Publisher Albany : J. Munsell's sons p. 262 GDRI entry for Nathaniel Browning
4. ↑ Descendants of East Tennessee pioneers by Edwards, Olga Jones, 1903- Publication date 1963 Topics Ware family, Tennessee--Genealogy, Waters family, Tennessee, East -- Genealogy, Tennessee, East Publisher Tacoma, Wash. : O.J. Edwards ; Sevierville, Tenn. : I.W. Roberts book at archive.org

See Also:

• Sweets of Rhode Island, Vol.1 Books 1 -5 Repository: Salt Lake City, Utah Text: John (1) came in 1630 and settled in Salem, MA.. John was one of the first purchasers of land in Providence, R.I.. 1637 the lot where the old state house now stands. John, born 1579, proof in Hackery, Middlesex, England. He died sometime after Jun 6 1937, records in Salem, MA. His name is in first short-hand book of Salem
• Sarah (Freeborn) Browning on Find A Grave: Memorial #172567899 Retrieved 19:44, 10 May 2017 (EDT).

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