Lt. Richard Brown, [ii] >^[1]

1625 - 1686  (60 years)

• Name	Richard Brown  [2, 3, 4]
  Prefix	Lt.
  Suffix	[ii] >
  Birth	Apr 1625	Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Abt 1629	England
  Death	11 Feb 1686	Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Burial	Abt 1687	Old Burying Ground of First Presbyterian Church, Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America
  Death	Aft 11 Feb 1687	Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America
  Name	Richard Brown
  Name	Richard Brown
  Person ID	I8352	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Richard Browne, [i] >,   b. 13 May 1607, Berkshire, England d. 26 Apr 1661, Newbury, Essex, MA (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Hannah Hawk, >,   b. 1600, New York, Unites States d. 11 Feb 1686, New York, United States (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	Between 1620 and 1625	Maidstone, Kent, England   [2]
  Family ID	F3946	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Richard Brown, Sr.,   b. 15 Jun 1597, England d. 26 Apr 1661, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Avery,   b. 10 Jan 1602, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom d. 6 Jun 1660, Southold, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F31216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah King, >,   b. 1629, England d. Aft 1686, Oyster Pond, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America (Age > 58 years)
  Marriage	1650	Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States   [5]
  Children	1. Richard Browne, [iii], Jr,   b. 18 Feb 1650, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts or Southold, Suffolk, New York d. 11 Jul 1701 (Age 51 years)   2. Jonathan Brown, [i] >,   b. 1654, Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America d. 19 Aug 1710, Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America (Age 56 years)   3. Abigail Brown,   b. 1658, Southold, Suffolk, Colony of New York, British Colonial America d. 2 Apr 1707, Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 49 years)   4. Mary Brown,   b. 18 Sep 1653   d. Abt 1764 (Age 110 years)   5. Hannah Brown,   b. 1655, Suffolk Co., NY d. 1698, Southold, Suffolk, NY (Age 43 years)   6. William Brown,   b. 23 Jun 1659, Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America d. 20 Feb 1733, Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 73 years)   7. Walter Brown, (i) >,   b. Abt 1661, Orient, Southold, Suffolk, NY d. 1 May 1711, Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America (Age 50 years)   8. Mary Brown,   b. Abt 1666, Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. Aft 11 Feb 1687 (Age > 21 years)   9. Abigail Browne,   b. 1658, Southold, Suffolk, Colony of New York, British Colonial America d. 27 May 1716 (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F1695	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1102] , Hasty Family Tree (N.p.: n.p., n.d.)., Hannah King. [S221] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998. Imported GEDCOM file 10 Dec 2002.). [S103] The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Record (New York Genealogical Society: New York), Vol. 31, Nos. 2 & 3: Lucy D. Ackerly, "A Brief Account of the Family of Lieutenant Richard Browne, of Southold, of the Island if Nassau, or Long Island.". [S332] Compiled by Gary Robert & Lynn (DiClemente) Brown, "Brown Family of England and Brookhaven,"; , Personal Collection (copy), . Richard Browne, known as Lieutenant, was born in England cir. 1629 and emigrated to Massachusetts; then to Long Island where he had a home lot in Southold, L.I., NY, prior to 15 Mar 1659 -- Southold, Southampton and Gardiner's Island being the earliest settlements by the English in New York State; the oldest being by the Dutch at Albany and New York City. Lieut. Browne's home lot was located at the east end of Town Street, in the Village of Southold, Town of Southold, Suffolk County, N.Y. He sold the lot in 1665 to Elnathan Topping and removed to Oyster Ponds, now Orient, L.I., where he and his son, Richard, built a large double house. When this house was repaired in later years, there was a weather vane put on the peak of the roof, marked with the date, 1691. The house stood until 1837 when Noah G. Beebe, who then owned the property, tore it down and erected a house on the site. Richard Browne was the first and sole owner of the whole of the southwest end of Orient, then called Oyster Ponds, which included the site of the old cemetery. It is estimated that his lands were at least one thousand acres, but it is difficult to compute the exact acreage because of the uncertain location of some of the boundaries. Deeds for these properties are recorded between the years 1662 and 1674 in the Southold Town records and in the Suffolk County Clerk's office in Riverhead, L.I., New York. In 1662, he was a freeman of Connecticut, as Southold at that period was under the jurisdiction of that Colony and remained so until 1664, when the grant of King Charles II to his brother, James, Duke of York, made all of Long Island a part of the Province of New York. In the rate list of 1675, Richard Browne was the richest man in the Town of Southold. In 1670, he was Sergeant; on June 13, 1685 he was made Ensign, and on October 8, 1686, he was listed as one of the Lieutenants of a Foot Troop of Suffolk County Militia. (Note: Ensign was what is now the modern equivalent of 1st Lieutenant in the Army.) He m. before 1651, Hannah, dau. of William and Dorothy King [sic., then spelled Kinge] of Salem, Mass., and Southold, L.I. She outlived him. On Feb. 11, 1686, he put all his property into the hands of his son-in-law, John Tuthill**, in trust stipulating that he and his wife, Dorothy*, should occupy his home until their deaths. This indicates his failing health. He died shortly afterward but the exact date is not known. Both he and Dorothy* are undoubtedly buried in the Old Orient Cemetery, but if they had tombstones, these may be among those sacrilegiously removed and piled up in a heap when part of the cemetery was torn up and the stone wall bordering one side was removed, a long time ago. * This account is ambiguous. Note that just previous it was indicated that Hannah Kinge was his wife, daughter of William and Dorothy Kinge. Perhaps these are typographical errors. No source has been found that indicates that he had a second wife, Dorothy. ** The John Tutthill to whom Richard entrusted his family and estate was not the John Tutthill mentioned here, but rather a neighbor and friend, John Tutthill [i]; this John's wife Deliverance Kinge was a sibling to Hannah Kinge, Richard's wife. A John Tutthill does marry into the family, marrying Richard's granddaughter Elizabeth by his son Jonathan. This John Tutthill [iii] was John Tutthill's [i] grandson. See source reference: New York Genealogy and Biographical Record "The Family of Lieutenant Richard Browne," Vol. 31, p. 66 [S563] , Carl W.Jones Family Tree (N.p.: n.p., n.d.)., Hannah King.