Gravestones at St Luke's: Browns of Brislington

 

 The BROWN family of Brislington, near Bristol, UK
& of Australia
and especially the descendants of
William BROWN and his wives - Sarah HORT & Deborah WORGAN

 

THE BROWN FAMILY OF BRISLINGTON, SOMERSET
AND THEIR DESCENDANTS

Family Graves at St Luke's Parish Church, Brislington
Page 2

On this page are photographs of the family of William Brown and his wife Deborah Worgan. Deborah Worgan's parents and ancestors have not yet been identified. At the end of this page you will find a link to the intriguing mystery of one Deborah Worgan, presently "shared" by our Brown family and the Buffery famil of Worcestershire in England.

Deborah Brown and two infant children

This stone lay at the foot of the grave for Edward Brown, and was described as a footstone in the list of MIs compiled in the 1960s. It seems that it has been moved away from Edwards grave and is now standing upright, facing it, perhaps because it had fallen over. It is now badly deteriorated. As can be seen from the photo below the stone next to it is quite unreadable now.


The footstone in St Luke's Churchyard, Brislington, now quite deteriorated.

"J B
Boast not of youth nor...pray
Lest (?) you like me are snatched (?) away.

B B
More was ...
Great was our ... her
on

D B 1777"

If any reader is able to help with the text of this stone I would be most grateful. Try as I might I cannot read it, despite many efforts to enhance it in my photo editor.

Here is a photograph of the stone in context.


St Luke's Churchyard, Brislington

Monumental inscriptions for the Parish Church of St Luke, Brislington, Bristol include one for a stone which was almost illegible but stated

"..top of stone illegible...also Edward Brown gr.son of William & Deborah Brown d. 18.6.1860 a.67." Footstone gives JB.BB.DB 1777 first two being infants. (see above)

The age at date of death suggests that it would be the Edward Brown, son of Henry and Bette Brown who was baptised in St Luke's on 20 March 1793. We know of no other grandson named Edward. The only other son of Deborah and William, besides Henry, who could have named his child Edward is John and he died in 1761 according to our handwritten family trees.

Our family trees indicated that this Edward married Mary Anne Washbourne. Researches led to the index to Gloucester marriages 1813-1837, which states that Edward Brown of St Michael, Gloucester married Mary Ann Washbourne after licence on 22 March 1822.

Where is Mary Anne Brown, nee Washbourne, buried and what happened to their children - Henry Hale Brown (or perhaps Henry Hall Brown) and Mary Ann Brown?

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