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Roger Brownson
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Bap. 15 Sep 1576 Earls Colne, Essex, England

Married 1st: Mary Underwood 12 May 1600 Lamarsh, Essex, England
              2nd: Margaret widow of unknown Brewer

Died: 22 Oct 1635 Aldham, Essex, England

FATHER

John Brownson

MOTHER

Joan

WIVES

Mary Underwood
Bap. 2 Feb 1685/6 Lamarsh, Essex, England
Married 12 May 1600 Lamarsh, Essex, England
Mary wife of Roger Brownson  buried 18 Mar 1622 (film 857071) St Andrew's Church,  Earls Colne, Essex. England

Margaret (           ) Brewer
    daughter Mary named in the will of Roger Brownson. Daughter Mary may have been bap 3 Nov 1611 to Richard Brewer in Earls Colne

CHILDREN

1. Roger Brownson
    bap 12 Jul 1601 Lamarsh, Essex, England

2. John Brownson
    bap. 21 Sep 1602 Lamarsh, Essex, England     

3. Edith Brownson
    bap 13 Jan 1604/5 St Andrew's Church, Earls Colne, Essex, England
    daughter of Roger Brownsonn
    alive at the time of her father's will in 1635

4. Cornelius Brownson
    bap 18 Jan 1609/10 St. Andrew's Church, Earls Colne, Essex, England
    son of Roger Brownson

5. Alice Brownson
    bap 22 Aug 1612 (film 857071) St Andrew's Church, Earls Colne, Essex, England
    daughter of Roger Brownsonne died 8 days later 30 Aug 1618

6. Richard Brownson
    bap 23 Jul 1615(film 857071) Earls Colne, Essex, England

7. Elizabeth Brownson
    bap 23 Mar 1617/18 (film 857071) Earls Colne, Essex, England

8. Mary Brownson
    born 6 Mar 1622/23 Earls Colne, Essex, England

Roger Brownson
by Susan Brooke
Sep 2021

Roger Brownson was baptized 15 Sep 1576 in Earls Colne, Essex, England as the son of John Brownson. (1) Roger married Mary Underwood on 12 May 1600 in Lamarsh, Essex, England. (2) He was a tailor he and his wife Mary had 8 children, with the last, Mary Brownson, being born 6 Mar 1622/23.  His father John Brownson died 4 Feb 1622/3 and his wife, Mary, died shortly thereafter on 18 Mar 1622/23. Sometime after the death of his first wife, Roger Brownson married again to Margaret, a widow of someone named Brewer. (3)
His father, John Brownson and his wife Joan, granted land to their son Roger Brownson in 1582 and again in 1611. (4)
It is pretty well agreed that in Jul 1635 his children, John Bronson with his wife and two children, Richard Bronson and Mary Bronson (aged 12) sailed to New England on the "Defense." Roger Brownson wrote his will the next month on 4 Aug 1635.  In that will he left his daughter Edith £3, his step daughter Mary Brewer and granddaughter Susan Evered 20s. To the three children that had sailed to New England, he left only 12d apiece.  All the rest he left to his son Cornelius who was also named sole executor. (5)
Two years after the writing of his will, Roger Brownson died in Aug 1635.  He was buried 25 Aug 1635 at St Margaret and St Catherine Parish in Aldham, Essex, England. (6) His widow Margaret lived another 20 years, being buried 14 Apr 1655 in Earls Coln, Essex, England

Sources

 

(1) Baptism of Roger Bronson
England Births and Christenings 1535-1975
British film 004298449, fhl film 857071 image 443
"Roger son of John Brownson" 15 Sep 1576 Earls Colne, Essex, England

(2) Marriage to Mary Underwood
England, Essex Parish Registers 1538-1997
British film 004298435 fhl film 857057 image 34
John Brownson to Mary Underwood,  (unreadable) May 1600, Lamarsh, Essex, England

(3) 2nd Marriage to Margaret.
Roger Brownson married his 2nd wife sometime after the death of his first wife, Mary Underwood, who was buried 18 Mar 1622
Roger Brownson named this 2nd wife as Margaret in his will written 4 Aug 1635.
He also named her daughter, Mary Brewer (named as his "daughter-in-law").  A Mary Brewer was baptized 3 Nov 1611 to a Richard Brewer in Earl's Colne, Essex England. (fhl film 857071)

(4) Colne Priory Manor Court Rolls

Colne Priory Manor Court Rolls (ERO D/DPr41 (Wednesday 12 September 1582) document 53902651 Jn Brownson on a grant from the lord to a piece of waste containing 17p near Chalkney Croft between the queen's highway east and a piece of land called Chiffyn on the west one head thereof abuts upon the queen's highway upon which the said Jn has built a cottage to hold to the said Jn and his heirs in fee remainder to Joan his wife for life  remainder to Roger his son for life by the rent of 4d.

Colne Priory Manor Court Rolls

Colne Priory Manor Court Rolls (ERO D/DPr21) 22.3.1611 (Friday 22 March 1611) document 33400342 whereas at a court here held tuesday being 5.8.1595 Jn Browneson senior and Joan his wife were admitted tenants of the lord for themselves and the heirs of Jn himself to one croft of land or pasture called Chalkney Croft or by any other name it is now known now in two parts divided as it was shown in the said court now to this court came the aforesaid Jn Browneson and in full and open court surrendered into the hands of the lord by the hands of his aforesaid steward one parcel of the said croft of land now divided from the rest of the said croft and lying on the eastern part of the said remainder viz next to a tenement now in the tenure of Roger Brownesonne to the use and behoof of the aforesaid Jn Browneson for the term of the natural lifetime of Jn himself and of Joan his wife and to the longer liver the remainder thereof after their decease and of the longer liver to Roger Browneson elder son of the said Jn and his heirs forever and upon this to this court came then the aforesaid Jn and the aforesaid Roger and sought for themselves admittance thereof to whom the lord by his aforesaid steward granted thereof seisin to have to the same said Jn and Joan and their assigns for and during the whole term of the natural lifetime of Jn and Joan themselves and to the longer liver the remainder thereof after their decease to the aforesaid Roger Browneson the son and his heirs forever to hold from the lord by the rod at the will of the lord according to the custom of the aforesaid manor by the rent of 12d per annum and other services thereunto belonging and by right accustomed and they gave to the lord their fine as is shown in the margin and made fealty to the lord and were admitted thereof tenants of the lord

 (5) Will of Roger Brownson

Wills (ERO D/ABW53/47 Roger Brownson of Aldham tailor Tuesday August 4, 1635 document 4001451

In the name of God amen, etc. I Roger Brownson of Aldham in the county of Essex tailor, being sick in body but of good and perfect mind and remembrance, etc. 
Imprimis I give and bequeath unto Margt my wife the sum of £6 of good and lawful money of England to be paid unto her within one month next after my decease by mine executor.
Item I give and bequeath unto  the said Margt my wife my field bedstead now standing in the parlour, one spit. one andiron, two chairs, one round table and a staked table, 4 bush of wheat, two reels and an iron not a warming pan, and a kneading trough, one hog, all the butter and cheese, and all such things which were hers before our intermarriage and four pieces of pewter and all my wood.
Item I give and bequeath unto Mary Brewer my daughter-in-law the full sum of 20s of good and lawful money of England to be paid unto her within one half year next after my decease by mine executor.
Item I give and bequeath unto Edith the wife of Jn Evered my daughter the full sum of £3 of good and lawful money of England to be paid unto her within one half year next after my decease by mine executor.
Item I give and bequeath unto Susan the daughter of Jn Evered of Coggeshall my grandchild the sum of 20s of good and lawful money of England to be paid unto her at the age of 21 yr by mine executor.
Item I give and bequeath unto Jn Brownson and Rich Bronson my two sons and to Mary Brownson my daughter the full sum of 12d apiece if ever they come to demand the same to be paid by my mine executor.
All the rest of my goods whatsoever or wheresoever unbequeathed my debt and legacies being paid and my body decently buried I do give and bequeath unto Cornelius my son whom I do make my ordain and appoint to be my sole executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal the day and year above written sealed delivered published and declared as his last will and testament in the presence of us Wm Adams write, Jn Brownson, Robert Brownson

(6) Roger Brownson buried 25 Aug 1635 St Margaret and St. Catherine Parish, Aldham, Essex, England

 

 

 

 

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