John Browne Jr (1609 - abt. 1632)

Husband of Temperance (Baley) Cocke — married about 1630 in Charles City County, Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1632 at about age 23 in Colony of Virginia

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Biography

John Browne was married to Temperance Baley.^[1]

John must have died by 1632 when his widow, Temperance (Baley) married as her 2nd to Lt Col Richard Cocke.^[2]

John had at least two children, because Temperance's second husband was mentioned as caring for them in court records of the Court of James City, on 5 June 1632:

"...paymnt of John Browne's debts having married the relict of said Browne... Cocke is to keep some calves for the use of the Children of the said Browne... Richard Cocke shall have he use of the said money towards the bringing up of the said Children until they Come to age."^[3]

John Browne served as a burgess for Shirley Hundred Island in Oct 1629.^[4][5]

Research Notes

John Browne Jr was a Jamestown colonist.

John Browne Jr is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society

This John may have been one of the John Brownes who was listed among the living in 1622 or the John Browne listed in the 1624/5 Jamestown Muster (although that John gave his age as 28 at the time of the muster). Or he may have arrived after the 1624/5 muster.^[6]

The following was included in the biography, but if John died by 1632, the only possibly child of his in the list would be John Browne b 1632.

Children of John Browne: (no evidence, no citation)^{[citation needed]}

1. John Browne, b 1632
2. Martha Browne, b 1633 detached
3. Mary Browne, b 1639 detached

Martha and Mary are sisters.

Sources

1. ↑ "Acts of the General Assembly, Jan. 6, 1639-40." William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, 2nd Series. JSTOR.org (Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 16-35).
2. ↑ Southall, James P. C., (Apr., 1936) "Richard Cocke of Bremo and His Children." The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Virginia Historical Society JSTOR.org acccessed 8 October 2016 (Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 136-151).
3. ↑ The Virginia Genealogist. Washington, DC: J. F. Dorman, AmericanAncestors.org accessed 8 October 2016 NEHGS (Vol 30, Pages 27-28).
4. ↑ Hening, William W., ed. The Statutes at Large: Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia. Vol. 1. Richmond: Samuel Pleasants, 1809-1823; repr. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1969. p. 1:138.
5. ↑ Qualifying Ancestors of the Jamestowne Society
6. ↑ See Jamestowne Society's Living and Dead and Brown--Buckmaster, which has the entry for Temperance's husband:
   • Browne, John - A1203; died by 1632; Shirley Hundred: 1629 (Burgess).
   • Baley, Temperance - A405; born 1617, died ca.1652, Henrico: (Muster of 1624/5); wife of John Browne and Richard Cocke.

   Temperance's entry is from this page. See also the following 1624/5 muster search results:

   • John Brown%
   • Bona Nova, bona Nova (John Browne is on page 4)

See also:

• McCartney, Martha W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary; Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, 2007, p. 164.