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Francis Browning
Indications of a close connection with Samuel Poe of
Francis Browning and the family of Samuel Poe are associated in the
historical record of Colonial
* Francis Browning and Benjamin Poe appear in
While Browning researchers have not shown any family
connection to the name Poe, it seems clear that some very close relationship
existed between the two families in
1) Francis Browning [either Senior (1672-1723) or Junior (c1686-1775] and Samuel Poe are associated as early as 1717. They challenged land issues along with other prominent citizens
Abstracts of
Land Trials in
page 16. Year of 1717
And upon this day also
upon ye return of another report of a jury impannelled & sworn in pursuance
of the Order of this Court on the 25th day of March last which report is in ye
following words, "In pursuance of an Order of Essex County Court bearing
date the 25th of March 1716, wee ye Subscribers being summoned by the Sheriff
first sworn did proceed to lay of ye land between John Doe Plt. and Larkin Chew
Deft., according to the order of Court. And finding ye evidence & Patend
disagree & the Jury divided, could not proceed to lay of the sd. land:
Therefore we humbly pray the Worshipful Court to order whether ye land shall be
laid of p. the evidences or Patent for it appears to this Jury that either
Patent of evidences must be destroy'd, they being directly contrary one to the
other."
Tho. Ramsey
Charles Taliaferro
Jno Pickle
Matthew Collins
John Battaile
John Sanders
Fran.
Henry Hill
Geo. Robinson
Robert Slater
By which it appearing the
order of March Court aforesd. was yet unperformed. it is ordered that the same
be renewed and performance thereof made on ye Second Thursday in June next if
fair if not the next fair day & that the report of ye proceedings be made
to the
Deed
Abstracts of
Deeds, Bonds
& Letters of Attorney Deed Book 17 20 February 1721- October 1724
(Francis Browning acquires
land adjacent Samuel’s)
pp. 425-431
This indenture made this
20th day of October 1724 between William Bryant of King & Queen County of
one part and Francis Browning of Saint Marys Parish in Essex County
Witnesseth that the said William Bryant for sum of Fourteen hundred pounds of
Tobo. doth grant unto said Francis Browning & his heirs and assigns fifty
acres of land in Essex County being part of a [?] of land formerly granted
to John Meadows and Henry Peeters & bounded Beginning at a corner
red oak & hickory of Samuel Poe's
land & running thence South to a corner gum on the North side
of the South Fork of Peumansend Swamp thence down the Swamp its several courses
brought straight North to three gums corner to Samuel Poe's land at ye
mouth of a branch thence up the branch North joyning to land of Samuel Poe
to the Beginning all which said premises now are in the actual possession of
him the said Francis Browning by Virture of Statute for Transferring uses into
possession . . .
In presence of Thomas
Horde.
William Bryant
John Gouge
Margett Bryant
At a Court held for
This lease and release admitted
to record
Also the same day - - Came
into Court Margt. Bryant Wife of the said William Bryant & reliquished her
right of Dower which is also admitted to record.
Test
W. Beverley Cecur
3) Ten months later, Francis browning petitions to be Administrator of Samuel Poe’s estate. This is in lieu of an “heir at law” being available within nine months. While it is difficult to know what was going on, it appears that a son would turn twenty-one within nine months. Why would Francis Browning be making this petition if he was not closely related?
Samuel Poe
Francis Browning
p. 299
Francis Browning petition
for the Adminr. of the estate of Samuel Poe deced is ordered to be till nine
months are expired to see if the heir at law will adminstr.
-- It is ordered that
Francis Browning take care of ye estate of Samuel Poe deced till Admin. is
granted thereof, and that he return an inventory thereof to next court.
4)
Within seven months, in March 1726, not the proscribed nine months, Francis
Browning became administrator of Samuel Poe’s estate. The heirs must have been satisfied with the
court’s decision. No challenge appears in the record. Additionally, Francis
Browning and Benjamin Poe (who must have just turned twenty-on) appears in the
Samuel Poe
Francis Browning
Dorman, John
Frederick
Page 114. Samuel Poe. Inventory.
20 7br [Sept] 1725.
Made according to order of
17 Aug. 1725. Estate not valued.
Signed by Fran. Browning
21 Sept. 1725. Returned.
Pages 126-27. Bond of
Francis Browning as administrator of Samuel Poe. Unto Lawrence Taliaferro,
Francis Thornton, Salvator Muscoe and John Battaile, Gent., justices. For 150
pounds sterl. 15 March 1725 [1726]. Securities, William Thomas and John
Saunders Junr.
Francis (F) Browning
William (x) Thomas
John Sanders
Wit. W. Heny. Terrett.
15 March 1725 [1726].
Acknowledged.
5) Francis Browning has intimate knowledge of Poe family affairs, testifying under oath that Samuel Poe did not leave a will.
Samuel Poe
Sparacio.
p. 364
Francis Browning came into
court and made oath that Samuel Poe deced dyed without making any will
as farr as he knows or believes and on his motion & giveing security for
his just & faithful admcon. of the said estate certificate is granted him
for obtaining letters of Admcon thereof in due form.
-- Francis Browning with
William Thomas & John Sanders Junr. acknowledged their bond for the said
Francis his just and faithful Admcon. of estate of Samuel Poe deced which is
admitted to record.
-- ordered that John Griffin, John Sanders, John Ellits and George Robinson or any three of them (being first sworn before a justice of ye peace for this county) appraise ye estate of Samuel Poe deced & return their proceedings therein to ye next court.
6) Francis Browning, now administrator of the estate of Samuel Poe, signs the inventory made by Ellits, Robinson and Saunders.
Samuel Poe
Francis Browning
Dorman, John
Frederick
Page. 148. Samuel Poe. Inventory.
7 April 1726. Appraisers sworn before Capt. Lawrence Taliaferro. No total
valuation.
Signed by Francis (F)
Browning, administrator.
Jno. Ellits
Geo. Robinson
Jno. Saunders
21 June 1726. Returned.
Sparacio
1990
p. 23 The inventory &
apraismt. of the estate of Samuel Poe deced. was this day returned &
admitted to record.
7) One month after the inventory and appraisement of Samuel Poe’s estate is admitted into the court record, Benjamin Poe, now at least twenty-one, joins a petition with Francis Browning over right of way through their adjacent properties.
p. 127
The petition of Benjamin
Poe, Francis Browning, John Gouge and others praying yt Paul Micou may not have
liberty to turne ye road by his quarter of Peumansend is rejected.
8) Nine years later in
1735, Francis Browning is granted 400 acres of
land in
Library of
Land Office
Patents & Grants/Northern Neck Grants & Surveys : CATALOG CARD
Francis Browning
Francis Browning 1735 Patent
at the Library of
MULTIMEDIA Patent
GRANTEE Browning, Francis. grantee.
DATE 19 June 1735.
NOTE Location:
NOTE Grantee(s): Browning, Francis and Ashley, John.
NOTE Description: 400 acres beginning on the head branches of
the North fork of
NOTE Source: Land Office Patents No. 15, 1732-1735 (v.1 &
2 p.1-522), p. 528 (Reel 13).
NOTE Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for
land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office.
The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm.
9)
Two years later, William Poe, now at least 30 years old, is granted 400 acres,
also in
William
Poe*
William
Watson
MULTIMEDIA Patent
GRANTEE Poe, William. grantee.
DATE 10 June 1737.
NOTE Location:
NOTE Grantee(s): Watson, William and Poe,
William.
NOTE Description: 400 acres.
NOTE Source: Land Office Patents No. 17,
1735-1738, p. 333 (Reel 15).
NOTE Part of the index to the recorded copies of
patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial
Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of
Virginia.
*Note that six months after receiving the
patent in Orange County William Poe and wife
10)
Showing further associations connected to land, William
Poe (and wife
*
In 1755 William and
William Poe
p. 461 [9 Dec. 1737]
William Poe’s deeds of lease
and release of land indented to William Taliaferro Gent. (and also a power of
attorney from Lydia Poe to Benjamin Robinson) was proved by John Gough, John
Gough, Jr, and Samuel Edwards, witnesses thereto.
11) Following the move of
Francis Browning and William Poe to Orange/Culpeper County, William Poe is a
witness for Francis Browning , and son.
William Poe
Francis
Browning, Jr.
25 August 1748
pp. 81-82
Indenture between Francis
Browning of
Francis Browning
Witnesses:
J. Pendleton
Charles Dewitt
William (x) Poe
Thomas Burk
12) Francis Browning’s
transferal of land to son. Francis Browning, Jr., is witnessed by William Poe.
William Poe
Francis
Browning
Francis
Browning, Jr.
19 Oct. 1758. Proved by
William Roberts, Richard Corley and William Poe
p. 157-58
Francis Browning of St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County,
unto my son Francis Browning Jr. of Brumfield Parish, Culpeper County. For
valuable considerations and for love and affection a father hath for a son. 100
acres being the tract I now live on in St. Marks' Parish . . on the north side
the
Francis (E) Browning
Wit.
William Roberts
Cornelius Mitchel
Richard Corley
William Poe
13) Poe and Browning as well as Bradford attend an estate
sale of Courtney Norman (one of Francis Browning’s daughters married
Jonathan
Poe
Samuel Poe
(Browning,
Bradford)
5 November 1771
Account of Sale of Estate of
Courtney Norman, dec'd. to 5 Nov., 1771. Purchasers: Reuben Norman, Ezekiel
Norman, Cornelius Mitchell, John Norman, Caleb Browning, John Corbin,
Richard Murffie, Samuel Poe, William Murffie, Jonathan Poe,
William Norman, Miles Murffie, Alexander Baxter, William Reding, Jessey
Thompson, Thurmon Crim, William Daniel, Jacob Weekley, Thomas Conn, William
Corbin, John Weekley, Jeramiah Corbin, James Attwood, James Browning,
William Grimsley, William Day, Miles Murphey, Amry Day, John Norman, Isaac
Reding, William Atwood, John Bradford, Joseph Boggess, Courtney Norman,
John Norman, Mary Norman.
14) Researchers of Francis Browning have said that he
married Elizabeth Lloyd. While no evidence of this union has surfaced, there
were other Poe and Lloyd marriages in
* No
record indicating these dates has been found to date by this researcher.
Francis
Browning
Rachel
Browning
11-12 July 1711.
Francis Browning of St.
Marie's Parish, Essex County, to Joseph Calloway of Southfarnham Parish, same
county. Lease and release; for 2500 pounds of tobacco. 100 acres, part of a
patent formerly granted to Enoch Doughty deceased . . . on the south side of
the head of
Francis (F) Browning
Wit: Henry Byrom, James
Graves, Jno. Ellits.
12 July 1711. Acknowledged
by Francis Browning. Rachel Browning wife to Francis relinquished her right
of dower.
11 July 1711. Bond of
Francis Browning of St. Marie's
Francis (F) Browning
Wit:: Henry Byrom, James
Graves, Jno. Ellitts.
12
July 1711. Acknowledged.
More on Browning - Lloyd - Poe relationships:
The Bradford, Poe and Lloyd families show
connections enduring from
Below, Mary Lloyd, daughter of William Lloyd
Sr, married Hasten Poe, almost surely the son of Capt. Stephen Poe (d. 1773)
son of Simon Poe, SR, probable son of Samuel Poe of
Abstracts of Wills, Orange
County, NC 152-1850 (Shields) has
this:
E 342. Will dated 25 April 1835, proved May
Court 1835. William (X) Lloyd, SR.
Wife: Hannah. sons: Thomas, William, Pleasant, Green and John Lloyd. Daughters:
Sarah Lloyd, Mary Poe, Nancy Jones,
Elizabeth Lloyd. Daughter Rebecca Williams' children. Executor: John
Careathers. Witness: Levi Andrews, William Careathers.
E 253 Will dated 16 February 1831, proved
August Court 1831. Andrew Hunter. Wife: Susannah. Son: Aleander Hunter.
Daughters: Elizabeth Hunter, Jane Lloyd, Frances Hunter, Eliazabeth Hunter,
Christa Hunter, Harriet Hunter. Son: Thomas Hunter. Daughters: Nancy Lloyd and Sary Cate. Executor: Thomas
Hogan and John Careathers. Witness: Hasten Poe,
Reuben C. Poe
The
identify of those below is not clear, but the Poe / Lloyd family closeness
continues into the 1820s and 1830s
Lurene Poe Groom: John Stanley Bond Date: 24 Jul 1826 Record #:
03 421 Bondsman: Thomas Lloyd Witness:
John Hanner (C.Bond #: 000059912
William Poe; Bride: Fanny King Bond Date: 01 Aug 1838 Record #:
02 321 Bondsman: Elijah Andrus; James Lloyd Witness: J
William M
Poe Bride: Christen M Hunter Bond
Date: 15 Jan 1840 Record #: 02 321 Bondsman: William
Lloyd, A; A L Hunter Witness: J
Gabriel P Poe Bride: Betsey Loyde Bond Date: 28 Oct 1819 Record
#: 02 356 Bondsman: John Unthank Witness: Jno Hanner Clerk of Court Bond #:
000058843
* according to
another researcher, Marlene Poe, this is the daughter of John & Alsy
(Harrison) Lloyd
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