John Browning Family
Gloucestershire, England

Capt. John Browning
b. 1588, probably Gloucestershire, England
d. probably England
buried:

m. Elizabeth "Sybill" Demarron  abt 1613 London, Middlesex.England
b. 4 Nov 1582 Henly, Suffolk, England
d. ?
her father:  Edmund Demaron (1558 Eng - 1630 Eng)
her mother:  Margaret Clench (1558 Eng - 1630 Eng)

his father: John Browning (1554 Eng )
his mother:Mary Codrington (1558 Eng)
Children with Elizabeth "Sybill" Demarron
George Browning
 b. 1614 London,  England
 d. 1679  Virginia
 m.
Thomas Browning
b. 1620 Gloucestershire,  England
 d. 1674
m.  Hester   (b. 1620
Willliam Browning
 b. 1615 London, England
m. Elizabeth "Sybil" Demaron 1613
Joseph Browning
 b. 1617 London, England
 d. 8 Apr 1690 Jamestown, York, Virginia
 
The lists are based on the research of others.  The Browning family were residents in the Gloucester region before 1335 and had been major businessmen, land owners, sheriffs, members of parliament and hosts to various noblemen over the years.  The name may be spelled as Bruning, Brunyn, Brounyng as well as Browning.

The Demarron name is of French extraction and may be connected to the invasion of William the Conqueror of Normandy in 1066. 

Captain John Browning was born in England about 1589 and sailed from Gravesend, England in the ship "Abigail" in 1621. His ship landed on "College Lands", later known as Jamestown, York County, Virginia. His known children (with wife Elizabeth Dameron) were George, William, and Joseph Browning. George was born in England in 1614, William was born in England in 1615, and Joseph was born in England in 1617. George and William came with their father Captain John on the "Abigail" to America. Joseph came after them aboard the ship "Thomas", leaving London on August 21, 1635. Joseph settled in Jamestown.

Captain John finally settled in Elizabeth City. He was a prominent citizen and served as Burgess of Elizabeth City in 1629, of Morris Bay in 1632, and again of Elizabeth City in 1635. In 1638 he purchased 3,000 pounds of tobacco and all land lying in Mounds Bay and belonging to Thomas Grindon. His manor plantation was about three miles from Williamsburg and two miles from Jamestown. This Captain Browning was the founder of one of the oldest and first families of Virginia.


Source:

Cheryl's Family Index | Ancestor Chart #1 | email to Cheryl Grubb


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