tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post5718227479001294215..comments2024-03-27T08:47:53.648-07:00Comments on Nutfield Genealogy: Surname Saturday ~ BROWNING of Topsfield, MassachusettsHeather Wilkinson Rojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704949156266722016noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post-91202236848220019062016-04-05T18:23:38.711-07:002016-04-05T18:23:38.711-07:00Wow, I'll have to relook at the Abigail Browni...Wow, I'll have to relook at the Abigail Browning who married Samuel Allen. Apparently two Browning siblings did not marry two Allen siblings? This is interesting...Heather Wilkinson Rojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704949156266722016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post-77700277962067843432016-04-05T16:03:44.127-07:002016-04-05T16:03:44.127-07:00Heather, I came across the 1719 will of Abigail Wi...Heather, I came across the 1719 will of Abigail Williams of Salem, daughter of Sarah (Browning) Williams, on www.americanancestors.org (NEHGS), which does not agree with Lineage A, Generation 3 above. Here are some of my notes, from the Essex County Probate File Papers:<br /><br />18 May 1719 #29965 will/probate of single woman Abigail Williams of Salem, daughter of Sarah Williams of Salem widow and granddaughter of Thomas Browning formerly of Salem.<br />Abigail ill and sick of body, perfect mind and memory<br />my dear tender mother Sarah Williams all my real estate in Salem, 10 acre lot in Southfield and my acre of marsh lying in Southfield also adjoining to Deacons Marsh. My homestead where my mother and I dwell together - to mother & her heirs<br />all my personal estate to my 3 executors, my mother Sarah Williams, my kinsman Thomas Symonds, & Edward Norrice<br />10 April 1719 her mark<br />witnesses: William Buttolph, Isaac Frost? Mary Frost? Steph. Sewall<br /><br />31 March 1729 probate #30053 Sarah Williams d. intestate 1729, related to William Towne, Edmund Towne and his father Thomas Towne, nephew Joseph Symonds, etc.<br />includes relatives paying for her support as well as mention of the Southfield lands from Daughter's will.<br />she was "dark or blind"<br />repay widow Gerrish for her daughter Abigal's funeral.<br /><br />Torrey gives death date for Joseph Williams as 1682 and his wife Sarah Browning as 1719+, which probably means he knew about Abigail Williams' death but didn't find her mother's probate. Robin Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17154533013093761313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post-45218167451640288552013-04-18T08:59:43.579-07:002013-04-18T08:59:43.579-07:00It’s really a great and helpful piece of info. I a...It’s really a great and helpful piece of info. I am glad that you shared this helpful information with us. Please keep us informed like this irish surnameshttp://www.paulmaccotter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post-22864530196984891142012-09-01T18:03:42.049-07:002012-09-01T18:03:42.049-07:00The Brownings in my post lived 100 years before an...The Brownings in my post lived 100 years before and left no male descendants to carry on the name. I have no idea if his orgins are English or from elsewhere. It is possible they are related, but it would be difficult to find proof. Heather Wilkinson Rojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704949156266722016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post-87946030540691562212012-09-01T06:22:04.053-07:002012-09-01T06:22:04.053-07:00Some Tufts in West Brookfield MA married Brownings...Some Tufts in West Brookfield MA married Brownings. William Tuffs/Tufts married a Margaret Browning and his sister Sarah married her brother John in 1763 and 1761 respectively. They both left many descendents. William and Sarah were descendents of John Tuffs/Tufts whose records are unclear and may be fron James and James to Peter Tufts the immigrant. Dr. James Hayden Tufts claimed this family was from the John Tuffs/Tufts from Ireland of Scots-Irish descent. John's wife was Agnes Foote and her stone states "born in Scotland" but it is possible he was the John who shipwrecked on Sable Island or of unknown immigration. Could your Thomas Browning been related to James the father of these siblings of West Brookfield (born in Rutland MA)?Thomas W Tuftshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713754079648330007noreply@blogger.com