The Second-of-Richard's-Three-Wives

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• Name	The Second-of-Richard's-Three-Wives
  Gender	Female
  Death	Abt. 1665	Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  Person ID	I312684225172	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Richard Brownson,   b. 23 Jul 1615, Earls Colne, Essex, England d. 26 Sep 1687, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America (Age 72 years)
  Children	1. Cornelius Brownson, Sr,   b. 1647, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States d. May 1732, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America (Age 85 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]   2. Hannah Bronson,   b. 1650, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States bur. 1712, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Age ~ 62 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]   3. Elizabeth Brownson,   b. Abt. 1653, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America   4. Edith Brownson,   b. Abt. 1655   d. Aft. 1687 (Age 33 years)   5. Mary Brownson,   b. Abt. 1658   d. Aft. 1684 (Age 27 years)   6. Samuel Bronson,   b. Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States d. Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  Family ID	F1602	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Concerning the 3 wives and 8 children of Richard Brownson 3 WIVES AND 8 CHILDREN OF RICHARD. Source: The American Genealogist Vol. 38 article “The Brownson, Bronson, or Brunson Family of Earl’s Colne, Essex, England, - Connecticut, and South Carolina” (pp 204-08) by John Insley Coddington, published in 1963. This source is considered the definitive bio of Richard Brownson, according to the Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford. According to Timothy Lester Jacobs, Genealogist with The Society (on the Society web site on Jan 2020): "There are several genealogies dealing with Richard Bronson, none of which can be recommended due to numerous confusions between the children of Richard and his brother John, and the maintenance of a myth that the three Bronsons of Hartford were children of a Richard Bronson. The only definitive work on the Bronsons is that of John I. Coddington in “The American Genealogist” Vol. 38 article “The Brownson, Bronson, or Brunson Family of Earl’s Colne, Essex, England, - Connecticut, and South Carolina”…." https://www.foundersofhartford.org/the-founders/richard-bronson/ TRANSCRIPTION from this source: Richard Brownson ... married, first ... ca 1642-3, ___ (whose given name is usually stated to have been Abigail) Weyborn or Wyborne, apparently youngest child of John Wyborne of Wrotha, co Kent, England, yeoman, by an unknown wife ... There is, in fact, no actual proof known to the contributor that the given name of the first wife of Richard Brownson was "Abigail" ... so far as is known, her name does not appear in New England records. Richard Brownson (Bronson, Brunson) married secondly, perhaps ca 1646-7, ___, whose name is completely unknown, and who probably died at the birth of her son Samuel at Farmington in 1665. He married, thirdly, ca 1666, Elizabeth ___ (Carpenter) Orvis, widow of David Carpenter (d 1652) and of George Orvis (d 1665) ... Children of Richard Brownson by his first wife: i. ABIGAIL², b. prob at Hartford 8 Sept 1643; bapt at Farmington 30 May 1659 "aged abt 15"; d. at Suffield, Conn, 27 Mar 1710, intestate ... She m. at Farmington, 16 May 1666, Jonathan² Winchell, then of Windsor, later of Suffield ... ii. JOHN, b. at Hartford or Farmington in Aug 1645; bapt at Farmington 20 Feb 1658/9 ae abt 12; d. at Waterbury, Conn, in 1696. Children of Richard Brownson by his second wife: iii. CORNELIUS, b. prob at Farmington ca 1647/8; bapt at Farmington 19 July 1653 ae abt 5; d. at Woodbury, Conn, May 1732. iv. HANNAH, b. at Farmington ca 1649/50, bapt there 19 July 1653 "aged abt 3," d. shortly before 5 Feb 1712; m. 16 Apr 1674 (not 16 Aug 1674), Samuel² Sanford ... v. ELIZABETH, b. at Farmington ca 1651-2; bapt there 19 July 1653 "aged abt 1;" not mentioned in her father's will and prob d. young. vi. EDITH, bapt at Farmington 22 Apr 1655 as Eade ... vii. MARY, bapt at Farmington "abt 12 Feb 1658;" unmarried when her father's will was made, 27 Feb 1684/5 ... viii. SAMUEL, b. prob at Farmington in 1665; d. at Wethersfield, Conn, 23 Jan 1741/2, aged 76.