William Browne (burgess)

William Browne
Member of the House of Burgesses for Surry County, Colony of Virginia
In office
Nov. 1682
Preceded bySamuel Swann
Succeeded bySamuel Swann
In office
1677-1680
Preceded byRobert Canfield
Succeeded bySamuel Swann
In office
1671-1673
Preceded byThomas Warren
Succeeded byGeorge Jordan
In office
1660-1662
Preceded byThomas Warren
Succeeded byThomas Warren
Personal details
Borncirca 1630
Surrey, England
DiedJuly 3, 1705
Surry County Colony of Virginia
Resting placeFour Mile Tree plantation, Surry County, Virginia
RelativesCapt. Henry Browne (father-in-law)
Occupationplanter, politician

William Browne (circa 1630-July 3, 1705) emigrated from Surrey, England to become a major planter and politician in the Colony of Virginia. He lived on the south bank of the James River at now-historic Four Mile Tree plantation, named for its distance from Jamestown and which in his tenure became part of Surry County.[1][2][3] While his lawyer son, also William Browne, held only county offices, his grandson, also William Browne (d. 1786), would become a patriot in the American Revolutionary War, and serve in the Virginia House of Delegates.

  1. ^ Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed. (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Vol. I. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. pp. 104, 323.
  2. ^ McCartney, Martha W., ed. (2012). Jamestown people to 1800 : landowners, public officials, minorities, and native leaders. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-8063-1872-1. OCLC 812189309.
  3. ^ Boddie, John Bennett III (1989). Colonial Surry. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co.