William Browne (burgess)
William Browne | |
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| Member of the House of Burgesses for Surry County, Colony of Virginia | |
| In office Nov. 1682 Serving with Arthur Allen II | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Swann |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Swann |
| In office 1677-1680 Serving with Benjamin Harrison, Samuel Swann, Thomas Swann Jr. | |
| Preceded by | Robert Canfield |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Swann |
| In office 1671-1673 Serving with William Cockerham | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Warren |
| Succeeded by | George Jordan |
| In office 1660-1662 Serving with William Cawfield, Lawrence Baker, William Cockerham | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Warren |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Warren |
| Personal details | |
| Born | circa 1630 Surrey, England |
| Died | July 3, 1705 |
| Resting place | Four Mile Tree plantation, Surry County, Virginia |
| Relatives | Capt. Henry Browne (father-in-law) |
| Occupation | planter, politician |
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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. 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.