Frances Fowke

1692 - 1744  (52 years)

• Name	Frances Fowke  [1]
  Born	2 Feb 1692	Charles County, Maryland
  Gender	Female
  Died	8 Nov 1744	Stafford County, Virginia
  Buried	Aquia Episcopal Church Cemetery
  Person ID	I2262	Tree1
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	Gerard Fowke,   b. 15 Jul 1662, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 20 Jan 1735, Nanjemy, Charles County, Maryland - Probate  (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Burditt,   b. Abt 1665, Charles County, Maryland ,   d. 25 Feb 1746, Charles County, Maryland - inventory  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	31 Dec 1686	Charles County, Maryland
  Notes	Charles County Circuit Court, Birth, Deaths & Marriage Records, Liber Q Fowke, Gerrard of Portobacco; m. Sarah Burdett the youngest d/o Thomas Burdett late of this County, 31 Dec 1687
  Family ID	F1134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gustavus Dr Browne,   b. 10 Apr 1689, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland ,   d. 12 May 1762, Rich Hill, Charles County, Maryland - Probate  (Age 73 years)
  Married	1710	Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland
  Children	1. Gustavus Browne,   b. 7 May 1711, Rich Hill, Charles County, Maryland ,   d. 8 Sep 1712, Rich Hill, Charles County, Maryland  (Age 1 years)  [natural]   2. Frances Browne,   b. 29 Jul 1713, Rich Hill, Charles County, Maryland ,   d. 1770, Stafford County, Virginia  (Age 56 years)  [natural]   3. Sarah Browne,   b. 29 Aug 1715, Rich Hill, Charles County, Maryland ,   d. 8 Jun 1784, Dettingen Parish, Prince William County, Virginia - Probate  (Age 68 years)  [natural]   4. Mary Browne,   b. 8 Dec 1717, Rich Hill, Charles County, Maryland ,   d. 1801, Charles County, Maryland  (Age 83 years)  [natural]   5. Christian Browne,   b. 29 Aug 1720, Rich Hill, Charles County, Maryland ,   d. 17 Sep 1742, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia  (Age 22 years)  [natural]   6. Gustavus Browne,   b. 5 Sep 1722, Rich Hill, Charles County, Maryland ,   d. 13 Sep 1722, Rich Hill, Charles County, Maryland  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   7. Elizabeth Browne,   b. 5 Oct 1723, Rich Hill, Charles County, Maryland ,   d. Between 1784 and 1792, King George County, Virginia  (Age 60 years)  [natural]   8. Richard Rev. Browne,   b. 2 Dec 1725, Rich Hill, Charles County, Maryland ,   d. 12 Oct 1789, Charles County, Maryland - probate  (Age 63 years)  [natural]   9. Richard Rev. {Addl Records} Browne,   b. 2 Dec 1725, Rich Hill, Charles County, Maryland  [natural]   10. Gustavus Browne,   b. 30 May 1727, Rich Hill, Charles County, Maryland ,   d. 9 Jun 1727, Rich Hill, Charles County, Maryland  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   11. Jane Browne,   b. 1 Jun 1728, Rich Hill, Charles County, Maryland ,   d. Aft 1784, Charles County, Maryland  (Age > 57 years)  [natural]   12. Anne Browne,   b. 1732, Rich Hill, Charles County, Maryland ,   d. 6 Sep 1800, Fauquier County, Virginia - probate  (Age 68 years)  [natural]   13. Cecilia Browne,   b. 1732, Charles County, Maryland ,   d. 6 Feb 1792, St. Mary's County, Maryland - Probate  (Age 60 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2023
  Family ID	F1128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Sources: Title: "A History of Chapman and Alexander Families" by Sigismunda Mary Frances Chapman, Virgiia Book Company, 1939, Berryville, Virginia Charles County Circuit Court, Birth, Deaths & Marriage Records, Liber Q Fowke, Frances, d/o Gerrard and Sarah Fowke of Nanjemy, b. 2 Feb 1691 Brown, Francis, (nunc.), Charles County, 25th Dec., 1734 ; 5th Apr., 1735. To son William and daus. Frances and Penelope, personalty, some of which desc. as had of Willam Cage. Test: John Brown, Penelope Brown, William King. 21. 335. === Brown, Frances Fowke Feb 2, 1691 Nov 8, 1744 Consort: Dr. Gustavus Brown Parents: Gerard Fowke of Gunston, Staffordshire === === mss1 H 7842a 1325-1416 Virginia Historical Society Library Richmond VA; G136 also Historic Graves of Maryland and the District of Columbia By Helen West Ridgely, National Society of the Colonial Dames of America; His father, Dr. Gustavus Brown, the fourth of that name, was born in Scotland in 1689. He settled at Port Tobacco, was Justice of Charles county from 1726 to 1762, also chief justice from 1748 to the same period. He married Frances Fowke, who was buried at " Dipple," an estate of her son-in- law Rev. James Scott, on the Virginia side of the Potomac. Her tomb bore this record : Here lyeth the body of Frances, wife of Dr Gustavus Brown, of Charles County, Md. By her he had twelve children, of whom one son and seven daughters survive her. She was a daughter of Mr Gerard Fowke, late of Md., and descended from the Fowkes of Gunston Hall in Staffordshire, England. She was born Feb. 2nd 1691 and died much lamented on the 8th of November 1744, in the 54th year of her age.

  
  

• Sources

  [S268] Virginia Genealogies - Hayden.