Hello My name is Debbie and I am decended from John BROWNING baptised in Totnes, Devon, England on 14 Nov 1802. His parents were James BROWNING and Mary RICH who were married on 1 Apr 1798 in Totnes. James & Mary's baptisms have not been located. James was a Miller who died aged 60 in 1833 and Mary died in 1851 aged c 80. John became a sailor and then a Master Mariner ending up as a Shipowner. James & Mary's Decendents are shown below. 1 James BROWNING b: Abt. 1773 UNKNOWN d: 1833 in Brixham, Devon . +Mary RICH b: Abt. 1772 UNKNOWN m: 1 Apr 1798 in Totnes d: 16 Dec 1851 in Brixham, Devon ........ 2 Mary Browning b: 1798 Baptism: 19 Aug 1798 Totnes, Devon ........ 2 Jane Browning b: 1800 Totnes Baptism: 15 Jun 1800 Totnes, Devon ............ +George Avery m: 16 Feb 1821 in Brixham, Devon ................... 3 Mary Avery b: Abt. 1822 Brixham, Devon ................... 3 George Avery b: Abt. 1828 Brixham, Devon ................... 3 Jane Avery b: Abt. 1830 Brixham, Devon ................... 3 Ann Avery b: Abt. 1836 Brixham, Devon ................... 3 Maria Avery b: Abt. 1838 Brixham, Devon ........ 2 JOHN BROWNING b: 1802 Totnes, Devon Baptism: 14 Nov 1802 Totnes, Devon d: 4 Oct 1887 in Brixham, Devon ............ +JANE HELLYER b: Abt. 1810 Brixham, Devon Baptism: 14 Mar 1810 Brixham m: 27 May 1831 in All Saints, Brixham d: 14 Sep 1890 in Brixham, Devon ................... 3 Jane Wheaton Browning b: 1833 ................... 3 John Browning b: 1835 Baptism: 11 Oct 1835 Burial: 29 Oct 1835 ................... 3 Jane Wheaton Browning b: 30 Oct 1836 d: 18 Jan 1914 ....................... +Samuel Decent m: 4 Aug 1863 d: 20 May 1886 .............................. 4 Florence Decent b: Abt. 1864 Brixham, Devon d: 3 Dec 1935 .............................. 4 Samuel Wheaton Decent b: Abt. 1870 d: 17 Jan 1940 .................................. +Petronelle Collings? b: 31 Mar .............................. 4 John Wheaton Decent b: Abt. 1874 d: 2 Feb 1954 .................................. +Augusta Unknown b: Abt. 1880 d: 24 Oct 1966 .............................. 4 Henriette Decent b: Abt. 1878 .............................. 4 Charles Decent b: Abt. 1879 ................... 3 Elizebeth Betsey Browning b: Abt. 1840 ................... 3 Robert Browning b: 16 Apr 1843 d: 11 Dec 1921 ....................... +Margaret Curtis b: Abt. 1847 Brixham, Devon m: 16 Dec 1867 d: 8 Jun 1941 .............................. 4 Carrie Browning b: Abt. 1871 Brixham, Devon d: 25 Dec 1944 .............................. 4 Ida Browning b: Abt. 1876 Brixham, Devon d: 2 Apr 1893 in Interred at Prescot .............................. 4 Ethel Browning b: 28 Mar 1878 Brixham, Devon d: 21 Apr 1947 .............................. 4 Jane Hellyer Browning b: Abt. 1882 ................... 3 John Browning b: Abt. 1845 ....................... +Mary UNKNOWN .............................. 4 Susie Browning b: 11 Mar 1883 ................... 3 WHEATON RICH BROWNING b: 9 Jan 1848 Brixham, Devon d: 16 Sep 1893 in County Asylum, Bridgend ....................... +MARY JANE PEARCE b: 26 Jul 1855 m: 28 Jul 1879 in Wesleyan Chapel, Brixham d: 23 Jan 1922 .............................. 4 ANNIE PEARCE BROWNING b: 10 Jun 1881 Brixham, Devon d: 5 Aug 1939 .................................. +SAMUEL GEORGE HAYWOOD b: 17 May 1878 Union Place, Brixham, Devon m: 14 Aug 1907 in Brixham, Devon d: 29 Aug 1953 ................... 3 Zoe Browning b: Abt. 1851 Brixham, Devon d: 12 Dec 1890 ....................... +William Williams Varwell b: 28 Feb 1846 m: 23 Oct 1875 d: 2 Jul 1929 .............................. 4 Zoe Varwell .................................. +Reginald Fletcher ......................................... 5 Peter Fletcher b: Abt. 1924 d: 20 May 1941 in in enemy action .............................. 4 William J Varwell b: Abt. 1879 ........ 2 James Browning b: 1805 Totnes, Devon Baptism: 29 Sep 1805 Totnes, Devon d: 1828 in Brixham, Devon Burial: 20 May 1828 Brixham, Devon ........ 2 William Browning b: 1807 Totnes Baptism: 31 Jan 1808 Totnes, Devon d: 1825 in Brixham, Devon Burial: 9 Aug 1825 Brixham, Devon ........ 2 Richard Browning b: 1814 Totnes Baptism: 25 Dec 1814 Totnes, Devon d: 13 Jul 1865 in Brixham, Devon ............ +Elizabeth Castley b: Abt. 1815 m: 13 Apr 1838 in Brixham, Devon d: 13 Dec 1838 in Brixham, Devon ........ *2nd Wife of Richard Browning: ............ +Harriet Weymouth b: Abt. 1814 Milcoombe m: 28 Apr 1842 in Stoke Fleming d: 1891 ................... 3 Richard Weymouth Browning b: 20 Jul 1843 Brixham, Devon ................... 3 Harriet Browning b: 16 Jul 1845 Brixham, Devon ....................... +William Merchant m: 28 Nov 1866 ................... 3 James Browning b: 16 Oct 1847 Brixham, Devon d: 1 Mar 1934 ....................... +Elizabeth Lamswood b: 1870 m: 25 Jun 1895 in Toxteth d: 1956 in London .............................. 4 Frederick James Browning b: 26 Mar 1894 .................................. +Florence Preece m: 1934 d: 16 Dec 1981 .............................. 4 Richard John Browning b: 1895 Toxteth .............................. 4 Charles Henry Browning b: 1897 Toxteth .............................. 4 William Thomas Browning b: 1899 Toxteth d: 1900 in Toxteth .............................. 4 Harriet Browning b: 1902 Toxteth .............................. 4 William Browning b: 1905 Toxteth .............................. 4 George Browning b: 1907 Toxteth ................... 3 William Browning b: 11 Jan 1851 Brixham, Devon