....Dear Ms./Cousin Claire, Please see ellipses...below... > Thanks Barry for all the infomation on the Browning line which I have > recently discovered to be one of mine. Correct me if I am wrong but will give you my > line and the dates I have uncovered which may or may not be correct. > Nathaniel Browning 1630-1670 m Sarah Freeborn; William Browning 1651-1730 married > Rebecca Wilbur; William Browning 1693-1773 married Mary Wilkinson; Dinah Browning > 1736-1799 married Stephen Champlin or Champlain. Correct me if I am wrong. \ ....No need to, as you're "on the money", as it were....and for you and the list, here's a great example of what I mean by "Washington County Consanguinuity", or....marrying someone who was..."no more'n 'n ox-caht roide away f'um each othah"! ...By (Cousin) Edward Franklin Browning's reckoning...he the author of "Brownings in America"...you are of the South Kingstown William3 Browning line...(I am too, but this is not my paternal Browning line!) Now...of William3 Browning 1693-1773 m. Mary Wilkinson, I have seven children, Wilkinson, John, Mary, Dinah, Ruth, Joseph and Tabitha....and of these seven siblings, fully three marry their Browning first cousins by their uncle (my) John3 Browning.... ...now follow this carefully....William3 Browning and Mary Wilkinson's son John4 Browning marries....Ann4 Browning, she the dau. of John3 Browning m. Ann Hazard...so each of these two marries his/her Browning first cousin....and then William3 Browning and Mary Wilkinson's daughter Mary4 Browning....also marries her Browning first cousin Thomas4 Browning, he also the son of John3 Browning m. Ann Hazard.....that makes....two first cousin marriages.......and then William3 Browning and Mary Wilkinson's daughter Ruth4 Browning...well...she ups and marries...her first cousin Jeremiah4 Browning....he also the son of John3 Browning m. Ann Hazard.....and that makes...three first cousin Browning marriages! Yeow! ....Now...I don't have spouses for....siblings Wilkinson4 Browning and Joseph4 Browning...both sons of William3 Browning m. Mary Wilkinson....but for their daughter Tabitha4 Browning I have....Benjamin Gardiner...as her spouse, and...for her sister, your Dinah4 Browning, I have as her spouse....Stephen Champlin Jr., he the son of....Stephen Champlin and...Mary Hazard...hmmmmm....is this Mary Hazard related to Dinah4 Browning's mother Ann Hazard? Aha! Our Ann Hazard's grandfather...Thomas Hazard m. Mary Brownell....is Stephen Champlin's gggrandfather! ...So what's the score so far? Of...seven William3 Browning kids, we have three clearly crossing bloodlines by marrying kids of William3 Browning's brother John3 Browning....and we have some Hazard blood crossing again...in the fourth marriage of your Dinah4 Browning and Stephen Champlin......and....I'm not even trying hard! Honest, folks, I...just peeked at the database so far! ...So let's go for it....lessee....Wilkinson Browning....son of William3 Browning and Mary Wilkinson....married...Huh! Susannah Hazard, dau. of Jeffrey and Mary Hazard...well this could take some time....but...anyway, Cousin Claire, we've started something! My very best regards, Barry Hale Browning > Claire > > > ==== RIWASHIN Mailing List ==== > The RI Archives http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ri/rifiles.htm > RIGenWeb Archives Search > http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/ri/risearch.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >