Hatfield/Browning Ancestry

John Browning Mary Codrington John Browning Unknown B: ca. 1554 Gloucestershire, England B: ca. 1554 Gloucestershire, England B: ca. 1255 Bedminster, Gloucestershire, England B: D: England D: 12/18/1591 Coaley, Gloucestershire, England D: D:

This ancient name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, developed from the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name Elizabeth 'Sybil' Demaron Thomas Browning Unknown "Bruning", which was originally a patronymic form of the byname "Brun". The derivation is from the Olde Captain John Browning English "brun", brown, generally ed as a nickname referring to the colour of a person's hair, complexion, or B: ca. 1588 Willsham Hall, Suffolk, England B: 11/4/1582 Henly, Suffolk, England B: ca. 1280 Bedminster, Gloucestershire, England B: D: Virginia D: D: clothing. Early examples of the surname include Bruning de Cestretona recorded in Cambridgeshire in 1086; Captain John Browning D: ca. 1635 Brunyng Dypres and Brounyng Oteland recorded in the Ssex Subsidy Rolls of 1296 and 1327 respectively; Immigrant Ancestor from England William Brouning in the 1291 Cambridgeshire Feet of Fines; and Richard Brouning, in the "Register of the Freemen of the City of York" of 1522. Perhaps the most notable bearer of the name was the English poet Captain John Browning was born in 1588 at Willsham Robert Browning (1812 - 1889), who came of a family that had been settled in Dorset for five hundred years. A Hall, the County of Suffolk, England. He came to America Coat of Arms granted to a Browning family of Gloucestershire depicts a barry wavy of six silver and blue. The in the merchant the "Abigail" in 1622, having sailed from first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Hugo Bruning, which was dated 1198, in the Gravesend, England. He landed on College Lands and Thomas Browning Hester Thomas John Browning Margery "Pipe Rolls of Norfolk", during the reign of King Richard 1, known as "Richard the Lionheart", 1189 - 1199. settled in Elizabeth City, Virginia. He was married to B: ca. 1620 Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire, England B: ca. 1620 Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire, England B: ca. 1310 Bedminster, Gloucestershire, England B: England Elizabeth 'Sybil' Dameron in England about 1614. D: ca. 1677 Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire, England D: ca. 1705 Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire, England D: Gloucestershire, England D: England Generally known as "Captain John", He served as a Burgess in Elizabeth City in 1629, and in the same year he purchased 250 acres of land. He is mentioned in the deed recorded in 1646 to his son, William Browning. He is, also, mentioned as a Burgess of Norris Bay in 1632 and a Burgess of Elizabeth City in 1635. In 1638 he purchased for 3000 pounds of tobacco, all lands lying in John Browning Elizabeth Simmons John Browning Alice Mautravers Sir John Browning B: ca. 1646 Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire, England B: ca. 1649 England B: ca. 1335 Leigh, Gloucestershire, England B: ca. 9/29/1327 Beaminster, Dorset Co, England Mounds Bay and belonging to Thomas Grindon. Captain High Sheriff of Gloucestershire - 1399 John Browning was founder of one of the oldest and first D: ca. 1690 Kent, Cecil Co, MD D: ca. 1689 Cecil Co, MD D: cs. 1369 Gloucestershire, England D: ca.1392 Notgrove Manor, Gloucester, England families of Virginia. The plantation on which he lived is 3 The Office of High Sheriff is the oldest secular Office in the United Kingdom after the to 4 miles from Williamsburg, which places it about five Crown and dates from Saxon times. The word ‘Sheriff’ derives from ‘Shire Reeve’ or miles from Jamestown. the Anglo Saxon ‘Scir-gerefa’. A High Sheriff’s powers were very extensive. They judged cases, had law enforcement powers and could raise the ‘hue and cry’ in pursuit of felons within their Shire. They could summon and command the full power Francis Browning, Sr. Rachel Merritt Sir John Browning Elinor Fitz-Nicholl of the Shire in the service of the Sovereign, they collected taxes and levies and all B: ca. 1667 Baltimore Co, MD B: ca. 1673 Cecil Co, MD B: ca. 1370 Leigh, Gloucestershire, England B: ca. 1374 Berkley, Gloucestershire, England dues on Crown lands on behalf of the Crown and were in charge of Crown property in D: ca. 1724 Spotsylvania Co, VA D: ca. 1775 Culpeper, Culpeper Co, VA D: 2/6/1416 Gloucestershire, England D: ca. 1418 Gloucestershire, England the Shire. In short, High Sheriffs were the principal representatives and agents for the Crown and were very powerful within the Shire. War of 1812 Veteran Valentine Hatfield

Valentine serves in the War of 1812 in the Francis Browning, Jr. Elizabeth Rachel Lloyd Sir William Browning Catherine Dru 120th Virginia Regiment under Captain B: ca. 1700 St. Anne's Par., Essex Co, VA B: ca. 1704 MD B: ca. 1400 Leigh, Gloucestershire, England B: ca. 1410 Leigh, Gloucestershire, England Burwell Spurlock. He received a land grant of D: 1/21/1775 St. Mark’s Par., Culpeper Co, VA D: ca. 1740 Orange, Culpeper Co, VA D: D: Effigy of Sir William Browning c. 1467. Alabaster Knight in Armour fifty acres in Floyd County, Kentucky, in 1821. Sir William Browning High Sheriff of Somerset - 1463

Melbury Sampford is a small estate parish in the Beaminster area of Dorset, sandwiched between Melbury Osmond and Evershot, seven miles South-West of Sherborne. In the 15th century, the Manor had passed to the Brouning family. George Hatfield, Sr. Unknown Nicholas Browning Sarah Washburn John Browning Margaret Harding Next to the house, is the Chapel of St Mary’s, which was once the parish church of B: abt. 1715 Lee Co, VA B: B: ca. 1726 Spotsylvania, Culpeper Co, VA B: ca. 1726 in Essex Co, VA B: ca. 1440 Leigh, Gloucestershire, England B: ca. 1444 Cam, Gloucestershire, England the lost village of Melbury Sampford. It is a 15th century building with a pinnacled D: 1795 Lee Co, VA D: D: October 1787 Caswell Co, NC D: 1/10/1810 Caswell Co, NC D: D: tower decorated with lions, wolves and gargoyles to guard the tombs of those buried in the church. Inside, there are ancient canopied tombs and memorials to the Brouning and Strangways families carefully guarded by the stone creatures outside, there is also a beautiful marble reredos depicting the Last Supper.

Joseph Hatfield, Sr. Elizabeth "Deliz" Vance Enos Browning Jennie (Jane) Trim Richard Browning Elizabeth Parsons B: 1739 Washington Co, VA B: 1735 Isle of Wight Co, VA B: ca. 1751 in Culpeper Co, VA B: ca. 1750 Caswell Co, NC B: ca. 1468 Coaley, Gloucestershire, England B: ca. 1468 Stanley Hall, Gloucestershire, England D: 8/29/1832 Campbell, TN WV D: 12/1878 Campbell, TN WV D: ca. 1816 in Washington Co, VA D: 11/15/1843 Island Creek, Logan Co, VA D: ca. 1497 England D:

Ephraim Hatfield Mary Smith Edmund Browning Elizabeth Fanny Hall John Browning Christian Webb B: 1765 Russell Co, VA B: 11/25/1754 Wilmington, DE B: ca. 1772 Caswell Co NC B: ca. 1774 B: ca. 1493 Coaley, Gloucestershire, England B: ca. 1493 Kingswood, Wiltshire, England D: 10/13/1847 Blackberry Creek, Pike Co, KY D: 1800 Thompson Creek, Rsel Co, VA D: ca. 5/1854 Logan Co WV D: ca. 1818 Washington Co, VA D: ca. 1523 Gloucestershire, England D: ca. 1522 Gloucestershire, England

W A R o f 1 8 1 2 Valentine “Wall” Hatfield Martha Weddington Jesse Browning Mary Curry John Browning Joan Tovey B: 1789 Russell Co, VA B: 1789 Washington Co, VA B: ca. 1807 in Washington Co, VA B: ca. 1811 Monroe Co, VA B: ca. 1519 Gloucestershire, England B: ca. 1523 Olveston, Gloucestershire, England D: 5/1872 Justice, Mingo Co, WV D: 1867 Sprigg, Cabell Co, WV D: 1878 in Logan Co, WV D: ca. 1880 Logan Co, VA D: D: 6/2/1587 Wedmore, Somersetshire, England

Ephraim Hatfield II Nancy A. Vance Adam Browning Mary Elizabeth Patterson B: 4/11/1812 Sprigg, Cabell Co, WV B: 5/2/1813 VA B: 11/11/1831 Oilville, Logan Co, VA B: ca. 1838 D: 6/30/1881 Mate Creek, Mingo Co, WV D: 1895 D: 5/8/1884 Logan Co, VA D: ca. 1892 John Browning Elizabeth Demarest B. ca. 1728 Culpepper Co, Virginia B. ca. 1728 New Castle Co, Delaware D. ca. 12/1803 D. ca. 1803

American Revolution James Browning Susannah Hickman B. ca. 1745 B. ca. 1745 Culpeper Co, Virginia Patriot Ancestors D. ca. 1812 D. ca. 1833 Harrison Co, Kentucky William Anderson Hatfield Levisa Chafin Robert H. Browning Mary Ann "Polly" Browning B: 9/9/1839 Logan Co, WV B: 12/20/1842 Pike Co, KY B: 5/20/1858 Logan Co, VA B: ca. 2/2/1860 Logan Co, VA D: 3/15/1929 Stirrat, Logan Co, WV D: 3/12/1936 Sarah Ann, Logan Co, WV D: ca. 1910 Joseph Hatfield, Sr. Robert Overall Annie Browning D: 1/6/1921 Logan Co, WV B. ca. 1770 B. ca. 1780 Culpeper Co, Virginia J o s e p h H a t f i e l d s e r v e d i n t h e D. ca. 1835 D. ca. 1820 Revolutionary War enlisting in the VA Militia in Rusell Co, VA. He served as a George Overall Louisiana Duvall Private, Scout and Spy. His pension B. 7/4/1820 Bullitt Co, Kentucky B. 3/26/1826 Nelson Co, Kentucky papers record that he was regarded as D. 1/9/1871 Nelson Co, Kentucky D. 12/18/1855 Nelson Co, Kentucky Rose Lee Hatfield Francis Marion Browning perhaps "the best Indian spy and B: 9/7/1885 Logan Logan Co, WV B: 7/12/1883 Logan, Logan Co, WV woodsman on the Western frontier." He D: 8/31/1965 Logan, Logan Co, WV D: 7/10/1963 Peach Creek, Logan Co, WV Christopher Clark San Overall served under Capt. William Campbell at B. ca 1846 Missouri B. ca. 1849 Nelson Co, Kentucky Civil War Veteran King's Mountain, served under Col. D. D. Chrisman's VA. Regt, served under Capt. Born September 9, 1839 in what is today Logan County, WV William Anderson Hatfield grew up in the hill Thompson at "New Gardain", and served Harry Armour Gabriella Clark country along the Tug Fork and developed a formidable reputation as a marksman and horseman. With his Capt. Dickison as an Indian Spy. B. ca. 1/1874 Illinois B. ca 6/1877 Missouri wife, Levicy, he produced nine boys and four girls. He owned considerable land and ran a successful D. D. lumbering operation. A Confederate sympathizer, Captain Hatfield formed the Logan Wildcats guerrilla Joseph Elliott Browning Lucille Evelyn Smith band. Some historians believe the beginning of the famous Hatfield-McCoy feud found its beginning in Enos Browning B: 4/1/1913 Stirrat, Logan Co, WV B: 6/19/1920 Logan, Logan Co, WV Ralph Dunham, Sr. Ruth Armour 1865 When Asa McCoy, Ranel McCoy's brother, and Union Army veteran was found shot to death. Others D: 4/41979 Huntington, Cabell Co, WV D: 3/20/1997 Toledo, Lucas Co, OH B. 12/25/1894 Argonia, Kansas B. 9/1/1900 Illinois point to an 1878 complaint filed by Ranel McCoy against Floyd Hatfield, Devil Anse's cousin, for stealing his Enos Browning was a private in the VA D. 10/4/1970 Wichita, Kansas D. 11/25/1926 Wichita, Kansas hogs. Popular perception, however, favors the ill-starred romance between Anse's son, Johnse Hatfield Continental line during the Revolutionary and Roseanna McCoy. Devil Anse refused his permission for them to marry, the end result was a woman War enlisting in Culpeper Co, VA., under pregnant and abandoned by her lover and her family. Two years later, Anse's brother Ellison was killed by the command of General Greene. He Stanley Armour Dunham Madelyn Payne B. 3/23/1918 Kansas B. ca. 10/1922 Kansas the McCoys, Anse responded by killing his brother's murderers for which an indictment was issued but no V I E T N A M W A R served under General William Campbell in D. 2/8/1992 D. further action taken. On New Years Day 1888 Hatfield supporters burned the McCoy's homestead, killing the Battle of King's Mountain on two adult children, Alifair and Calvin, and seriously injuring Mrs. McCoy. A reprisal raid netted nine Hatfield Joseph Edward Browning Carol Sue Browning 10/07/1780. Enos served until the end of B: 11/11/1938 Logan, Logan Co, WV Barack Husein Obama Stanley Ann Dunham supporters but Devil Anse slipped away. The sides were drawn into a pitched battle two weeks later, during B: 10/27/1937 Monaville, Logan Co, WV the war in 1783. D: 7/18/2003 in Colo. Springs, El Paso Co, CO B. ca. 1936 Alego, Kenya B.11/29/1942 Kansas which a deputy was killed. In September 1889, the captured Hatfields were tried for the death of Alifair D: 8/3/2011 in Colo. Springs, El Paso Co, CO D. ca. 1982 Nairobi, Kenya D. 11/7/1995 McCoy, eight went to prison, a ninth hanged. Anse spent the last years of his life quietly on his farm. Anse succumbed to pneumonia January 6, 1921. His funeral was the largest ever held in Logan County. Barack Husein Obama B. 9/4/1961 Honolulu, Hawaii

Sam Allen Browning David Jon Browning Ronald Gene Browning Joseph Ernest Browning B: 7/3/1965 Logan, Logan Co, WV B: 7/10/1959 Logan, Logan Co, WV B: 12/22/1957 Logan, Logan Co, WV B: 12/6/1956 Logan, Logan Co, WV