Thomas Browne II (1648–1715) was an early settler of Maryland.
Early life
Thomas Browne II was an early settler of
Anne Arundel County, Maryland, in regions now part of
Howard County, Maryland
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. He was frequently referred to as "Thomas Browne, the Patuxent Ranger" for settling lands West of the Chesapeake Bay along the
Patuxent River.
Browne's uncle, John Browne, who was involved in the
Battle of the Severn
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, left his estate property to Thomas Browne II in a 1668 will. The first such property granted to him was "Browne's Peace" of Anne Arundel in 1676.
Thomas was commissioned to explore from the
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plantation westward upstream to the limits of the Patuxent River. His plantations formed the southern boundaries of
Charles Carroll the Settler
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's
Doughoregan Manor.
Some of the early land grants Browne patented include Friendship, Increase, Browne's Folly, Browne's Chance, Addition, Browne's Adventure, Diamond, Browne's Forest, Browne's Increase, Ranter's Ridge, and Clink.
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People from Howard County, Maryland
1715 deaths
1648 births