William Browne was a justice of the Surry County, VA court from 1668 to 1705. He was county sherrif in 1674 and 1687 and a Burgess of the County in 1676-77, 1679, 1681-82. He was Lt. Col. of Militia 1679-87.
In the 1705 will of William Browne he names son William Browne (in England at the writing of Will); son Henry Browne; daughter Ann Flood wife of Walter Flood; daughter Priscilla Blunt wife of Thomas Blunt; Grandson William son of William Browne and wife Jane; Grandson Henry Browne son of William Browne and wife Jane; Granddaughter Jane Browne dau of William and Jane now less than 18 years; Grandson John Flood; Grandchild Walter Flood; Grandchild Fortune Flood; Grandchild Mary Flood; Grandchild Ann Flood; Granddaughter Jane Jordan; Grandaughter Mary Sowerby wife of Francis Sowerby; Grandchild Mary Jordan, the younger; Grandchild William Blunt;
Southside Virginia Families, Volume I, by John Bennet Boddie, Pacific Coast Publishers, Redwood City, California, 1955.