Re: Mary, Wife of James Landrum, Essex Co. Virginia

Some years ago I worked on this problem using the original records of Essex Co,but made no progress in identifying the unknown first wife of William Brown who was probably the mother of at least Mary and Sarah.I think I placed son William's birth between 1687 and 1793 leaving a question as to his mother.Elizabeth Allen was clearly William Brown's wife by 1689.Nor did I identify parentage for William Brown who was called "the younger" in a 1682 deed,but "the younger" would not prove his father was another William Brown.It was helpful to follow his mark through the Essex records:a sort of conjoined WB