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Capt Francis Broward

Birth
Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Death
1814 (aged 58–59)
Duval County, Florida, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: No one knows exactly where he is buried. Probably somewhere on his land. Add to Map
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Sailed from Brest France with 371 other Huguenots to Georgetown district of South Carolina in about 1764.

Said to have served under Count Polaski in the Battle of Savannah during the American Revolution.

Moved to Florida when son John was 5 years old (about 1800). Had 300 acre land grant around Nassau river area.

Had a small Merchantile Business in Charleston.


Husband of Rebecca Sarah Bell b: 16 MAY 1766 in Brunswick Co., NC
Children:
Charles Broward b: 18 MAY 1785 in All Saints Parish, Georgetown, S.C.
Francis Broward , Jr. b: ABT. 1789 in All Saints Parish, Georgetown, S.C.
Sarah Elizabeth Broward b: 31 JAN 1792 in Georgetown, , South Carolina
John Nathaniel Broward b: 17 NOV 1795 in All Saints Parish, Georgetown, South Carolina
Sailed from Brest France with 371 other Huguenots to Georgetown district of South Carolina in about 1764.

Said to have served under Count Polaski in the Battle of Savannah during the American Revolution.

Moved to Florida when son John was 5 years old (about 1800). Had 300 acre land grant around Nassau river area.

Had a small Merchantile Business in Charleston.


Husband of Rebecca Sarah Bell b: 16 MAY 1766 in Brunswick Co., NC
Children:
Charles Broward b: 18 MAY 1785 in All Saints Parish, Georgetown, S.C.
Francis Broward , Jr. b: ABT. 1789 in All Saints Parish, Georgetown, S.C.
Sarah Elizabeth Broward b: 31 JAN 1792 in Georgetown, , South Carolina
John Nathaniel Broward b: 17 NOV 1795 in All Saints Parish, Georgetown, South Carolina

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