| Robert
Broughton was born in 1748 in Edgefield. He is probably the eldest
son of Robert Broughton (b.1727) and Margaret Middleton. He married
Ann King at Plumstead on 22nd January 1771. On the banns of Robert
and Ann was an unusual comment: "impediment alleged", and
this may have been the illegitimate birth of John Broughton at Barningham
Town in 1768. |