The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22

in gold as her weight, which was nine
ty.
Among early settlers in America of
the Brown family was John Brown of
Hawkedom, a descendant of Christo-
pher Brown, who was born about 1901
He arrived in the Lion, IN 1852, and
settled in Watertown, Conn. Thomas
Brown and his brother, Rev. Edmund
Brown, were born In Bury street, Ed
munds, Suffolk England. They came
to New England in 1887, and were
among the original proprietors of Sud-
bury, Mass, to which they gave it's
name. THE name, ordered by the
court, Is that of an old English town
in the county of Suffolk. near the par
ish of Bury st. Edmunds."
Edmund Brown was the first minis-
ter of the church of New England,
Sudbury, and one of the most distln-
guished clergymen of the time. He
had a large library for those tines
numbering $50 volumes. He owned
about 300 acres of land, and his house,
called in his will "Brunswick"-"the
house by the stream"-was of "ample
dimensions, two stories high and well
furnished" He left $500 to Harvard
College.
The college grounds of Brown Uni
versity, Providence, comprise large
portion of the home lot of Chad
Brown, VINO, WITH HIS wife, fllZdDeIns
and sons, came from England in the
ship Martin, in 1888. He was a sur
veyor.
Another immigrant Brown was
George, who was born in Leicester
shire in 1643. In 1879 he received a
patent of land in Bucks county, Penn.
from Sir Edmund Andre, the Ameri-
can agent of the Duke of York.
William Brown and his brother
TaV,a hot In ncphn
came to this country in 1882. Will
lam was much married mamie had
four wives. 1t is related of him that
"he suffered much from conscientious
scruples in divers matters
The religious domination called
Brownists was founded by Robert
Brown. 1t is now represented In
church organization and government
by the various denominations of Cons
gregationalists.
Another member of the family to win
renown was General Jacob Brown.
who distinguished himself in the War
of 1912. He was born in Pennsylvania
in 1875, and died in 1928. At the time
of his death he was commander-in-
chief of the army. His portrait now
hangs in the City Hall, New York.
After the close of the War of 1912.
while visiting New York, the freedom
of the city was offered to him. 1t was
said of him that no enterprise he I'M
dertook ever failed.
1t seems that there is some Browns
money in England awaiting heirs. It
is a matter of f25O000, or about 81
1000. 1t belongs to the heirs of Sir
Anthony Brown. knight, standard
bearer of England. to whom and to
heirs forever Henry VIII. gave divers
lands and manors in Sussex. Sir An
thony died in 1868. He left a son,
also Sir Anthony, who was created
Viscount Montague, whose first wife
was Jane, daughter of the Earl of
Sussex. His second wife was Mar
garet, daughter of Lord Dacre. No
heirs 10 the property can be traced I'm
England. The property. therefore, be-
longs to the descendants of tha
younger brothers of Sir Anthony,
william and George Brown. who
came to this country. A Brown as
ISOLATION was formed in this country
few years ago for the purpose of
looking into this matter. and church
records IN London, Midhurst. Ripley
and Lancashire have been examined
II IL also necessary 10 look up all
Wills In the name OF Brown from 1850
10 1850.
As 70 the spelling OF the name, in
most early records IL was spelled with
a Anal .e;" but that has since been
dropped by nearly ali who bear tbs
name.