The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-30
. BROuJl>J F1AMIL !.
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II (brothers) were descendants.
4 Some twenty years ago wrote to Arch
/ ibald Broui,, lawyer OF Edinburgh. for
4 information eIIo replied that he was
4 preparing his own pedigree, and had
been continuously engaged at 1t for many
4 years I1e died shortly after completing
4 His widow kindly sent me- through
4 her son, A. G. r.. Broun, Of Sherburn,
Minnesota, n typewrlttcri copy Of this
i pedigree, which was published In Burke's
Landed Gentry Gondon) IN 1000. pro
/ cured from London NJ copy OF this book.
This pedIeree shows tho arms, motto and
country seat OF Archibald Broun, OF
Edinburgh, Scotland, to be as follows:
Arms--1. Douglass Hertiae erm. on q
4 chief g,l. three mullets arg.;2. Ilartrie,
crm. on n chief az, throe fleur-de-lis arg;
g. Gorgleinylno3 (now Johnstounburn), az,
! a Jesse ynrie, Sbetw. three fleur-de-lls arg
! Crest IA 4 roso slipped and Sharbed ppr.
I Motto-Armht etEornat Seat-JoAH ssuGn-
! burn Humble Parish. East Lothian.
An Intelligent reader, who had carefully
i examined various books In the Congress
4 sional Library Mt Washington, on the
i 3roun families in Scotland, wrote mo IN
i 1899 that William Broun tmy grandfather)
i was most probably q descendant from
Sir William Broun, Of Colssbun. The
\ family motto in Scotland being " FLO y
4 Matstas !. (see Burke s Peerage, 1892 @i
| :
Dispatch I'M 1904 reached he same con-
clusIons Respecting theS ancestry Of the
i c1nirrant Villlnni Broun,4 and so pup
i lished 1t in IN, article that appeared IN
i the Richmond Times Dispatch of Jahu-
airy II. 1901 Y.
! 4 certified list Of Bordeaux Mayors
from 1917 to 1852 was sent to me IRON 9 N
Paris In 1856 by Count de nleury y "a
i client Of mine), who was IN C i :
west Virginia. iii 1873. This list shows
that in tho year 1916 tho Mayor Of Bor7
! dea11x was n'Thomas@ Brohun. Hello Az
4 douyn Gullfem de Thoulouz.
II ia said that the Broun family of
Bordeaux, France, originally spelled their
/ name Brohun, which was subsequently
changed by dropping the letter = ana J,
spelling the name Broun, wit = an y accent
i over the w. s5ffi n, Il tlst
An archibald Broun, OF Scotland. set
I tled n Charleston, s.. O., and fought in
i tha Revolutionary War. lie married 4
4 Miss Allen. Among his descendants now
/ living are DR.. Richard NJ, Geddlnss, OF
i south Carolina, In the Weather Bureau
Service; and stationed at San Juan, - h,
i md his brother Dr. Edward q. Geddlnss,
of South Carolina, first lieutenant and
assistant surgeon United States army,
A stationed at Fort keogh, Montana. -
il The Broun family In Scotland embracs
j many historic names notably that OF
i James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, MARQUIS
OF Dnlhousie, whose mothers MAIDEN
name was susans Broun. the heiress Of
1 coalstoun.5 near Haddington, "a woman
4 ar remarkable ability and force OF char
acter which she transmitted to her dis
i tinguished son, who, for his long and bril-
1 liant service in India, received the thanks
i 5of$Parliament, and the Grown made I'm
i Marquis
See britannica Encyclopaedia, 1908, Vol.
6: Burke's Baronetcy states that the rel
/. alive precedence of the Broun Baronetcy
l was at one tlme 200 out of total or
4 974.
! Burke's Peerage and Burke's Enclo,
peadia Of Heraldry contain much apout
i Sir William Broun of Coalstoun, ana
others Of his kindred. TheN mention that
I the chief Of the name was lAe Bruil'
which dated back to the year 1l16
i rhe Brouns Of Scotland We're originally
4 from France, their name then being L-o
i Bran or Brohun AS there Is no letter
i in the French language. the correct pro-
4 nunciati Of the name Broun Is Broom,
and not Brown. a dstiotiyo spelling
should have Il distinctive pronunciation.
4 The ancestors and kindred of Janettn
4 McAdam Broun. my grandmother are as
follows: M
81. William Ball. born in London, 1913,
and died in Lancaster county, sVlrs 14[
4 in 1850.
9, Colonel Joseph Ball son of William
Il BAH. was born May a. 1870 and died IN
i Lancaster county. Va, June. I'LL.
i 4, Edwin Conway Of the third genera
l ton, was born In Lancaster county, Va.
in 1851, and died October 3, 1903 He mar
i ried Ann Ball daughter Of Colonel 10
! seph Ball, In 17Gi
l 4. Mary Conway, daughter of Edwin
i Conway of tho third generation, and his
! wife, Ann (nee Ann Bald, married
! Thomas Gasklns, OF tho fourth genera
tlon, and had Issue, Sarah Ann Gasklns
and other children.
s. Sarah Ann Gaskins married twice: +
i "a John Pinkard, about 17l.
5(2) DR.. Joseph AtcAdam Of Northum-
berlantl county, Va. In July, 17i4
: 6. Joseph McAdaT and Janetth Null
we're the parents Of Dir, Joseph McAdam
They were married July 80, 17l2, in Ian.
caster county, Va,
I. Dr. Joseph McAdam, son OF JOSEPH
McAdam married Sarah Ann Gaskins, III
July, I'LL. She was tho granddaughter
} of Edwin Conway, of the third genera
( lion, and the great -granddaughte OF Col
onel Joseph Ball who was tho grand
i father of General Washington,
. | >,
Ann McAdam, was tho great grand
! generation. who WAS the great grand
father OF President Madison.
Heydesmas IN Virginia GeneRR!ogIes, :, on on
4 iIllonhead, wife Of Edwin 7, Conway, 9, q
the first, generation, was sister OF the b,
Mary y 3a fgN Mak ' Of Mary Jana
York county; Eleanor, wife of Captain
william Br9HHa,ssi Alice Wfe Ct e. Henry
i Dr, Lyon G. TYLER, of William and
/ Mary College, III his report to me on
/ my Northern Neck kindred In colonial
days furnishes the hhollowlng data data: !,
held the office of councillor and bur-
i CESS:
1916, 1919; member Of Council, lG57-s.
l 3. William Ball. burgess for I.ancas-
ter county, l6GS, 1879. 1914. l677
8, Captain John Plnkard, burgess IN
1888,
/, Joseph Ball, burgess 1895. l69s. 1909,