My own Brown's were part of a colony that seemed close to Christopher Gist,and his son,Thomas.The island in the Ohio River at Weirton,WV panhandle-Stubenville,Jefferson Co,Oh was 1st Thomas Gist's,and then named Brown's Island, for Col Richard Brown. Quite a colony of nw Baltimore people in that section of the WV panhndle 1773+. Edward Stevenson's Mary m George Brown[e] about 1710-20,and had 12-18 kids-lastly at Westminster,Md. Edward's widow m Henry Sater,and Md's 2nd Baptist church was formed-that went in part,as a congregation to the Mills-Beals Mill Creek Baptist NEIGHBORHOOD OF Frederick-Berkeley Co,Va 1740's,and ,in part,returned to Md 1755 indian war time. From St Thomas Episcopal, [and some Catholics],some became Md's 1st Methodists,1760's. BROWN girls m Richard Wells,of James;John Baxter,John Sappington, and? Brown boys m Durbin-Logsdon,Wells-Holmes,McQueen, Barnes,RichardsBarney, more Dugal McQueen's m Edward Logsdon,and John Brown,and Tom McQueen m Eliz Berry.[not Hardin-Ashby cousin Berry],Wm West