--- On Sat, 5/6/10, Heather Grimwood <heather.grimwood@xtra.co.nz> wrote: From: Heather Grimwood <heather.grimwood@xtra.co.nz> Subject: BROWN / HOWIE / HUTCHINSON To: ayrshire_L@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, 5 June, 2010, 8:45 PM Alexander BROWN  and  Anne  HOWIE  had  at  least  these  children  in Kilmarnock:  John  Howie  1844,  Ann  Hutchinson, 1845,  and  Nicol  1848. The  "Nicol"  would  indicate  connection  with  the  BROWNS  of  Galston / Loudon  area  who had  business  connections  in  Glasgow.  I  am  interested  in the  "Hutchinson"  connection,  as  my  great -uncle  John  Alexander  BROWN  a  mason  of  Stewarton visited  a  Hutchinson family while  on a  visit  to  Canada possibly  early  1900's  though could  have  been  up  to  1920 /21. I  have  searched  for decades  for  ancestry  of   "my"  BROWNS,  and have  a  feeling  they  might have  originated  in Galston / Loudon  area.   The  earliest I can prove  is James  b  Stewarton  who m  Elizabeth MACFARLANE b  Tyree  at  Stewarton, 1800, but  banns were also  called  at  Riccarton  her  parish at  that  time. Two  sets  of  parents  suit  James'  date  of  birth...Thomas  BROWN a   cooper  later  a  merchant  of  Stewarton  and  Jean  MONTGOMERY  and    James  BROWN  and  Mary BUNTEN  of Riccarton.  (  I know  there  were  BUNTENS  in  the Fenwick  area. So  if  anyone  recognises that  HUTCHINSON /  BROWN  connection, even  if  it  is  through  the  HOWIE'S I  would  be  delighted.....Heather