This is a longshot posting. I am trying to locate records of origins for William BROWN William BROWN born Eng 1802 Came to New Zealand mid 1830s,legend states he jumped ship off a Whaler. William wrote home regularly by all accounts so perhaps and this is the longshot that those letters exist somewhere or family in Britain know of a seaman in their family who never returned but settled in Gisborne ,New Zealand This is being posted to all lists so I apologise if any of you see it a few times Thank you all Julie-Ann Brown