You're welcome, Mark! I will do some more looking at my BROWN files - have collected so much over the years while trying to find Richard Gibson Brown, my 2nd great grandfather. Best of luck in finding the answer!! Beth On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 10:22 PM, R. Mark Brown <knodish1@mac.com> wrote: > Hi Beth, thanks for the info. I'll take it into consideration. We > have a family bible that says our Doctor Brown married Sarah > Lockwood. We've found an Isaac Brown born 1690 in Norwalk, CT who > married a Sarah Lockwood - d/o Joseph Lockwood. We've found > information to indicate Isaac was a physician. What we don't have is > proof that he had a son Josiah - the bible was his son's. The bible > indicates that either Dr. Brown or Sarah Lockwood - or perhaps both of > them died in 1778. It isn't really clear which of them died that > year or if both did - that portion of the bible is a bit vague. > > Josiah Brown (1741-1818) is supposed to be the 11th son of Doct > Brown and Sarah Lockwood. That doesn't mean that all of those > children lived to adulthood of course. Given the lack of information > on Josiah - we're trying to branch out and look at any other children > of Sarah and Isaac that we can find in hopes we might find some > reference to a brother Josiah. It's for that reason we have an > interest in the letter Isaac Brown wrote to Governor Jonathan Law. > > Thanks for the info - we will certainly examine it closely though as > you say - it's a long-shot. Mark > >