I can help with this information: John Brown(e) b. 1631, d. 1714, Watertown, MA. http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~soup/Campbell%20Family%20Cards/wc01/wc01_100.htm He is probably a Scottish prisoner of Cromwell sent to Mass 1652 on the John and Sarah, (Lynn Iron Works?); of Hawkedon, Eng??; a near relative of Frober Drown, the reformer, and founder of Independent Congregationalis of Watertown, MA (No reference); once thought probable might have been a son of John Browne, of Wat., born the year before he left Eng, but in a deed recorded in Mid., records, he is called " a Scotchman," and the first john of Wat. left only 2 drs. and widow. John Brown's dr. deborah m. Jeremiah Meacham of Salem, and her dr. Elizabeth m. 10 jan 1677 John Gustin. He had a grandson Samuel: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=darby219&id=I43 I also have an elusive Charles Brown of Providence, RI, b. 1836, Providence, RI to James. E. Brown and Betsy. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=darby219&id=I28 On Apr 19, 2009, at 4:21 PM, brown-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > I have an extensive database of my Brown's from the parishes of Sorn > and > Galston in East Ayrshire Scotland that may be of interest for American > Brown's who hailed from this area of Scotland. But I would enjoy > seeing > some postings from American Brown's searching their deeper roots in > the > U.K.. Surely there are some Scottish Brown's over there? Come on > let's hear > from you!