Hi Patsy, Interesting. I have to confess I haven't done much with Browns either. I have a Wilts. ancestor b. 1811 in Dublin but am pretty certain her parents were born and married in Salisbury. The reason I mention this is that it may be worth your investigating a military link. There seem to quite a few English troops stationed in Ireland round about that time (that is gut feel rather than based on researched fact. > BROWN: > Some of the Witchells married "Browns"..... both in our line and others. > Unfortunately I have not made many strides in researching the name. > > William Witchell b. Charfield 1774, m.2 1834, Jane Brown( b. Dublin), in > Clifton...... but do not know anything else about her. > Hope this may be of some assistance to you in the future. Regards Sue