Help please. I'm trying to sort out this BROWN mess I have. I have Mary BROWN b. abt. 1686 in MD (probably St. Marys County), daughter of Derrick BROWN. I have her married to Martin FRENCH. Along comes a passage from Mary Donnelly's book that mentions Peter BROWN in 1795, willed to his sisters 7 children (FRENCH)part of his estate. Then today I found excerpts from Peter BROWNS will (1792) that he willed to Mary BROWNS 7 children (his daughter). Here there was no mention of the FRENCH surname. Can anyone help me with BROWN / FRENCH relationship in MD (St. Marys) and KY (Nelson or Hardin County)?