I was talking to a friend J.A.Brown,whose ggrandma was Kizzie Fagley, about his Clermont Co,Oh Brown's from Lawrence Co ,Oh. He said he went to the PROCTERVILLE-ROME-CHESAPEAKE ,Lawrence Co mid s Ohio River area to see the tombstone of his Reson Brown, b [what?] 1827 or 37. Resin had a son,Oscar Thompson Brown,who was a noted Bethel,Clermont Co,Oh apple grower,d 1945 era. O.T.Brown worked across in Huntington,WV rowing the Ohio River,and must have followed the river,to marry,at the 2nd Rome,Oh Adams Co,Oh Michael Thornton's dau. She was from Sunshine Ridge towards Blue Creek. [By huge chance my friend's farm adjoins that once owned by Wallace Clark Fagley's widow,Fanny,of Rev Isaac Holmes Brown-mom a Md Debruler]. Wallace was supt of the Hanging Rock,and then died, 1890's as supt of Ironton,Oh schools. ] Anyway I knew Rezin=resin=reson a Md 1st name. A search of Colonial Md wills for RESIN turned up Col Resin Hammond,and research on him showed his estate west of Annapolis,Md adjoined the "Brown's Forrest" and he willed part of "Brown's Addition. And a later generation will contest shows intermarriage between the families as in- CHANCERY COURT (Chancery Papers) 1816/06/12 347A: Richard Mackubin vs. John H. Brown, Juliana Brown, Mathias Hammond, Eliza Hammond, William Rezin Brown, Clarise Brown, and Philip Brown. AA Estate Basil Brown - Providence, Prospect Plains. Recorded (Chancery Record) 101, p. 613. Accession No: 17,898-347A-1/2. MSA S512-399 1/35/5/ CHANCERY I've about worn out my copy of Warfield's ' Founders of Anne ARUNDAL and Howard Counties,Maryland 'over the years. Warfield concentrated on several Browne families,and I find him nearly impossible to understand without a good map of those 2 counties,and adjoining. Anyway, where he talks of Resin Hammond, p 167,he talks of Valentine [s] Brown's. I'm just giving a source for Valentine 'Felty" Brown researchers. I think myself of George and Mary Stevenson Brown[e]. However,in our family was an Ohio River steamboat man,in -law of Capt James Campbell Powers.-Charles Carroll Brown, b 1847. He was noted for cleaning up Portsmouth Ohio about 1900. I would be lax not reporting the following from Warfield," 'Col Edward Gaither,JR,who witnessed Charles Carroll's will" himself willed to Col Rezin Hammond,friend, horse,sword,and ring. So any Valentine researchers out there,like those researching in the Filson Club,keep your eyes open for several RESIN BROWN. mORE THAN 1 RESIN HAMMOND; MORE THAN 1 Valentine Brown. I would not be shocked if my own Westminster,Md BROWN'S had roots also on Severn Bay,Annapolis, ___________________________________________________________________ Why pay more to get Web access? Try Juno for FREE -- then it's just $9.95/month if you act NOW! Get your free software today: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.