This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brown Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZZB.2ACI/2676.1.1 Message Board Post: I have a feeling there may be a connection, but, not sure. I am going to see if I James has a will recorded in Trumbull Co. I cannot find him after the 1820 census. In the 1850 census there is a Hannah Brown living alone age 67 born about 1783 in Maryland. In 1860 she is 77 and born in New Jersey. My ggg grandfather Peter's mother was born New Jersey according to the 1880 census. I have been unable to find another female Brown who could have been old enough to be my Peter's mother in Mercer Co. or Trumbull Co. Hannah is living next door to the family of James K. Brown in Vernon Twp., Trumbull Co. and he could possibly be her son and perhaps the father could have been this particular James Brown (the elder). My Peter had a son James also. Just some ideas. I have been trying to figure this out for about 7 years now. Nothing really rings a bell with me, but, William and James could be the same two. Thank for your response. Pam