The Brown I am looking for is Peter Brown's father. Peter is in the 1830 census of Mercer Co. and can be found in every census record up to his death in 1883 where he died in West Salem Twp. and was said according to his obit where he lived for the past 40 years. He was born in 1802 in Pa and married to Catherine/Kate Burns, daughter of Michael and Mary Burns. Peter and Catherine's children were 1 unknown male, 1 unknown female who may have died young, John, Samuel, James M., and my gg grandfather Walker Brown. According to the 1880 census Peter's father was born in Ireland and his mother New Jersey. There are 3 Brown's in the 1820 West Salem Twp. census named Richard, Thomas and Solomon. There is also a Robert in Salem Twp. and many other Brown's from other townships. I have viewed the will of Thomas and Peter is not mentioned as one of his children, although this does not rule him out completely. Does anyone know of a Brown from this area that was born Ireland with wife born New Jersey? This is my oldest research and have been looking for over 5 years now. Pam