There has been recent discussion on this web site of a William Brown who came to Pennsylvania with William Penn. The name Brown, or William Brown, is a very common name. The only William Brown who comes to my mind during this time period is the William Brown, son of Richard Brown of Bedfordshire and Northhamptonshire, who came to Pennsylvania in the early 1680's and settled at Chichester, near Marcus Hook, where his brother, James Brown had already settled. I believe that James Brown came to southern New Jersey in 1677 on the ship "Kent", disembarking at Burlington. Within a year he had married Honour Clayton, daughter of William and Prudence Clayton, who had brought their family on the "Kent" from Sussex. William Clayton, a public Friend, was well known to William Penn. James and Honour (Clayton) Brown and the Clayton family soon moved across the Delaware River and settled in Chichester Twp. in present-day Delaware County, PA. Beginning about 1683, William Clayton served on William Penn's Provincial Council for Pennsylvania and was engaged by William Penn to build a jail in Philadelphia. William Brown, brother of James Brown, was in Pennsylvania from as early as 1684, according to my hazy recollection, living at Chichester. About 1700, toward the end of his second sojourn in Pennsylvania, William Penn became involved in a territorial dispute with the Calvert family, proprietors of Maryland, and William Penn and his agent, James Logan, persuaded a group of Quakers to settle on the Nottingham Lots at the western tip of Chester County, on the Pennsylvania/Maryland border, in order to strengthen Penn's territorial claim to that area. The Nottingham settlement was established about 1701-1702, with the first nucleus of settlers being from the Chichester Friends settlement, mostly descendants of William Clayton, who was no longer living. William Brown and family were part of this settlement, and William Brown became a leader of the Nottingham Friends Meeting. He seems to have been married four times. He m. 1st Dorothy ____, m. 2nd Ann Mercer, m. 3rd Catherine Williams, m. 4th Mary Matthews. William Brown died in 1746 at Nottingham. There are probably several studies of the Brown family of Nottingham. Some genealogical records are included in Bicentennial history of Nottingham Monthly Meeting published about 1902. ---------- Herbert Standing.

I wish thank thank everyone who answered my query concerning "Mr. Brown". Sometimes these family stories can lead a person absolutely nowhere but can be true to some degree. Glenn Hand ----- Original Message ----- From: <Standcedargrove@aol.com> To: <QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 10:59 PM Subject: [Q-R] Mr. Brown, a Quaker > There has been recent discussion on this web site of a William Brown who came > to Pennsylvania with William Penn. > The name Brown, or William Brown, is a very common name. The only William > Brown who comes to my mind during this time period is the William Brown, son of > Richard Brown of Bedfordshire and Northhamptonshire, who came to Pennsylvania > in the early 1680's and settled at Chichester, near Marcus Hook, where his > brother, James Brown had already settled. I believe that James Brown came to > southern New Jersey in 1677 on the ship "Kent", disembarking at Burlington. > Within a year he had married Honour Clayton, daughter of William and Prudence > Clayton, who had brought their family on the "Kent" from Sussex. William Clayton, > a public Friend, was well known to William Penn. James and Honour (Clayton) > Brown and the Clayton family soon moved across the Delaware River and settled > in Chichester Twp. in present-day Delaware County, PA. Beginning about 1683, > William Clayton served on William Penn's Provincial Council for Pennsylvania > and was engaged by William Penn to build a jail in Philadelphia. > > William Brown, brother of James Brown, was in Pennsylvania from as early > as 1684, according to my hazy recollection, living at Chichester. About 1700, > toward the end of his second sojourn in Pennsylvania, William Penn became > involved in a territorial dispute with the Calvert family, proprietors of > Maryland, and William Penn and his agent, James Logan, persuaded a group of Quakers > to settle on the Nottingham Lots at the western tip of Chester County, on the > Pennsylvania/Maryland border, in order to strengthen Penn's territorial claim > to that area. The Nottingham settlement was established about 1701-1702, with > the first nucleus of settlers being from the Chichester Friends settlement, > mostly descendants of William Clayton, who was no longer living. William Brown > and family were part of this settlement, and William Brown became a leader of > the Nottingham Friends Meeting. He seems to have been married four times. He > m. 1st Dorothy ____, m. 2nd Ann Mercer, m. 3rd Catherine Williams, m. 4th > Mary Matthews. William Brown died in 1746 at Nottingham. > > There are probably several studies of the Brown family of Nottingham. > Some genealogical records are included in Bicentennial history of Nottingham > Monthly Meeting published about 1902. > > ---------- Herbert Standing. > > > ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Need assistance? Please contact:Quaker-Roots-L-Admin@RootsWeb.com > List Manager for Quaker-Roots-L and Quaker-Roots-D > Now with over 750 subscribers >