Brown Family Crest and Name History

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The Ancient History Of The Distinguished Surname Brown

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Origins Available: English, Scottish

Where did the Scottish Brown family come from? What is the Scottish coat of arms/family crest? When did the Brown family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

In most instances, the Brown family name came to England with the Norman Conquest of England of 1066. Deriving from the Old French, Middle English "brun," it was originally a nickname for someone who may have had brown hair, brown eyes, or perhaps even dressed habitually in brown. It is also possible that some instances of the name in Britain derived from a short form of an Old English personal name of Germanic roots, such as Brunwine or Brungar.

Spelling variations of this family name include: brown and others.

First found in Cumberland, where the Brown family was seated from very early times, having been granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D. This region vacillated between Scottish and English rule until the mid-12th century.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Abigail Brown, who settled in Maryland in 1668; Alex Brown, who immigrated to Boston in 1763; Richard Brown, who came to Maryland in 1774; Hugh Brown and his wife Margory, who emigrated from Scotland to Philadelphia in 1775.

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Suggested Readings for the name Brown

Burgess, Mullins, Browning, Brown, and Allied Families by James A. Burgess.
Ancestors and Descendants of Henry Marion Murphy and Anna Jane Brown by Lera Murphy Johnson.
Brown and Sayre Ancestry; Three Centuries in Northern New Jersey by Mortimer Freeman Sayre.
Brown (Browne) and the Descendants in Carolina Today by Joseph Parsons Brown.

Some noteworthy people of the name Brown

Ray Brown (1926-2002), American, jazz bassist
James Brown (1933-2006), American R&B musician known as the "Godfather of Soul"
Curtis Lee Brown Jr. (b. 1956), American, NASA astronaut
Angeline Brown (b. 1931), original name of American Angie Dickinson
Helen Hayes Brown (1900-1993), original name of American Academy Award-winning actress Helen Hayes
Carlos Brown (b. 1952), original name of Alan Autry
Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810), American novelist
Henry Kirke Brown (1814-1886), American sculptor
Herbert Charles Brown (b. 1912), American chemist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate for his work with organoboranes
John Brown (1800-1859), American abolitionist
Michael Stuart Brown (b. 1941), Nobel Prize winning (1985) American geneticist
Trisha Brown (b. 1936), American choreographer
Captain Robert "Bobbie" E. Brown (1907-1971), American soldier awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1944
Robert McAfee Brown (1920-2001), American, theologian
Douglas Robert Brown (b. 1969), Scottish cricketer
John Campbell Brown (b. 1947), Scottish Astronomer
George MacKay Brown, Scottish poet
George Douglas Brown (1869-1902), Scottish writer
Prime Minister James Gordon Brown (b. 1951), Scottish politician and United Kingdom Prime Minister elected in 2007
John Brown (1722-1787), Scottish theologian
John Brown (1735-1788), Scottish physician
John Brown (1810-1882), Scottish physician and essayist
John Brown (1826-1883), Scottish retainer
Peter Hume Brown (1850-1918), Scottish historian
Robert Brown (1773-1858), Scottish botanist
Thomas Brown (1778-1820), Scottish philosopher
Louise Joy Brown (b. 1978), the world's first "test-tube baby"
David M Brown (1956-2003), one of the seven astronauts killed when the Space Shuttle Columbia broke up during reentry
George Brown (1818-1880), Canadian (Scottish born) journalist and politician, founder of "The Globe" (1844)
Bryan Brown (b. 1947), Australian actor
Thomas Brown Jr. (b. 1946), tennis player
Clifford Brown (1930-1956), jazz musician
Edward Gordon Brown (1872-1966), English actor and stage designer
Sir Arthur Whitten Brown (1886-1948), British aviator who flew the first transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to Ireland in 16 hours 12 minutes
Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893), British historical painter
Sir John Brown (1816-1896), English industrialist
Lancelot Brown (1716-1783), English landscape gardener
Oliver Madox Brown (1855-1874), English author
Thomas Brown (1663-1704), English satirist
Private Harry W Brown (1898-1917), Canadian soldier awarded the Victoria Cross for actions during WW I

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Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist

We have researched the Brown family crest in the most recognized sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and recorded by the heralds from time immemorial.

Heraldic designs matriculated by the lay-artist in many cases becomes uninspired, meretricious and even ugly...

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Family Crests: Timeline

Many of the symbols adopted into armory have been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians, but heraldry itself did not begin until the 11th century. In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...

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Family Crests: Elements

In the Brown coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement. Again the Family Crest is just part of the story of Coats of Arms or Heraldry. Heraldry is defined as the hereditary art or science of blazoning, the description is appropriate technical terms of Coats-of-Arms and other heraldic and armorial insignia, and is of very ancient origin...

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Family Crests and Genealogy: how they relate

We encourage you to study the Brown genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest. Anyone making a study of heraldry usually becomes interested in Genealogy or seeking legal claim to a particular family crest. No families, not even the royal houses, can make sound claim to the right to bear arms unless a proven connection is established through attested Genealogical records...

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The Brown Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Brown Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.