George Williams Brown (1778 - abt. 1854)

Born 1 Jun 1778 in Whitby, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine Elizabeth Benoit (Lemerre) Brown — married 7 Jul 1824 in Lille, France

Descendants

Died about 1854 at about age 75 in Kent, England

Biography

George Brown was born in Yorkshire, England.

This profile is part of the Whitby, Yorkshire One Place Study.

George was born George Williams Brown on 1 June 1778 Whitby, Yorkshire & baptised George Williams Brown, on 4 June 1778, Whitby, St Mary the Virgin, Yorkshire the son of Jonas Brown & Sarah. ^[1]

Military Service

Military Service: Name: G W Brown; Naval General Service Medal, Franchise; Copenhagen,

Date: 24 JUN 1807

Place: Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark^[2]

Occupation

Occupation: Royal Navy First Class Volunteer

Date: 31 AUG 1795

Occupation: RN Midshipman

Date: ABT DEC 1796

Occupation: RN Lieutenant

Date: 29 APR 1802

Occupation: RN Retired Commander

Date: 25 FEB 1834

Residence

Residence: 4 Shellons Terrace Age 72 with Catherine, Mary and George A. Retired RN Commander

Date: 1851

Place: Folkestone, Kent, England^[3]

Note

Note: #N85

Marriage

Husband: Jonas Brown

Child: George Williams Brown

Relationship to Father: Natural

Marriage: North Riding

Date: 13 AUG 1774

Place: Whitby, Yorkshire, England^[4]

Note: #N50

Sources

• WikiTree profile Brown-15990 created through the import of Brown 4g gedcom.ged on Nov 2, 2012 by Andy Russell. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Andy and others.

• Source: S11 Title: IGI
• Source: S21 Title: Whitby Parish Records Transcripts
• Source: S27 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1851 England Census Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005; Repository: #R2 NOTECensus Returns of England and Wales, 1851, Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851
• Repository: R2 Name: www.ancestry.co.uk Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S86 Author: Ancestry.com Title: UK, Naval Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1972 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R2

Notes

Note N85BROWN. (RETIRED COMMANDER, 1834. F_P.,

13; H-P., 39.)

GEORGE WILLIAMS BROWN entered the Navy 31 Aug. 1795 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the LAUREL 28,. Capt. Robt. Rolles, on the West India station, where in May, 1796 he assisted at the reduction of Ste. Lucia, and towards the close of that year re-moved, as Midshipman, to the RENOMME 44, com-manded by the same officer, and also by Capt. Wm. Sanderson. He was next transferred, in the summer of 1799, to the EXCELLENT 74, Capt. Hon. Robt. Stopford, under whom, in the Channel, and again in the West Indies, he witnessed, as Master’s Mate, the capture of several armed and other vessels; and, on 29 April 1802, he was made Lieutenant into the BELLEROPHON 74, Capt. John Loring. His subsequent appointments were - 7 Jan 1803, after six months half-pay, to LA PIQUE 36, Capt. Wm. Cumberland, on the North Sea station, whence, however, he returned to port about April following -8 March, 1804, to the LUCIFER bomb, Capts. Gre-gory and Robt. Elliott, lying in the Downs-22 April, 1805, to the TRIUMPH 74, Capt. Hen. Inman, under whom he participated in Sir Robt. Calder’s action with the combined fleets of France and Spain, 22 July ensuing-15 May, 1806, to the SAMP-SON 64, Capt. Wm. Cuming, one of Rear-Admiral Chas. Stirling’s squadron, when sent to supersede Sir Home Popham in the Rio de la Plate-24 June, 1807, to the FRANCHISE 36, Capt. Chas Dashwood, from which ship, after attending the expedition to Copenhagen under Lord Gambier, and proceeding with convoy to the West Indies, he invalided in Aug. 1808-and, 8 May, 1809, and 9 March and 11 April, 1810, to the sloops GLOMMEN, Capt. Chas. Pickford, PULTUSK, Capt. Edw. Flin, and STAR, Capts. Wm. Paterson, Wm. Hendrie, and Robt. Lisle Coulson-all likewise in the West Indies. The GLOMMEN was wrecked in Carlisle Bay, Bar-bados, in Nov. 1809. Commander Brown, who has not been afloat since 13 Dec. 1810, accepted his present rank 25 Feb. 1834.

1. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66BK-8BZY : 23 February 2022), George Williams Brown, 1778.
2. ↑ Source: #S86 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for G W Brown
3. ↑ Source: #S27 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for George Williams Brown FOOT Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Database online.
4. ↑ Source: #S21 Page: Volume 9 pdf page number 90 Data: Text: Aug 13 Jonas Brown, & Sarah Williams, both of Whitby, licence Wit AnnWilliams, Michael Blackbeard Cur Eglin