Henry
Brown
Born about in Chatham St Mary, Kent, England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Webb) Brown
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Frances Harriett (Brown) Newport, Harriett (Brown) Blick, Elizabeth (Brown) Hyland and Thomas Gilbert Brown
Died
at about age 71
in Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand.
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Jun 2016
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Henry Brown lived in New Zealand.
Biography
It is probable Henry Brown was born in Chatham, Kent, England about 1793.
He married Sarah Webb on 12 May 1812 in Boxley, Kent, England.[1]
Children: William, Elizabeth, Sarah (married Thomas Gibbs), Henry, Frances Harriett (married Walter Newport), Harriett (married George Blick), Elizabeth (married Richard Hylands), Mary Ann, Thomas Gilbert.
In 1841 Henry and his family were living in Maidstone, Kent, England on Wheeler Street. He emigrated with his family to New Zealand that year, arriving in Nelson, New Zealand on the ship "Bolton" with his wife, Frances (aged 17) , Harriett (aged 15), Elizabeth (aged 9), and Thomas (aged 7). They left Gravesend on 29 October 1841 and arrived in Nelson on 15 March 1842.[2]
Henry was a farmer at Waimea East, Nelson, New Zealand.[3]
Henry died in Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand on 17 March 1864 and was buried in the Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand.[4][5]
- DEATHS. Brown.—March 17th, at his late residence, Richmond, Mr. Henry Brown, father of Mrs. George Blick, Nelson, aged 71.[6][7]
He signed his will with his mark indicating that he may have been illiterate.
Sources
- ↑ "England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJD2-G5TV : 10 December 2017), Henry Brown and Sarah Webb, 12 May 1812; citing Marriage, Boxley, Kent, England, Kent Archives Office, Maidstone; FHL microfilm 1,473,727.
- ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6P5S-PZT?cc=1609792&wc=MP7R-YH9%3A119154401%2C119152102%2C119164502 : 6 July 2019), New Zealand (other ports also listed) > 1841 > Bolton > image 2 of 12; Archives New Zealand, Wellington.
- ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5Q5-Y3R?cc=1865481&wc=4BCL-Q7J%3A1045248801%2C1045541101 : 15 October 2015), Nelson Court > Probate records 1853-1896 P184, P14, P12, P11, P26, P43, P138, P148, P156, P204, P505C, P168, P175, P5, P251 > image 626 of 673; Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office.
- ↑ "New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLYV-DG8V : 8 September 2019), Henry Brown, 17 Mar 1864; citing Death, New Zealand, New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Auckland.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174749792/henry-brown: accessed 27 September 2022), memorial page for Henry Brown (1793–17 Mar 1864), Find A Grave: Memorial #174749792, citing Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand.
- ↑ THE COLONIST, VOLUME VII, ISSUE 674, 12 APRIL 1864
- ↑ New Zealand Births Deaths and Marriages Online. Death registration number: 1864/4367 aged 71
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