The Brown Family in Cornwall

This is a supplement to our main Brown surname page. It covers a Brown family who lived in the area of Cornwall which we are researching, north of Truro. We think that they may be connected to our own Brown tree, but we have not yet found the link. In some cases we have traced individuals but not the entire family.

We have traced our line back to Henry Brown who married Elizabeth Bilky in 1783 in St Erme. Listed here are the known members of the Brown family who lived in St Erme. There are no surviving parish registers from St Erme before 1671 and the early registers have some gaps, so the listing is incomplete. All the places named below are in Cornwall unless otherwise indicated.

Entries in italics are inferred or uncertain, for example these could refer to a different person with the same name. The list does not include children known to have died in infancy (but we suspect that some infant burials are unrecorded). Please contact Chris Warren if you feel that you are related to any of the families listed here or can shed any further light on them.

9. Children of James Brown and Ann [unknown]

10. Children of William Brown and Rachel Behenna

11. Children of John Brown and Mary Polgrain (see table 9 above)

12. Children of Francis Brown and Joan Hocken (see table 9 above)

13. Children of Richard Brown and Philippa Harris (see table 11 above)

14. Children of Francis Brown and Elizabeth Cock (see table 12 above)

15. Children of Richard Brown and Elizabeth Hoskins (see table 13 above)

16. Children of John Brown and Anne Bilkey (see table 14 above)

17. Children of James Brown and Ann Bilkey (see table 14 above)