The origin of the name BROWN is English and the Coat of Arms contains Blue with three gold fleur de lis. The Crest is A lion holding in the paw a gold fleur de lis. The family motto is Floreat majestas.
Spelling variations include: Brown, Broun, Brun 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.
Some of the first settlers of this 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.
