John Brown

- Bef 1704

• Name	John Brown
  Gender	Male
  Departure	26 Aug 1685	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Aboard the America Merchant
  Arrival	Oct 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Imported by George Gordon
  Role	Jan 1685/86	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Indentured servant
  Residence	Jan 1685/86	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Benefitted from George Gordon's will in being discharged of money received from Gordon in Scotland
  Legal	Feb 1685/86	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Indenture abated by one year under the terms of John Gordon's will
  Name	John Browne
  Property	14 Dec 1689	Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  	Deed purchasing 30 acres "for severall good considerations" from Charles Gordon of Midletoun
  	Need to check: is this the right John Brown. Note two other deeds on Nelson, p172
  Property	23 May 1694	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Patent for a lot in Perth Amboy
  Will	2 Oct 1703	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Executor: Benjamin Griffith. Witnesses: Alec Walker, John Mathie, David Herriott
  Death	Bef 26 May 1704	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  Probate	26 May 1704	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I45154	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Jane Humes,   b. Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. Bef 1703, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Marriage	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  Children	1. John Brown   d. Bef 3 Apr 1718, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Hannah Brown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Unknown (Brown)
  Children	1. Jean Brown,   b. Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31884	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family 3	Jean Thomson,   b. Scotland
  Family ID	F31925	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Departure - Aboard the America Merchant - 26 Aug 1685 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Arrival - Imported by George Gordon - Oct 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Role - Indentured servant - Jan 1685/86 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Residence - Benefitted from George Gordon's will in being discharged of money received from Gordon in Scotland - Jan 1685/86 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Legal - Indenture abated by one year under the terms of John Gordon's will - Feb 1685/86 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Deed purchasing 30 acres "for severall good considerations" from Charles Gordon of Midletoun - 14 Dec 1689 - Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Patent for a lot in Perth Amboy - 23 May 1694 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Will - Executor: Benjamin Griffith. Witnesses: Alec Walker, John Mathie, David Herriott - 2 Oct 1703 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Death - Bef 26 May 1704 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Probate - 26 May 1704 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  There may be confusion over the records of John Brown, imported by George Gordon, and John Browne, shoemaker, imported by John Barclay. There was also a John Brown who was a schoolteacher in Woodbridge after James Fullerton (see Wall, History of Middlesex County, New Jersey, 1664-1920 (Chicage: Lewis Historical Publishing Co, 1921; Woodbridge Senior High School (1964) History of Education Woodbridge Township 1664-1964; will in Nelson p63)

  
  

• Sources

  [S3725] Dunbar, Edward Dunbar, Social Life in Former Days, Chiefly in the Province of Moray, 2nd Series, p112. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p213. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p64.