Alexander Brown Snr 1768-1842
Sometime farmer in "Upper Meft" , Urquhart. Urquhart 2k NE of Llanbryd
1770. An Alexander Brown born to Alexander Brown Forglen - this ~ 40 k ESE of Llanbryd . No other Brown births in Forglen 1760-1780
Web, Moray, Local heritage- via Ancestry, has an older Alexander Brown as 1737-1812, father of a Thomas Brown, but wife Elizabeth Golzean!!. But no Thomas found born to either old or young Alexander on SP!
1791. Alexander Brown married Elizabeth Gilzean on 16/7/1791 in Elgin- SP, not purchased
They had the following children: Margaret 1794; William 1795; George 1798 and James 1800, also a son Thomas in 1810 ( he died Jamaica 1846) all in Elgin and
1792. Alexander Brown born 23/6/1792 Elgin to Alexander & Elizabeth - SP, not purchased
1841C. Alexander, 74, & Elisabeth, 76, Brown are living Darkland, St Andrews, Llanbryd, Moray with 2 grandsons? Llanbryd ~ 4 k E of Fochabars: 8 k ESE of Elgin
| Alexander | Brown | Male | 74 | 1767 | Morayshire, Scotland |
| Elisabth | Brown | Female | 76 | 1765 | Morayshire, Scotland |
| William | Brown | Male | 13 | 1828 | Morayshire, Scotland |
| Alexander | Brown | Male | 11 | 1830 | Morayshire, Scotland |
| Elisabeth | Murdock | Female | 15 | 1826 | Morayshire, Scotland |
| Elspet | Proctor | Female | 20 | 1821 | Morayshire, Scotland |
| Catherine | McKinzie | Female | 20 | 1821 | Scotland |
| Jane | Milne | Female | 12 | 1829 | Morayshire, Scotland |
1842. Alexander Brown, 75, died 17/4/1842 Llanbryd, Moray . Buried Urquhart Old graveyard. Moray Web Biography gives him as farmer, worked at Darkland near Elgin. No notice of his death found on FMP Newspapers
1844. Elizabeth Brown, 78, died 22/1/1844 Llanbryd, Moray . Buried Urquhart Old graveyard
There was a death announcement on 7/2/1844 in the Aberdeen Press and Journal ! & in Aberdeen Herald & Advertizer, this indeed on FMP
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Graves in Urquhart Old Graveyard
Fairly illegible tablet stone in same enclosure as Thomas Gilzean and Charlotte Brown (wife of John Cruikshank)
Sacred to the memory of
ALEXANDER BROWN, sometime farmer in Upper Meft who died 17 Apr 1842 aged 75; and of
ELIZABETH GILZEAN his spouse who died 19 Jan 1844 aged 78; and also of their youngest son
DR THOMAS BROWN who d 6 Sept 1846 at Morant Bay, Jamaica, aged 36 yrs.
Llanbryd Church