[Ancestor] Brown

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1 M William Brown ¹

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Arms-Argent, an eagle displayed sable.
Crest-A griffin's head erased sable.
Motto-Fortiter et fideliter.

The name Brown has from very early times been a prominent one in Ireland. The family is of Norman origin, derived from the Counts of Marche in Poictou, and the name is inscribed on the Roll of Battle Abbey. One of the family, Hugh le Brun, married Isabel of Angouleme, widow of King John. Their son, William de Valence, Baron by Tenure, was created Earl of Pembroke, by Henry III. Aylmer de Valence, son of said William, was Baron by Writ, 1299; and, afterwards, Earl of Pembroke. At his decease, without issue, the Barony and Earldom became extinct in 1323.
Sir Hugh le Brun, son of Geoffrey (or Godfrey) le Brun, was one of the Lords of the Marches of Wales. His grandsons, William and Philip, having distinguished themselves in the Civil wars against Henry, were obliged in order to escape his resentment to join in the invasion of Ireland, in 1170, in which year Sir Philip of Mulrankan was appointed governor of Wexford. He landed in Ireland with the Earl Marshal, went against Dublin, then in the possession of the Danes, and settled near Klondalkin. One of his descendants, Fromond le Brun, was Chancellor of Ireland in 1230, 1257, and 1272. Sir David Brown, grandson of Sir William, was Companion-in-arms of Rikard de Burg, the Red Earl of Ulster, with whom he was connected by marriage, and obtained extensive possessions near Athenry, the capital of the Anglo-Norman settlers in Connaught. He died at David's Castle, having, with his son Aymer, built the Castle of Carrabrowne, in Oranmore. Stephen Brown, brother of Sir William, mentioned above, was at the battle of Athenry in 1316, and Dunhald in 1318. The name William appears frequently among his descendants, some of whom settled in Athenry, while others scattered to various parts of Ireland.
The armorial bearings described herewith are those recorded by Burke for Browne of Kilskeagh, County Galway, descended from the family mentioned above. ²

1 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 80.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 82.