Difference between revisions of "Brown, John"
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Born 1723, died 1808. ([http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/mart/lexref/rederier/brown.html Marcussen]) | Born 1723, died 1808. ([http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/mart/lexref/rederier/brown.html Marcussen]) | ||
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1779 - Director of [[Asiatisk Kompagni]] till 1785. ([http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/mart/lexref/rederier/brown.html Marcussen]) | 1779 - Director of [[Asiatisk Kompagni]] till 1785. ([http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/mart/lexref/rederier/brown.html Marcussen]) | ||
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| + | 1780 - Gave a painted target to ''Det kongelige Kjøbenhavnske Skydeselskab''. (Reitzel 1897:16) | ||
1781 - Bought the shipyard behind Frederiks Tyske Kirke for his son [[Brown, William]]. ([http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/mart/lexref/rederier/brown.html Marcussen]) | 1781 - Bought the shipyard behind Frederiks Tyske Kirke for his son [[Brown, William]]. ([http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/mart/lexref/rederier/brown.html Marcussen]) | ||
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1782 - Partnered with his son [[Brown, William]] in the [[House of John & William Brown & Co]]. ([http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/mart/lexref/rederier/brown.html Marcussen]) | 1782 - Partnered with his son [[Brown, William]] in the [[House of John & William Brown & Co]]. ([http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/mart/lexref/rederier/brown.html Marcussen]) | ||
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Revision as of 08:13, 12 November 2015
Born 1723, died 1808. (Marcussen)
Family
Brother: Brown, David (Marcussen)
Son: Brown, William; Brown, James 2 (Marcussen)
Many children...
Father-in-law: Appleby, Peter
Timeline
1746 - Arrived in Denmark - became employed at the trading House of Nicolai Fenwick in Elsinore where he rose to the rank of Fuldmægtig. (Marcussen)
1750 - Arrived in Copenhagen. (Bech 1981:152)
Purchased cotton at the Asiatisk Kompagni auctions in the 1750s (RA, Moltke)
1755 - Citizenship as Grosserer (Marcussen)
1756-10-20 - Married to Applebye, Anna (1738-1798) (Marcussen)
1759 - Partnered with his brother Brown, David and founded the trading House of John & David Brown. (Marcussen)
1770-1772 - Director of Asiatisk Kompagni (Glamann, 1947)
1778 - Bankrupted. (Bech 1981:342)
1779 - Director of Asiatisk Kompagni till 1785. (Marcussen)
1780 - Gave a painted target to Det kongelige Kjøbenhavnske Skydeselskab. (Reitzel 1897:16)
1781 - Bought the shipyard behind Frederiks Tyske Kirke for his son Brown, William. (Marcussen)
1782 - Partnered with his son Brown, William in the House of John & William Brown & Co. (Marcussen)
