Brown, John

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Born 1723, died 1808. (http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/mart/lexref/rederier/brown.html)

Family
Brother: Brown, David (http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/mart/lexref/rederier/brown.html)

Son: Brown, William; Brown, James 2 (http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/mart/lexref/rederier/brown.html)

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. (http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/mart/lexref/rederier/brown.html)

1750 - Arrived in Copenhagen. (Bech 1981:152)

Purchased cotton at the Asiatisk Kompagni auctions in the 1750s (RA, Moltke)

1755 - Citizenship as Grosserer (http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/mart/lexref/rederier/brown.html)

1756-10-20 - Married to Applebye, Anna (1738-1798) (http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/mart/lexref/rederier/brown.html)

1759 - Partnered with his brother Brown, David and founded the trading House of John & David Brown. (http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/mart/lexref/rederier/brown.html)

1770-1772 - Director of Asiatisk Kompagni (Glamann, 1947)

1778 - Bankrupted. (Bech 1981:342)

1779 - Director of Asiatisk Kompagni till 1785. (http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/mart/lexref/rederier/brown.html)

1781 - Bought the shipyard behind Frederiks Tyske Kirke for his son Brown, William. (http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/mart/lexref/rederier/brown.html)

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)

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