Brown, John
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
1750 - Arrived in Copenhagen. (Bech 1981:152)
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
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)
Purchases cotton at the Asiatisk Kompagni auctions in the 1750s (RA, Moltke)