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“He and his wife Lady Margaret Broun are recorded as having arrived in the Province of Carolina in 1735. They were the first generation of the Broun family in South Carolina and are believed to have been part of the Broun family of Colstoun, Scotland.” This family has a very interesting background. A family by the name of Le Brun came to England from Normandie in 1066, with William the Conqueror, and settled in Scotland. By 1480 the name had been changed to Broun, as William Broun “was flourishing” according to records of that day, and 1596, Patrick became Laird (Scottish for Lord) of Colstoun. He was succeeded by his ons, George, who was succeeded by James. In 1669, James died and his Patrick became Sir Patrick of Colstoun and Nova Scotia by decree of James II. At Patrick’s death, his son, George, inherited a large fortune along with the title. Being a compulsive gambler, he soon lost this fortune and sold the estate to his younger brother, Robert. Robert’s mother was Elizabeth McKenzie, the daughter of an earl. However, Robert and both his sons came to a sad end when they drowned in a flash flood on the estate, and the property fell to his sister, Jean, who had married a cousin by the names of Charles Broun. It is thought that the Brouns who came to South Carolina were of this line. George and Margaret Broun came to South Carolina from north of England with their two son, Robert and William, in 1735. They landed in Charleston (South Carolina) and later moved to Virginia with their son, William, while son Robert remained in South Carolina, became a doctor and settled at Goose Creek (South Carolina) sometime after the year 1737. [1, 2] |
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