Current research traces our Brown family back to Newton in Midlothian in the 1720s, with the earliest ancestor identified as James Brown. It is his great great granddaughter - Janet Stoddart - who immigrates to Australia in with her husband William Hardie in 1856. 

The Brown ancestry goes back 9 generations and biographies exist for some members as indicated by links

• James Brown 1718 - 1787 married Janet Cunningham
  
  • Patrick Brown 1742 - 1768 married Barbara Reid
    • Christian Brown 1763 - 1823 married Robert Smith
      • Christian Smith 1797 - 1878 and David Bowman Stoddart
        • Janet Stoddart 1829 - 1917 married William Hardie
          
          • George E Hardie 1871 - 1945 married Joan Kitching
            
            • Douglas James Hardie married Doreen Bain
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