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 Granddaughter - Elizabeth Brown - who immigrates to Australia in with her husband John Shoobridge in 1856. 

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

• Thomas Brown married Elizabeth
  
  • William Brown 1791 - 1838 married Jane Poile
    • Elizabeth Brown 1816 - 1878 married John Shoobridge
      • John H Shoobridge 1836 - 1908 married Sophia Muriel Hinds
        • Hannah Shoobridge 1859 - 1928 married John Crofton Jessop
          • Sydney Walter Jessup 1887 - 1973 married Emily Louisa McDermott
            • Esmond Earl Jessup married Mary Agnes Darrough
              • My Mother