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NameJohn Brown 
[33, Geo Brown's family]
[33, Geo Brown's family]Birth21 Mar 1787, Leith South, Midlothian, Scotland
Baptism18 Mar 1787, Leith South, Midlothian, Scotland
Death31 Mar 1787, Leith South, Midlothians, Scotland
Burial3 Apr 1787, Major Henry Balfour’s burial ground Leith South, Midlothians, Scotland
General1= s. d.inf.
FatherGeorge Brown (1758-1829)
MotherMargaret Balfour (1766-1854)
Notes for John Brown
The only record we have of John and his twin brother Henry Balfour is of their burial in the Leith South burial register and is transcribed, by me, as:
[ 31/03/1787 BROWN, HENRY BALFOUR (Old Parwish Registers Deaths 692/2 150 366 Leith South) page 366 of 485 ]
“ March & April 1787 365
“. . . .
“Brown
“John Brown, & Henry Balfour Brown sons of George Brown Esqr. Merchant in Leith, aged 2 weeks, died 31st March, buried 3d. April 1787 in Major Henry Balfours burying ground.”
And in 1815 they were joined “in the center [sic] of Major Balfours’ Tomb” by his wife Jean Elliott who was also their grandmother.
My guess is that the twins were slightly premature and this would have accounted for their early death.
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[ 31/03/1787 BROWN, HENRY BALFOUR (Old Parwish Registers Deaths 692/2 150 366 Leith South) page 366 of 485 ]
“ March & April 1787 365
“. . . .
“Brown
“John Brown, & Henry Balfour Brown sons of George Brown Esqr. Merchant in Leith, aged 2 weeks, died 31st March, buried 3d. April 1787 in Major Henry Balfours burying ground.”
And in 1815 they were joined “in the center [sic] of Major Balfours’ Tomb” by his wife Jean Elliott who was also their grandmother.
My guess is that the twins were slightly premature and this would have accounted for their early death.
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