Person:Mary Thomson (29)

Mary Thomson Brown was referred to as "Aunt Thomson" in correspondence between William and John Neilson, grandsons of John Brown and Mary Clark.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Senwick, Stone 56, in Mitchell, Alison. The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright monumental inscriptions pre 1855. (Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 2JL: Scottish Genealogy Society, c1990-)
   Vol 5, chap 25c, unpaged.

   In memory of John Brown, smith, late in Longlands of Newton died 22 Jan 1743 aged 45, wife Mary Clark died 26 Dec 1766 aged 67, son James died 20 Apr 1782 aged 50, his wife Margaret Kitrick died 20 Aug 1799 aged 75. Also James Brown late in Upper Chapelton died 16 Mar 1814 aged 60, his wife Isobel Brown died Pennymuir 14 Jan 1831 aged 74, Samuel Brown died Chapelton village 9 Nov 1826 aged 63, wife Mary Thomson died Kirkcudbrigtht 22 Jul 1852 aged 91, children: Samuel died Chapelton village 1 Apr 1822 aged 21, James died Jamaica 12 Jul 1824 aged 37, Mary died Chapelton village 30 Nov 1845 aged 51.

2. ↑ Borgue parish, in Dumfries and Galloway Family History Society. Stewartry of Kirkcudbright census records of 1841 by surname. (Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland: Dumfries and Galloway Family History Society, c1998-)
   Enum Dist 1, page 3.

   Chapelton Village 5
   Brown, Mary, 75, independent, living with John and Jannet McKean and family

   Adult ages in the 1841 census were rounded down to the nearest fifth year. Birthplaces were omitted for those born in Kirkcudbrightshire.