Brown, James

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Dates 1752
Location London
Vocation Brazier, soldier
Place of Birth Scotland
Marriage Several unnamed wives
Issue
Place of birth Source Old Bailey Online, OA17520601

Alias James Thomspon. Executed at Tyburn for breaking transportation. Roughly 37 years old at the time of his death. Born to a respectable family, he was apprenticed to a brazier in Edinburgh, but fled after four years and began living as a criminal, first in Scotland, then in Ireland, and finally in England. Served briefly as a solider in Flanders, before returning to London and earning a living as both brazier and thief. Transported to Virginia after one robbery, he promptly travelled back to England, where he was caught after committing a further robbery.