Married Mary Jane Fowel 01 September 1865 at Tonbridge
Children.
Stephen Brown  b.ABT 1867 at Speldhurst, Kent, 2 Children.
Bertha Brown  b.ABT 1869 at Tonbridge, Kent, England,
Notes: 1851 census: Joseph Brown, age 9, living in Tunbridge Wells with mother, 2 sisters, 4 servants ; b. Frant 1871 census: Joseph Brown, age 29, Grocer, living at Tonbridge with wife mary Jane, 1 daughter , 1 assistant, 1 servant; b. Frant 1881 census: Joseph Brown, age 39, Occupation: Sanitary Inspector(Municipal), living with wife Mary, 2 children, 1 visitor at 2 Ventnor Pl, Tonbridge, Kent; b. Frant, Sussex 1891 census: Joseph Brown, 49, inspector of {nersconces?], living in Tonbridge with wife Mary Jane, 2 children and sister-in-law; b. Frant 1901 census: Joseph Brown, 59, Living on own means; living at Tonbridge with wife Mary Jane and sister-in-law; b.Frant, Sussex