James Brown was a seaman on the Borrowdale which arrived in Sydney in January 1788 as part of the First Fleet. He died on 2 November 1788 during the homeward voyage near Rio de Janeiro.
* information from Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), p 51
'Brown, James (?–1788)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/brown-james-30413/text37716, accessed 17 August 2026.