The reason I picked this family is because there is a Reuben Adsley BROWN birth registered in the Hoo registration district 1870:
1871 Church St, High Halstow, Kent
Joseph BROWN head 27 ag lab b.Hoo Kent
Emily? wife 21 b.Cooling
Reuben son 8m b.High Halstow
RG10/901 folio 67 page 5
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1881 Bill St, Frindsbury, Kent
Joseph BROWN head mar 34 ag lab b.Hoo
Emily wife 31 b.Frindsbury
Ruben son 10 b.High Halstow
Emily dau 5 b.Hoo
RG11/881 folio 13 page 19
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1891 Bell's Lane, Hoo
Emily BROWN wife mar 40 b.Cooling
Emily M A dau 15 b.Hoo
Martha dau 4 b.Hoo
RG12/655 folio 32 page 5
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1901 Fen Lane, North Ockenden, Essex
Robert BROWN head mar 52 ordinary ag lab b.Hoo St Werburgh Kent
Emily wife 50 b.Cooling Kent
Emily M dau 20 b.Hoo St Werburgh Kent
Martha dau 13 b.Hoo St Werburgh Kent
RG13/1658 folio 10 page 11
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I couldn't find a son Thomas but wonder if Reuben could have changed his name to Thomas ie. Reuben appears in 1871 and 1881 but can't be found in 1891 or later whilst a Thomas BROWN age 20 born High Halstow appears as a lodger in Shorne, Kent 1891 RG12/651 folio 46 page 2. Incidentally Thomas (it is ADSLEY) BROWN gives his age as 29 when he marries at Higham in December 1900 so would put his birth quite near to 1870. I have checked for the baptism of Reuben in the High Halstow parish register and he is baptised as Reuben Adsley BROWN 1871.
I'm not entirely sure about this one but was the nearest I could come up with from the information available
Casalguidi
