rien . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁education ▁Brown ▁is ▁of ▁English ▁ancest ry , ▁from ▁a ▁family ▁that ▁has ▁been ▁in ▁New ▁Ham pshire ▁since ▁the ▁colonial ▁era . ▁ ▁His ▁earliest ▁American ▁ancest or ▁was ▁ 1 7 th ▁century ▁imm igr ant ▁Francis ▁Matt he ws , ▁who ▁sa iled ▁from ▁Dev ons hire , ▁England . ▁ ▁Brown ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁ 9 th ▁generation ▁New ▁Ham pshire ▁family ▁and ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁at ▁the ▁Port sm outh ▁Naval ▁Sh ip yard ▁located ▁on ▁Se ave y ' s ▁Island ▁in ▁K itter y , ▁Maine . ▁Brown ' s ▁father , ▁Claude ▁Bruce ▁Brown , ▁and ▁mother , ▁Jud ith ▁Ann ▁" J udi " ▁( née ▁R ugg ), ▁divor ced ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁about ▁a ▁year ▁old . ▁When ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁young ▁child , ▁his ▁mother ▁moved ▁with ▁him ▁to ▁W ake field , ▁Massachusetts . ▁He ▁often ▁spent ▁his ▁sum mers ▁in ▁New bury port , ▁Massachusetts , ▁where ▁his ▁father ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁city ▁council or ▁for ▁ 1 8 ▁years . ▁He ▁also ▁spent ▁sum mers ▁in ▁Port sm outh , ▁New ▁Ham pshire ▁during ▁his ▁youth . ▁His ▁father ▁and ▁his ▁grand father ▁were ▁Republic ans . ▁His ▁father ▁has ▁said ▁that ▁young ▁Scott ▁became ▁interested ▁in ▁running ▁for ▁political ▁office ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 6 0 s ▁while ▁accomp any ing ▁him ▁on ▁a ▁campaign ▁for ▁state ▁office