As the new year begins we're conducting some house cleaning here. As I go through files that have been accumulated over the past 16 years or so of research I will be placing and making available online any documents, records, reports, etc., that I can. Here are some links to files regarding the Bruere family of Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
The "Bruere Family" are descendants of the immigrant Peter Bruere who came to the New York City area in the 1690s as a youth with his widowed mother and apparently two sisters. He settled in Upper Freehold (specifically Allentown which is now a separate borough) where he became a rather large land holder. His descendants are found there as well as in Burlington and Mercer Counties, New Jersey. Although the surname is most usually recorded as BRUERE, we do at times see it recorded as BRUER or BREWER. The family resided in Monmouth County, New Jersey at the same time as descendants of Adam Brouwer of Gowanus, and Jan Brouwer of Flatlands did. The descendants of Adam Brouwer and Jan Brouwer often are found with their surname recorded as either BREWER or BROWER, but also as BRUER in New Jersey records.
For a published account of the Bruere family see Jacque Bruyere, A French Huguenot and Descendants, by Mary Emma Burt and Robert Eugene Burt (Gateway Press, 1997). FamilySearch.org does have a digital version available online, however it is only accessible through computers at subscribing institutions and local Family History Library Centers.
I have a very rough register format report on the family online which largely follows the published work of the Burts. This PDF includes sources and my suggestion is that users use it as a guide for further research. The same info can be found online at the Brouwer Genealogy Database, and through a search of this website using the term Bruere in the search engine to the right.
Online posted to RootsWeb Free Pages:
Descendants of Jacques Bruyere
John Bruere will 1875 Monmouth Co., Vol. O, p. 41
John Bruere will 1875 Monmouth Co., Vol. O, p. 42
John H. Bruere will 1862 Monmouth Co., Vol. H, p. 204
John H. Bruere will 1862 Monmouth Co., Vol H, p. 205
Also see the following Brouwer Genealogy Blog (BGB) posts regarding the Bruere family, online as a PDF:
BGB 410 Brewere Deed
BGB 414 James Bruere Estate
BGB 473 Brouwer, Brower, Brewer, Bruere in Monmouth County Wills
There are more posts on this website regarding Bruere family that have not (yet) been converted into PDF format. Hopefully they will be converted but one never knows, so no promises. Until then please use the Search feature available on this website.
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BGB 534
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