2017 is the year I clean up my Brouwer (Brower and Brewer) Genealogy files. I'm working through hundreds of files, identifying ones that may be of help to future researchers and making them available online. Some are already there, but others have been overlooked until now.
Below are links to various documents that have been collected over the years while researching Brouwer families. They are various files, records, letters that I have only recently made available online. The documents have been placed online as PDFs on RootsWeb's Free Pages. They will remain online so long as RootsWeb, owned by Ancestry.com, maintains the sites.
Indenture between John (Jan) Brower of Flatlands and Peter Brower, 22 April 1700. This is a transcript of the indenture obtained by William B. Bogardus from the file of William A. D. Eardeley at the Queens Borough Public Library, Jamaica, New York.
A Status Report on Research Into the Origins of Johannes Brouwer of Flatlands, New Amsterdam, by Richard D. Brewer (March 24, 2010).
A Narrative of Jan Brouwer, Richard D. Brewer, 2012, Introductory letter to Our Brewer Family Roots, Volume I: The First Four Generations, 1632-1812.
On the Lost Records of the West India Company, Richard D. Brewer (August 12, 2012).
BREWER in the Index to Will and Estate Records, Greene County, Pennsylvania.
BREWER and ROSE extracts from Early Landowners of Pennsylvania: Twp. Warrantee Maps of Fayette County, by Sharon MacInnes (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 2005). Compiled by Marg Bond
New Jersey Estate Records - Brewer. Compiled by Charles Wells
Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files - Brewer
Index page including BREWERs in New York in the Revolution as Colony and State
Index page including BROWERs in New York in the Revolution as Colony and State
Index pages including ROOS, ROOSA, ROOSE, ROSA, ROSE and ROSS in New York in the Revolution as Colony and State
New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Vol. 1 (Internet Archive)
New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Vol. 2 (Internet Archive)
PDF version of this post
BGB 551
Sunset at Gowanus Bay
Sunset at Gowanus Bay, Henry Gritten, 1851
Friday, March 17, 2017
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
John Brewer (1796-1849) of Broadalbin, New York
John Brewer (1796-1849) of Broadalbin, New York is a descendant of Adam Brouwer of Gowanus, Long Island. Proof of this ancestry is found in the Y-Chromosome DNA test of a direct male descendant of John Brewer. The tested descendant's test results match those of other known direct male descendants of Adam Brouwer. What is not known is John Brewer's paternal ancestry back to Adam Brouwer. The direct paternal lineage of our tested descendant of John Brewer can be seen on the Brouwer Genealogy Database website.
John Brewer died on 13 August 1849, age 53 years and 10 days, which gives us a calculated birth date of 3 August 1796. He was buried in Union Mills Cemetery. A Find-A-Grave memorial (#126042777) includes a photo of his gravestone. His remains had been removed from North Broadalbin Cemetery in 1930, when the Great Sacandaga Lake (a man made reservoir) was created. See the Union Mills Cemetery page of burials compiled by Dave Bixby. John Brewer can be found on the U. S. Federal Census records in 1820, 1830 and 1840 in Broadalbin which was in Montgomery County until 1838 and then in Fulton County which was created out of Montgomery County. John's widow, Elsie Brewer, identified by descendants as Elsie Mosher, is found as a head of household at Broadallbin on the 1850 U. S. census. Eight children have been identified for John and Elsie (Mosher) Brewer. All moved west during the decade of the 1850s, relocating in Illinois and Michigan and afterwards settling in Missouri. Elsie (Mosher) Brewer died in 1878 and is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Cockrell Twp., Chariton County, Missouri. Some descendants of John Brewer and Elsie Mosher can be found at the Brouwer Genealogy Database, however, a more complete accounting can be found at Ancestry.com in the new Adam Brouwer of Gowanus, L. I. database being created there (note that a paid subscription to Ancestry.com is required to view this database).
As mentioned above, John Brewer's direct paternal ancestry back to Adam Brouwer is not known. The identity of John's parents are not certain. I have seen suggestions (online) that John is the son of a Daniel Brewer. It has also been suggested that he may be a brother of a Russel Brewer who was born about 1804 and is found at Broadalbin in 1840. This Russel Brewer is then found in Edinburgh, Saratoga County, New York in 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880, however, he too is buried in Union Mills Cemetery in Broadalbin. Russel Brewer was married to Eliza A. Coon and had eight children. There are some shared names among the children of both John and Russel, including children named Daniel and James. It has been suggested that Russel Brewer is a son of a George Brewer who is found on the first U. S. census in 1790 at Watervliet, Albany County, New York. This George Brewer is said to have married Magdalena Outhout in 1772. This 32 year gap between the marriage and Russel's birth in about 1804 requires us to question this claim. Russel cannot be a son of a couple married 32 years prior to his birth. Perhaps he is a grandson?
The Brewer DNA Project (hosted by FamilyTreeDNA) seeks direct male descendants of Russel Brewer of Broadalbin and Edinburg, and of any other Brewer (or Brower) families that may have resided in Broadalbin during the first half of the 1800s. We would like to see if a connection can be made between the families of John Brewer and Russel Brewer. Interested descendants can join the Project at our main page and are welcome to contact the administrator with any questions. Please keep in mind that we do need a direct male descendant of a Broadalbin Brewer male to take a Y-DNA test. Autosomal testing, such as that offered by Ancestry.com or by FamilyTreeDNA with their Family Finder test, is not suitable for our purposes.
Descendants of the Brewer families from Broadalbin, New York, those with interest in this line, or those with any insight into the ancestry of the Broadalbin Brewers should directly contact Larry Brewer. Hopefully we can eventually find the link that connects John Brewer to Adam Brouwer.
PDF version of this post
BGB 550
John Brewer died on 13 August 1849, age 53 years and 10 days, which gives us a calculated birth date of 3 August 1796. He was buried in Union Mills Cemetery. A Find-A-Grave memorial (#126042777) includes a photo of his gravestone. His remains had been removed from North Broadalbin Cemetery in 1930, when the Great Sacandaga Lake (a man made reservoir) was created. See the Union Mills Cemetery page of burials compiled by Dave Bixby. John Brewer can be found on the U. S. Federal Census records in 1820, 1830 and 1840 in Broadalbin which was in Montgomery County until 1838 and then in Fulton County which was created out of Montgomery County. John's widow, Elsie Brewer, identified by descendants as Elsie Mosher, is found as a head of household at Broadallbin on the 1850 U. S. census. Eight children have been identified for John and Elsie (Mosher) Brewer. All moved west during the decade of the 1850s, relocating in Illinois and Michigan and afterwards settling in Missouri. Elsie (Mosher) Brewer died in 1878 and is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Cockrell Twp., Chariton County, Missouri. Some descendants of John Brewer and Elsie Mosher can be found at the Brouwer Genealogy Database, however, a more complete accounting can be found at Ancestry.com in the new Adam Brouwer of Gowanus, L. I. database being created there (note that a paid subscription to Ancestry.com is required to view this database).
As mentioned above, John Brewer's direct paternal ancestry back to Adam Brouwer is not known. The identity of John's parents are not certain. I have seen suggestions (online) that John is the son of a Daniel Brewer. It has also been suggested that he may be a brother of a Russel Brewer who was born about 1804 and is found at Broadalbin in 1840. This Russel Brewer is then found in Edinburgh, Saratoga County, New York in 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880, however, he too is buried in Union Mills Cemetery in Broadalbin. Russel Brewer was married to Eliza A. Coon and had eight children. There are some shared names among the children of both John and Russel, including children named Daniel and James. It has been suggested that Russel Brewer is a son of a George Brewer who is found on the first U. S. census in 1790 at Watervliet, Albany County, New York. This George Brewer is said to have married Magdalena Outhout in 1772. This 32 year gap between the marriage and Russel's birth in about 1804 requires us to question this claim. Russel cannot be a son of a couple married 32 years prior to his birth. Perhaps he is a grandson?
The Brewer DNA Project (hosted by FamilyTreeDNA) seeks direct male descendants of Russel Brewer of Broadalbin and Edinburg, and of any other Brewer (or Brower) families that may have resided in Broadalbin during the first half of the 1800s. We would like to see if a connection can be made between the families of John Brewer and Russel Brewer. Interested descendants can join the Project at our main page and are welcome to contact the administrator with any questions. Please keep in mind that we do need a direct male descendant of a Broadalbin Brewer male to take a Y-DNA test. Autosomal testing, such as that offered by Ancestry.com or by FamilyTreeDNA with their Family Finder test, is not suitable for our purposes.
Descendants of the Brewer families from Broadalbin, New York, those with interest in this line, or those with any insight into the ancestry of the Broadalbin Brewers should directly contact Larry Brewer. Hopefully we can eventually find the link that connects John Brewer to Adam Brouwer.
PDF version of this post
BGB 550
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)