Hunterdon County, New Jersey Deeds - Samuel Brewer and Rebekah His Wife of Amwell Twp.

 Abstracts of deeds from Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Also see the post of August 10, 2021.

Year Grantor Book:Page Grantee

1802 Samuel Brewer  8:3 Thomas Wilson: Dated 1 May 1802. Samuel Brewer and Rebekah his wife of Amwell Township, to Thomas Wilson of the same place, for four hundred and eighty pounds lawful money, convey two certain lots or parcels of land situated in the township aforesaid and bounded as follows. Lot no. 1 begins at a post corner to Aaron Pealls land and from there runs north fourteen degrees west twenty six chains on line of John Lamberts land to a hickory tree marked for a corner thence by land of Garret Vandolah north fifty degrees east twenty chains to a (?) and stone for a corner thence south fourteen degrees east twenty six chains to a stone corner in a line of the aforesaid Aaron Pealls land then along the same south forty seven degrees west twenty six chains to the first mentioned corner, and contains fifty acres of land. Lot no. 2 begins at a stone corner in line of the aforesaid Aaron Peall's and thence runs north eighteen degrees west twenty seven chains to a stone corner in the line of the aforesaid Garret Vandolah's land then along the same north forty six degrees east three chains and thirty two links to a large white oak tree for a corner then eighteen degrees east twenty seven chains to a corner then south forty six degrees west three chains and thirty two links to the place of beginning containing eight acres of land... Signed by Samuel Brewer and Rebekah Brewer. Witnesses Jno. Lambert and J(?) Coryell. Recorded September 25, 1802.

1805 Samuel Brewer 11:331 Jonathan Smith: Dated 11 May 1804. Samuel Brewer of the Township of Amwell and Rebecca his wife convey to Jonathan Smith of the Township of Hopewell, Hunterdon County, for the sum of four hundred and thirty seven dollars and thirty three cents, one certain messauge or tract of land situated in the Township of Amwell, butted and bounded as follows beginning at a stone standing in the line of Robert Lanning also in the township line thence north eighty six degrees east fourteen chains sixty six links to a stone corner to said Henry Phillips in the township line thence north thirteen degrees west fifteen chains seventy five links to a Line Tree in said Phillips line thence south sixty degrees west six chains to a hickory bush for a corner thence north eighty six and a fourth degrees west nine chains and seven links to a stone for a corner thence south thirteen degrees east fourteen chains fifty six links to the beginning, containing twenty and a half acres of land...with appurtenances, privileges, etc. Signed Samuel Brewer, Rebekah Brewer. Witnesses: Geo. Holcombe, John Rose. Acknowledged by Samuel Brewer and Rebekah Brewer, examined apart from her husband, 18 May 1805 by John Smith one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas.

Notes: I have not identified Samuel and Rebekah Brewer. It must be remembered that Hunterdon County was home to descendants of both Jan Brouwer of Flatlands, L.I. and of descendants of Adam Brouwer of Gowanus, L.I., although I have the impression there were more of the former compared to the latter. The will of John Barber of Amwell, Hunterdon County, dated 22 February 1795, was witnessed by William Taylor, Samuel Brewer and William Naylor. Inventory of the estate of John Barber was taken 1 August 1795, by Samuel Brewer and William Taylor [Elmer T. Hutchinson, editor, Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey First Series Vol.37; Calender of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc., Vol. 8, 1791-1795 (Jersey City, N.J.: Scott Printing Co., Printers, 1942):27]. I would suspect that the Samuel Brewer of the deeds and the one who witnessed the will were one and the same persons. If so, Samuel was an adult by 1795, and so was born by at least 1774 and probably earlier, even as early as 1740s or 1750s. As such he would have been among the fourth or fifth generation descended from either Jan Brouwer or Adam Brouwer, that is either a great-grandson or great-great grandson of one or the other.

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