I was wondering if you could help me out? Perhaps you could post the below info on your Brouwer Genealogy Blog?
Looking for any information on Eleanor (Elinor)(Laney)
Brewer born ABT 1763 in New Jersey, died ABT 1837 Douglas, New Brunswick,
Canada. Eleanor was married to (John) Michael Hawkins, Loyalist from New Jersey
born ABT 1750, died ABT 1845 Douglas, New Brunswick, Canada.
Possible parents
of Eleanor Brewer are:
Father:
1.
Adolph Brewer (Brouwer)Born: ABT 1749-1750 Pookeepsie, Dutchess, New York, USA
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Death: ABT 1799-1800 New Brunswick, Canada
2.
Isaac Adolphus Brewer
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Born: ABT 1749-1750 Pookeepsie, Dutchess, New
York, USA
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Death: ABT 1799-1800 New Brunswick, Canada
3.
Adolf Brouwer
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Born: ABT 1725 Hackensack, Bergen County, New
Jersey, USA
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Death: ABT 1779 Dutchess, New York, USA
Mother:
1.
Martjen (Mary) Allen
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Born: 01 Jan, 1741 Hackensack, Bergen County,
New Jersey, USA
Death: ABT 1832 Douglas, York County, New
Brunswick, Canada
2.
Mary (Maria) Allen
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Born: 04 Mar, 1755 Bergen County, New Jersey,
USA
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Death: ABT 1832 Douglas, York County, New
Brunswick, Canada
3.
Elizabeth Lassing
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Born: ABT 1733
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Death: ABT 1785
The confusion in my research stems from an old family paper
found amongst James Hawkins, who was the grandson of Michael Hawkins. The paper
reads as follows:
“Your grandfather died
about 1845, about 95 years old; grandmothers name Eleanor Brower died about
1837, age 74 years.”
Thus if the information is correct we can place the
birth of
Michael Hawkins at about 1750. In Michael Hawkins’s Land Petition in New
Brunswick he claims to be a Loyalist and a native of New Jersey. His
wife
Eleanor (Laney) Brewer (Brower) was born about 1763. Therefore, I would
assume
Eleanor’s parents should have been born before 1745. However, who her
parents truly are is a mystery. There are lots of family trees out there
that have different parents for Eleanor and with no critical thinking
to the age because the majority of parents I am seeing on family trees
for Eleanor has her father at 13 yrs of age.
Any
assistance would be greatly appreciated as this will help me solve the
puzzle of who Michael Hawkins truly. Michael's parents are a mystery as
well.
Regards,
Jaime Hawkins
My input: We presently have Eleanor on the Brouwer Genealogy Database, as Lanny Brewer (wife of Michael Hawkins), and tentatively placed as a daughter of Adolf Brouwer (1725-1780) and Elizabeth Lassing (b. 1733). But this placement is based solely on the fact that Lanny appears in Keswick, New Brunswick, Canada, at the same time that known children of Adolf Brouwer and Elizabeth Lassing do. Of course we all know that simply appearing in the same place as another with the same last name does not prove a relationship. We're looking for proof as to who Eleanor/Lanny's correct parents are, whether they be Adolf and Elizabeth, or some other couple, perhaps one of those that Jaime has suggested.
