Consolidating the Monmouth County, New Jersey Grantors Index Pages

It required five separate posts generated between March 17, 2019 and this past January 26th to create a list of all those named BREWER, BROWER, BRUERE who are found in Monmouth County, New Jersey as grantors of deeds recorded there up to the year 1856. This post simply provides links to the five posts, that are otherwise scattered, in one convenient location. The pages are arranged alphabetically by first name. Again, the digital images for the films that contain the deeds are found at FamilySearch.org using this link.

A-C

D-G

H-J

K-R

S-Z

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Correcting Two Men Named Gilbert Brewer, Both of Monmouth County, New Jersey

The Brouwer Genealogy Database (BGD) last revised in early 2016, includes two men named Gilbert Brewer, both of whom lived in Monmouth County, New Jersey during the first half of the 1800s. The two are currently shown as Gilbert Brewer, born 11 September 1801, son of Cornelius Brewer and Jane Williamson, married to Hannah Voorhees, and Gilbert Brewer, born 1799, died 12 May 1847, parents unknown, and married to Deborah Morris. A deed involving the heirs of William Williamson shows that the two Gilbert Brewers need to be switched. That is to say, Cornelius Brewer's son Gilbert Brewer married Deborah Morris, while the parents of the Gilbert Brewer who married Hannah Voorhees are now unknown.

The deed that helps to clarify the two Gilbert Brewers is found in Monmouth Co., New Jersey Deeds V3:33-35.

This indenture dated 20 March 1838 between Cornelius Brewer David Brewer & Caroline his wife Gilbert Brewer & Deborah his wife Johnston Brewer & Louisa his wife and Elizabeth Brewer all of the Township of Shrewsbury County of Monmouth State of New Jersey party of the first part and Garret W. Wycoff of the same place party of the second part...in consideration of the sum of two hundred and forty dollars lawful money of the United States to them in hand well and paid by the said party of the second part...the equal undivided four fifths of those certain tracts or lots of land and premises situate lying and being in the Township Freehold County and State aforesaid and are numbered lots No. 4 and No. 10 on the map and division of the Real Estate of William Williamson Dec'd made by the Commissioners appointed to divide the same among the heirs of said dec'd under which were set off in said division to the said David Gilbert Johnston and Elizabeth together with William Brewer who is now deceased children and heirs at law of Jane Brewer dec'd late Jane Williamson the wife of said Cornelius Brewer above named Lot No. 4 butted and bounded as follows...

Anyone interested in the full description of the property can access the original document via the link above. I'm not going to transcribe it all out here, the important genealogical information is spelled out in the first portion of the deed (although there is one point of confusion which will need clarifying and will be addressed in a separate post). The deed is signed on page 35 by Cornelius Brower, David Brower, Gilbert Brower, Deborah T. Brower, Johnson Brower, Louisa Brower and Elizabeth Brower (the signatures all use the spelling BROWER while the deed uses the spelling BREWER).

In addition to correcting the placement of the two Gilbert Brewers, further research has yielded additional details and corrections regarding the family of Cornelius Brewer/Brower of Shrewsbury, New Jersey. They will be addressed in a separate post, for now we will just mention that the profile of Cornelius Brewer on the BGD is incomplete. Regarding the two Gilbert Brewers...

Cornelius Brewer and Jane Williamson's son, Gilbert, was born 11 September 1801 (presumably in Monmouth County) and was baptized by the Dutch Reformed Congregation of Freehold and Middletown on 18 November 1802. He married, prior to 8 September 1825 when their first child was born, Deborah T. Morris, who is called Deborah Tabor Morris in a Bible Record of her son Gilbert H. Brower. This couple had nine children (according to the Bible record). Gilbert died 12 May 1847 and is buried in the Old First Methodist Churchyard in West Long Branch, New Jersey (Find-A-Grave memorial #5011237 which includes a photo). His gravestone gives his age as 48, implying that he was born in 1799, but when compared with the Reformed Dutch Church's record of his birth is apparently overstated. Deborah T. (Morris) Brower remarried Francis Whitmill (who also is found as Thomas Whitnell, 1850 US census at Brooklyn, New York) and died 29 October 1857. She is also buried in the Old First Methodist Cemetery. Francis Whitmill lived until 1892 and is buried in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery.

The Gilbert Brewer, currently shown on the BGD as a son of Cornelius, but is not, died 1 January 1858 and is buried in Adelphia Cemetery, Monmouth Co., New Jersey (Find-A-Grave memorial #11481077, which includes a photo). His date of birth is given as 10 February 1799 by Florence A. Cristoph, The Van Voorhees Family in America: The Seventh and Eighth Generations, Vol. 1. n.p.: Van Vorhees Association, 2003, p. 62. The 1888 Genealogy of the Van Voorhees Family does not include Gilbert Brewer. He married Hannah Voorhees on 20 April 1823 in Monmouth County. This Gilbert Brewer can be found on the 1830, 1840 and 1850 U.S. census in Howell, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The 1850 census gives his place of birth as New York. Gilbert left a will dated 26 November 1857, proved 9 January 1858, which names his wife Hannah, daughter Deborah Jackson wife of Thomas Jackson, grandchildren Hannah Ann and Charles H. Brewer, children of deceased son Hendrick G. Brewer. His son John is to receive the real estate given to his wife Hannah, after her decease (Monmouth Co. Wills G:86). Gilbert and Hannah had six children. In addition to Hendrick, their children Kisia, Aaron and Ellen/Elenor predeceased their father. All are buried in the Adelphia cemetery. Only two children were living at the time of his will, daughter Deborah Jackson and son John G. Brewer who died on 25 December 1858 and is also buried at Adelphia. Deborah, the eldest child, born in 1824, died in 1889 and his buried in the Adelphia Cemetery (the Find-A-Grave memorial incorrectly gives her maiden name as Bowen). Also note that the Adelphia Cemetery is the Bethesda Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery. The son Hendrick G. Brower/Brewer died 11 June 1857 and is buried in the Adelphia Cemetery. He was married to Catherine Clayton, who according to her obituary in the Monmouth Democrat, July 31, 1913, married secondly, William T. Taylor. Hendrick's daughter Hannah Ann, died in 1860. Son, Charles H. Brower, according to his mother's obituary, was living in Pasadena, California in 1913. He was married twice, has descendants, died in 1938 and is also buried in the Adelphia cemetery (Find-A-Grave memorial #44530694).

Monmouth Democrat, July 31, 1913 (download from Newspapers.com)

The parents and ancestry of Gilbert Brewer (1799-1858), married Hannah Voorhees, are yet to be determined.

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Monmouth County, New Jersey, Records of Deeds, Grantors Index S-Z

The October 30, 2019 post extracting Browers, Brewers and Brueres from the Grantors Index to Monmouth County, New Jersey deeds ended with the letter R. We pick up here with the letter S which begins at image 177. Same format as the previous posts in this series.

Grantor Index, Given Name S-Z

The letter S beginning at image 177.

• 1808 Sept 10, Bruere, Sarah, John H. Bruere et al, R:436
• 1822 March 26, Brewer, Sylvanus (dec'd by adms), Robert Walker, E2:245
• 1831 Nov 9, Bruere, Sarah (dec'd), Joseph Holmes, Z2:67
• 1849 May 1, Bruere, Stephen H. ux, William Tilton, K5:75
• 1851 Sept 1, Bruere, Stephen H. ux, David Barcalow, R5:532
• 1853 April 11, Bruere, Stephen H. ux, Moses Taylor, Z5:328

Given names beginning with the letter T begin at image 187.

• 1818 Jan 29, Brewer, Tylee ux et al, George Tyson, A2:439 

The letter U is at image 195 (one page) no Brewers. All but one of the deeds is by a Uriah Bennett.

The letter V is at image 196. No Brewers.

Given names beginning with the letter W begins at image 197.

• 1727 Oct 27, Brewer, William, William Leeds, G:149
• 1810 Aug 4, Brown, William, John Brower, T:99
• 1831 Jan 25, Brower, William et al (dec'd by heirs), Richard S. Burr, X2:144
• 1832 July 31, Brower, William, Daniel Brower (assignee), B3:253
• 1833 Aug 14, Brower or Brewer, William, David Jones, E3:76
• 1833 Sept 23, Brower or Brewer, William ux, Samuel Hulet, E3:184
• 1837 April 30, Brower, William, James Cook, M3:364
• 1838 July 30, Brower, William (dec'd by heir), Garret W. Wycoff, V3:33
• 1839 Jan 11, Brewer, William H., et al, Isaac Van Kirk, V3:491
• 1849 June 1, Brewer, William H. ux, John Mathews, L5:10
• 1851 April 3, Brower, William W. (by adm.), Joseph W. King, S5:36
• 1852 Sept 7, Brower, William W. et al (by gdn.), Charles Brower, V5:520

There are no Brewers, Browers or Brueres in the indexes with given names beginning with the letters X, Y or Z.

As mentioned in the earlier posts of this series, there are many more deeds involving persons named Bennet or Bennett. We will not be conducting this exercise for the Grantees Index which is separate from the Grantors Index, the lette B begins here at image 102 of film #007895633.

Here is the page at FamilySearch for Monmouth County Deed Records. Links to digital images for each of the individual films can be found on this page.

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Monmouth County, New Jersey, Records of Deeds, Grantors Index K-R

Continuing with the search of BROWERs, BREWERs and BRUEREs found among the grantors indexes of Monmouth County, New Jersey, now with the letter K which begins at image 149 online at FamilySearch.org. The format remains: Date (that the deed was recorded), Grantor, Grantee, Book:Page.

Grantor Index, Given Name K-R

(There are no entries that begin with either the letter K or the letter L)

The letter M begins at image 154.

• 1830 April 27, Bruere, Mary D., James Brewer, et al (Exrs), V2:240
• 1831 April 26, Brower, Margaret, dec'd (by heir), John Cook, X2:468
• 1833 Jan 30, Brewer, Mary, et al, John I. Hulet, C3:240

(There are no entries that begin with either the letter N or the letter O)

The letter P begins at image 164. 

• 1808 April 27, Bruere, Peter, Price, et al (Exrs), John H. Bruere, R:267
• 1825 April 26, Bruere, Peter, et al (Exrs), Samuel Bunting, I2:431
• 1826 April 26, Bruere, Price, et al (Trustees), Richard M. Stout, et al (Trustees), L2:139
• 1826 April 27, Bruere, Peter, Price (Exrs), William McGill, L2:372
• 1826 Oct 17, Bruere, Peter, Price (Exrs), Joseph Miller, Jr., M2:222
• 1828 April 23, Bruere, Price (Adm), Martha Blackwell, Q2:6
• 1829 April 28, Bruere, Price dec'd (by Exrs), Samuel Hendrickson, R2:402
• 1829 May 15, Bruere, Peter, et al (Exrs), Elleanor Bills, R2:511
• 1830 April 27, Bruere, Price dec'd (by Exrs), Nicholas Waln,V2:241
• 1830 Sept 11, Bruere, Price dec'd (by Exrs), John H. Bruere, W2:278
• 1832 April 24, Bruere, Peter, et al (Exrs), Joseph Holmes, A3:246
• 1832 Aug 1, Bruere, Peter, ux, et al, John Estell, B3:210
• 1837 April 3, Brewer, Peter, Price (Exrs), Henry Waggoner, Q3:30
• 1841 Aug 10, Brewer, Peter, John L. Newbold, G4:260

(There are no entries for the letter Q)

The letter R begins at image 170.

• 1817 Sept 20, Bruere, Richard, George Sinclair, A2:191
• 1819 April 29, Bruere, Richard, John R. Emley, B2:293
• 1825 April 26, Bruere, Richard, et al (Adms), Moses Ivins, I2:478
• 1825 Sept 8, Bruere, Richard, et al (Adms), Samuel G. Wright, K2:277
• 1825 Sept 8, Bruere, Richard, et al (Adms), Samuel G. Wright, K2:279
• 1825 Sept 8, Bruere, Richard, et al (Adms), Samuel G. Wright, K282
• 1825 Dec 5, Bruere, Richard, et al (Adms), Isaac Vanhice, K2:456
• 1826 March 17, Bruere, Richard, et al (Adms), Enoch Jones, L2:86
• 1829 April 28, Bruere, Richard, et al (Exrs), John McGee, R2:286
• 1829 June 18, Bruere, Richard, Richard M. Stout, S2:108
• 1829 Oct 28, Bruere, Richard, et al (Adms), Abner Woodward, T2:116
• 1830 April 27, Bruere, Richard, et al (Exrs), Nicholas Wahn, V2:241
• 1830 Sept 11, Bruere, Richard, et al (Exrs), John H. Bruere, W2:278
• 1832 July 24, Bruere, Richard, Lydia Robbins, B3:120
• 1834 July 22, Bruere, Richard, Lawrence Taylor, G3:158
• 1838 Nov 3, Brewer, Richard, et al (Adms), William Davis, V3:311
• 1839 Nov 20, Brewer, Robert, dec'd (by heirs), William H. Brewer, Y3:237
• 1839 Nov 20, Brewer, Robert, dec'd (by heirs), William H. Brewer, Y3:238
• 1840 Jan 31, Brewer, Robert, dec'd (by heirs), William H. Brewer, Y3:475
• 1842 Oct 14, Brower, Robert, et al (by Shiff), John H. Pettit, F4:408
• 1842 Oct 18, Brewer, Robert, dec'd (by heir), William H. Brewer, G4:332
• 1845 April 24, Bruere, Richard, Abel Cafferty, O4:449
• 1845 May 3, Brower, Robert, et al, William Curtis, Q4:75
• 1846 Dec 10, Bruere, Richard, Margaret Williams, Y4:432
• 1847 Feb 3, Bruere, Richard, Ephraim J. Liming, A5:73 
• 1847 April 1, Brower, Robert, et al, John D. Brower, A5:312
• 1847 April 1, Brower, Robert, et al, George F. Burroughs, et al, A5:313
• 1847 Aug 3, Bruere, Richard, Jonathan Bruere, B5:390
• 1847 June 14, Brower, Robert, dec'd (by heir), George F. Burroughs, et al, C5:265
• 1848 Jan 12, Bruere, Richard, James Bruere, E5:248
• 1848 June 3, Brewer, Robert W., ux, Forman Morris, G5:95
• 1850 Feb 28, Bruere, Richard, dec'd (by Adms), William Davis, L5:593
• 1850 May 14, Bruere, Richard, dec'd (by Adms), George Borden, N5:453
• 1850 Sept 14, Bruere, Richard, dec'd (by Adms), James S. Parker, P5:204
• 1852 April 26, Brower, Robert W., ux, Samuel Rogers, T5:492
• 1854 Dec 7, Brower, Robert, ux, Timothy White, Jr., H6:86

The index for those whose given names begin with the letter R ends at image 173. A lot of BRUEREs in the above list, and a lot of deeds involving sales by Administrators, Executors and Heirs, so there should be plenty of genealogical information found in many of these deeds.

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Monmouth County, New Jersey, Records of Deeds, Grantors Index H-J

We left off with extracting the names of BREWERs, BROWERs and BRUEREs from the Grantors Index for Monmouth County Deeds (available online at FamilySearch.org) back in April 2019, last having completed the letter G. Those whose first name begins with the letter H begins at image no. 117. The format here remains the same, that is, Date, Grantor, Grantee, Book:Page.

Grantor Index, Given Name H-J

• 1801 July 14, Brewer, Hendrick Jr., John H. Bennit, M:448
• 1803 Oct 18, Brewer, Hendrick, ux, Francis Jacobs, O:243
• 1805 Jan 23, Brewer, Hendrick, Joseph West, O:955
• 1806 March 14, Brewer, Hendrick, ux, Reuben Shreve, P:597
• 1806 June 10, Brewer, Hendrick, ux, Matthias Golden, Q:40
• 1806 Sept 4, Brewer, Hendrick, Thomas West, Q:160
• 1807 April 11, Brewer, Hendrick (by Shff), Joseph Van Mater, Q:411
• 1807 April 28, Brewer, Hendrick (by Shff), Jacob G. Van Artsdalen, Q:444
• 1808 March 15, Brewer, Hendrick, ux, Gacob or Jacob Worthly, R:177
• 1825 March 22, Brewer, Hendrick, John A. Brewer, I2:335
• 1830 April 28, Bruere, Hendrick (dec'd by Comis), Joseph H. Van Mater et al, V2:379
• 1835 Jan 31, Brewer, Hendrick, ux, John Johnson et al, H3:259
• 1836 May 2, Brower, Henry H., et al, Solomon Rosevelt, M3:391

The letter I is at image 124 (just one page)

• 1811 July 8, Brewer, Isaac et al (Exrs), Benjah Butcher, T:466
• 1822 Jan 29, Brewer, Isaac, ux, Charles Haight, E2:177
• 1824 Dec 14, Brewer, Isaac, James Vannote, I2:141
• 1836 Jan 29, Brewer, Isaac, ux, Gilbert Brewer, L3:186
• 1845 May 3, Brewer, Isaac (dec'd by heir), William Curtis, Q4:75
• 1847 April 1, Brower, Isaac (dec'd by heir), George F. Burroughs et al, A5:313

The letter J begins at image 126.

• 1796 Jan 20, Bruere, James et al (Commis), Mary Van Cleve et al, K:420
• 1800 June 4, Bruere, James et al (Admins), Lewis Robins, M:4
• 1800 Oct 21, Bruere, James et al (Exrs), William McKean, M:155
• 1800 Oct 25, Bruere, James et al (Admin), Theodore Rouze, M:181
• 1801 Feb 16, Bruere, James et al (Admins), John Imlay, M:247
• 1801 April 29, Brewer, James et al (Admins), Francis Shinn et al, M:327
• 1801 June 23, Brewer, John, Job Throckmorton et al (Trustees), M:434
• 1802 Jan 26, Brewer, John, ux, George Brewer, M:722
• 1802 Sept 11, Bruere, James et al (Exrs), Benjamin Field, N:382
• 1803 Nov 5, Brewer, John, ux, James Johnston, O:341
• 1804 Jan 9, Bruere, James et al (assignees), Samuel Gordon, O:388
• 1804 Jan 9, Bruere, James et al (assignees), Henry Allen, O:390
• 1804 Sept 24, Bruere, James et al (Exrs), Thomas Potts, O:836
• 1805 Jan 23, Bruere, James,, ux, John H. Bruere, O:963
• 1805 Sept 13, Bruere, James (Agent), Joseph Holmes Jr., P:311
• 1805 Dec 28, Bruere, James (Agent), Joseph Holmes Jr., P:465
• 1806 April 11, Bruere, James (Agent), Isaac Vandorne, P:633
• 1807 Jan 26, Brewer, Jacob (dec'd by dev), Barnes I. Smock, R:112
• 1808 April 27, Bruere, James, Price Bruere, R:253
• 1808 April 27, Bruere, James (dec'd by Exrs), John H. Bruere, R:267
• 1808 April 27, Bruere, James et al (Exrs), John H. Bruere, R:267
• 1808 Sept 10, Bruere, James, ux, James Bruere, R:437
• 1812 Jan 28, Brewer, John, ux, Josiah Holmes, V:105
• 1813 Oct 5, Brewer, John B., ux, Benjamin Van Brunt, W:461
• 1814 April 26, Brewer, John E., et al (adms), William Hulett, X:121
• 1819 July 5, Brewer, John A., David Brewer, B2:439
• 1819 Dec 20, Brewer, John, Cornelius Brewer, B2:661
• 1822 March 21, Brower, John, Samuel Hewlet, E2:229
• 1824 March 10, Brewer, John E., William Brewer, G2:560
• 1824 March 11, Brewer, John E., Robert Brewer, H2:1
• 1825 April 29, Brewer, John E., Robert Hulet et al, I2:543
• 1827 April 24, Brewer, John H., ux, John Brewer, N2:267
• 1829 Oct 2, Brewer, John E., ux, William T. Vannote, S2:457
• 1830 April 27, Bruere, James, et al (Exrs), Nicholas Waln, V2:241
• 1830 July 28, Brewer, John E., ux, Ritcherd Morris, W2:186
• 1830 Sept 11, Bruere, James, et al (Exrs), John H. Bruere, W2:278
• 1830 Dec 7, Brower, John I., et al, Richard S. Burr, X2:202
• 1831 Nov 9, Bruere, John H., et al, Joseph Holmes, Z2:67
• 1833 Jan 30, Brewer, John I., ux, et al, John I. Hulet, C3:240
• 1837 Jan 25, Brewer, John, John Pearce, P3:143
• 1837 Feb 2, Brower, Joseph P., Thomas G. Haight, P3:183
• 1837 June 17, Brewer, Joseph V., Aaron Kiers, R3:193
• 1838 April 24, Brower, John A., ux, Robert L. Patterson, T3:69
• 1838 June 11, Bruere, John H., Jr., James S. Lawrence, T3:338
• 1838 July 30, Brower, Johnston, ux, et al, Garret W. Wycoff, V3:33
• 1839 May 6, Brewer, John A. (by Shff), Thomas Henderson, X3:230
• 1840 Feb 25, Bruere, John, John H. dec'd (by dev), John H. Bruere (heirs), Z3:60
• 1840 Feb 25, Bruere, John, John H. dec'd (by dev), Susan Hunt, et al, Z3:61
• 1845 April 24, Bruere, John (Admin), John H. Bruere (dec'd), Richard Bruere, O4:457
• 1847 Jan 14, Brower, John I. (by Shff), Annianiah Gifford, X4:415
• 1847 March 24, Bruere, James, Osborn Curtis, Z4:391
• 1847 April 7, Bruere, John (Adm), John H. (dec'd), Stephen H. Bruere, B5:65
• 1849 Feb 24, Brower, Jacob, et al (by gdn), Cornelius Bennet, I5:206
• 1849 Jun 13, Bruere, Jonathan, et al (Comis), John H. (dec'd), John W. Burtis, L5:53
• 1849 Jun 13, Bruere, John H. dec'd (by heir), John W. Burtis, L5:57
• 1850 Jan 15, Brower, Jemima hd, et al, Abraham Trafford, L5:444
• 1850 April 11, Brower, Jemima hd, et al, Charles G. Allen, M5:557
• 1850 May 7, Brewer, James dec'd (by Comis), Samuel Stout, N5:352
• 1850 April 20, Bruere, James dec'd (by Comis), Jonathan Bruere, N5:450
• 1850 May 14, Bruere, James H., Jonathan (adms), George Borden, N5:453
• 1851 Sept 14, Bruere, Jonathan, James H. (Adms), Henry Helies, P5:115
• 1851 Feb 24, Brewer, James dec'd (by Comis), Edward T. Hendrickson, P5:588
• 1851 May 5, Bruere, James dec'd (by Comis), Isaac Rogers, Q5:336
• 1852 Sept 7, Brower, Jacob, et al (by Gdn), Charles Brower, V5:520

A lot of entries among the J's. But I guess that was to be expected. Other surnames that may be of interest to researchers of families related to Browers and Brewers, are BENNET, BRITTON and BURDGE, so check the index. Just from the index it appears that there may well be some helpful genealogical info found within the actual records. Perhaps, in time, we'll try and highlight a few and see if we can find any that might solve some brick walls in Monmouth County.

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Monmouth County, New Jersey, Records of Deeds, Grantors Index D-G

The post of March 17, 2019 featured BROWERs and BREWERs found in the Grantor Index for Monmouth County, New Jersey Deeds and covered those whose given names began with the letters A, B and C. Here we pick up with the letter D which begins here at image 88 of FHL film #007901947. The digital images of the film are online at FamilySearch.org. The format below is Date, Grantor, Grantee, Liber:Page. The index goes up to the year 1855.

Grantor Index, Given Name D-G

• 1804 Dec 5, Brewer, David ux, John Brewer et al, O:928
• 1811 July 8, Brewer, David dec'd (by Exrs), Benjah Butcher et al, T:466
• 1815 Sept 4, Brewer, David ux, Thomas Morris, Y:281
• 1815 Sept 4, Brewer, David ux, Thomas Morris, Y:282
• 1818 Jan 29, Brewer, Deborah hd et al, George Tyson, A2:439
• 1825 Aug 3, Brewer, David, Joseph Brewer, K2:213
• 1833 April 29, Brower, Daniel ux, James English, D3:178
• 1835 March 9, Brower, David (by Shiff), William R. Maps, H3:331
• 1838 July 30, Brower, David ux et al, Garret W. Wycoff, V3:33
• 1841 Jan 26, Brower, Daniel ux et al, Daniel Selover, B4:87
• 1841 March 25, Brower, Daniel ux et al, Daniel Laird et al, C4:94
• 1841 March 27, Brower, Daniel ux et al, Cornelius Hope Jr., C4:96
• 1841 April 19, Brower, Daniel ux et al, Phebe Ker, C4:212
• 1841 April 19, Brower, Daniel ux et al, Ann Maria Ker, C4:214
• 1841 April 19, Brower, Daniel ux et al, Isaac Ker, C4:216
• 1844 July 23, Brower, Deborah (by trustee), Joseph King, L4:402
• 1845 May 3, Brower, David J. et al, William Curtis, Q4:75
• 1846 March 9, Brower, David (by Comrs), George F. Burroughs, S4:342
• 1846 April 3, Brower, David (by Comrs), Annamiah Gifford, S4:411
• 1846 May 21, Brower, David dec'd (by Comrs), Joseph Borden, W4:307
• 1847 April 1, Brower, David J. et al, John D. Brower, A5:312
• 1847 April 1, Brower, David J. et al, George F. Burroughs et al, A5:313
• 1847 April 5, Brower, David dec'd (by Comrs), Robert Brower, B5:25
• 1853 April 2, Brower, Daniel ux, Luther H. Vandorn, Y5:478

The letter E begins at image 96

• 1788 (no month or day), Brewer, Elazerus (by Shiff), Joel Woolley, K:167
• 1812 April 4, Brewer, Elizabeth et al (by Shiff), David Rhea, X:43
• 1826 Feb 7, Brewer, Elias I. ux, John Buck Jr., L2:25
• 1827 May 7, Brewer, Elizabeth, James J. Sickles, N2:434
• 1834 Oct 21, Brewer, Elanor dec'd (by adms), Daniel Stricker, G3:463  
• 1837 Apr 27, Brewer, Eleanor hd et al, James Cooper, Q3:400
• 1838 July 30, Brower, Elizabeth et al, Garret W. Wycoff, V3:33
• 1839 April 15, Brewer, Eleanor hd et al, William Cooper, W3:386
• 1841 Jan 28, Brewer, Eleanor hd et al, Esther Cooper, B4:178
• 1845 Nov 5, Brewer, Eleanor hd et al, Gordon Cooper, R4:337
• 1852 March 24, Brower, Elias Jr. ux, John W. Taylor, T5:144
• 1852 March 24, Brower, Elias Jr. ux, Sidney Reid, T5:148
• 1853 May 2, Brewer, Elias sen. ux, Elias Brewer jr., Z5:512
• 1853 Dec 6, Brewer, Elisha ux, Amy Yero, B6:588

The letter F begins at image 104, but no Brewers are found there. The letter G begins at image 112.

• 1799 Aug 13, Brewer, George ux, David Mandeville ux, L:344
• 1807 Sept 2, Brewer, George Jr. ux, Asher White, Q:688
• 1807 Sept 2, Brewer, George Jr. ux, Asher White, Q:690
• 1814 Apr 4, Brewer, George et al (by Shiff), David Rhea, X:43
• 1815 Sept 28, Brewer, George, George Brower, Y:289
• 1817 Nov 1, Brewer, George ux, David P. Haring, A2:289
• 1827 Sept 21, Brewer, Gilbert ux, Gideon Hulsehart, O2:266
• 1832 Nov 9, Brower, Gilbert ux, William Hofmire, B3:475
• 1832 Dec 26, Brower, Gilbert ux, Margaret Bennet, C3:70
• 1833 Jan 30, Brewer, George et al, John I. Hulet, C3:240
• 1835 Jan 28, Brower, George, William Lecount, H3:233
• 1836 Oct 19, Brewer, George ux, David P. Harring, O3:344
• 1838 Feb 5, Brown or Brower, Gilbert, Isaac P. White (trustee), S3:425
• 1838 July 30, Brower, Gilbert ux et al, Garret W. Wycoff, V3:33
• 1839 Jan 28, Brewer, Gilbert ux, Henry Painton, W3:48
• 1843 Jan 23, Brewer, Gilbert ux et al, Joseph Shepherd, F4:519
• 1843 March 28, Brewer, Gilbert ux et al, David Clayton, M4:296
• 1847 June 14, Brower, George W., George F. Burroughs et al, C5:265
• 1848 Jan 10, Brewer, Gilbert V. ux, John W. Taylor, D5:320
• 1848 Jan 10, Brewer, Gilbert V. ux, William Layton, D5:324
• 1848 March 29, Brewer, Gilbert V. ux et al, Simon Johnson, D5:477
• 1848 Jan 5, Brewere, Gilbert V. ux, William Richmond, E5:244
• 1849 Feb 24, Brower, Gilbert H. et al (by Gdn), John A. Worthley, H5:569
• 1849 March 14, Brewer, Gilbert, ux, Alfred Smith, I5:71
• 1849 Sept 7, Brewer, Gilbert ux, Richard F. Stoutenburgh, K5:490
• 1850 March 29, Brewer, Gilbert ux, John C. Reynolds, N5:48
• 1850 Sept 7, Brewer, Gilbert ux, Charles V. Camp, P5:189
• 1852 Sept 7, Brower, Gilbert H. et al (by Gdn), Charles Brower, V5:520
• 1854 March 10, Brewer, Gilbert ux, Abraham Ackerman, C6:371

 Some of the abbreviations used in this index - as mentioned in the previous post on this topic, ux refers to wife, while et al refers to others. Shiff is an abbreviation for Sheriff, while Gdn is an abbreviation for Guardian.

I don't have to tell those who have spent time researching the Brower and Brewer families of Monmouth County that it is a difficult, complicated and sometimes frustrating endeavor. Branches of descendants of both Adam Brouwer of Gowanus and of Jan Brouwer of Flatlands are found in the county at the same time and some of the given names are found in both families. The possibility that there may be other Brewer families, unrelated to either the Adam Brouwer or Jan Brouwer families cannot be ruled out. Reformed Dutch Church records are less complete than those found in locations in New York, and in many cases, families of later generations drifted away from the Reformed Dutch Church and associated with some of the Baptist or Quaker congregations. Neither of these two groups practiced baptizing children and therefore no records of that sort are available. In addition, relatively few individuals left wills or other probate records. My own experience over the years in corresponding with individuals trying to crack problems in Monmouth County is that very few (if any) ever took a stab at researching land records. Now in the past, before the internet age that is, it was certainly more difficult to access these records. A physical trip to Monmouth County (or perhaps Salt Lake City or a local FHL center to view microfilm) was necessary. Well now much of these potentially missing pieces are now online thanks to FamilySearch.org. Looking over the list above, there are a number of deeds which indicate they correspond to the settling of an estate and so family relationships may be stated or strongly inferred from them. There may just be some answers here. We will continue in the future with the letter H.

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Monmouth County, New Jersey, Records of Deeds, Grantors Index A-C

Beginning in the early 1700s, descendants of both Adam Brouwer of Gowanus, L. I. and of Jan Brouwer of Flatlands, L. I. relocated and settled in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The county itself was established in 1683 and was within what was called the Province of East Jersey. The initial settlers there were largely families of English and Scottish origin, many coming to Monmouth County by way of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and Long Island. They were largely Baptists and Quakers. Migration of "Dutch," or more accurately non-English families with roots in New Netherland, began soon afterwards. For background on the history and recording of deeds and grants in New Jersey I would suggest starting with the FamilySearch Wiki page for New Jersey Land and Property and would suggest making use of the many links found within the text there. The broader background picture should be of interest and help to those researching land records in New Jersey. The focus in this post is on records found in Monmouth County, and located in the County Clerk's Office. Links for the filmed and subsequently digitized records are found at FamilySearch through their catalog under Monmouth County, New Jersey, Records of Deeds, 1665-1899.

The Grantor Index, 1667-1856 (FHL film #007901947) for the letter B is online at FamilySearch.org beginning here with image no. 63. The Grantee Index, 1667-1891 (FHL film #007895633)  for the letter B is online begins here with image no. 102. The first thing that you might notice here is that there are very few entries for deeds from the colonial period, which is to be expected since the County Clerk's Office was not formed until 1785. The indexes are arranged alphabetically but only by the first letter of the surname, and then the first letter of the given name, and then chronologically within each set of alphabetically listed given names. In other words, this isn't the most user friendly set up for an index. But then again, this is New Jersey, and my experience has been that if there is a more difficult and cumbersome method to arrange access to records, then New Jersey will use that method. This setup requires searching each page to cull out the Brewers and Browers, and that is what you will find below. Starting with the Grantor Index, I'm simply listing them as they are listed in the index books, Date, Grantor, Grantee, Liber: Page. The individual volumes with the deeds can be viewed using your computer at home. No need to go to a FHL center to view these records. The abbreviation "ux" for et uxor, means "and wife." "Et al," short for et alia, means "and others."

Grantor Index, Given Name A-C

• 1801 June 23, Brewer, Aaron dec'd (by dev), Job Throckmorton et al (trustees), M:434
• 1806 Sept 2, Brewer, Adam dec'd (by dev), Asher White, Q:688
• 1806 Sept 2, Brewer, Adam dec'd (by dev), Asher White Q:690
• 1811 July 8, Brewer, Ann et al (Exis), Benjah Butcher et al, T:466
• 1812 July 29, Brewer, Adam, Joseph Lafetra, V:428
• 1814 July 25, Brower, Adam, John Brewer et al, Y:170
• 1816 Dec 16, Brewer, Adam (by Shiff), Tilee Williams, Z:417
• 1817 July 12, Brewer, Aaron ux, Peter Brewer, A2:46
• 1818 Mar 10, Brewer, Adam (by Shiff), Jacob Croxson, A2:473
• 1821 Oct 16, Brower, Abraham ux, George Crawford, D2:480
• 1821 Oct 31, Brower, Abraham, Joseph Truax, D2:516
• 1825 July 29, Brower, Ann & Abraham (dec'd by heirs), William Mason, K2:206
• 1827 May 27, Brewer, Ann, Elizabeth Brewer, N2:432
• 1827 July 25, Brewer, Aaron ux, Robert Shafts, O2:95
• 1828 Aug 28, Brewer, Aron ux, Ebenezer Scott, Q2:323
• 1831 Sept 17, Brower, Adam dec'd (by heir), Henry W. Wolcott et al, Y2:434
• 1833 May 23, Brewer, Aaron ux, John Reynolds, D3:287
• 1837 Apr 27, Brewer, Aaron ux et al, James Cooper, Q3:400
• 1837 Apr 27, Brewer, Aaron ux et al, James Cooper, Q3:407
• 1838 June 9, Brewer, Aaron ux, Garret RobbinsT3:326
• 1839 Apr 15, Brewer, Aaron ux et al, William Cooper, W3:386
• 1839 Nov 20, Brewer, Adam ux, William H. Brewer, Y3:238
• 1840 Feb 25, Brewer, Ann, Susan Hunt et al, Z3:61
• 1841 Jan 28, Brewer, Aaron ux et al, Esther Cooper, B4:178
• 1842 Apr 27, Brewer, Aaron ux, David Reynolds, F4:297
• 1844 Mar 9, Brewer, Ann, Isaac Brewer, K4:387
• 1845 Nov 5, Brewer, Aaron ux et al, Gordon Cooper, R4:337
• 1847 Oct 16, Brower, Aaron ux, John Hall, E5:100
• 1849 May 8, Bruere, Ann, Joseph Waln, I5:494
• 1849 June 13, Bruere, Ann, John W. Burtis, L5:55
• 1851 Feb 5, Brewer, Aaron ux et al, David Cooper, R5:44
• 1851 Feb 5, Brewer, Aaron ux et al, David cooper, R5:47
• 1852 Mar 29, Brower, Aaron ux, Herbert Woolley, T5:163
• 1853 Apr 5, Brower, Aaron ux, Gilbert Brewere, Y5:479
• 1853 Mar 31, Brower, Aaron ux et al, Abraham Havens, Y5:438
• 1854 June 10, Brower, Aaron ux, James Johnson, F6:27
• 1855 May 10, Brewer, Aaron ux et al, Richard Corlies, I6:371

• 1800 Mar 13, Brewer, Benjamin ux, Daniel Williams, L:437 
• 1805 Dec 30, Brewer, Benjamin ux, Aaron Laign, P:469
• 1817 Apr 15, Brower, Benjamin Jr. ux et al, John S. Van Mater, Z:616
• 1819 Apr 29, Brower, Benjamin Jr. ux et al, John Vandoren, B2:316 
• 1819 Dec 20, Brewer, Benjamin ux, Cornelius Brewer et al, B2:660
• 1821 Oct 17, Brower, Benjamin Jr. ux, Joseph H. Van Mater, D2:484
• 1824 May 3, Brewer, Benjamin  et al (by Shiff), Peter Vandorn, H2:269
• 1826 Apr 25, Brower, Benjamin ux, Cornelius Brower, L2:255
• 1826 July 26, Brewer, Benjamin ux, Thomas Bowne, L2:524
• 1827 Mar 25, Brower, Benjamin ux, James Patterson Jr., N2:13
• 1829 July 4, Brower, Benjamin ux, Joseph Mount, S2:178
• 1829 July 4, Brower, Benjamin ux, Trustees Union Meeting Colts Neck, S2:179
• 1830 Apr 27, Brower, Benjamin ux, Joseph Conrow, V2:269
• 1832 Mar 1, Brewer, Benjamin B., David Estell, Z2:375
• 1833 June 19, Brower, Benjamin ux, Thomas Sutphen, D3:388
• 1833 Dec 26, Brower, Benjamin ux, John H. Tilton, E3:495
• 1834 Jan 21, Brower, Benjamin ux, John Robinson, E3:565
• 1834 Jun 13, Brewer, Benjamin B. ux, Cornelius C. Hendrickson, G3:35
• 1836 Sept 14, Brower, Benjamin ux, Samuel Conover, O3:54
• 1836 Oct 16, Brower, Benjamin ux, John S. Schenck, O3:408
• 1850 Jan 15, Brower, Benjamin ux et al, Abraham Trafford, L5:444
• 1850 Feb 6, Brower, Benjamin ux et al, Leanaer Bishop, M5:209
• 1850 Apr 11, Brower, Benjamin ux et al, Charles G. Allen, M5:557
• 1850 Apr 1, Brower, Benjamin ux et al, William Brown, N5:94
• 1850 Apr 1, Brower, Benjamin ux, Charles Corney, N5:99
• 1850 June 1, Brower, Benjamin ux, Samuel Corney, O5:214
• 1851 Aug 12, Brower, Benjamin ux, Theodore D. Conover, R5:449
• 1853 July 26, Brower, Benjamin ux, Levi Scoby et al, W5:454
• 1853 July 19, Brewer, Benjamin ux, Stephen Corney, B6:171
• 1854 Apr 4, Brower, Benjamin ux, Thomas H. Matthews et al, E6:348

• 1822 Jan 29, Brower, Cornelius ux, Samuel Corlies, E2:175 
• 1827 Mar 2, Brewer, Cornelius ux, Benjamin Brewer, N2:15 
• 1828 Jan 22, Brewer, Cornelius ux, Jacob Knott, P2:54
• 1828 Jan 23, Brewer, Cornelius ux, Gilbert Brower, P2:82
• 1828 Apr 22, Brewer, Cornelius ux, Elizabeth Grant, P2:442
• 1828 Oct 25, Brewer, Cornelius ux, William Parker, R2:17
• 1829 Aug 13, Brewer, Cornelius ux, David Brower, S2:352
• 1829 Oct 26, Brewer, Cornelius ux, William White, T2:102
• 1832 Aug 16, Brewer, Cornelius ux, Enos Eastwood, B3:254
• 1834 Sept 15, Brewer, Cornelius ux, Asher Wardell Jr., G3:351
• 1834 Oct 11, Brewer, Cornelius (or) Brower ux, David Brower, G3:422
• 1836 Oct 21, Brower, Cornelius ux, Samuel Corlies, O3:354
• 1838 July 30, Brower, Cornelius et al, Garret W. Wycoff, V3:33
• 1839 Jan 11, Brewer, Constant et al, Isaac Van Kirk, V3:491
• 1840 Jan 8, Brewer, Catharine, George Tyson et al, Y3:349
• 1845 Dec 8, Brewer, Cornelius ux, Daniel Holmes, S4:4
• 1849 Apr 20, Brower, Cornelius ux, John Sheriff, K5:19
• 1849 Nov 7, Brower, Charles K. et al, Deborah T. Brower (Admtix), L5:312
• 1852 Apr 7, Brower, Cornelius ux, Peter T. Nivison, T5:543
• 1855 Apr 3, Brower, Charles ux, Joseph King, H6:594

So, a lot of land transactions in Monmouth County involving Brewers and Browers, and a couple of Brueres, and this is just the Grantor Index for those with given names beginning with the letters A, B and C. Looking over the list you can see that there are a few entries that mention "dec'd" (deceased) or "heirs," and others with the abbreviation, "et al." These deeds may involve the transfer of inherited property and so may offer genealogical clues. Monmouth County, New Jersey has a lot of Brewers and Browers and sorting them out to reconstruct families is challenging. My experience has been that many who have attempted researching their family here have overlooked or paid little attention to the recorded deeds. There may be some clues here that have yet to be discovered. If you happen to find any, please share them either through the Comments option or forward them to me directly. If they are of help in solving genealogical problems I'll post them online. We will continue with more index entries.

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