The Will of Benjamin Brewer of Galena, Indiana (1878) and A Correction

The will of Benjamin Brewer of Galena Township, La Porte Co., Indiana can be found in La Porte County Wills, Book C, pages 73-74. This book was accessed at Ancestry.com and the images below were taken from that site. I imagine it can also be found on the FamilySearch.org website. The will is dated 31 August 1878 and was proved 12 April 1883. This later date forces a correction in the believed date of death for Benjamin. More on that to follow.

The will is brief, and here is a brief abstract:

• Benjamin Brewer of Galena Township, La Porte Co., Indiana, being of sound mind and memory. To grandson, Benjamin Arthur Brewer, my silver watch and my riding saddle. To my daughter Margaret Van Wagenen, wife of Charles Van Waganen, all rest residue and remainder of my estate of every name and nature whatever whether real, personal or mixed to have and hold the same to her and her heirs and assigns forever subject nevertheless to the payment of the following legacies to wit to my granddaughter Henrietta Towner the sum of five hundred dollars for the payment of which I charge my estate and desire that my said daughter Margaret shall enter upon the possession of the said estate as bequeathed and devised to her immediately upon my decease without any administration or legal proceedings whatever. Witnesses: A. P. Ireland, James Moore.

Images of the will pages. Will is on page 73. Proof is on page 74.

La Porte Co., IN Wills C:73 (image from Ancestry.com)

La Porte Co., IN Wills C:74 (image from Ancestry.com)

 The only child of Benjamin mentioned in the will is his daughter Margaret, the wife of Charles Van Wagenen. Two grandchildren are mentioned - grandson Benjamin Arthur Brewer, and granddaughter Henrietta Towner.

Benjamin Brewer can be found on the Brouwer Genealogy Database (BGD) here. It is strongly believed that he is a son of Henry Brewer and Jane Hundley, although absolute proof of that has not been found*. We do know from Y-DNA testing (Brewer DNA Project) of direct male descendants that Benjamin is a descendant of Adam Brouwer of Gowanus, Long Island. His direct ancestry back to Adam Brouwer, however, has not been proved. The BGD entry shows a date of death for Benjamin of 6 April 1885, this taken from his memorial (# 73568927) at Find-A-Grave. The page includes a photo of his gravestone. We now know from the date his will was proven, 12 April 1883, that Benjamin had to have been deceased by that date, and so could not have died in 1885. His gravestone is marble (see the photo) and unfortunately inscriptions in marble stones erode with time (largely due to the effects of acid rain). I would assume that the error is simply a misread of a difficult to read inscription. Benjamin's age at death is given as 89 years on the Find-A-Grave page. The age on the BGD is 87 years, 2 months, 9 days which was taken from this page back in 2013. Benjamin's date of birth on the BGD (27 January 1796) is taken from History of La Porte County, Indiana (Chicago: Charles C. Chapman and Co., 1880): 699-700*. This date would be very close to correct (off by a day) if is age at death (87y 2m 9d) is calculated from 6 April 1883, rather than 1885. A date of death of 7 April 1883 would square the published date of birth with the age at death, assuming the later is a correct read (again, the stone is worn).

*History of La Porte County, Indiana (1880), p. 699, gives us Benjamin's date of birth and states that he was born in Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, son of Henry and Jane Brewer. It does not identify Jane's family name, but other evidence has provided the proof that her name was Hundley. As this history was written during Benjamin's lifetime, albeit towards the end, Benjamin himself may have been the source for his date and place of birth and the names of his parents. I suspect it is all reliable.

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New In The October 2019 Issue of The RECORD

The current issue of the New York Genealogical and Biographical RECORD, vol. 150, no. 4, Fall 2019 has been published and includes a piece by Steven Eustis found in the "Additions and Corrections to Articles in The Record," at pages 317-18, that should interest those researching the descendants of Adam Brouwer of Gowanus, L. I. Steve's work corrects and adds to William J. Hoffman's, "Brouwer Notes II," which was published in volume 72 (1941), pages 332-37 of tThe RECORD. There, Hoffman discusses the ancestry of Johannes Brouwer who married Catherine Duryea. While the ancestry of Johannes Brouwer, who is seen in the records of his time as either John I. Brower or John J. Brower, is not challenged, Steve's piece in the current issue adds contemporaneous newspaper sources for his death and the death of his brother Abraham Brouwer/Brower. Most importantly, the date of death for Catherine Duryea, given by Hoffman in 1941 as October 1812 (citing a "newspaper notice" without being more specific) is corrected. Catherine (Duryea) Brower died some years previous to Hoffman's claim, and her correct date of death is found in an unpublished family (Bible) record and in a published record of her burial by the Reformed Dutch Church of New York City (see footnote 4 on page 318 for specifics). Steve has been working on the descendants of the brothers John I. and Abraham Brower (sons of Jacob Brouwer and Jannetje Hartje) and hopefully we will be seeing more from Steve on the descendants sometime in the future.

The October 2019 has other articles that should interest those researching early ancestors in New Netherland/New York. "The Hendricks-Burger Parentage of Catharina Davids, and Her Four Marriages," by Michael Rudy and Harry Macy, Jr. (pages 278-84) provides a previously unknown parentage for Catharina Davids who married Coenradt Vanderbeek (her third marriage, his second). Coenradt Vanderbeek is a son of Paulus Van der Beek and Maria Badie, and therefore descendants of this couple are cousins to the descendants of Adam Brouwer and Magdalena Verdon (Coenradt and Magdalena being half-siblings). Catharina Davids can be found as Catherine Cocks on the Brouwer Genealogy Database. The profile of her there is very much incomplete and this article not only provides us with her correct name, but informs us that she was not married just three times, but was married four times and had children by all four husbands.

At page 291, I find mention of an Eliza Brower, born in New York City about 1808/09, died there 4 March 1879, in the article, "Andrew Sinclair (circa 1795-1874) of New York City and His Family," by Scott Wilds (pages 285-296) being a continuation of an article from the previous issue. Eliza Brower was married to John M. Sinclair who died at Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, 9 December 1895, age 78 years (pp. 290-91). I do not know where this Eliza Brower is to be placed among the Brouwer/Brower families of the New York City area. The footnotes provide some clues for places to begin the search.

Also in this issue:
Identifying Samuel Fletcher (1758-1826) of South Hero, Vermont, and Westville, New York, by Denise Engelhardt Cross.
Henry Tucker (1825-1882): Composer of an Erstwhile "Most Popular Song Ever Written in America, by Thomas W. Jones.
The Bengali and English Ancestry of New York City Immigrant Thomas Chapman (1777-1862), by Meryl Schumacker (continued from 150:182).
Early Sicard-Secor Families of New York: Origins of United Empire Loyalist William Secord, by R. Kirk Moulton (continued from 150:220). Many persons named Demarest are found in this article. The Demarests comprise a very large early New Netherland/New York/New Jersey family with many intermarriages with Brouwers.

As the October issue is the year end issue, also included are a list of contents of the articles that were published in the four issues of 2019, a list of contributors, and an every name index to those mentioned in articles.

The New York Genealogical and Biographical RECORD is published quarterly by the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, based in New York City, and online at www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org. Copies of the RECORD are included with a membership. As the RECORD is the second oldest continuously published genealogical journal in the country (since 1870) many libraries are subscribers and issues can often be found in their stacks.

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William Brower and Others to Richard S. Burr, New York County Deed, November 4, 1830

The post of November 4, 2012, "New York County Deeds Index," has been updated with a direct link to the online images for the Grantors Index. Perhaps it's about time to start looking at some individual deeds with the hope of finding at least a few with some genealogical significance. I think I found one of interest with the last deed listed under BROWER in the index (see image 378).

The entry for a deed found in the Grantors index is recorded as William Brower and others (grantors) to Richard S. Burr (grantee). The deed was recorded 27 February 1845 in New York Co. Deeds, vol. 455, p. 480. The deed itself was dated fifteen years earlier, 4 November 1830. An image of the deed is found online here at FamilySearch.org (image 43 in New York Land Records, 1630-1975, New York, Conveyances 1845 vol 455-457).

The deed involves a Brower family from Monmouth County, New Jersey selling inherited property located in New York City. An abstract:

• This indenture made 4 November 1830, between James Pearce and Mary his wife, Joseph Shumard and Mary his wife, Joseph Fleming and Margaret his wife, William Brower, David Falkenburg and Hannah his wife, Britton Maxson and Sarah his wife, and John Brower, and Samuel Hulet and Ezediah his wife, all of the Township of Howell in Monmouth County, New Jersey of the first part, and Richard S. Burr, of the same place, of the other part. The parties of the first part, for a consideration of ten dollars paid by the said party of the second part hereby acknowledged have granted, bargained, sold, etc...all right title and interest of the said parties of the first part being descendants and heirs of William Brower of the aforesaid Township of Howell, deceased, of in and to all that certain parcel of land in the City of New York heretofore known as Domines Hook, together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging. The parties of the first part all sign, some with a mark. Witnesses were Benjamin H. Fielden and Samuel F. Allen who acknowledges on 7 February 1845 in New York, stating that he resides in Howell Township, and that at the time the deed was executed, James Pearce and Mary his wife, Joseph Shumard and Mary his wife, Joseph Fleming and Margaret his wife and Samuel Hulet and Ezediah his wife, resided in the Township of Howell, and that William Brower, David Falkenburg and Hannah his wife, Britton Maxson and Sarah his wife, and John Brower, resided in the Township of Dover, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.

Those above mentioned in the deed as the parties of the first part are all descendants of William Brower or Brewer, whose wife was Sarah Allen, and who was a son of Adam Brewer and Deborah Allen of Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Mary, the wife of James Pearce, was a daughter of William and Sarah, while the others mentioned were grandsons and granddaughters (with their husbands), children of William and Sarah's son, John Brewer/Brower, who had died in late 1811 or early 1812 (inventory of his estate taken 13 Jan 1812). William Brewer, said to have been born 9 May 1722 (a record of this has never been found) can be found here on the Brouwer Genealogy Database. A PDF of the descendants can be found online, those mentioned in the above conveyance are highlighted. Please note that the chart is not a complete account of William Brewer's descendants. Also note that the granddaughter, Ezediah, wife of Samuel Hulett is called Elizabeth in her father, John Brewer's will (the BGD also has her primary name as Elizabeth, but perhaps Ezediah is more correct). I think that this is the first time I've encountered that name, in any family). The grantee in the deed is Richard S. Burr, and the amount he pays for the property is a paltry $10. He is not described as a descendant, but the low sum does leave open the question as to whether or not Richard S. Burr somehow another descendant of William Brewer.

The conveyance calls the property being sold, "Domine's Hook," so the question arises, where is Domine's Hook? The only references to this name that I find refers to a place which is now known as Hunter's Point, which is in the Borough of Queens, which is of course today within New York City, but back in 1830 was not. Yet, the deed says that the land is in the City of New York. And the deed is recorded in New York County and not in Queens County. Domine's Hook is mentioned in the Minutes of the Executive Council of the Province of New York during the December 1670 session (see Volume 1 of the Minutes of the Executive Council of New York, p. 62). The editor's footnote (2) here tells us that Domine's Hooke is situated, "up the East River at the mouth of Mespath Kill (now Newtown Creek), and consisting of one hundred and thirty acres of upland and meadow, being the section of late called Hunter's Point," and adds, "This tract had been given to Domine Everardus Bogardus and was named from him." William Brewer was a great-great grandson of Everardus Bogardus and his wife Anneke Jans. So, now I'm wondering, was this sale somehow related to hype from this time over the rightful inheritance to an imaged fortune due the heirs of Anneke Jans?

At any rate, the deed itself is one involving persons living in Monmouth County, New Jersey, selling property in another state, New York, by a deed recorded in New York and it is useful in a genealogical sense as it could be used as proof of the relationship of those who were principals in the deed to William Brewer/Brower who is known to be a descendant of Adam Brouwer of Gowanus (and of the infamous Anneke Jans). If nothing else it serves as an example of the need to widen one's search area beyond the immediate vicinity when looking for evidence of family relationships.

This deed can also be found in Monmouth Co., New Jersey Deeds X2:144.

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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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Cemeteries of Brunswick County, Virginia

This morning I received the weekly email newsletter, "The Weekly Genealogist," from American Ancestors (the New England Historic Genealogical Society). This week's "Spotlight" is on Brunswick County, Virginia, which of course was the home of George Brewer of Brunswick County, Virginia of whom we have written about in past posts.

The post, by Assistant Editor, Valerie Beaudrault is focused on and provides a link to Cemeteries of Brunswick County, Virginia. Perhaps many of you George Brewer and Descendants researchers are already familiar with this site, but in the event that you are not, there are BREWERs found in the Index and there are a couple of Brewer Cemeteries found on the Family Cemeteries page. I wouldn't be surprised if there are other associated family names found on the site as well. You'll have to look.

1755 Map, from VirginiaPlaces.org

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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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