YFull's YTree v5.04

YFull's YTree v5.04 has been published with the date May 16, 2017. No changes to the arrangements of the subclades that represent members of various sub-groups within the Brewer DNA Project.

The Adam Brouwer sub-group continues with five tests and is represented by the terminal SNP E-Y19643, with two of the five tests in the subclade E-BY6245. Those two being first cousins. In addition we have one more just completed Big-Y test representing a descendant of Mathew Brewer of Greene Co., Pennsylvania which will hopefully be added to the YTree over the next few months. And we have another test on order which will represent a descendant of John Brewer of Broadalbin, New York. The sub-group needs help from fellow members who can trace their ancestry completely back to Adam Brouwer to further participate by taking the Big-Y test. The sub-group includes descendants of Adam's sons Pieter, Jacob and Nicholas Brouwer, and if we could have one or two descendants from each of those sons to take the Big-Y test we may be able to help those whose lineages are incomplete get a better idea of where to focus their search.

The Jan Brouwer sub-group also has five tests. They are all identified by YFull with the terminal SNP I-Y7214. No subclades of I-Y7214 have yet been separated out. One more test of a member is on order and their results should be added in sometime over the next few months. Here too, Big-Y testing of more members is needed.

The Brewer-Lanier (a.k.a. Lanier-Brewer) sub-group has fourteen tests on the current tree. The sub-group is identified by the terminal SNP I-Y15031, and includes three subclades identified as I-Y21524, I-Y29640 and I-Y23708. Brewer-Lanier has been the Projects most successful sub-group to date and that is due to strong participation from existing members. In addition to the fourteen tests on the current YTree the sub-group has one other whose Big-Y results have just been reported at FTDNA. Hopefully these results will show up on the YTree within a couple of months. AND the sub-group has seven Big-Y tests on order. When completed the sub-group will have 22 tested members and a more useful Y-DNA tree to help them solve the open questions involving certain lines of ancestry from George Brewer of Brunswick Co., Virginia.

Big-Y testing is done through FamilyTreeDNA which is host to the Brewer DNA Project. Further analysis and placement on the YTree is through the independent company, YFull, which is not associated with FTDNA.

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Nicholas Brouwer in Dutchess County, New York Mortgages and Deeds

I have scanned copies of two pages of correspondence between Avis Watkins of Exeter, New Hampshire and William Bogardus. I originally received the copies from Bill back in late 2008. Avis and Bill had a correspondence that ranged over a few years during the 1980s. It was centered around Avis' search for the ancestry of Jeremiah Brower of Highgate, Vermont. I don't know that Avis ever satisfactorily completed her search, and although the correct ancestry of Jeremiah Brower is not 100% certain, a highly likely ancestry for Jeremiah has been proposed in a series of posts found on this website. But I digress. The purpose of this post is to share a list of  mortgages and deeds in which the name of Nicholas Brower (or Brewer) is found. Avis had sent this list to Bill in the midst of her search for Jeremiah's ancestry (she was getting close). The two pages are online and can be accessed with the following links:

Nicholas Brower (Brewer), Dutchess County, New York, Mortgages & Deeds, page 1

Nicholas Brower (Brewer), Dutchess County, New York, Mortgages & Deeds, page 2

These pages may serve as an index to finding the originals. I will emphasize that the entries DO NOT pertain to one man named Nicholas Brouwer, but rather to multiple men of that same name. When using the records, please be careful to identify the individual record with the correct Nicholas Brower (or Brewer).

Back in the 1980s searching out these records would have required either a trip to Dutchess County, or accessing microfilmed copies of the records through either a local library that could provide such a service or through the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and one of its many local Family History Centers. Today, we are fortunate in that the Family History Library has digitized the microfilmed copies and has made them available online at FamilySearch.org. In this case we can find the records under "New York Land Records, 1630-1975," then selecting Dutchess County. These digitized microfilm records at FamilySearch are not searchable. It is a browse only database (at least at the time of this writing). And so, this list compiled by Avis Watkins some 30 or so years ago, comes in quite handy today.

In a series of follow up posts, and as time permits, we'll go through the records we can find online, provide links to the documents, and see if any helpful genealogical information can be discovered.

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Our Unplaced Genetic Descendants of Adam Brouwer Continued

This continuation of the May 4th post adds five more earliest known but unplaced ancestors of members of the Brewer DNA Project's Adam Brouwer Sub-Group. Can you help our Project members break through their brick walls?

The Ten Continued

     6. William Brewer is found in Southwark, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania in 1820, 1830, 1840 and 1850 and may be the William Brewer whose death on 23 December 1867, age 73 (so born about 1794) is recorded in Philadelphia. The 1850 U. S. census gives his age as 73, placing his birth at about 1777, but the 1850 census may be overstating his age. The 1820, 1830 and 1840 census records are inline with the death record, and William was likely born between 1794 and 1805. His four known children were born between 1826 and 1835, and so this too would favor the later birth date for William. The 1850 census gives his place of birth as New Jersey. William's wife was named Ann. Her family name is not known. She appears to be the Ann Brewer who died on 17 May 1850, age 60. She nonetheless appears on the 1850 census, age 60, born in New Jersey. Both William and Ann are buried at the Wharton Street Methodist Episcopal Church cemetery in Philadelphia. Southwark is today a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia. Our one Y-DNA tested descendant is a descendant of William and Ann's son Joseph whose name is recorded as BREWER in 1850 and 1860, but then as BROWER in 1870, 1880 and 1900. He was born in September 1828 according to the 1900 census. His wife was Elizabeth McGregor and they are found in Philadelphia from 1850 through 1880, while the 1900 census has Joseph at Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey. Joseph died on 3 May 1908 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. His son Joseph Brower, Jr. (1856-1926) had relocated to Jefferson County, Alabama by 1900. Elizabeth had died 23 February 1900 at Ocean City, New Jersey. See the posts of October 29, 2013 and November 3, 2013.

     7. Jeremiah John Brower was, as calculated from his age at death, born 27 August 1815 (died 2 April 1887, age 71y 7m 6d). His enumerations on the 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 U. S. census records consistently record that he was born in New York. Jeremiah married Sarah Jane Woods on 4 February 1849 in Cass County, Indiana. The 1850 census at Clinton, Cass County, Indiana mistakenly records him as "James Brown" or Brower, but the appearance of wife Sarah and one year old son John W., point to this being Jeremiah. The family moved to Lucas County, Iowa in about 1853 and lived there in Jackson Township for the remainder of Jeremiah and Sarah's lives. Sarah died in 1891, and was a daughter of John Woods and Susannah Buffington. The couple had seven children and our one Y-DNA tested descendant is a descendant of their son James Allen Brower, born 20 January 1862. He too remained in Lucas County until his death in 1920. It is suspected that Jeremiah is a son of a John Brower who is found in Cass County, Indiana on the 1840 U. S. census age 70-80 (so born 1760-1770). The remaining household consists of one male aged 20-30 (which would fit Jeremiah) and one female aged 20-30. The given name, Jeremiah, is only found, during the colonial period, among the descendants of Adam Brouwer's sons Nicholas and Abraham, and we believe he would be a descendant of one of the two. A John Brower, age 60-70 (born 1760-1770) is found on the 1830 U. S. census in Petersburg, Rensselaer County, New York. His household includes a male age 10-15 which again matches Jeremiah's age at the time. Although found at Petersburg in 1800, 1810 and 1820, John Brower is not found at Petersburg in 1840. Jeremiah Brower of Highgate, Vermont died at Petersburg in 1822 and his son, Jeremiah, lived at Petersburg through 1840 before moving to Green County, Wisconsin. Could John Brower be an unknown son, or nephew, of Jeremiah Brower? See the posts of 29 January 2012 and 24 December 2013.
     8. Jacob Brewer married Lavinia Smith on 14 March 1815 at Chatham, Lower Canada, on the north side of the Ottawa River. Today, Chatham is in the Argenteuil R. C. M., Laurentides Region of the Provence of Quebec. The dates of his birth and death are not known but he likely died about 1824 as his wife is called "widow of Jacob Brewer" on the 1825 census of Lower Canada. Lavinia was born about 1794 or 1795 in Vermont, so perhaps Jacob was born about that time or a bit earlier. Four children have been identified. Born between 1816 and 1823, three were sons who have numerous descendants. 34 grandchildren of Jacob the Brewer surname. Our one Y-DNA tested descendant is a descendant of Jacob and Lavinia's son John Alexander Brewer who was married twice and had sixteen children. John lived at Renfrew, Canada West/Ontario, Canada and relocated to Seattle, King County, Washington by 1904. Descendants are numerous in the Pacific northwest. Lavinia Smith was remarried to Samuel Dodge (probably about 1825) and had at least two children, but possibly more. She married for a third time to John Shoswood Donaldson and had two Donaldson children (born in 1837 and 1839). Other than his marriage and the census mention of his widow in 1825, we only have a record of a grant of land to a Jacob Brower at Barnston, Stanstead, which is in Quebec across the international border from Derby, Orleans County, Vermont. It is not near Chatham, and the record may belong to a different Jacob Brower/Brewer. See the post of February 26, 2013.
     9. John G. Brewer, said to have been born in 1795 at Trenton, New Jersey, died 27 January 1886, age 91, in Greene County, Ohio. His gravestone with the same date of death gives his age at death as 91y 5m 8d which calculates to a date of birth of 19 August 1794. The 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 census records all agree in stating his place of birth as New Jersey. He was at Miami, Greene County, Ohio on the 1830 U. S. census and his marriage to Sarah Miller on 6 March 1823 is recorded in Greene County. John and Sarah had nine children born between about 1824 and 1847. Our one Y-DNA tested descendant is a descendant of their son Charles Brewer (1836-1897) who remained in Greene County through his entire life. Charles was married to Rosanna Nevius whose surname will be recognized by anyone familiar with the families of the greater New York City area during the colonial period (her surname is also recorded as Nevis, Neves and Nevins). Middle names, as we know them and how they are used today, were not common at the time John was born. A middle initial (such as John's "G") usually referred to the name of the individual's father. Sort of a remnant from the days of patronymics. Could John's father have been named George? John and Sarah named their eldest son, born about 1824, George A. Brewer. Other sons were named William H., John G. and David Russell Brewer. Middle names were more popular as the 1800s progressed. The daughters were Rebecca, Paulina G., Sarah E., and Martha L. See the post of July 10, 2014.
    10. John Brewer, of Broadalbin, New York, died 13 August 1849, age 53y 10d. His calculated date of birth is 3 August 1796. He was likely born in New York, but exactly where is not known. His wife was Elsie Mosher who is found as a head of household on the 1850 U. S. census at Broadalbin. In 1860 she is in the household of her daughter Mary and son-in-law David Carson at Victor, DeKalb County, Illinois. She died in 1878 or 1879 in Chariton County, Missouri where she is buried. John was originally buried in the North Broadalbin Cemetery and then removed in 1930 to Union Mills Cemetery when the Great Sacandaga Lake was created. Our one Y-DNA tested descendant is a descendant of John and Elsie's son James Brewer, born about 1825 in New York and died in 1877, presumably in Chariton County, Missouri where he was living in 1870. James Brewer's first wife was Sarah Reeves. Broadalbin was formed out of the town of Caughnawaga, Montgomery County, in 1770. Johnstown and Mayfield were created from Broadalbin in 1793 and Fulton County was set off from Montgomery County in 1838. Present day Broadalbin is in Fulton County, New York. The area around Broadalbin saw a large migration of families to it in the years following the Revolutionary War. The rise of the manufacturing of leather goods, particularly gloves, attracted people from other parts of New York, New Jersey and New England. James Brewer died prior to 1880 when the birth places of parents were first recorded on the U. S. census. However, his brother John Brewer did live long enough to be recorded in both 1880 and 1900. The census records for both of these years give John's parent's places of birth as "New York." The larger Mosher family, whose origins were in Rhode Island, did have branches found in Dutchess County during the second half of the 1700s. Elsie, a daughter of a Samuel Mosher, is said to have been born in Saratoga County, New York. See the post of March 15, 2017.

Insight and factual information into the origins, and identity of the parents of any of the above is welcomed and hoped for. Please use the Comments option below or send an e-mail to Brouwer Genealogy's new e-mail address.

In addition, of the ten mentioned above and in the previous post, four descendants have taken the advanced Big-Y test with Family Tree DNA. The four are the descendant of John G. Brewer, and three of the descendants of Peter Brewer. We are also awaiting Big-Y test results for the descendant of John Brewer of Broadalbin. Our use of the Big-Y test for potentially identifying lines of descent from Adam Brouwer has been hindered by the fact that (to date) we have a Big-Y test from only one member who can prove his complete ancestry back to Adam. That member is a descendant of Adam's son Abraham Brouwer. The Project very much needs other previously tested descendants of Adam Brouwer's sons Pieter, Jacob and Nicholas, to step up and take the Big-Y test. If we can get enough tests from those proved descendants, we may be able to help out their cousins who are still looking to complete their ancestries. For more info on Big-Y, please contact the administrators of the Brewer DNA Project.

Photo by Pawal Wozniak, Wikimedia Commons

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Review of Our Unplaced Genetic Descendants of Adam Brouwer

Since its inception in 2005, the Brewer DNA Project has grown to include 290 members, 36 of whom have been placed in the Sub-group, "Adam Brouwer, Gowanus, L. I." Of these 36 members there are 21 who can, through traditional genealogical research, prove a direct paternal ancestry back to Adam Brouwer of Gowanus, Long Island. In addition there are 13 members who we know must be descendants of Adam Brouwer (by virtue of their Y-DNA test results) but who still cannot find the link between their earliest known paternal ancestor and Adam Brouwer.* The 13 members with incomplete Brewer ancestries represent ten different earliest known ancestors and the purpose of this post is to provide a quick review the ten. We hope that others who happen upon this post and who may have information or insight regarding the further ancestry of these ten will contact us with a willingness to help.

The Ten

1.  Peter Brewer, probably born during the 1750s in or near Sussex County, New Jersey. He is first seen as an adult in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in 1783 but soon went to Hardin County, Kentucky where is will dated 2 November 1840 was proved 19 April 1841. His wife was Margaret Hobach (Hoback) who died in 1853 in Larue County, Kentucky. They had seven known children. Three members of the Project can trace their Brewer ancestry to Peter through his son, Valentine Brewer. The three are all descendants of Charles Brewer (1888-1950) a great-great grandson of Peter Brewer. We are currently waiting Y-DNA test results for a descendant of Peter's son, Isaac Brewer. Peter is known to have had a brother named Samuel Brewer who died in 1835 in Mercer County, Kentucky. In his Revolutionary War Pension Application, Samuel stated he was born in Sussex County, New Jersey. His brother Peter provided a deposition. See the post of November 16, 2013.
2. Benjamin Brewer, born 24 April 1755, location unknown, died 6 May 1834 in Washington County, Indiana and his buried in the Cooley-Brewer Cemetery. His wife was Catherine Mellinger who he married on 18 May 1781. Benjamin is found on the tax roll in Tyrone Twp., originally in Westmoreland County and afterwards in Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Fayette was formed from Westmoreland in 1783). Benjamin was enumerated in Tyrone Twp. in 1790 (U.S. census), at Jefferson County, Kentucky in 1800, and later in Washington County, Indiana in 1820 and 1830. He and Catherine are known to have had nine children born between 1780 and 1799. A descendant of Benjamin's son Benjamin (1782-1861) has taken a Y-DNA test. On 20 February 1783, Samuel Brewer of Tyrone Twp. sold land to Benjamin Brewer. This Samuel Brewer is the same Samuel mentioned above, brother of Peter Brewer. Although a relationship is not stated in the deed, we suspect that Peter, Samuel and Benjamin are all brothers. See the post of November 16, 2013. 
3. Henry Brewer, said to have been born in 1763 (unconfirmed) is probably the Henry Brewer found on the 1810 U. S. census, over age 45, at Donegal, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. A Henry Brewer is on the 1783 tax list at North Huntingdon, Westmoreland County. His wife was named Anna Maria and the baptism of their son Henry (called Heinrich Brauer) on 10 October 1788 was recorded by the German Church in Westmoreland County. The younger Henry's birth date was 1 September 1787, and he is found on the 1820 census in Washington, Westmoreland County; on the 1830 census in Salem, Westmoreland County, and on the 1840, 1850 and 1860 censuses in Loyalhanna, Westmoreland County. The younger Henry is the only known child of the elder Henry. His wife was Mary Rudolph and two (believed) sons are Jacob and a third (in line) Henry. A descendant of this Jacob Brewer provides our Y-DNA testing evidence. What is known of the earliest generations of this family is very sketchy, and incomplete. In is conceivable that Henry is a close relation (brother or first cousin) of Peter and Benjamin above. See the post of November 16, 2013.
4. Henry Brewer, of Berkeley County, Virginia and Adams County, Ohio, was born in March 1765, location not known, and died 20 February 1829 in Adams County, Ohio. His wife was Sarah Hawke who died in May 1829. Henry and Sarah were married on 14 February 1786 in Berkeley County, Virginia, a county that is now in the State of West Virginia. Sarah is likely a daughter of Elijah Hawke who can be found in Berkeley County on lists of land holders between 1784 and 1794. Among the eight known children of Henry and Sarah is a son Elijah Brewer. Elijah is a given name that is otherwise not found among the descendants of Adam Brouwer. The Project has one member who is a descendant of Henry's son Charles Brewer, born about 1802 in Virginia and is last found on the 1860 U. S. census in Jefferson, Adams County, Ohio. Charles also gave a son the name Elijah. The key document in researching Henry is his Revolutionary War Pension Application. In his application Henry states that he enlisted at Martinsburg, Berkeley County, Virginia. In 1830, Henry's son Elijah Brewer applied for bounty lands due his father. This document lists Henry's heirs and is the source for reconstructing Henry's family. Some descendants have claimed that Henry's parents were a couple named Abraham Brewer and Mary Wilts. However, no record of any couple with such names has ever been found, and it is doubtful that said couple ever existed. An Abraham Brewer has been found in Berkeley County in 1774 on a "list of tithables," but whether or not Henry is a son of this Abraham Brewer is not known. He could be, but he doesn't have to be, and it cannot be assumed that he is.  See the post of May 9, 2013, and the post of January 15, 2012.
5. Mathew Brewer, was probably born in the later part of the 1750s, location not known but suspected to be either New Jersey or New York. He is last found at Richhill Twp., Greene County, Pennsylvania on the 1820 U. S. census, age over 45. In 1815 a Mathew Brewer applied for 48 acres in Buffalo Twp., Union County, Pennsylvania. In 1810, Mathew Brewer is found on the U. S. census at Morris, Greene County, over age 45. In 1800, Mathew Brewer is found on the U. S. census in Bedford County (Bethel and Belfast Townships). In 1793 a Mathias Brewer is found on the June tax list in Lebanon, New Jersey which is in Hunterdon County. I would suspect that this Mathias Brewer is the one later found in Bedford and then Greene Counties. Mathew's wife was believed to be an Emery, perhaps Mary or Elizabeth. A Mary Emery, daughter of Jacob and Eva Emery was born in Lebanon, New Jersey on 5 March 1759. Dates of death or records of probate have yet to be found for either Mathew or his wife. It is believed that he had eight children, seven of whom are named in an account authored by his grandson James A. Brewer. An eighth child, Jacob Brewer who married Cassandra McDonald is also claimed as a son of Mathew Brewer. Two members of the project have taken Y-DNA tests. One is a descendant of James A. Brewer whose father Conrad Brewer was a son of Mathew. Conrad is an unusual name among the descendants of Adam Brouwer, but the Jacob Emery mentioned above was a son of Conrad Emery who is found on the tax roll in Lebanon, New Jersey in 1778. The second Project member who has tested is a descendant of Mathew's son John B. Brewer who can be found on the 1820 U. S. census enumerated next to Mathew. John B. Brewer is later found in Porter County, Indiana (1840), Dallas County, Iowa (1850) and finally Madison County, Iowa where it is believed he died in the early 1860s. See the posts of September 11, 2013 and September 18, 2013, as well as the comments left at both posts.

 And so there are five of our ten unplaced earliest known Brewer ancestors. The remaining five will be reviewed in a following post. I would invite anyone with insight, new information or comments to use the Comments feature below to share them with others. If you wish to convey more than what the Comments field will permit, please send correspondence to our new e-mail address.

*We also have one member who has not communicated a Brewer ancestry with the Project, and one other who is a special case involving a known adoption event.

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New Haplogroup Sub-branches for the Adam Brouwer Branch of YFull's YTree

The YFull online YTree has now been updated. The current version is v5.03. The new version splits our known descendants of Adam Brouwer into two sub-branches with their terminal SNPs (haplogroups) identified as E-Y19643 and E-BY6245.

The new revised branch appears as follows:

• E-Y19643 Y19645  Y19643  A9487+15 SNPs formed 4000 ybp, TMRCA 425 ybp
  • E-Y19643*
    • id:YF08704
    • id:YF04988DEU [DE-NW]
    • id:YF03732DEU [DE-NW]
  • E-BY6245BY6245 formed 425 ybp, TMRCA 375 ybp
    • id:YF08703
    • id:YF05152DEU [DE-NW]

The earliest known ancestor (EKA) for each of the id numbers in the above are:

id: YF08704 = Benjamin Brewer (1755-1834) m. Catherine Mellinger and lived in Fayette County, Pennsylvania and later Washington County, Indiana.

id: YF04988 = John G. Brewer (1795-1886) m. Sarah Miller, and is believed to have been born at Trenton, New Jersey, and lived his life at Miami, Greene County, Ohio.

id: YF03732 = Adam Brouwer of Gowanus, L. I. through his son Abraham Brouwer who m. Cornelia Caljer and lived at Gowanus.

id: YF08703 and id: YF05152 = Peter Brewer (b. 1750-1760, d. 1840/41) m. Margaret Hobach and lived in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and later Hardin County, Kentucky. The two descendants tested are first cousins.

Although only one of the above members can demonstrate an ancestry back to Adam Brouwer by way of traditional genealogical research, we do know that all must be descendants of Adam Brouwer by virtue of the fact that the results of their Y-DNA tests closely match both in earlier STR testing and the more recent and more advanced SNP testing. Please see the Adam Brouwer Sub-group Y-DNA Analysis page at the Brouwer Genealogy Database website for STR results and lineage charts of participating descendants.

Testing is done through the Brewer DNA Project affiliated with FamilyTreeDNA (FTDNA) using their Big-Y Test. FamilyTreeDNA presently assigns all five participants to the haplogoup E-BY6201. YFull's analysis, which utilizes more data from FTDNA's Big-Y test than FTDNA itself uses, gives us the two different haplogroups seen above. YFull's haplogroup assignment is considered superior to FTDNA's assignment.

The Adam Brouwer Sub-group of the Brewer DNA Project very much needs additional members to take the Big-Y test and have the results analyzed by YFull. The Project would especially like to see descendants who can confidently trace their lineage back to Adam Brouwer through his sons Pieter, Jacob and Nicholas, take the test. Existing members can immediately order the Big-Y test, while any new members would first have to take one of FTDNA's standard Y-DNA (STR marker) tests. Please contact the administrators of the Brewer DNA Project through the e-mail links available on the Project's webpage for more info.

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Links to Miscellaneous Brouwer Documents

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)

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