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1st wife of Robert Brashears

Also Known As: "Elizabeth Fowkes", "Mary Waring", "Florence Rey", "Elizabeth Fowke"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Calvert Co, MD
Death: before 1685
Calvert, MD, United States
Immediate Family:

Wife of Robert Brashears
Mother of Benjamin Brashears; Samuel Brashears, Sr.; Robert Brashear, Jr. and Catherine Brashears

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About 1st wife of Robert Brashears

The first wife or wives of Robert Brashier (Brashears) has been seen as Elizabeth Fowke (m 1661) and / or Mary Waring (m 1665). Huguenot Society has (perhaps) Florence Reyes. Apparently there is no documentation. Geni is currently (March 2021) representing her as unknown. Discussion welcome. She is supposedly the mother of all his children, and he married his 2nd wife, Alice, by 1679.

Children:

  • 1. Benjamin Brashears (11 Sep 1666 - 23 Jun 1742)
  • 2. Samuel Brashears (1673 - 27 Aug 1740)
  • 3. Robert Brashears Jr.

J Children of ROBERT BRASHEAR and MARY (WARING?) are:

17. i. BENJAMIN4 BRASHEARS, b. 1666, Calvert Co, MD; d. Aft. 1735.

18. ii. SAMUEL BRASHEARS, b. 1673, Calvert Co, MD; d. 1740, Prince George's Co, MD.

19. iii. ROBERT4 BRASHEAR, JR.., b. 1686, (?) Calvert Co, MD.


  • !Maryland Calendar of Wills: Baldwin 975.2 B1934 p 225;
  • BRASHIER, ROBERT, Prince George's Co., 4th Aug 1710....17th May 1712
  • To son ROBERT, one of my two mares vizt, the youngest of the two.
  • To son SAMUEL, ex., and hrs., residue of estate.
  • Test: Edward Holmes, Wm. Holmes, Clement Hill. 13.407

In Generation No. 2, ["Descendants of Benois Benjamin Brashear," World Family Tree CD, vol. 6, submitted by Chris Haynes] has Robert Brashear, s/o Benois and Mary, m.1. "Florence Unknown"; m.2. Alice Jackson. I don't know who Robert's first wife was; I suspect she was a daughter of Thomas Paget Sr, but the documents are mighty scarce. The Huguenot Society of America thinks that Florence ?Rey (they, too, were uncertain of her surname) was wife of Robert Brasseur Jr, brother of Benois--that is, uncle to Robert Brashear, III, who signed his will as Robert Brashier. His second wife was Alice _____, widow of Thomas Jackson; at the time she renounced her right to administer Thomas Jackson's estate. This is too late to be mother of any of the Brashear children. .

Page 88, "A Brahsear(s) Family History" by Charles Brahsear and Shirley Brasher McCoy: Thomas Paggett daughter could have been Robert's first wife.

References

  1. https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2328... shows her as Elizabeth Fowke.
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1st wife of Robert Brashears's Timeline

1650
1650
Calvert Co, MD
1666
September 11, 1666
Dunkirt, Calvert County, Province of Maryland
1673
June 22, 1673
Dunkirk, Calvert County, Maryland
1679
1679
Calvert County, Maryland
1680
1680
1685
1685
Age 35
Calvert, MD, United States