Capt. John Brewer

Capt John Brewer

• BIRTH 29 Sep 1698, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• DEATH 31 Dec 1756 (aged 58), Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
• BURIAL Woods Cemetery, Monterey, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA, MEMORIAL ID 32551736

Photos added by J.A. Harder

Captain John Brewer was one of the earliest settlers of Tyringham, Massachusetts, arriving in 1739, agreeing to build a sawmill "within six months" and to maintain it for at least ten years. A year later, he built a grist mill as well. [SOURCE: Myers, Eloise: TYRINGHAM: A HINTERLAND SETTLEMENT. Pittsfield, MA: Quality Printing Co., 1989, pp. 5-6.]

About 1750, John Brewer built and operated an inn and tavern in Tyringham. Although this area now is known as Monterey rather than Tyringham, the house still stands (2013), one of the oldest structures in the area.

Parents

John Brewer 1669–1709
Mary Hannah Jones Brewer 1672–1729

Spouse

Hannah Merriam Brewer 1701–1769 (m. 1767)

Siblings

Submit Brewer Walker 1709–1790

Children

Mary Brewer Garfield 1722–1799

John Brewer 1724–1758

Hannah Brewer Hale 1729–1817

David Brewer 1732–1814

Joseph Brew er 1738–1814

Josiah Brewer 1744–1830

Inscription

Here lies the body of Capt. John Brewer who deceased Dec. 31st, 1756, in the 59th year of his age.

Now behold as you pass by as you are now so wonoc [once] was Iand as I am so must you be so now prepare for eternity.

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