Dr. William Brewer, of Chard

William and his wife are buried in the parish churchyard in Chard, Somerset, England with a monument inscription reading "Here lieth interred (expecting their Savior) the bodies of William Brewer of Chard, Phisitian (Physician),and Deannes, his wife, who living in 40 years of wedlock, full of age, departed this life, she dying 8 November, 1614 and he 24 July 1618, having issue six sons and five daughters all men and women growne and all comforts of them.

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• The family begins with 'William Brewer of Chard in Somerset who married, “Deanes, daughter of Mr. Baker of Crockehern in Somerset.” Reference to Collinson’s Somerset (Vol. II, P-473) finds mention of their monument in the Parish Church at Chard bearing the Arms, “Guiles, two bends wavy, or.” And the following inscription:
• ' "Here lieth interred (expecting their Saviour) the bodyes of William Brewer Of Chard, Phisitian and Deannes his wife, who, living forty years in Happy Wedlock, in full of age departed this life, shee dying 8 Nov. 1614 and he 24 July 1618, having issue only six sons and five daughters, all men and women growne, and all comforts to them”

From: http://www.brewer-family.org/genealogy/brewer/generalpage.php?gener...

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• 'The visitation of London, anno Domini 1633, 1634, and 1635. Made by Sr. Henry St. George, kt., Richmond herald, and deputy and marshal to Sr. Richard St. George, kt., Clarencieux king of armes (1880) Vol. 1 link
• http://archive.org/details/visitationoflond01stge
• http://archive.org/stream/visitationoflond01stge#page/101/mode/1up
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• 'William Brewer of Chard in com. Somersett, Phisitian m. Deanes da. of Mr. Baker of Crokehern in com. Somerset, ch: Peter Brewer sonne and heir (ch: Peter and Mary); 2 William; 3 Thomas; 4 Xpofer, and John Brewer (m. Mary Grove)
• son John Brewer citizen and grocer of London in Bartholomew Lane 1634 m. Mary dau. of Ralph Grove of the Temple and of Canterbury, ch: John, Francis, and Mary Brewer
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" A thousand years ago, on the misty coast of Flanders, near the town of Bethune, in the little village of la Bruviere, there lived a family of Norman-Flemish gentry, now recognized as the progenitors of the Brewer family in America. When William the Conqueror invaded Britain in the year 1066 a member of that family, Drogo de la Bouerer or Bruviere, was among the invaders. His wife was a dinswoman of William and In the Conqueror regarded him highly and placed his name on the immortal Roll of Honor of Battle Abbey at Senlac or Hastings and there it is today."

Bonueier - This most probably stand for Bouere, "Drogo de la Bouerer," as the monks of Meaux give the name. It is from their chronicle that we learn what little we know of this mysterious Fleming. He probably held the Seigneury of La Bruviere, near Bethune, and is styled "miles probus et in armis probatus." He had married a cousin of the Conqueror's and, it was doubtless to this alliance, no less than to his services in the field, that he owed his great English barony. He received the whole of the so call "isle" of Holderness - at that time a dreary and marshy district, but comprising no less than 87 manors with 27 others in Lincolnshire, of which the most valuable had been Earl Morcar's. he built Skipsea Castle, and must have also had a monor-house at Bustwick, afterwards the caput of the Seignory of Holderness. "At either one or the other must have occurred the tragedy that sent Drogo in all haste to court, before the tale might be told, or justice over take him. (A. S. Ellis). Of this tragedy i have given an account elsewhere, but nothing beyond the bare facts has been preserved. Not even the name of the wife whom he "unhappily killed" has come down to us. We cannot tell who she was or why she was made away with; whether he was strung to sudden frenzy by jealousy, or planned beforehand how she was to die - That the deed was willfully done, his own conduct proves, for he escaped to Flanders with the money he had obtained from the king, and was seen in England no more. Little is know of his descendants, but according to Mr Planche he is "presumed to have been an ancestor of the de Brewers or de Brieweres, so powerful in the 13th Century." Theodoric or Thierry de Bevera, lord of that place and Castellan of Dixmue, his heir probably, occurs several times early in the 12 Century, and married Beatrix, Dautghter of Balwin de Gand, "le Grand', Lord of Alost, nephew of Gilbart de Gand of the Survey, (In the Battle Abbey Roll, by Duchess of Cleveland, Vol. 1. P. 183-4) Reference: "In the House of Brewer" by Edward Denton Brewer

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From http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BREWER/2003-01/104328...

Thomas' son John Brewer, of London & Virginia was the Brewer who came to Colonial Va. in the mid 1620's. Earlier Brewer biographies have stated that he came with his father a decade earlier, but the name Thomas Brewer does not appear in any Va. records until the late 1640's and then in connection with another family.
Little is known of his early life, but his later accomplishments suggest he was reasonable well educated. Va. land patents and his will simply identify his wife as "Mary" or "Marie" providing no hint as to her maiden name. Prof. Boyd's Marriage Register of England cites the marriage of John Brewer to Mary Drake in 1615, St. Vedast, London. Earlier biographies of John have confused his marriage with that of his Uncle, John Brewer, who married Mary Grove.. They were married in 1596, the approximate year of the younger John's birth.
John Boodie in his 17th Century Isle of Wight Co, Va. supplies an abstract of John Drake's 1623 London will, in which he makes bequeaths to Margaret Drake, wife of his brother Roger, and to John (John II)and Margaret, the children of john Brewer, grocer of London, and his wife Mary. John Drake was the brother of the Anne Drake who married Thomas Brewer, son of William Brewer the physician. His brother Roger Drake is the same "Uncle Roger Drake" that John Brewer named as guardian to his children in his 1635 will. In all probability, Mary Drake, Brewer was his daughter.

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Burial: Parish churchyard

Note: Was a physician, married to Deannes 40 years, and had 6 sons & 5 daughters who lived to adulthood

• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jul 14 2016, 14:15:37 UTC

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• http://mjgen.com/brewer/brewer.html 1st generation: William Brewer was born 1520 and died 1618 (age 98). He married Deannes Baker. They had a son: Thomas
• http://www.serenitygate.com/finan/fam00121.html
• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27867564

Dr. William Brewer I (Dr. William Brewer Hamlin)

Dr. William Brewer I nació el año de 1520 en la ciudad de Chard, condado de Somerset, Inglaterra, Gran Bretaña. Se casó aproximadamente en 1574, con Diomisis / Deannes Baker, nacida en 1540 en Crockehern, Somerset, Inglaterra, Gran Bretaña e hija de Richard William Baker y Deannes Richards de Baker. El Dr. William Brewer I fue un (Phisitian) médico destacado en la ciudad de Chard, Somerset, Inglaterra, Gran Bretaña; ​él y su esposa están enterrados en los terrenos del cementerio de Santa María (cementerio parroquial de Chard, Somerset, Inglaterra). Dentro de la iglesia hay una inscripción en un monumento (un Brewer Memorial), la cual se encuentra en la Capilla Fawcus. El sitio web de Santa María (St Mary's) menciona: "El Brewer Memorial - a un médico local y su esposa - en el muro oeste de la Capilla es un espléndido ejemplo del trabajo del siglo XVII". La inscripción debajo del mural dice: "Aquí yacen enterrados (esperando a su Salvador) los cuerpos de William Brewer of Chard, Phisitian (médico) y Deannes su esposa, quienes, viviendo cuarenta años en feliz matrimonio, en plena edad dejaron esta vida. Diomisis / Deannes Baker de Brewer falleció el 8 Noviembre de 1614 y el Dr. William Brewer I (Dr. William Brewer Hamlin) falleció el 24 de julio de 1618, habiendo dado a luz seis hijos hombres y cinco hijas mujeres, todos los hombres y mujeres crecieron con todas las comodidades para ellos ". Entre algunos de sus hijos están Christopher, John, Peter, Marie , Edward, Rodger, Thomas y William Brewer I, Chard, Somerset, Inglaterra, Gran Bretaña.