George Brewer, of Brunswick County

Son of John Brewer III (of VA)
Spouse:

• Sarah Lanier (1st wife)
• Alice Burwell (2nd wife)

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Family 1: Sarah Lanier

1. George Brewer+ b. c 1700, d. bt 16 Aug 1760 - 27 Oct 1760
2. John Brewer b. bt 1700 - 1715
3. Lanier Brewer b. bt 1700 - 1715
4. Nicholas Brewer+ b. bt 1705 - 1715
5. Howell Brewer b. bt 1700 - 1715
6. William Brewer+ b. bt 1700 - 1715, d. bt 23 May 1774 - 17 Jun 1776
7. Sarah Brewer b. b 1720

Family 2: Alice (?) b. c 1700

1. Henry Brewer+ b. c 1720, d. bt 2 Sep 1778 - Feb 1779
2. Oliver Brewer+ b. a 1721, d. b Nov 1792
3. Nathaniel Brewer+23 b. c 1730, d. b 1810

George Brewer named ten children in his will, but which of his two wives were mother to each is not certain.

The birth order of his children is also not known and there is no evidence in his will that they were mentioned in order by their ages.
It is likely that the older sons George (b. by 1707), John, Howell and William (likely at least age 16 by 1736), sons Lanier and Nicholas (names associated with the Lanier Family) and daughter Sarah (married by 1741) were children of George Brewer's first wife, Sarah Lanier.
The will also mentions "all my younger children that it hath praised God to give me by her (his wife Asice) during her life..."
I suspect, although it is not certain, that the "younger children" (children of second wife Alice) are the sons Oliver, Henry and Nathaniel, each of who received land (the older sons did not receive land and were certainly already established with property). Henry, Nathaniel and Oliver each also received a gun (the older, independent sons would have already owned their own gun).

South: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata/BrewerSouth/p9.htm...

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George Brewer was born ca 1670 - 1680 in Brunswick, Isle of Wight County, Virginia and died ca 1741 - 1744 in Brunswick County Virginia. He married (1) in 1705 in Surry County, Virginia to Sarah Lanier, daughter of John Lanier and Sarah -, and (2) to alice Vurnwell. Sarah had ten children and died before 1730. All of George's children were born in Surry Co., Virginia. Sarah's father, John Lanier and George's father were involved in Bacon's Rebellion. In 1741, there were young children in the household by Alice. In Prince George County: 13 July 1714, George was a witness of a deed, 28 February 1723 survey of property, 100 acres, on lower side of Reedy Branch, and 30 March 1725 survey of property on south side of Stony Creek. At a Court held at Merchants Hope for Prince George County, 14 Feb 1720, George Brewer made oath he attended 10 days as evidence for Joshua Irby who was to pay Brewer 400 lbs, tobacco. he was a Mason. His will was dated 13 July 1741 and was proved in August 1744. George Brewer and Sarah Lanier are probably buried in the family cemetry at Rattlesnake Creek.

Reference: "IN the House of Brewer" by Edward Denton Brewer, "In the Ambrose Brewer Family" by James F. Bowman & Dr. Clinton Congleton, "Lanier by Louise Ingersoll, "Prince George County, Virginia Willis and Deeds 1713-1728 by Benjamin B. Weisiger III, "Magazine of Virginia Genealogy" Volume 24, May 1988, Number 2 Prince George Co, Virginia Court Orders & Returns of Executions 1714-1720. "Magazine of Virginia Genealogy" Volume 24, November 1986, Number 4, "Brunswick Co, Virginia Court Order Books, 1737-1749; an Every-Name Index copyright by T.L.C., Genealogy, "Brunswick Co., Virginia Wills, 1739 -1750" Copyright by T.L.C. Genealogy, "Brunswick Co, Virginia Will Book no. 2 with inventories & Accounts 1739 -1750

George Brewer I, son of John Brewer III, b. 1670, Isle of Wight, VA; d. Jul 1744, Brunswick City, VA; bur.
Rattlesnake Creek, Brunswick, VA;
m 1st 1705, Charles City, VA/Surrey Co., VA to Sarah Lanier [French Huguenot Lineage], daughter of John & Lucreece Lanier Jr., b. 1686, Charles City, Prince George Co., VA; d. 1724/1729, Brunswick Co., VA/Meherrin Parish; bur. Rattlesnake Creek, Brunswick, VA;
m 2nd ca. 1729 to Alice Burwell, b. 1700??; d. 1744.

Note: According to his will dated Aug 2, 1744, He and his 1st wife Sarah had 10 children. He left a Masonic will in which he gave a cow and a calf to his son Nicholas.

Feel free to check out: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~reldavis/gen/g071.html#I00712 "George and Sarah are buried in Meherrin Parish Graveyard," (Brewer, Ben. The Long Brewer Line, p. 38, 1993).

GEDCOM Source

Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=77243191&pid...

Please see:
http://www.brewer-family.org/genealogy/brewer/ftdnawelcome.php
FTDNA Project Page for George Brewer/Sarah Lanier Descendants

Notes:
Probate and Land information for George Brewer, Brunswick, VA -- David G Brewer
From the Lanier Family Genealogy Page at http://www.mindspring.com/~wdlanier/sarah.html

Sarah Lanier was born in Charles City County, Virginia, about 1686. She was the daughter of John
Lanier, Jr. and Sarah Edmunds, the widow of Wiliam Edmunds. She married George Brewer about 1705. He
was the son of John Brewer III.

His will names ten children by his wife, Sarah; they were: William, Oliver, Henry, Nathaniel, Sarah,
Lanier, George,Jr. Nicholas, John, and Howell.

Sarah died between 1724 and 1729.

From Earnest Stanley on the Brewer GenForum at Genealogy.com

Page 91. Will. Jul 13, 1741.

 I, George Brewer in Brunswick, being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind

 To my son William Brewer - that parcel of land  where he no~ lives, bounded by the branch on this side of his house and all on  the south side thereof.

 To my son Oliver Brewer - the rest of this tract  whereon I now dwell.

 To my son Henry Brewer - all that tract of land  between Fountain Cr and 

 To my son Nathaniel Brewer - 250 acres of land on both side of old Roanoke Road.

 To my daughter Sarah Vick - 150 acres on both sides of the of old Roanoke Road.

 To my wife Alice - the estate whereon we now dwell, and all my household goods and stock, for the maintenance of all my younger children, during her life or until she marries again.

 To my son Lanier Brewer - a young steer.

 To my son George Brewer - a young steer.

 To my son Nicholas Brewer - a cow and calf.

 To my son John Brewer - a cow and calf.

 To my son Hoel Brewer - a young horse that we call snip, and feathers to make him a bed.

 To my son Henry Brewer - a young horse that we call Patrick and a gun.

 To my son Oliver Brewer - a gun. 

 To my son Nathaniel Brewer - a gun.

 When my wife dies or marries again, it is my will that my personal estate together with all my household goods and stock, may be equally divided among my younger children.

 Feb 28 1723-  George Brewer lived on lower left of Reedy Branch ,100 acres in Dinwiddie 

 County Va.   Land is  Just above Merehrin river  on Wyches branch  -Land left to son 

 Henry Brewer lies on Fontaines Creek between Beaverpond creek and the Merehrin river 

 near North Carolina line.

 Land left to Nathaniel Brewer lies up above Hicksford near Harrys swamp

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 p:556  aug 10, 1722  Nicholas Brewer, sr. of saint Martins Brandon parish Prince George co. 

 to his son Nicholas Brewer Jr. and Elizabeth his wife, of same, for love and affection, 

 50 acres lying on the south side of Harrys run in Prince George co in Martins Brandon 

 parish, next to John Hobbs ,dec's, James Jones house, Mr. John Hardyman.

 wit Edward Prince ,James Moody Robert Tillman rec. Sep 11 1722

SNP Y182422 is a marker that appears in all descendants of George Brewer.

Sources:

• https://brouwergenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-family-of-george-...
• http://mjgen.com/brewer/brewer.html
• http://crossedbrushstudio.com/windowsintoourpast/Vol8/brewer.htm
• http://crossedbrushstudio.com/windowsintoourpast/Vol1/brewer.htm
• https://sites.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata/BrewerSouth/p9.htm...

WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE of the geographical locations of John I, John II, John III, and George Brewer bc1670 as follows: Their 1600s primary location was called Stanley Hundred, VA. Several references to Stanley Hundred give a county called Warwick, VA, one of the original shires of Virginia Colony. Warwick was a river off of the James River where Ft. Eustis is located today on what is called the Peninsula(Newport News). Stanley Hundred is identified today by a historical marker at Stanley Hundred, 256-284 Enterprise Dr Newport News, VA 23603 View on Google Maps It is 1/2 of a mile north of the Ft. Eustis Gate which is closer to Skiffes Creek. Warwick River lies on the south side of Ft. Eustis. George Brewer's home before marriage was at the family's plantation called Stanley's Hundred or Brewer's Burrough and his land in Warwick was adjacent to that of Colonel Miles Cary and Thomas Reade.
John Brewer I died in Virginia in 1635 and his widow soon afterwards married Rev. Thomas Butler "Clark and Parson of Denbie", or later Warwick County. Go to Rev. Thomas Butler, of Denbigh for the best documentation of all ot the above. (In 1968 I lived in the town of Denbigh, pronounced Denbie, by the Warwick R.) Thomas Butler died in 1637. John III's brother Thomas inherited 1000 acres of Butler property somewhere up on the south bank of the James River in what is now Surry County. Later the Thomas line was found in Surry County, VA and finally in Halifax County, NC before rejoining their cousins in Chatham circa 1770-90. There are many mentions of property given to George's sons and daughters in his will. They were close together, ranging from the Rattlesnake Ck to the southeast of the town of Brunswick, VA running over to Fountain Ck and Hwy. 627 by the Pine Log Road a couple miles inside the county of Isle of Wight at the time of the will and was therefore adjacent to Brunswick County. Currently Fountain Creek by Pine Log Road is in Greenville County, VA, no longer being Isle of Wight. I found all these in a few minutes on Google Maps. References listed under George Brewer 1670-1744 show his history beginning with his marriage to Sarah Lanier. RE: " "Lanier by Louise Ingersoll, "Prince George County, Virginia Wills and Deeds 1713-1728 by Benjamin B. Weisiger III, "Magazine of Virginia Genealogy" Volume 24, May 1988, Number 2 Prince George Co, Virginia Court Orders & Returns of Executions 1714-1720. "Magazine of Virginia Genealogy" Volume 24, November 1986, Number 4, "Brunswick Co, Virginia Court Order Books, 1737-1749; an Every-Name Index copyright by T.L.C., Genealogy, "Brunswick Co., Virginia Wills, 1739 -1750" Copyright by T.L.C. Genealogy, "Brunswick Co, Virginia Will Book no. 2 with inventories & Accounts 1739 -1750." There, can be seen court records for George from 1713-28 in Prince George County across the James River from Charles City where Sarah Lanier was from. It seems that after 1728 and Sarah's death, George and his new wife Alice moved to the new county of Brunswick, VA which had been cut out of Isle of Wight County. If George was an only son as some believe, the descendants of John III (George) then moved away from Stanley Hundred after his father's death by 1705 and his marriage to Sarah Lanier close to 1705. That would then put them in Prince George County, VA followed by Isle of Wight/Brunswick.