Thomas Brewer, of London

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Thomas Brewer
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Thomas Brewer
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1 January 1540
Chard, South Somerset, Somerset, England
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1540
Chard, South Somerset, Somerset, England
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4 September 1637
Jamestown, Virginia, British Colonial America
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SEE--The Will of John Brewer I (1594-1635) Son of Thomas Brewer and Anne Drake

Genealogical Gleanings in England, Part 1, Volume 1, page 109

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6 September 1637
Jamestown, Virginia, British Colonial America
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Thomas Brewer
1540–1637 • LW61-37K​​
Marriage: 1592
Chard, Somerset, England

Anna Drake
1543–1624 • LDTP-D91​​

Children of Anna Drake and Thomas Brewer (7)
Thomas Brewer
1574–Deceased • M4QW-D18​​

John Brewer
1576–1635 • LHVX-1P6​​

John Brewer
1596–Deceased • MHRB-153​​

Daniel Brewer
1600–1646 • L5FK-RDQ​​

Thomas Brewer of Ipswich, Roxbury, and Hampton
1600–1698 • GCQX-WC3​​

Frauncis Brewer
1601–1621 • MFP9-XNL​​

John Brewer
1602–Deceased • L2VN-QSM​​

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William Brewer
1520–1618 • L8QK-KLB​​
Marriage: about 1569
Chard, Somerset, England

Deanes Baker
1520–1614 • LDX1-KY6​​

Children of Deanes Baker and William Brewer (9)

Thomas Brewer
1540–1637 • LW61-37K​​

Christopher Brewer
1544–1637 • GMBJ-NJY​​

William Brewer
1548–1618 • GH2V-7PC​​

Elizabeth Stanmer
1549–Deceased • LHSH-2VD​​

Mary Brewer
1553–1605 • GWHR-M6P​​

Peter Brewer
1570–1619 • L8QK-2M3​​

Christopher Brewer
1575–1631 • LLHZ-DG4​​

Edward Brewer
1576–1612 • GH2J-GVZ​​

John Brewer
1576–1635 • LHVX-1P6​​

Thomas BREWER was born abt in Chard, Somersetshire, England, and died 1631/ 1637, probably in London. He was the son of 2. Dr. William 'The Phisitian' BREWER and 3. Diomisis BAKER.

He married

1. Ann DRAKE (?) She was born 1573 in England.

Their children:

1. John BREWER b: 1594 in Chard, Somerset, England. Married Mary.
2. Thomas

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• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Mar 14 2016, 0:18:12 UTC
• http://mjgen.com/brewer/brewer.html

Reference:In the House of Brewer" by Edward Denton brewer, 'Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County Virginia" by John Bennett Boddie, "Marriage of some Virginia Residents 1607-1800" Volume I Surnames a-d by Dorthy Ford Wulfeck. The Complete Book of Emigrants 1607-1660" by Peter Wilson Coldhame

John Brewer - I was born ca 1565 in London, England, and died in 1635 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. He married Mary Gove, daughter of Raplh Grove of the Temple and of Cantebury. he was a merchant and grocer in Bartholomew Lane, London a citizen of eminence and respectability in the City of London He emigrated to Virginia with his wife and three children before 1622 as there was a Petition in that year of Captain Francis West, Captain William Claybourne, John Brewer, Robert Sweet and william Capps, gents ancient planters and adventurer in New England (sic), for the remission of heavy duties on tabacco. John Brewer was the owner of two large estates, Brewers Neck and a tract in Staley Hundred or "Brewer's Bourrough" on Warwick River, Virginia just across the James River from Jamestown. He was a Representative from Warwick in 1629-30 to the Virginia House of Burgesses, which met in the wooden church in Old Jamestown. He was a member of the Governor's Council 1632-34, and a man of power and influence. his will was written 4 September 1631 and was filed in London 6 May 1635. For there was no recognized probate court in Virginia. After John died, his widow, Mary, soon afterwards married Reverend Thomas Butler 'Clark and Parson of Denbie." Thomas Butler died in 1637 and his will was probated in London in the same year. he left no children.

An argument has been put forth that John, through his mother, Mary Drake, was a relative of Sir Francis Drake of Spanish Armada fame, and could have know Sir Francis. In the age of both is right plus John named a son Francis. There is an account of a John Brewer as a Co adventurer on Drake's famous voyage (beginning 13 Dec 1577 ending in 26 Sept. 1580) of circumnavigation, serving as Drakes' trumpeter and trusted companion. There was also an acocunt of a Thomas Brewer being killed and eaten by natives, At the voyages end, Drake sent John Brewer to inform Queen Elizabeth I of their triumph. In 1685, Sir Francis sailed to the West Indies, to the coast of Hispaniola, to Cartagena, to Florida dn then to Virginia with stores for Raleigh's colony. In the disheartened colonists persuaded Drake to take them back to England, which he idh, reaching Portsmouth on 28 July 1586. When the Spanish Armada in 1588 attacked England, John brewer's name does not appear. Sir Francis Drake died in 1696

John & Mary (Faucett) Brewer left England in 1624 for Virginia. John Brewer owned a plantation here in Virginia, which was

called, "Brewer's Burrough".

1629 -1630 Served in the Virginia House of Burgess

1632 - 1634 He served on the governor’s council.

_William Brewer | b.1548 _Thomas Brewer______________| d.1618 | b.1572-1582 | | Somerset, England | _John Brewer I___________ | d.Sep 4, 1637 Warwick, VA |_Deannes Baker__________Richard Baker | b.Abt 1594 in London | b.1550 | England | d.1614 | d.1636 Brewer's Neck, VA | _John Brewer _________| | _Richard Drake | b.1619 St. Vedant, | | _Ann Drake ________________|

| London, England | | b.1577-1582 London, England|_Christian Fawcett

| d.Jun 23, 1684 |_Mary Drake/Grove _______ | d. Unknown

| Ipswich, Essex, MA b. Bef. 1600

| d. Unknown

|

|--Hanna (Anna) Brewer

| b.Jan 18, 1644/45 Cambridge, MA

| m.Feb 25, 1663/64 Charleston/Sudbury, MA

| d.Sep 11 1697 in Lancaster, MA

| (killed by Indians)

| Spouse: Daniel (2) Goble

|

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|_Anne Skinner _

b.Abt 1622 in England d.Bef 1646 Ipswich, Essex, MA Sources:

• J. R. Planche, The Conqueror and His Companions, Vol 1, page 126.
• Signe N. Parrish
• Edward Denton Brewer, In the House of Brewer.
• Joyce A. Hughes, Ancestry of Charles H. Brewer.
• Jean Coddington Bogart - Hacienda Heights, CA
• James A. Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, (1969, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD)
• Dorothy Hand Dymond, Genealogy of the Hand Family and Related Families, (Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1982), says about 1620 in Cambridge, England.
• LDS FamilySearch® Ancestral Files
• NEHGR, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, page 424
• Arlene Onken
• By Andrew Henshaw Ward, A.M., A Genealogical History Of The Rice Family Descendants Of Deacon Edmund Rice, (Boston C. Benjamin Richardson 1858).
• Charles Henry Pope, Pioneers of Massachusetts, (Gen. Publishing Co., 1981), page 67.
• George W. Goble, The Goble Family, (1952, Not published).
• Norma Goble Boykiw, Goble Families, NB, (1976 by Himes printing Company, State College, PA).
• THE BATTLE ABBEY ROLL by Duchess of Cleveland, Vol 1, pp 183-4
• Marilyn Duncan, Ancestors of Robert Christian Potts
• A Rich Harvest, The History, Buildings, and People of Lincoln, Massachusetts, by John C. MacLean, 1987 John Brewer I was born in 1565 and died in 1635 in Virginia. He married Mary Grove (daughter of Ralph). He was a merchant and grocer in Bartholomew Lane, London, and a citizen of eminence and respectability in the City of London. John and Mary could have emigrated to Virginia with their 3 children before 1622 as there was a Petition in that year of Captain Francis West, Captain William Claybourne, John Brewer, Robert Sweet and William Capps, gents, ancient planters and adventurer in New England, for the remission of heavy duties on tobacco. John Brewer was the owner of two large estates, Brewers Neck (which is between Brewer's and Chuckatuck Creeks) and a tract in "Stanley Hundred" or "Brewer's Burrough" on Warwick River, Virginia, just across the James River from Jamestown. He was a Representative from Warwick in 1629-30 to the Virginia House of Burgesses. He was a member of the Governor's Council 1632-34, and a man of power and influence.

He and Mary had 3 children: John II, Roger & Margaret (and maybe Mary). John Brewer made his will Sept. 4th 1631 as a 'citizen and grocer of London' which was filed in London 06 May 1635. for there was no recognized probate court in Virginia. It was probated 13th May 1636 as follows:

"To be buried without any mourning apparel or gowns given to any but those of mine own household. To my dearly beloved father Thomas Brewer, eight pounds yearly [..as long as h shoul live] To my son John Brewer my plantation in Virginia called 'Stanley hundred' also 'Brewer's Burough' only the third part of the profits thereof during the life of Mary my wife I give to her and also the third part of my goods and chattels, beside which is also due by the custom of London. To my son Roger Brewer and my daughter Margaret Brewer forth pounds apiece payable at marriage or when 21. To my brother Thomas Brewer 40 sh and to each of his children 10 sh. The residue to my said children John, Roger and Margaret, they to be executors, but as they are now young, I appoint my wife Mary and my loving uncle Roger Drake, citizen and clothmaker of London, to be overseers and guardians of my children; to each of them 40 sh to buy them a ring. [Testator died in Virginia]" John Brewer I

Parents: Thomas Brewer & unknown

Spouse: Margery Graves

Children: John Brewer II (b. @1600

Sources: http://www.serenitygate.com/finan/fam00118.html

Immigration: Virginia from London, England prior to 1616 with their children - Before 1616 Emigration: Before 1622 - FROM: England TO: Virginia Politics: - He was a Representative from Warwick in 1629-30 to the Virginia House of Burgesses. -He was a member of the Governor's Council 1632-34.(a man of power and influence) Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Mar 14 2016, 0:11:39 UTC

• *************************************************************************** There was a Thomas Brewer and a John Brewer on the voyage with Sir Francis Drake 1577-1580, the first English voyage to circumvent the globe. This Thomas Brewer was killed and eaten by natives on this voyage. I had thought this to be the son of Thomas Brewer (1540-1635) and thus the brother of John Brewer I (1565-1635), but I am suspicious of this theory since John Brewer I mentions his brother Thomas Brewer in his will, meaning that he was still living when the will was written in 1631. It is possible, though, that the Thomas Brewer that was eaten by natives was another brother, and that the one mentioned in the will was named after the first who had been killed. The John Brewer who was on the voyage with Sir Francis Drake, I believe to be our John Brewer I (1565-1635). He was requested to join the voyage when young, as Sir Francis Drake's bugler. They became good friends and John married one of his sons after him. Also of value to note, it that it is likely that John Brewer I was a relation to Sir Francis Drake. His mother was Mary Drake and much later his grandson John Brewer III married Anne Drake.

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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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Thomas Brewer was born ca 1540 in London, England, and died after 1635 in England. he married Mary Drake, daughter of Richard Drake and Chrisitan Fawcett.

Reference: "In the House of Brewer" by Edward Denton Brewer, "In the Ancestry of Charles H. Brewer" by Joyce A. Huges, "In the Ancestry of Charles H. Brewer" by Joyce A. Hughes

Children of Thomas Brewer and Mary Drake

1. Thomas Brewer b 1560 -70d bef father

2. John Brewer, b ca 1565 London, England d 1635 Isle of Wight Co, Va

http://mjgen.com/brewer/brewer.html

Thomas Brewer was born in 1540 in Somerset, England and died in 1637, probably in London. He married Mary Drake. He lived in Chard, England and later moved to London. His sons were John & Thomas.

William Brewer

Thomas Brewer b.1540 d.1637

                                                 | b.1572-1582                | 

| Somerset, England |
_John Brewer I___________ | d.Sep 4, 1637 Warwick, VA |_Deannes Baker__________Richard Baker
| b.Abt 1594 in London | b.1550
| England | d.1614
| d.1636 Brewer's Neck, VA |
_John Brewer _________| | _Richard Drake
| b.1619 St. Vedant, | | _Ann Drake ________________|

| London, England | | b.1577-1582 London, England|_Christian Fawcett

| d.Jun 23, 1684 |_Mary Drake/Grove _______ | d. Unknown

| Ipswich, Essex, MA b. Bef. 1600

| d. Unknown

|

|--Hanna (Anna) Brewer

| b.Jan 18, 1644/45 Cambridge, MA

| m.Feb 25, 1663/64 Charleston/Sudbury, MA

| d.Sep 11 1697 in Lancaster, MA

| (killed by Indians)

| Spouse: Daniel (2) Goble

|

|

|_Anne Skinner _

 b.Abt 1622 in England  

d.Bef 1646 Ipswich, Essex, MA
Sources:

   * J. R. Planche, The Conqueror and His Companions, Vol 1, page 126.

* Signe N. Parrish
* Edward Denton Brewer, In the House of Brewer.
* Joyce A. Hughes, Ancestry of Charles H. Brewer.
* Jean Coddington Bogart - Hacienda Heights, CA
* James A. Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, (1969, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD)
* Dorothy Hand Dymond, Genealogy of the Hand Family and Related Families, (Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1982), says about 1620 in Cambridge, England.
* LDS FamilySearch® Ancestral Files
* NEHGR, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, page 424
* Arlene Onken
* By Andrew Henshaw Ward, A.M., A Genealogical History Of The Rice Family Descendants Of Deacon Edmund Rice, (Boston C. Benjamin Richardson 1858).
* Charles Henry Pope, Pioneers of Massachusetts, (Gen. Publishing Co., 1981), page 67.
* George W. Goble, The Goble Family, (1952, Not published).
* Norma Goble Boykiw, Goble Families, NB, (1976 by Himes printing Company, State College, PA).
* THE BATTLE ABBEY ROLL by Duchess of Cleveland, Vol 1, pp 183-4
* Marilyn Duncan, Ancestors of Robert Christian Potts
* A Rich Harvest, The History, Buildings, and People of Lincoln, Massachusetts, by John C. MacLean, 1987

Thomas Brewer was born ca 1540 in London, England, and died after 1635 in England. he married Mary Drake, daughter of Richard Drake and Chrisitan Fawcett.

Reference: "In the House of Brewer" by Edward Denton Brewer, "In the Ancestry of Charles H. Brewer" by Joyce A. Huges, "In the Ancestry of Charles H. Brewer" by Joyce A. Hughes

Children of Thomas Brewer and Mary Drake

1. Thomas Brewer b 1560 -70d bef father

2. John Brewer, b ca 1565 London, England d 1635 Isle of Wight Co, Va

http://mjgen.com/brewer/brewer.html

Thomas Brewer was born in 1540 in Somerset, England and died in 1637, probably in London. He married Mary Drake. He lived in Chard, England and later moved to London. His sons were John & Thomas.

William Brewer

Thomas Brewer b.1540 d.1637

                                                 | b.1572-1582                | 

| Somerset, England |
_John Brewer I___________ | d.Sep 4, 1637 Warwick, VA |_Deannes Baker__________Richard Baker
| b.Abt 1594 in London | b.1550
| England | d.1614
| d.1636 Brewer's Neck, VA |
_John Brewer _________| | _Richard Drake
| b.1619 St. Vedant, | | _Ann Drake ________________|

| London, England | | b.1577-1582 London, England|_Christian Fawcett

| d.Jun 23, 1684 |_Mary Drake/Grove _______ | d. Unknown

| Ipswich, Essex, MA b. Bef. 1600

| d. Unknown

|

|--Hanna (Anna) Brewer

| b.Jan 18, 1644/45 Cambridge, MA

| m.Feb 25, 1663/64 Charleston/Sudbury, MA

| d.Sep 11 1697 in Lancaster, MA

| (killed by Indians)

| Spouse: Daniel (2) Goble

|

|

|_Anne Skinner _

 b.Abt 1622 in England  

d.Bef 1646 Ipswich, Essex, MA
Sources:

   * J. R. Planche, The Conqueror and His Companions, Vol 1, page 126.

* Signe N. Parrish
* Edward Denton Brewer, In the House of Brewer.
* Joyce A. Hughes, Ancestry of Charles H. Brewer.
* Jean Coddington Bogart - Hacienda Heights, CA
* James A. Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, (1969, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD)
* Dorothy Hand Dymond, Genealogy of the Hand Family and Related Families, (Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1982), says about 1620 in Cambridge, England.
* LDS FamilySearch® Ancestral Files
* NEHGR, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, page 424
* Arlene Onken
* By Andrew Henshaw Ward, A.M., A Genealogical History Of The Rice Family Descendants Of Deacon Edmund Rice, (Boston C. Benjamin Richardson 1858).
* Charles Henry Pope, Pioneers of Massachusetts, (Gen. Publishing Co., 1981), page 67.
* George W. Goble, The Goble Family, (1952, Not published).
* Norma Goble Boykiw, Goble Families, NB, (1976 by Himes printing Company, State College, PA).
* THE BATTLE ABBEY ROLL by Duchess of Cleveland, Vol 1, pp 183-4
* Marilyn Duncan, Ancestors of Robert Christian Potts
* A Rich Harvest, The History, Buildings, and People of Lincoln, Massachusetts, by John C. MacLean, 1987

Spouse: unknown

Children: John Brewer I (b. @1600)

Sources:
http://www.serenitygate.com/finan/fam00118.html

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