John was a citizen and grocer of London on Bartholomew Lane. He married Mary d/o Ralph Grove of Temple and Canterbury.
He had three children:
1. John Brewer: admitted to Gray's Inn, London 10 March 1656/57:
2. Francis Brewer and
3. Mary Brewer who may have married Christopher Boun.
The will of John Brewer of St. Barholonew Exchange, London was probated in 1675, PCC folio 57. There is some disgreement about when the Brewer family came to the new world and exactly which country they came from. The most likely theory seems to be the one mentioned in Bowman and Congleton which is strongly supported by Ingersoll in Lanier
According to these sources, John Brewer who was born in 1565 in England married Mary Grove and came to American after 1624.
He served in the House of Burgesses (the state legislature of VA) from 1629 to 1630. He died in AV in 1635.
His son John was the father of George Grewer who married Sarah Lanier.
George and Sarah named one of their sons Howell after her uncle Howell Edmunds bringing the name into the Brewer family and it has been handed down through the generations ever since.
John Brewer's will as filed in 1636 in Virginia. His will mentions his brother Thomas Brewer; father Thomas Brewer; uncle Roger Drake; clothworker of London, wife Mary; son John; and daughter, Margaret. John Brewer wrote his will in London on 4 Sept. 1631, and it was proved there on 13 May 1636. He acquired a 700 acre plantation called "Stanley Hundred" in 1628 and owned a second one called "Brewer's Neck." A patent for 1000 acres of land in Nansemond Co. VA for John Brewer was received on 11 June 1636, after his death. His widow Mary Brewer Butler and her second husband, Rev. Thomas Butler, claimed the land in John Brewer's behalf.
John Brewer was a member of the Virginia Company of London and was a member of Virginia's House of Burgesses from Warwick District in 1629/1630. His will proved on 13 May 1636 states that he was "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 8 pounds yearly and every year so long as he sahll happen to live after my deceasse. To my son, JOhn Brewer, my plantation in Virginia called Stanley Hundred, also Brewer's Borough; only the third part of the profits thereof arising during the life of Mary, my wife. I give to her also a 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, 40 pounds apiece payable at marriage or when 21. To my brother Thomas Brewer, 40 shillings and to each of his children 10 shillings. 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 loving Uncle Roger Drake, citizen and clothmaker of London, to be overseers and guardinans of my children; to each of them 40 shillings to buy them a ring. The land granted in this patent is still known as "Brewer's Neck" and lies between Brewer's and Chuckattuck Creeks. John Brewer mentioned in the patent, was a member of the House of Burgesses for Warwich River 1629-30, commissioner, member of the Council 1632, and died in or before 1635.
His will has been published in Waters' Gleanings in the "New England Historical and Genealogical Register."
John Brewer birth January 1576 and January 1577, Somersetshire, England.
John married Mary Grove (1580-1637) circa 1594 Middlesex, England.
John Brewer, citizen and grocer of London, wrote his will on 4 September 1631, and it was proved in London on 13 May 1636. He named his wife, Mary, and these children:
(1) son John Brewer [II], described as under 21 years old in 1631, receiving his father's land in Virginia
(2) son Roger Brewer, described as under 21 years old in 1631
(3) daughter Margaret Brewer, described as under 21 years old in 1631
He had three children:
1. John Brewer: admitted to Gray's Inn, London 10 March 1656/57:
2. Francis Brewer and
3. Mary Brewer who may have married Christopher Boun.
The will of John Brewer of St. Barholonew Exchange, London was probated in 1675, PCC folio 57. There is some disgreement about when the Brewer family came to the new world and exactly which country they came from. The most likely theory seems to be the one mentioned in Bowman and Congleton which is strongly supported by Ingersoll in Lanier
According to these sources, John Brewer who was born in 1565 in England married Mary Grove and came to American after 1624.
He served in the House of Burgesses (the state legislature of VA) from 1629 to 1630. He died in AV in 1635.
His son John was the father of George Grewer who married Sarah Lanier.
George and Sarah named one of their sons Howell after her uncle Howell Edmunds bringing the name into the Brewer family and it has been handed down through the generations ever since.
John Brewer's will as filed in 1636 in Virginia. His will mentions his brother Thomas Brewer; father Thomas Brewer; uncle Roger Drake; clothworker of London, wife Mary; son John; and daughter, Margaret. John Brewer wrote his will in London on 4 Sept. 1631, and it was proved there on 13 May 1636. He acquired a 700 acre plantation called "Stanley Hundred" in 1628 and owned a second one called "Brewer's Neck." A patent for 1000 acres of land in Nansemond Co. VA for John Brewer was received on 11 June 1636, after his death. His widow Mary Brewer Butler and her second husband, Rev. Thomas Butler, claimed the land in John Brewer's behalf.
John Brewer was a member of the Virginia Company of London and was a member of Virginia's House of Burgesses from Warwick District in 1629/1630. His will proved on 13 May 1636 states that he was "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 8 pounds yearly and every year so long as he sahll happen to live after my deceasse. To my son, JOhn Brewer, my plantation in Virginia called Stanley Hundred, also Brewer's Borough; only the third part of the profits thereof arising during the life of Mary, my wife. I give to her also a 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, 40 pounds apiece payable at marriage or when 21. To my brother Thomas Brewer, 40 shillings and to each of his children 10 shillings. 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 loving Uncle Roger Drake, citizen and clothmaker of London, to be overseers and guardinans of my children; to each of them 40 shillings to buy them a ring. The land granted in this patent is still known as "Brewer's Neck" and lies between Brewer's and Chuckattuck Creeks. John Brewer mentioned in the patent, was a member of the House of Burgesses for Warwich River 1629-30, commissioner, member of the Council 1632, and died in or before 1635.
His will has been published in Waters' Gleanings in the "New England Historical and Genealogical Register."
John Brewer birth January 1576 and January 1577, Somersetshire, England.
John married Mary Grove (1580-1637) circa 1594 Middlesex, England.
John Brewer, citizen and grocer of London, wrote his will on 4 September 1631, and it was proved in London on 13 May 1636. He named his wife, Mary, and these children:
(1) son John Brewer [II], described as under 21 years old in 1631, receiving his father's land in Virginia
(2) son Roger Brewer, described as under 21 years old in 1631
(3) daughter Margaret Brewer, described as under 21 years old in 1631
John was a citizen and grocer of London on Bartholomew Lane. He married Mary d/o Ralph Grove of Temple and Canterbury.
He had three children:
1. John Brewer: admitted to Gray's Inn, London 10 March 1656/57:
2. Francis Brewer and
3. Mary Brewer who may have married Christopher Boun.
The will of John Brewer of St. Barholonew Exchange, London was probated in 1675, PCC folio 57. There is some disgreement about when the Brewer family came to the new world and exactly which country they came from. The most likely theory seems to be the one mentioned in Bowman and Congleton which is strongly supported by Ingersoll in Lanier
According to these sources, John Brewer who was born in 1565 in England married Mary Grove and came to American after 1624.
He served in the House of Burgesses (the state legislature of VA) from 1629 to 1630. He died in AV in 1635.
His son John was the father of George Grewer who married Sarah Lanier.
George and Sarah named one of their sons Howell after her uncle Howell Edmunds bringing the name into the Brewer family and it has been handed down through the generations ever since.
John Brewer's will as filed in 1636 in Virginia. His will mentions his brother Thomas Brewer; father Thomas Brewer; uncle Roger Drake; clothworker of London, wife Mary; son John; and daughter, Margaret. John Brewer wrote his will in London on 4 Sept. 1631, and it was proved there on 13 May 1636. He acquired a 700 acre plantation called "Stanley Hundred" in 1628 and owned a second one called "Brewer's Neck." A patent for 1000 acres of land in Nansemond Co. VA for John Brewer was received on 11 June 1636, after his death. His widow Mary Brewer Butler and her second husband, Rev. Thomas Butler, claimed the land in John Brewer's behalf.
John Brewer was a member of the Virginia Company of London and was a member of Virginia's House of Burgesses from Warwick District in 1629/1630. His will proved on 13 May 1636 states that he was "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 8 pounds yearly and every year so long as he sahll happen to live after my deceasse. To my son, JOhn Brewer, my plantation in Virginia called Stanley Hundred, also Brewer's Borough; only the third part of the profits thereof arising during the life of Mary, my wife. I give to her also a 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, 40 pounds apiece payable at marriage or when 21. To my brother Thomas Brewer, 40 shillings and to each of his children 10 shillings. 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 loving Uncle Roger Drake, citizen and clothmaker of London, to be overseers and guardinans of my children; to each of them 40 shillings to buy them a ring. The land granted in this patent is still known as "Brewer's Neck" and lies between Brewer's and Chuckattuck Creeks. John Brewer mentioned in the patent, was a member of the House of Burgesses for Warwich River 1629-30, commissioner, member of the Council 1632, and died in or before 1635.
His will has been published in Waters' Gleanings in the "New England Historical and Genealogical Register."
John Brewer birth January 1576 and January 1577, Somersetshire, England.
John married Mary Grove (1580-1637) circa 1594 Middlesex, England.
John Brewer, citizen and grocer of London, wrote his will on 4 September 1631, and it was proved in London on 13 May 1636. He named his wife, Mary, and these children:
(1) son John Brewer [II], described as under 21 years old in 1631, receiving his father's land in Virginia
(2) son Roger Brewer, described as under 21 years old in 1631
(3) daughter Margaret Brewer, described as under 21 years old in 1631
He had three children:
1. John Brewer: admitted to Gray's Inn, London 10 March 1656/57:
2. Francis Brewer and
3. Mary Brewer who may have married Christopher Boun.
The will of John Brewer of St. Barholonew Exchange, London was probated in 1675, PCC folio 57. There is some disgreement about when the Brewer family came to the new world and exactly which country they came from. The most likely theory seems to be the one mentioned in Bowman and Congleton which is strongly supported by Ingersoll in Lanier
According to these sources, John Brewer who was born in 1565 in England married Mary Grove and came to American after 1624.
He served in the House of Burgesses (the state legislature of VA) from 1629 to 1630. He died in AV in 1635.
His son John was the father of George Grewer who married Sarah Lanier.
George and Sarah named one of their sons Howell after her uncle Howell Edmunds bringing the name into the Brewer family and it has been handed down through the generations ever since.
John Brewer's will as filed in 1636 in Virginia. His will mentions his brother Thomas Brewer; father Thomas Brewer; uncle Roger Drake; clothworker of London, wife Mary; son John; and daughter, Margaret. John Brewer wrote his will in London on 4 Sept. 1631, and it was proved there on 13 May 1636. He acquired a 700 acre plantation called "Stanley Hundred" in 1628 and owned a second one called "Brewer's Neck." A patent for 1000 acres of land in Nansemond Co. VA for John Brewer was received on 11 June 1636, after his death. His widow Mary Brewer Butler and her second husband, Rev. Thomas Butler, claimed the land in John Brewer's behalf.
John Brewer was a member of the Virginia Company of London and was a member of Virginia's House of Burgesses from Warwick District in 1629/1630. His will proved on 13 May 1636 states that he was "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 8 pounds yearly and every year so long as he sahll happen to live after my deceasse. To my son, JOhn Brewer, my plantation in Virginia called Stanley Hundred, also Brewer's Borough; only the third part of the profits thereof arising during the life of Mary, my wife. I give to her also a 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, 40 pounds apiece payable at marriage or when 21. To my brother Thomas Brewer, 40 shillings and to each of his children 10 shillings. 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 loving Uncle Roger Drake, citizen and clothmaker of London, to be overseers and guardinans of my children; to each of them 40 shillings to buy them a ring. The land granted in this patent is still known as "Brewer's Neck" and lies between Brewer's and Chuckattuck Creeks. John Brewer mentioned in the patent, was a member of the House of Burgesses for Warwich River 1629-30, commissioner, member of the Council 1632, and died in or before 1635.
His will has been published in Waters' Gleanings in the "New England Historical and Genealogical Register."
John Brewer birth January 1576 and January 1577, Somersetshire, England.
John married Mary Grove (1580-1637) circa 1594 Middlesex, England.
John Brewer, citizen and grocer of London, wrote his will on 4 September 1631, and it was proved in London on 13 May 1636. He named his wife, Mary, and these children:
(1) son John Brewer [II], described as under 21 years old in 1631, receiving his father's land in Virginia
(2) son Roger Brewer, described as under 21 years old in 1631
(3) daughter Margaret Brewer, described as under 21 years old in 1631
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