Alice Brewer

Parents: unknown

Spouse: George G. Brewer, Sr.

Children: Burwell Brewer (b. 1730)

Notes

Alice (perhaps Burwell) was the second wife of George Brewer, of Brunswick County (b. circa 1675, d. between 5 March 1742 and 2 August 1744). His first wife was Sarah Lanier. Alice was alive on 26 June 1750 in Brunswick County, Virginia, when the inventory of George Brewer (deceased) estate was demanded or her and step son George Brewer, Jr. to be completed.

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

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George Brewer named ten children in his [1741] 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).22

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On 26 June 1750 at Brunswick Co., Virginia, On the Petition of Nicholas Lanier, Gent., Security for Alice Brewer and George Brewer their faithful administration of the Estate of George Brewer deceased, it is Ordered that the said Alice and George do give a Petitioner Counter Security or deliver up the Estate of the said Decedent to him for his Ind. And it is further ordered that he have leave to take the Estate into his Possession 'til further direction.7

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Broyhill adds three additional sons, Burwell, Joseph and Boyce, which he claims are the sons of Alice. He very briefly follows up with the three on page 121. Although all three names appear in at least one record in the area of Brunswick County, there is no record, or evidence, that would allow us to place them in the family of George Brewer. None of the three are named in George Brewer's will.

References

1. https://sites.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata/BrewerSouth/p1.htm... cites
   1. [S5459] Marvin T. Broyhill, The Brewer Families of Colonial Virginia, 1626-1776: with notes on the migrations of their descendants into North Carolina and other states (Tullahoma, TN: Brewer Researcher, 1992), page 89. Calls her Alice Burwell, but provides no source or reason for the surname. States that George and Alice were married by 1729 (which may well be correct) but provides no guidence on how he arrived at this date. Hereinafter cited as Brewer Families of Colonial Virginia. Https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/582692?availability=Family%20History%20Library.
   2. [S4574] Foy E. Varner, Brewer Families of the Southeast (Kaneohe, HI: Foy E. Varner, e-book, 2003), Begins at page 193 (Article 14). Pages 193 to 212 discusses George Brewer, his two wives, how estimates of dates may have been arrived at by Broyhill, locations associated with George, the Laniers, George Brewer's claimed children, his will, etc.. Hereinafter cited as Brewer Families of the Southeast.
   3. [S5459] Marvin T. Broyhill, The Brewer Families of Colonial Virginia, 1626-1776: with notes on the migrations of their descendants into North Carolina and other states (Tullahoma, TN: Brewer Researcher, 1992), page 87. Estimates Alice's birth as 1700?? (ca. 1700) but offers no reason for this estimate. The date of her birth is not known, but it appears that she had three children (perhaps more) born probably in the decade of the 1720s and perhaps in the decade of the 1730s, or both. She outlived her husband, and was certainly younger than him, perhaps by one or two decades. Hereinafter cited as Brewer Families of Colonial Virginia. Https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/582692?availability=Family%20History%20Library.
   4. [S5483] George Brewer will (July 13, 1741), Brunswick County, Virginia, Wills Book 2, pp. 19-20: George Brewer names his wife, Alice, Brunswick County Clerk of Courts Office, Lawrenceville, Virginia. Photocopy of original made by Diane Daniel. Hereinafter cited as George Brewer, Will, 1741.
   5. [S5483] George Brewer will (July 13, 1741), Brunswick County, Virginia, Wills Book 2, pp. 19-20: See BGB 434 http://brouwergenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/12/…, Brunswick County Clerk of Courts Office, Lawrenceville, Virginia. Photocopy of original made by Diane Daniel. Hereinafter cited as George Brewer, Will, 1741.
   6. [S5456] Marvin T. Broyhill, The Brewer Families of Colonial Virginia, 1626-1776: Supporting Documentation Part I (Estill Springs, TN: Brewer Researcher, 1994), page 23-24. Citing Brunswick County, Va. Court Orders Book 3, 1745/1746-1749, p. 31, 36. Hereinafter cited as Brewer Families of Colonial Virginia, Sup I. Https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/582692?availability=Family%20History%20Library.
   7. [S5456] Marvin T. Broyhill, The Brewer Families of Colonial Virginia, 1626-1776: Supporting Documentation Part I (Estill Springs, TN: Brewer Researcher, 1994), page 24. Citing Brunswick County, Va. Court Orders Book 6, 1749-1750, p. 119. Hereinafter cited as Brewer Families of Colonial Virginia, Sup I. Https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/582692?availability=Family%20History%20Library.
2. https://brouwergenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-family-of-george-...