George BREWER

General Notes

Mary Ann Wade: "The first Brewers to come to St. Mary's County, Maryland were a George and Ann Brewer. They came as indentured servants to a Col. John Jarboe in 1658. George and Ann chose a section of 100 acres which he called Prattlewell. This section of land lay along Winkipimisko Creek, later called Misky Run. It is located about three miles north/northwest of Leonardtown.

"George and Ann were transported into Maryland in 1658 as indentured servants of Col. John Jarboe. They owned land in Chaptico Hundred called Prattlewell. this was 100 acres of land patented to George Brewer, Senior on May 22, 1667.

"Reference: "Colonial Period Tenants and Owners of Beaverdam Manor and Surrounding Manors," by Mary Louise Donnelly, Page 39

"The Archives of Maryland, Volume 65, Pages 421 - 423 mentions a court judgment against George Brewer, Sr. he lost a case in 1674 involving a debt of 4,400 pounds of tobacco which he owned to john Quigley of Virginia."

Name:    George Brewer
Year:    1658
Place:    Maryland
Family Members:    Wife Ann
Source Publication Code:    8510
Primary Immigrant:    Brewer, George
Annotation:    Index from manuscript by Arthur Trader, Chief Clerk in the Maryland Land Commission, 1917. And see nos. 4507-4511, Land Notes.
Source Bibliography:    SKORDAS, GUST, editor. The Early Settlers of Maryland: an Index to Names of Immigrants, Compiled from Records of Land Patents, 1633-1680, in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968. 525p. Repr. 1986.
Page:    58

Name:    George Brewer
Year:    1658
Place:    Maryland
Source Publication Code:    2524.55
Primary Immigrant:    Brewer, George
Annotation:    Date and port of arrival. Extracted from Maryland Land Office records of patents and warrants. Reference to original record or transcript and microfilm number are also provided. Other historical and genealogical information may also be provided. The first publication, The Early Settlers of Maryland, was indexed as source number 8510 in PILI 1982.
Source Bibliography:    GIBB, CARSON. A Supplement to The Early Settlers of Maryland. Annapolis, MD: Maryland State Archives, 1997. 248p.
Page:    32

also to MD in 1658:
Name:    John Brewer
Year:    1658
Place:    Maryland
Source Publication Code:    2524.55
Primary Immigrant:    Brewer, John
Annotation:    Date and port of arrival. Extracted from Maryland Land Office records of patents and warrants. Reference to original record or transcript and microfilm number are also provided. Other historical and genealogical information may also be provided. The first publication, The Early Settlers of Maryland, was indexed as source number 8510 in PILI 1982.
Source Bibliography:    GIBB, CARSON. A Supplement to The Early Settlers of Maryland. Annapolis, MD: Maryland State Archives, 1997. 248p.
Page:    32

source:
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

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