James [1859, 1897 - Ballytaggart] Brewster

IMG_2820 Dromore to Ballintaggart GV Map Robert Brewster Tree modified

James was born in 1808.  James' father was Robert Bruster and his mother was Sarah "Sallie" [1860 - Philly] Barr.  His maternal grandparents were ???? Brewster and <Unknown>. He had four brothers and three sisters, named Robert , William, Charles, John, Mary, Jenny and Anne.  He died at the age of 89 in 1897.

• Death Notes

  name:    James Brewster
  registration district:    Ballymoney
  event type:    DEATHS
  registration quarter and year:    Oct - Dec 1897
  estimated birth year:    1809
  age (at death):    88
  volume number:    1
  page number:    88
  digital folder number:    4200681
  
  This, I assume, is NOT him:
  Date of Death :26 July 1897
  Surname :Brewster
  Date of Grant :23 December 1897
  Forename :James
  Reseal Date :
  Registry :Belfast
  Effects :Effects £29 10s.
  No Image
  Full Abstract :
  Administration of the estate of James
  Brewster late of Dunseverick County Antrim Fisherman who died 26 July 1897 granted at Belfast to Mary Brewster of Dunseverick Spinster the Daughter.
  

• General Notes

  Source: his stone in Camus Graveyard:
  "In memory of Robert Bruster late of Camus, who died on 27th May 1818, aged 37 years.  His son Charles of Philadelphia erected this stone.  James Brewster Ballytaggart died 1897 aged 89, his wife Rachel 1884 aged 74.  James Brewster Drumart Ballymoney Died 1923 aged 74."
  
  In the Griffiths Valuation in Ballintaggart, James Brewster rents House and Small Garden 2b from Matthew Moody.
  
  01/05/2012:
  I have now made my great great grandfather, Robert Brewster, the brother of David Brewster's great grandfather, James Brewster of Ballintaggart.  This makes him the brother of the James Brewster's brother, Charles Brewster, who emigrated to Philadelphia and then erected a gravestone to his father "Robert Brewster of Camus" in Camus Old graveyard.  This meant I had a new great great great grandfather, Robert Brewster.
  The original evidence for this was that David's father took him and his brothers to visit my Mary Brewster of Dromore.  She told them that their grandfather, James Brewster (son of James brewster) of Ballintaggart had a brother called John and we concluded that this John was probably a full cousin of my great grandmother, Annie Brewster, and her brother, also a John Brewster.  Ballintaggart and Domore are contiguous.
  Furthermore, we had also firmly linked William Brewster of Philadelphia as the brother of David Brewster's great great grandfather, James Brewster and we know that William Brewster's mother, Sarah Brewster lived with him in Pholadelphia.  This gave me a new great great great grandmother.
  This was all speculation until David Brewster located a family tree he had drawn in 1973, based on information given to him by his father in that year.  This tree was amazingly accurate in confirming details we already knew to be correct such as my great great grandmother being called Boyd.  And it also confirmed our speculation above.  It showed that the Robert Brewster buried in Camus did indeed die young (1818, changed to 1815) and his wife was a Sally Barr.  This must have been the Sarah Brewster living with her son, William in Philadelphia.
  The tree also showed that Robert Brewster had the following children: James (David's great grandfather) married twice the second time to a Rachel Kennedy, Robert (my great great grandfather) married to a ?? Boyd, William married to ?? Creelman and emigrated, John married to ?? Henry and emigrated, Rev Charles unmarried and emigrated,  Anne married James mcQuillan, Jenny married ?? Ramsey.
  On the basis of this tree confirming what we had already guessed, I have now made my great great grandfather, Robert Brewster of Dromore, the son of Robert Brewster of Camus.
  
  Belfast Weekly News Extracts 1890- 1896
  January 18 1896
  BREWSTER: Wanted information regarding Charles Brewster; he was last heard of as chaplain
  at the American War. Any news about him will be gladly received by his brother , James Brewster,
  Landhead, Ballymoney, Co Antrim.
  
  

Details of James' family with Rachel Kennedy

Details of James' family with ???? ????