Brewer DNA Project (includes Bruer, Brower, Brew, etc.) - Results


RESULTS SUMMARY

With the number of members approaching 200, we observe three major groups and six smaller groups of matching signatures and matching haplogroups forming with one set of "Unassigned" participants who do not yet connect together or with the others. Family Pedigree information for the members of each of the groups is provided at the bottom of this summary.


        (1)  Two of the groups are believed to represent descendants of two unrelated early 17th century Dutch immigrants to New Amsterdam (New York). Their genealogical paper trail identifies the separate family patriarchs as Adam Brouwer Berkhoven (~1620-1693) and Johannes Brouwer of Flatlands (~1628-1702). Each family has been able to determine their ancestral haplotype (the genetic signature of the earliest known ancestor) and haplogroup. These results already show how effective DNA testing can be. DNA evidence has revealed that although the two immigrant ancestors have the same surname, and lived in the same region at the same time, they are unrelated and have not had a common ancestor in thousands of years -- contrary to erroneous beliefs passed down in genealogical pedigrees for over 200 years. 


For more information see the article published in the New York Genealogy and Biographical record Vol 138, No.4, (2007) “DNA Analysis: Adam Brouwer Berckhoven, Elias Brouwer of New Jersey, and John Brewer of Ohio.” and a Compiled Genealogy for “Jan Brouwer of Flatlands and Descendants.” [Our review of the article is provided below] More detailed results for these families are available on the updated web pages at the genetic descendants of ADAM BROUWER SITE and the Brewer Descendants of JAN BROUWER 


        NOTE: Sharing of research and family information amongst the matched members has helped some individuals extend their pedigree three or more generations and clear up mistaken connections, while others have discovered connections they were previously unaware of. DNA testing has proved a fruitful genealogical tool for all of us. 


        (2) Two additional groups, Brewer/Lanier and Ambrose Brewer, appear to represent descendants of early 18th century Brewer immigrants, generally of English descent, to southeast America, i.e the southern colonies of Virginia and North Carolina. They both claim circumstantial evidence of a connection, as yet unproved, with a George and Sarah Lanier Brewer. However, the DNA evidence shows the two lines to be unrelated and they each are seeking to strengthen weak paper trails to avoid pursuing a false connection. Recent work of T.J. White analyzing the "Brewer/Lanier" group's modal haplotype indicates the possible existence of a new sub-clade of Haplogroup I1d.  This exciting and important development is explained and further discussed at the "Lanier-Brewer" group pedigree web page hosted by David Brewer at http://www.brewer-family.org/genealogy/brewer/white-brewer-blog.php   Scroll down to Sep 2010 near the bottom.  Also discussed is the genetic genealogical research into the Lanier-Brewer group reported by Mr. White which, together with his Y-DNA results, show that in spite of the "White" surname his male ancestor has been found to be a "Brewer" in the same line of descent as other participants we have identified as members of the so called "Lanier-Brewer" or Brewer/Lanier group.  This research is thoroughly discussed at http://www.scribd.com/doc/52207776/The-White-Family-of-DeKalb-and-Fulton-Counties-Georgia  This provides another example of the utility of the Y-DNA test in helping resolve ancestral genealogical questions. 


Also of interest is a web site posted at http://home.lighttube.net/~jhb79/Brewer_Researcher/Welcome.html by James H. Brewer Kit# 24502 providing data on the early descendants of George Brewer and Sarah Lanier who migrated from North Carolina to Wayne and Lawrence Counties in Tennessee. 


        (3) The Unassigned group seems, so far, to represent various independent families arriving in later waves of immigration from a variety of locations. It is anticipated that as participants are added, these “unassigned” members will find matching signatures placing them within additional separate ancestral branches. 


        (4) All members have obtained insight into their own “Deep” ancestry, prehistoric origins and geographic migrations, by learning their Haplogroup assignment. Our Brewer surname members represent Haplogroups I1, I2b1, E-V13 (formerly E3b), R1b, and J2, and so we know those distinct male lines have had no common ancestors for many hundreds of generations. 

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Review of the article in the New York Genealogy and Biographical record Vol 138, No.4, (2007) “DNA Analysis: Adam Brouwer Berckhoven, Elias Brouwer of New Jersey, and John Brewer of Ohio.” 


                This article provides definitive DNA evidence that dispels erroneous, unsubstantiated claims that have circulated for many years: that two 18th century pioneers, Elias Brouwer (1740-1812) of Oneonta, New York who married Phebe Lucas, and John Brewer (ca.1733-1809) of Adams Co., Ohio, who married Elsie Lewis (sometimes said to be Dunbar but without verification), were each descendants of the 17th century immigrant Adam Brouwer Berkhoven (1620-1693) of Brooklyn, New Netherland. 

Our Brewer surname DNA research program has made available an ancestral Y- chromosome haplotype (the male genetic signature of the earliest known ancestor), at a significant 37 marker accuracy, for Adam Brouwer, Elias Brouwer, and John Brewer, by analysis and comparison of Y-DNA samples from 10th and 11th generation descendants of each of the men. 

In outline, Elias Brouwer who married Phebe Lucas has been claimed, mistakenly, and without any supporting documentation, to be a descendant of Adam Brouwer through being the son of Abraham4 Brouwer (Jacob3, Jacobus2, Adam1) via an unsubstantiated claim of marriage in 1736 to Sarah Stephenson. This assertion, deemed erroneous by the genealogical research of Mr. William Bogardus, has persisted for years -- misleading other researchers who failed to recognize the original conjecture as such, or for other reasons, take the repeated claim as fact -- but has now been definitively proved to be false through analysis of the derived ancestral DNA haplotypes of Elias and Adam Brouwer. 

Similarly, the mistaken claim that John Brewer who married Elsie Lewis (Dunbar) is a descendant of Adam Brouwer Berkhoven through being a son of Abraham4 Uldricks Brouwer ( Uldirick3, Pieter Adams2, Adam1) is proved to be false. By comparing DNA haplotypes it is shown that no relationship exists between John Brewer of Ohio and Adam Brouwer of New Netherland within genealogical time spans. 

An unexpected fallout of the DNA analysis indicates that Elias and John do share a common ancestor and points to the strong possibility that they are both related to our 17th century immigrant, Johannes Brouwer who, as the article shows, is the paternal ancestor of Elias Brouwer. Additionally, a compiled genealogical summary of Johannes Brouwer and descendants accompanies the DNA article and provides information regarding the descendants to the fourth generation found in the records of New York and New Jersey. 



 FAMILY PEDIGREE INFORMATION: Keyed to Kit Numbers found on the Y-Results page


NOTICE: The Brewer Surname Project uses Y-DNA test results to identify family groups of genetically related living male participants through their matching haplotypes (genetic signatures). These signatures are provided by Kit number and color code genetically related family groups under the tab Y-RESULTS. DNA testing can show a definite relationship exists between two or more males and that they share a common ancestor within genealogical time spans, but not with whom or when.  Documented genealogical pedigrees add the missing information.  The two sets of data (paper trail and DNA results) compliment and support one another.   


In the summer of 2007 we established separate family group websites to host the pedigree information keyed to Kit number for three of the largest family groups, removing their pedigree information from this page and directing you to the URL of the family specific website where you will find the pedigree information and much more. Those three are:

 

  1) JAN BROUWER of Flatlands, NY LINE color coded Yellow in the Y-DNA results chart. This group descends from a 1656/7 immigrant to New Amsterdam from Holland. Jan and wife Jannetje settled in Flatlands, Long Island where they raised their family. The website discusses a unique & rare DNA marker for this family group, the derived ancestral genetic signature, and lists the pedigrees of project participants with matching signatures associated with the KIT numbers posted for viewing at  Brewer Descendants of JAN BROUWER

  2) BREWER / LANIER LINE, color coded light blue in the Y-DNA results chart. These participants all have a close DNA match. Several of them believe they trace back to a George BREWER and Sarah LANIER Brewer family of the early 18th century Virginia colony. Further family information and the individual pedigrees associated with the KIT numbers in this family group are posted for viewing at: BREWER-LANIER SITE This will take you to the Brewer Family History Website hosted by David Brewer Kit #44648.  Of interest also is a web site posted athttp://home.lighttube.net/~jhb79/Brewer_Researcher/Welcome.html by James H. Brewer Kit# 24502 providing data on the early descendants of George Brewer and Sarah Lanier who migrated from North Carolina to Wayne and Lawrence Counties in Tennessee. 

  3) ADAM BROUWER of Gowanus LINE, color coded Plum in the Y-DNA results chart. These members are all in Haplogroup EV13 (E1b1b1, previously designated E3b), a rare European haplogroup. These participants have a common ancestor in the 17th century immigrant to New Netherlands, Adam Brouwer Berckhoven who with wife Magdelena settled in Gowanus  (Brooklyn) on the Western end of Long Island along New York's Upper Bay where the majority of their children were born. Further family information and the individual pedigrees associated with the KIT numbers in this family group can be viewed at: ADAM BROUWER SITE

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NOTE: We have also discovered several smaller family groups of genetically related participants and for now we choose to provide their family pedigree information tied to Kit number on this page (Scroll down). They are the 

  • AMBROSE BREWER LINE (color coded orchid)
  • JACOB BREWER LINE (color coded red)
  • JEREMIAH BREWER LINE (Color coded orange)
  • JOEL BREWER LINE (color coded pink)
  • ARTHUR BREWER LINE (color coded grey)
  •  ADAM BROWN BREWER LINE (color coded khaki) 

The pedigrees for each of these separate family groups are provided below. 

Following those pedigrees we have listed (Scroll down lower on this page) under the category "UNGROUPED Members" those Kits which have yet to find a genetic match to other participants in the project. As new members are added matches are expected to be found and new family groupings will be added. For now they are organized by their "Haplogroups," a much broader classification related to prehistory relationships.

Begin AMBROSE BREWER LINE , color coded Orchid in the Y-DNA results chart 

"Some descendants believe that Ambrose Brewer, born ca 1753, descended from an immigrant from The Netherlands, but circumstantial evidence suggests that he was a grandson of George and Sarah Lanier Brewer via their son Howell, as discussed in the e-book "Brewer Families of Southeast America" available free from the author, Foy Varner, at  foy@hawaii.edu (changed from foyjr@suddenlink.net June 23, 2012) Many of the following members of the Ambrose group have been tested at the 67 marker level and al are very tightly related matching at 66 of 67 markers. Very few people achieve this close a match.

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Kit 29501 Gene BREWER (Brewer-Research@radioroom.org) 
Ambrose Brewer 1753-1855, m. Sarah Cobb 
Howell Cobb Brewer 1790-1886 
Ambrose Brewer 1814-1900, m. Susan Cope 
John Brewer 1838-1912, m. Ollie Dalton 
William Perry Brewer 1874-1959 
Landon John Brewer 1907-1999 
Landon John Brewer Jr. 1936-2008
Landon Eugene (Gene) Brewer 1958- 
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Kit 28385 Hugh BREWER (hughbrewATaol.com) 
George Brewer abt. 1685-1744, m. Sarah Lanier in NC, 
Howell Brewer abt. 1720-????, m. Rebecca Wills 
Ambrose Brewer abt. 1753-1855, m. Mary Oma Richardson 
Joab Harmon Brewer abt. 1776-abt. 1876, m. Nancy Hammons 
Moab Hammons Brewer 1823-1902, m. Elizabeth Seale. (The conjecture that "Moab may have been a Hammons adopted by Joab" has been proven FALSE by the DNA results) 
James Clinton Brewer 1849-1923, m. Minerva Jane Arnold 
James Franklin Brewer 1868-1945, m. Cordelia Creekmore 
Hugh H. Brewer, Sr. 1909-1966 
Hugh H. Brewer, Jr. 1936- 
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Kit 153177 Donald Lee Brewer e-mail (donlbrewerAThotmail.com ) 
1) George Brewer abt. 1685-1744, m. Sarah Lanier in NC, 
2) Howell Brewer abt. 1720-????, m. Rebecca Wills 
3) Ambrose Brewer abt. 1753-1855, m. Mary Oma Richardson 
4) Joab Harmon Brewer abt. 1776-abt. 1876, m. Nancy Hammons 
5) Moab Hammons Brewer 1823-1902, m. Elizabeth Seale 
6) William M. Brewer b. 1859 m. Sarah Gallahon (or Galliharn) 
7) Houston Brewer 1898-1974 m. Dora Mathis 
8) Ben Brewer 
9) Donald Brewer 
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Kit Number: 114825 Andrew Brewer e-mail: amb62366ATgmail.com 
1 Ambrose Brewer b. 1753 +Mary Ona (Oma) Richardson 
2 Joab Brewer b. abt. 1781+Nancy Hammons 
3 Oliver Brewer b. 5 Sept 1819 in Tennessee +Elizabeth Louisa Drennan 
4 Eli Brewer b. 20 Oct 1846 Jonesville District, Hancock Co. TN +Martha Jane Clark 
5 Andrew Martin Brewer b. 10 Dec 1877 Blackwater, Lee Co. VA +Etta May Hale 
6 Jess H. Brewer +I. Christine Anderson 
7 Ronald Frederic Brewer 
8 Andrew Martin Brewer II 
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Kit Number: 257990  John M Brewer  E-mail: jmbrewer50@yahoo.com  Test: Y-DNA111
  1. George Brewer + Sarah Lanier
  2. Howell Brewer
  3. Ambrose Brewer
  4. Moab Brewer

Above ancestry conjectured - the relationship has been verified by Y-DNA Test results. Known ancestry below:

  1. Unknown Brewer m. Cathie Epperson b. April 1882 @ Tazewell, Caiborne Co., TN
  2. Porter Brewer b. 1 August 1898 @ Hancock Co. TN. d) Unknown date @ Rockville, Montgomery Co. Md.  m. Maudie L Ferguson  b) 22 Feb. 1900 @ Hancock Co. TN. d) 17 July 1986 @ Fritch, Hutchinson Co. Texas 
  3. John Brewer b. 8 Feb 1923 @ Ewing, Lee Co. Virginia, d. 22 Feb 1996 @ Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio 
  4. John M Brewer b. Columbus, Franklin Co. Ohio 
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Kit Number 263622 Ben Brewer (Contact is cousin Gil Allison e-mail: aronos@sbcglobal.net ) Test Y-DNA 37
Known Pedigree:
1.  George W Brewer (12-19-1849 Sneedville, Hancock Co. TN ~ 03-06-1900 Sanger, Denton Co. TX)
Married (probably in Hancock Co TN):  Lucinda Seal (03-08-1856 TN ~ 08-09-1940 Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., TX)
Lucinda was the daughter of Pleasant Orville Seal and Elizabeth (Betty) Green/Greene.
2.  Robert Woodson Brewer (01-09-1880 Sneedville, Hancock Co., TN ~ 07-23-1941 El Paso, El Paso Co., TX)
Married:  Addie Lee Stoup in  Cooke County TX 1898
3.  Alvie Curtis Brewer (12-31-1900 Sanger, Denton Co., TX ~ 12-01-1981 Coleman, Coleman Co., TX)
Married:  Jessie Lee Johnson 01-15-1921 Coleman, Coleman Co., TX
4.  Brewer (08-22-1922 TX ~ 10-22-1999 TX)
5.  kit # 263622

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Kit Number: N78752 Rudolph Terry Brewer e-mail: andybrewer29ATyahoo.com NEED PEDIGREE Test: Y-DNA12 Assigned to the Ambrose Group based on exact 12 marker match with the others
 
-------End Ambrose BREWER Line--------- 
              

Begin ARTHUR BREWER LINE , color coded Grey in the Y-DNA results chart

Arthur Brewer b. ca. 1765 of Pitt Co., NC is the MRCA identified by three participants. 
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Kit Number: 143903 Myles Brewer e-mail: MilesBrewerATBellSouth.Net Test: Y-DNA37 & deep clade 
1) Arthur Brewer (b. ca 1765) Martin Co.? NC 
2) Green H. Brewer b. 1819 m. Mary Gaskin b. 1810 
3) William Fisher Brewer b. 26 Jan. 1841 Telfair Co., GA m. Margaret Jane Mims b. 24 Jan. 1849 
4) Thomas Henry Brewer Sr. b. 6 Nov. 1875 Telfair Co., GA m. Frances Grace b. 31 Mar. 1881 Telfair Co., GA 
5) Thomas Henry Brewer Jr. b. 22 Dec. 1923 Lumber City, Telfair Co., GA 
6) Myles Vining Brewer b. 1957 
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Kit Number: 156740, Vernon Willie Brewer e-mail broomdna@juno.com Y-DNA37 & Backbone SNP test & mtDNA(HVR1)  updated to 111 markers, haplogroup J2a4b
1) Arthur Brewer (b. ca 1765) Martin Co.? NC 
2) Archibald Brewer b.1794-1800 Pitt Co.? NC m. Sarah Mims b. 1790-1800 Jefferson Co. GA 
3) Henry Jackson Brewer b.1826 Telfair Co., GA m. Martha Ann Hatten b.20 Jan. 1828 
4) Charles Arthur Brewer b. 20 Feb. 1870 Telfair Co., GA m. Aliff Powell b. 20 May 1872 
5) Arthur Leon Brewer Sr. b. 20 Aug. 1912 Telfair Co. GA m. Louise Clifton 
6) Arthur Leon Brewer Jr.b. 19 Feb. 1932 m. Lois dau. of Vernie dau. of Beatrice BEALL. 
7) Vernon Willie Brewer 
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Kit Number: 174834 William Lawrence Baker e-mail: wlarry.baker@gmail.com Test: Y-DNA37 Wiliams's results indicate he may be part of the Arthur Brewer group
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Kit Number: 241633 Timothy Glenn Brewer  e-mail brewhaha52AThotmail.com Test Y-DNA 37  results show he is a part of the Arthur Brewer line,  pedigree information provided by James H. Brewer (kit 254618 below) as well as Timothy Glenn Brewer with the assistance of Carolyn Brown.

1) Arthur Brewer b 1765 NC d 1865 Telfair Co., GA

2) Charles Brewer b abt 1807 NC d GA m Cathrine (LNU)

3) Lazarus Brewer b. Oct 1860 GA d aft 1910 GA m Emma I Harden

4) Early Kelly Brewer b 25 Feb 1891 GA d 7 Aug 1966 GA m Annie Marie Kemp

5) Ernest Kelly Brewer b 11 Feb 1923 Telfair Co., GA d 31 Jan 2003 m Charlotte Lee Johnson

6) Timothy Glenn Brewer 

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Kit 254618 James Herbert Brewer e-mail  jhbrew6311@gmail.com   Test Y-DNA 37  extending to 67
37 Marker results indicate he may be a member of this group. He matches closely to Kit 174834 and 241633 but lack of pedigree information from those individuals makes it uncertain just where he fits in. He is also probably related to Kit 143903 but need to identify the common ancestor.
the Pedigree for James is:
(1) Joseph  Brewer b. 1792 NC or SC m  Dicie  lived in Pickens District., SC
(2) Levi Brewer b. 1817 FairPlay Station, Oconee Co., SC m. Manima M Moore 1849
(3) Jasper Franklin Brewer b 1855 Oconee Co., SC m Mary Ann Petty 1879
(4) Alonzo Simpson Brewer b. 1884 Oconee Co., SC m Lillie Bell Reeves 1908
(5) James Herbert Brewer Sr. b. 1914 Marietta, Cobb, GA m Nellie Orlene Phillips 1936
(6) James Herbert Brewer II b. 1945 Atlanta, Fulton, GA
Complete History on Ancestry BREWER, Joseph 1792 & Dicie 1794 Family Tree  

------End ARTHUR BREWER Line--------- 
              

Begin JACOB BREWER Line color coded in RED on Y-Results

Kit 32612 Mickey (BREWER) Cendrowski (74bugATnauticom.net) Mickey is the contact for her cousin, her direct BREWER line is: 
Jacob Brewer b. possibly in England 
John W. Brewer 1793-1871 b. PA or MD 
Christopher J. Brewer 1825-1901 b. Westmoreland Co., PA 
John Harvey Brewer 1868-1942 b. Westmoreland Co., PA 
Glenn Jay Brewer 1905-1942 b. Westmoreland Co., PA 
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Kit 58286 Cindy Dooley e-mail: cinsingsAThotmail.com My proven are: 
James Brewer born in Westmoreland Co., PA., (father unproven name,possibly Jacob Brewer) 
James had 7 boys, quite a few had sons, but my searching for these families, is undone, I''m in touch with 3 of the son''s decendants. 
Israel Brewer born in Center Point, Clay Co., IN.(one of 3 sons) 
Hobart M. Brewer born in Center Point, Clay Co., IN. (only son) 
George James "Jimmy" Brewer born in Brazil, Clay Co., IN.(one of 3 sons) -
--- end JACOB BREWER line ------ 
              

Begin JEREMIAH BREWER Line color coded in ORANGE on Y-Results

Kit Number:89063, Anthony Brewer- e-mail: abrewer8091ATwindstream.net Anthony matches Richard Taylor (Kit N42704) exactly on 12 markers and they have determined they share a common ancestor in Jeremiah, being descended from different sons 
1) Jeremiah Brewer b. ca 1787, Chatham Co. NC. m. Anna “Nancy” Bray 
2) John A. Brewer, b. 1819, Chatham Co. NC. m. Sarah “Sallie” Bray 
3) Andrew J. Brewer, b. 1855, Chatham Co. NC. m. Amanda Myrick 
4) Lonnie J. Brewer, b. 1892, Chatham Co. NC. m. Clatie Phillips 
5) Clyde A. Brewer, b. 1913, Randolph Co. NC. 
6) Anthony C. Brewer 
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Kit Number: N42704 Richard Taylor Brewer e-mail: rtbrewerATcfpwood.com Test: Y-DNA12 Richard has an exact 12 marker match with Anthony Kit 89063 
1) Jeremiah Brewer b. ca 1787, Chatham Co. NC. m. Anna “Nancy” Bray 
2) Stephen Wiley Brewer b. 1835 Chatham Co NC m. Mary Catharine Paschall 
3) Charles Stephen Brewer b. 1876 Chatham Co NC m. Eva Alton Hart 
4) Charles Hart Brewer b. 1902 Carthage NC m. Lucy Henderson Kimball 
5) Charles Hart Brewer Jr. b. 1930 Henderson NC 6) Richard Taylor Brewer b. 1964 
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KIT N2685 BROU (teddybrouATdirecway.com) Test Y-DNA 12 Matches 11/12 He is likely to be related to the above two, but needs to verify pedigree information. 
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Begin JOEL BREWER Line color coded in Pink on Y-Results

Kit # 130558 Edward Lee Brewer 
1) Joel Brewer, b. 1826, m. Nancy Amanda Peek 
2) Robert Henry Brewer, b. 1851 Polk Co. GA, m. Louisa Jane Hicks b. in Dekalb Co. GA, 
3) Joel Brewer, b. 1872, Polk Co. GA, m. Elizabeth V. Parham, b. Fannin Co. GA, 
4) Henry Lamar, b. 1902, Polk Co.GA, m. Mary , b. in Cherokee Co. GA, 
5) Edward Lee Brewer 
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Kit # 130659 Michael Cooper Brewer 
1) Joel Brewer b. 1826, m. Nancy Amanda Peek 
2) Elias Camp Brewer b. 1863 in Polk Co. GA, m. Mary Lula Cleveland of Polk Co. GA. 
3) Joseph Benjamin Brewer, b. 1886 in Polk Co. GA, m. Lillian Cooper, born in Laurens, SC 
4) James Downey Brewer, b. 1914, m. Eugenia , b. Hall Co., GA, 
5) Michael Cooper Brewer 
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Kit # 130767 Larry Benjamin Brewer e-mail: jplottATagsouth.com 
1) Joel Brewer b. 1826, m. Nancy Amanda Peek 
2) George William Brewer, b. 1856 in Polk Co., GA, m. Medora Waddell Sparks, b. 1859, Polk Co., GA, USA 
3) James J. Brewer, b. 1877, Polk Co., GA, m. Lettie Adams 
4) George I. Brewer, b. 1914, Cullman Co., AL, m. Mattie 
5) Larry Benjamin Brewer 
---- end JOEL BREWER line ----

Begin ADAM BROWN BREWER Line color coded in Khaki on Y-Results

The genealogical paperwork shows Adam Brown Brewer of NC as their Most Recent Common Ancestor. Their matching DNA confirms that connection.


Kit #B1586 - Jerry L. Brewer (contact sister Berta Brewer  e-mail bertabrewATgmail.com

Adam Brown Brewer b 1824, Randolph Co., NC, wife Nancy Moffitt b 1828 NC

James Whittle Brewer b 1857, NC, wife Rhoda Jane Nollner b 1851 AR

William Alfred Brewer b 1877, AR, wife Levina Alberta McDearman b 1877 AR

William Moffitt Brewer b 1898, AR, wife Alma 

Jerry Lynn Brewer b 1946 AR

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Kit # 239242 - H.K. Brewer   e-mail: kbd2500ATyahoo.com    Test: Y-DNA37 (Cousin to Jerry L. Brewer)

Adam Brown Brewer b 1824, Randolph Co., NC, wife Nancy Moffitt b 1828 NC

James Whittle Brewer b 1857, NC, wife Rhoda Jane Nollner b 1851 AR

Joseph McDowell Brewer

Howard Brewer

H.K. Brewer

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Kit  227316 -  Male Brewer Brewer (contact cousin Berta Brewer  e-mail bertabrewATgmail.com

Adam Brown Brewer b 1824, Randolph Co., NC, wife Nancy Moffitt b 1828 NC

undisclosed Brewer (birth, location, wife

undisclosed Brewer (birth, location wife)

undisclosed Brewer (can leave additional info blank)

Male brewer Brewer  

---- end Adam Brown BREWER line  ---- 
             

BEGIN UNGROUPED MEMBERS 





The BREWERs listed below are not related within Genealogical time frames. They each represent a unique Brewer family line that has not yet been matched with others to form a genealogical family group. They need genealogists named Brewer who are willing to take a Y-DNA test to find their family match. As disappointing as it may be to fail to discover a match, It is anticipated that as participants are added, these “ungrouped” members will find matching signatures placing them within their own ancestral family. It has already happened in several cases, so do not give up hope. 

In the interim, they are organized here with respect to their Haplogroups which represent branches of the Genetic Tree. The major branches of the Y-DNA tree of Homo Sapiens are labeled with the letters A through R. Every male in the world can be located on one branch or another. Individuals with different Haplogroups are not related within genealogical time spans, rather they represent groupings whose common ancestry occurred tens of thousands of years ago. The nomenclature for Haplogroups is given by a sequence of letters and numbers, beginning with the major branch and continuing with subgroups defined by letters and numbers like R1b1b2a1a, designating subsequent branches (twigs) from the main line. Haplogroups enable a member to trace his deep time genetic ancestral journey out of Africa to populate the world. Each major branch migrated at different times and followed different routes. Exploring and delineating this journey of mankind is a project goal of the current Genographic project headed by Dr. Spencer Wells, and one that you may participate in as a member of the Brewer surname project at FTDNA.  More information about the Genographic project and how to join can be found at www.familytreedna.com/ftdna_genographic.html *
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HAPLOGROUP “R" 


R1a-- Kit 68653 Robert Brower e-mail: jmbbATwebjogger.net 
My husband--Robert Brower/Brewer''s lineage to date is: 

1 Adam Berkhoven Brouwer m1645 Magdelena Jacobs Verdon

2 Matthys Adams Brouwer m1673 Marietjie Pieters Wycoff 

3 Samuel Brouwer m ca 1693 Marietjie Hendrick Smith 

4 PetrusBrouwer/Brewer m1767 Elizabeth Stone 

5 Samuel Brewer/Brower m? Charlotte Whitney 
 
6 Nathan Brewer/Brower m 1853 Mary B. Williams 

7 Scott Thomas Brewer/Brower m1890 Lavinia Dolan 
 
8 Scott Sherwood Brower m1929 Maude M. McGovern 
 
9 Robert Sherwood Brower 
 
NOTE: The DNA results do not show a match to the postulated connection to the Adam Brouwer line. The Adam Brouwer Haplogroup is E-V13 and has not shared a common ancestry with the R1a Haplogroup of Robert in tens of thousands of years. The Lineage shown is incorrect -- possible error is at line 4, the connection between Petrus Brouwer and Samuel Brouwer. It is possible that Peter/Petrus Brewer/Brower is of English Ancestry with roots in Massachusetts. I have included the incorrect lineage here to show how errors in genealogical assumptions can be discovered and re-open the search to find the valid lineage.
 
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R1a1-- Kit Number: 109921 G. Brewer (contact Bonnie Brewer, 2lookbackATgmail.com) Test: Y-DNA67+mtDNAPlus 

1) Abraham BREWER (b.15 Apr 1744, unk; d.1817 Chemung Co, NY). m. Eunice GRISWOLD, abt.1774. 
(Eunice GRISWOLD dau. of Elijah GRISWOLD, and sister of D.A.R. Verified Patriot, Elijah GRISWOLD; of Michael GRISWOLD line of Wethersfield, CT). Dau's m STULL brothers, sons of D.A.R. Patriot Capt. Jacob STULL. Abigail BREWER m John STULL; Delinda BREWER m Joseph STULL. Son - Abraham "Abram" BREWER m Hannah Stull (Stedge) 

2) Elijah BREWER (b.1777, (prob) NY; d.1721 Chemung Co. NY). m. Margaret KINYON bef.1790. 

3. David BREWER (b.1818, Elmira, NY; d. Fulton Co., IL, 1893) m. Rebecca PICKETT abt.1840. 

4. Milton G BREWER b.1855, OH, m. Cora Elizabeth MURDY, IL, d. Peoria Co., IL. 

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R1b1a2  Kit Number: 255716  Richard Calvin Brewer  (Contact sister Margaret Brewer Gilbert e-mail: davmargilbertATbellsouth.net  ) Test: Y-DNA67

1.    Andrew Jackson “Jack” Brewer b. March 30, 1824 Virginia.  d. June 25, 1906 Sevier County, TN  - buried Shiloh Baptist Church, Sevier County, TN

1st - m. Nancy Caroline Airhart -  October 13, 1846  Sevier Co., Tennessee

2nd - m. Nancy A. Galyean  -  September 1, 1861  Sevier Co. Tennessee

2.   Winfield Scott "Amos" Brewer b. January 1853 Sevier Co. TN., d. after Apr. 23, 1930 Sevier, Co. or Knox Co., TN. -- exact death date unknown

3.     George Harrison “Harry” Brewer b. July 18, 1881 Sevier Co., TN d.  May 10, 1953 Knoxville, TN.  m. Gertrude Elizabeth Runyan – Dec 21, 1907 Knox Co., TN

4.     Lester Calvin Brewer   

5.     Richard Calvin Brewer 

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R1b1a2 -- Kit Number: 197800  Steven Rick Brewer   e-mail: sbrewer13ATwoh.rr.com   Test: Y-DNA37 

1) Henry Brewer (Heinrich Brauer) born in ?,  died 1799 in Bedford (now Fulton) Co., PA, m: Barbara ? and later Christina Flick

2) Peter Brewer, b. 1776 in Bedford (now Fulton) Co., PA, m: Aholabama Levering of Bedford Co., PA

3) John Brewer, b. 1802 in PA.,  m: Elizabeth Coppess, born in Rowan Co., NC

4) Adam Brewer, b. 1833 Darke Co., OH, m: Catharine Coppess of same county

5) Harvey C. Brewer, b. 1869 in Darke Co., OH, m: Elnora Smith of same county

6) Clem Edward Brewer, b. 1899 in Darke Co., OH, m: Lucille Susan Marker of same county

7) Donald C. Brewer, b. 1931 in Darke Co., OH, m: "living" Wilson of same county

8) Steven Ricky Brewer, b. 1953 in Darke Co., OH

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 R1b1a2 (R-M269) Kit Number: B3573  Joe Hutch Brewer (Contact is daughter Julie Brewer Bogart  E-mail: jb930ATaol.com )  Test: Y-DNA 37 marker
 Pedigree: 
1.  Holland Brewer  b. 1825 Pickens, South Carolina, m. Ann Todd Jaynes  b. 1830 Pickens, South Carolina
2.  William Thomas Brewer  b. 1860 Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi, m. Mattie Ann Biddison  b. 1866 Columbus, Perry Co., Ohio
3.  Thomas Hubert Brewer  b. 1893 Fort Worth, Johnson Co., Texas, 
    4. Joe Hutch Brewer

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R1b1b -- Kit Number: N80951 James Thyarthur Brewer 
e-mail: jtbrewerATcomcast.net 
Test: Y-DNA12 

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R1b1b -- Kit 43863, Ernest Brewer. 
e-mail (donna.dATmail.com) 
Test Y-DNA 25 markers 

Ernest Wayne Brewer, born Tennessee, father: Ernest Oliver "Jack" Brewer, born Tennessee. Parents of Jack Brewer were Carvel Uyles Brewer, born 31 Jan 1893 in Union County, died 7 Jan 1948 in Knoxville, Tennessee and Freda Belle Whited, born 21 Sep 1898 in Union County, died 27 Jul 1973 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Parents of Carvel Uyles "Jug" Brewer were Pleasant Buchanan "Bud" Brewer born 7 Jan 1861 
in Union County, died 20 Nov 1917 in Union County, buried in Miller''s Cemetery, wife of Pleasant was Elizabeth Dell "Lizziedell" Sharp born 20 Apr 1868 in Unicoi County and died 2 Sep 1940 in Knox County,Tennessee. Parents of Pleasant Bud Brewer were Richard Brewer, aka: 
Dickson and Dick, born 10 Mar 1833 in Claiborne County, Tennessee. He died 26 Sep 1914, he married Catherine Castora "Katie" Miller 12 July 
1858 in Union County. She was born 2 Dec. 1848 and died 23 Nov. 1925. 
Parents of Richard Brewer were Richard Brewer, aka Dickson or Dickinson, born 1814 and Sally Hammock also born 1814 in Tennessee. 
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R1b1b -- Kit 21871 Neal BREWER (brewATpositech.net) 
Great Great Grandfather Samuel W. Brewer b. near Harrodsburg, KY abt. 1827, his father and mother were b. KY, according to census records. Samuel is listed twice in the 1850 census of Edgar Co., IL 

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R1b1b -- Kit Number: 91720 James Brewer 
e-mail: brewer7jamesATaol.com 
Test: Y-DNA12 extended to 37 -
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R1b1b -- Kit Number: 67624 Russell Brower e-mail: ChristyDeeATaol.com Test: Y-DNA12 
**Leander Brower b. 1808, Randolph County NC. d. bet. 1854-60, Henderson County TN. m. Barbary Ward 
**Isom Hern Brower b. 2-14-1833, Henderson County TN. d. 7-8-1912, Dublin, Graves County KY m. Sally/Sarah Ann Wooley (1st husband Hayden) 
**William Bunion Brower b. 10-25-1866,Dublin, Graves County KY d. 2-15-1917, Beulah, Hickman County KY. m. Ella Briggs Burgess 
**Lum Hazel Brower b. 8-18-1910, Beulah, Hickman County Ky. d. 8-22-1962, hospital St Louis MO- buried in Beulah KY. 
**Russell Jewel Brower 
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R1b1b -- Kit Number: 132341 Anthony Brewer 
e-mail: 2lookbackATgmail.com 
Test: Y-DNA37 

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R1b1b -- Kit Number: 162480 Douglas T. Brewer 
e-mail: tyATbrashers.com 
Test: Y-DNA67+mtDNAPlus 
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R1b1b -- Kit 67877, James Brower 
e-mail: jamesbrowerATuno.com 

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R1bib2 -- Kit# 174485, John W. Brewer, contact is his sister: Sally Brewer Wilson ( sbrewsATbellsouth.net ) Test Y-DNA 67 
1. Lucas Brewer b. Ireland (?) m. Ammanda Grace 
2. James Lucas Brewer b. 5 Nov 1846, Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., N.Y., m. Mary Agnes Mahoney, 1878 d. 29 Jan 1909,Starkey, Yates Co., N.Y. 
3. Charles R. Brewer b. 11 July 1879, m. 1st Ella Pettingill circa 1903. m. 2d Edith Marshall 21 Oct 1912, d. 3 Oct 1946, Starkey, Yates Co., N.Y. 
4. George J. Brewer b. 25 Feb 1914, Starkey, Yates Co., N.Y. d. 27 Sep 1993, Charlottesville, VA. 
5. John W. Brewer 
Note: Some researchers had conjectured that Lucas Brewer may have been a descendent of Adam Brouwer Berkhoven via his son Peter Brouwer (1646). The DNA test results clearly negate this possibility -- John Brewer’s haplogroup is R1b whereas the haplogroup of Adam Brouwer’s descendants is E-V13, making any genealogical relationship impossible. This clearly demonstrates the power of DNA testing to eliminate false leads. 
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R1b1b2 -- Kit N7554 Johannes BREWER (janolieATwxs.nl) 
I have a fair knowledge of my male ancestry until 1650. The name was then Breuer and they lived in Germany (Cologne). I think the Genographic project might add valuable information to the knowledge of eventual earlier ancestral lines. 

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R1b1b2 -- Kit 14494 Shirley (BREWER) Schulze ( blinkyATev1.net) 
Shirley is the contact for her cousin Wayne Brewer 
Green J. Brewer b. 1826-1830, KY 
1850 census Van Buren/Cleburne Co., AR 
1860 in HH of Green Brewer is Isaac Brewer, age 73 born NC. 
The 1840 census has William Brewer b. 1794, VA with several male children, and Calvin Brewer b. 1812-1813, NC. William could be the father. Calvin, Green & Enoch b. 1819-1822, TN/KY (appears first on 1850 census) could all be brothers. Shirley feels all these people are related somehow. 

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R1b1b2 -- Kit 43756 Donald Brewer,(muttley54ATyahoo.com) 
 Susanis contact for her husband,Donald Todd BREWER 
 
1. Great grandfather-Albert? Hallowell Brewer, d. Wichita, KS, m.Jesse MacGregor, d. Wichita, KS. 
Children: Winfried b.1890''s d.1950''s.
** 2. Grandfather-Hallowell Merton Brewer, b.1899 Wichita, KS? d.1970? Wichita, KS, m.Dorothy d.Wichita, KS. 
** Zeno Guy Brewer, b. 1903? Wichita, KS d.1984? Wichita,KS, m. Marie, d.Wichita, KS. 
** Alta Wren Brewer, m.___ Kreuzer. 
Children of # 2 Hallowell Merton Brewer 
** Hal Brewer m. Mildred 
** 3. Father-John Edward Brewer, b.1921 Denver,CO d.1989 Wichita, KS, m.Billie Frances Todd, b.1926 Shawnee, OK, d. 2004 Wichita, KS.

** David Brewer deceased, m.Eleanor, children Carol and Larry. 
Children of # 3 John Edward Brewer: David, Cathie 
(Kit # 43756) Donald Todd Brewer, b.1957 Wichita, 
Sedgwick Cnty.,KS (living), m. Susan Kay Coleman Stec, b. 1954, Denver, Denver Cnty., CO (living). Has four stepchildren and two grandsons-none with Brewer last name: Jona; Charles; Carrie 

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R1b1b2 --Kit N7341 Gary Brewer (sagebrewer9ATaol.com) 
Father: Ivan Wayne Brewer, born 1914 in Caney, Kansas 
Grandfather: Ezra Edward Brewer, born circa 1884. Died about 1963 in Caney Kansas. 
Brewer family lived in Winchester, VA sometime in early 1800s or before. They moved to Ohio, date unknown. 
A (fnu) Brewer was in the Ohio Regiment in Civil War. Died in Battle of Vicksburg in 1863. He had two sons, Charles and Joseph. The sons and their mother (name unknown) walked to Indiana after the war. Charles moved to Kansas as a young man. 
Charles Arthur Brewer: Born circe 1850. Died in Caney, Kansas in 1938 after teaching school for 54 years. He married a woman named (fnu) Osborne who was sickly. Children: Blanche, Emmit, Benjamin Harrison, Ezra (my grandfather) and Cora (twins). When first wife died, Charles married nanny Barbara Callander. Their children: Chester Arthur, Louise, Agnes, maybe others. (Chester was an attorney in Bartlesville, OK and lived to be 101 years old.) 
Ezra Edward Brewer, born 1886; died 1964. Married Bertha Luzannah Lucas, born 1891; died 1955. Sons Ivan Wayne (born 1914 - my father); Eugene Francis; and Edward Neil. 

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R1b1b2 -- Kit: N37062 Franklin Brewer 
e-mail: franklin_brewerAThotmail.co 
 
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R1b1b2 -- Kit 82980 Daniel Brower 
e-mail: dbrowerATgci.com 
Test: Y-DNA25 

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R1b1b2 -- Kit N31830, Matthias Brauer, 
e-mail: brauermatthiasATweb.de 

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R1b1b2 -- Kit N69939 Roy G Donaldson 
e-mail: roycpcuATaol.com 
Test: Y-DNA12 believed to be a Brewer 

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R1b1b2 -- Kit 130853 Michael Patrick Brewer 
e-mail: brewercentury21ATaol.com 
Test: Y-DNA12+mtDNA 
 
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R1b1b2 -- Kit 132941 Paul Brewer 
e-mail: redhangarATcharter.net 
Test: Y-DNA67 

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R1b1b2 -- Kit 122861 Alan Gerard Brower 
e-mail: alan.browerATciti.com 
Test: Y-DNA25 
** Sylvanus Brower b. July 1810 Rockaway Queens NY d. Sept 5 1884 Milburn NY m. Charlotte Ann Treadwell before 1834 b. 1816 d. between 1861 1869
** William A.C. Brower b. July 9 1860 Long Island NY d. Nov. 27 1815 Lawrence NY m. Susan DeMott July 4 1883 Bellmore NY 
** Samuel Treadwell Brower b. March 8 1895 Inwood NY, d. May 10 1970 Old Bridge NJ m. Mollie Burke Jan 1915 Manhattan NY 
** William Brower b. Oct.27 1915 Lawrence NY, d. June 15 1987 Dumont NJ m. Ann Moran Manhattan NY 
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R1b1b2a1a -- Kit Number: 102740 James Brewer 
e-mail: fawcett7ATcox.net 
Test: Y-DNA67 

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R1b1b2a1a4 -- Kit 26646 Martin Stanley BREWER (mbrewerATibl.bm) 
 
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 HAPLOGROUP “I”


I1 -- Kit N41987, Gerard P.J. Brouwer, 
e-mail: gerard.brouwerATquicknet.nl 
 
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I1 -- Kit 100101 William Haney 
e-mail: wshmiscATyahoo.com 
Test: Y-Refine12to37 
 
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I1 Kit N61756 George Brauer 
e-mail: klbrauerATaol.com 
Test: Y-37 

 
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I1 -- Kit 130996 Melvin Duane Brower 
Contact Charlene Brower (charlene.brower@gmail.com) 
Test: Y-DNA37+mtDNAPlus 
**John Brower b. Aug 1851, Holland. d. aft. 1898, Iowa, USA. m. Martha Groot b. ? d. in Netherlands 
**John Brower (b. 15 Mar 1877, Enkhulsen, Netherlands d. 2 Mar 1937, Stickney, Aurora, SD. m. Anna Rysdam b. 9 Dec 1882 , Pella, Marion, Iowa, USA d. 11 June 1963, Corsica, Douglas, SD, USA 
**Gerrit Richard Brower b. 20 Oct 1903, Hornick, Woodbury, Iowa, USA d.29 Jan 1990, Arnold, Custer, Nebraska m. Miriam 
**Melvin Duane Brower 
NOTE: Melvin matches Kit Number: 179725 Craig Alan BROWER exactly at 25 markers That is because they are Father-son. 

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I1 -- Kit Number: N10743 Kevin Brewer e-mail: brewerATthemeda.net Test Y-DNA 67 

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 HAPLOGROUP “J”


J2 -- Kit N29113 Joseph Richard Brewer (joerbrewerATyahoo.com) Joseph has an exact 12 marker match with Kit 97503: Possibly related 
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J2 -- Kit 97503 Lewis J. Brewer (bulldogg82@comcast.net previousMarvinQuayATaol.com)
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J2b2 -- Kit 48518 Ivan L. Brewer sr. (ibrewer31ATgmail.com) 
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Undetermined Haplogroup 
Kit 68145 Thomas Drake (tldrake1ATcox.net) 
My father, Michael Henry Brewer''s natural father''s name was William Wesley 
Brewer. When my faather was born, his mother died, and William Wesley 
Brewer was unable to care for the baby by himself. Therefore, he let the 
Drake family adopt Michael Henry Brewer and his last name was changed to 
Drake during the adoption process. That is why we were looking for a family 
connection in the Brewer family tree. 

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Dropped from project Kit 35523 Thomas Edward BREWER (onionixlATaol.com) 
Mine is a very short line. I am the only son of an only son who''s father apparently invented the witness protection program. The only documents I have are Walter''s death certificate and the newspapers account of his death. I have exhausted every lead I''ve had in the past 10 years as his family does not show up in the census reports for MO in 1870, 1880 & 1900 so I have no clue as to his parents working backwards. 

 
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