1771 Estate sale for Joseph Brewer.
The Maryland Gazette, Annapolis, Maryland, November 21, 1771. [4]
1730 The will of John Brewer was dated April 5, 1730 in Anne Arundel County. Son Joseph inherited the Brewer Chance tract. [1]
1771 The will of Joseph Brewer was dated on July 20, 1771 in Anne Arundel County. [2] [3]
South - river, July 14, 1773
To be sold, by the Subscribers, agreeable to the last Will and testamcnt of Joseph Brewer, deceased, on Tuesday the 24'th of August next, on the premises, if fair, if not, the next fair day.
About 150 acres of land, more or less, lying in Anne - Arundel county, situated on South-river, near London - town. The soil is good; on it is a dwelling - house and kitchen, with a brick chimney, corn - house, barn, stable, and several other convenient houses.
For terms apply to Joseph Brewer, Samuel Geist, Executors of Jofeph Brewer, deceased.
A Brewer lineage reports [6]:
Joseph Brewer, son of John and Dinah (Battee) Brewer, was born December 17, 1713. He married, about 1736, Mary Stockett, born January 20, 1704, daughter of Thomas and Damaris (Welsh) Stockett, who were married April 9, 1700; Damaris (Welsh) Stockett was the daughter of Major John and Mary Welsh, the former high sheriff of Anne Arundel county; granddaughter of Captain Thomas and Mary (Wells) Stockett, the former of whom died in April, 1671; he came to Maryland from Kent, England, 1658, was burgess for Baltimore county, Maryland, 1661–65; high sheriff of Anne Arundel county, 1666-70, and deputy surveyor general of Maryland, 1670. Mary (Wells) Stockett was the daughter of Richard Wells, who died in 1667; he was a member of one of the commissions appointed by Parliamentary authority for the government of Maryland, 1654-57, and justice of Anne Arundel county, 1658.
Research Notes:
1769-72 The account of Joseph Brewer was recorded in Queen Anne County. [7] [8] [9]
1772-73 The account of Joseph Brewer was recorded in Anne Arundel County. [10] [11] [12]
[1] Maryland Colonial Wills, 1728-1730, CC2, 19, 477-925, 908, [MD_Archives Will Book Catalog].
[2] Maryland Colonial Wills, 1771-1773, WD 3, 38, 1-408 at 396, alternate page 495 (crossed out), [MD_Archives Will Book Catalog].
[3] Maryland State Archives, Probate Records, Colonial, Index, 1634-1777, MSA S1393, Liber 38, folio 396, [MD Archives].
[4] The Maryland Gazette, Annapolis, Maryland, November 21, 1771, page 3, [NewspapersClip].
[5] The Maryland Gazette, Annapolis, Maryland, July 15, 1773, page 2, [NewspapersClip].
[6] Clayton Colman Hall, ed., Baltimore, its History and its People, Vol. II - Biography (Chicago: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1912), 452, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[7] Maryland State Archives, Probate Records, Colonial, Index, 1634-1777, MSA S1393, [MD Archives].
[8] Maryland State Archives, Probate Records, Colonial, Index, 1634-1777, MSA S1393, [MD Archives].
[9] Maryland State Archives, Probate Records, Colonial, Index, 1634-1777, MSA S1393, [MD Archives].
[10] Maryland State Archives, Probate Records, Colonial, Index, 1634-1777, MSA S1393, [MD Archives].
[11] Maryland State Archives, Probate Records, Colonial, Index, 1634-1777, MSA S1393, [MD Archives].
[12] Maryland State Archives, Probate Records, Colonial, Index, 1634-1777, MSA S1393, [MD Archives].