RootsWeb is funded and supported by
Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community.
Learn more.
About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material
Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection
Jeremiah Brower/Brewer
�of Highgate, Vermont
February 26, 1738 - March 13, 1822
This�is a work in progress and is in its infancy.� Check back and see what is added in the near future.� July, 2009
Introduction
The focus of this site is�the research of Jeremiah Brower/Brewer of Highgate, Vermont, and all his�descendants, as well as any allied and collateral lines.��Jeremiah Brower/Brewer married Hannah Thomas about 1775, Schaghticoke, NY, and had eleven children from this marriage.� It is believed and likely that Jeremiah Brower was married previously, possibly to a Margaret Hager, or Margaret Hidickie, but to date, no proof or any supporting evidence has been found, nor any of the descended lines from this marriage.� This information comes from family members that remained in the Vermont/Quebec area, and needs much more research.
There are many lines of Jeremiah Brower that are accounted for, but there are still many that are not.� I am hoping to locate other descendants or researchers from this line and share information.� I also include many collateral and allied lines that marry into the Brower/Brewer lines.� If you descend from Jeremiah Brower/Brewer, or suspect that you do, please contact me at [email protected].
Native American Ancestry
Another area of research that is of great interest to me is�the Native ancestry in our lines.� I have family traditions in my line of Native ancestry, but to this day have not found the parents of the two "known" Native American grandmothers that married my Brower/Brewer grandfathers.� I am still searching.��I have found enough cousins who support similar oral traditions,�that I would like to dedicate a section of this site to that research area.� Finding written documentation of the Native heritage may not be possible, but I believe that along with the oral traditions, circumstantial evidence, and�documentation, we�can�correlate this to known�Native lines fom this time and region.� Ongoing research on the tribes from New�England, and Lower Canada,�both pre and post Revolution, their migration patterns, customs, and assimilation into�non-Native cultures�are my focus.
DNA
DNA testing�of men descended from Jeremiah Brower/Brewer has determined that Jeremiah is�a descendant of Adam Brouwer Berkhoven.� DNA for genealogical purposes is a recent but powerful tool.� It is still a�young field, therefore, the more people that participate in it, the more benefits for everyone.� Y-DNA testing is essential in sorting out the Dutch Brouwers from the English Brewers, but has a benefit beyond just testing the men.� If a direct female descendant from Hannah Thomas could be located, and would be willing to participate in a mtDNA test, it might help determine Native American ancestry or other interesting facts.�
A�companion website that is dedicated to all major Brouwer/Brower/Brewer lines from New York:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata/index.htm