William White Brewer - Greybeard's Ghosts

Family

Claim	Detail	Evidence
Father	Sackville Brewer (e1728-)
Mother	Martha White (e1729-) [S351] [S352] [S2955]	secondary
Spouse	Nancy Morriss (e1769-~1867)
Child +	Martha White Brewer (1797-1876) [S2490]	dna

Attributes

Claim	Detail	Evidence
Gender	Male
Name	William Brewer [S1121] [S1639] [S2490] [S2813]	primary
Name	William White Brewer [S2955]	memoir
Mother	Martha White (e1729-) [S351] [S352] [S2955] Martha White was the wife of Sackville Brewer and William's middle name was White.	secondary

Timeline

Claim	Date	Detail	Evidence
Birth	est 1768 (1767-1770)
Marriage	Oct 1, 1796	Nancy Morriss (e1769-~1867), Henry, Virginia, United States [S2955]	memoir
Tax List	1810	Patrick, Virginia, United States [S1639]	secondary
Flourished	Oct 19, 1814	Henry, Virginia, United States [S2813] signed an agreement to sell his land to Thomas Nichols on February 1, 1815, for $1099. He died before the date of sale.	primary
Death	Oct 19, 1814 - Dec 31, 1814	[S2490] [S2813]	primary

Sources

Index	Title
[S351]	White, Jack J., "John White of Hanover County, Virginia and Some of His Decendants" (1995).
[S352]	"Probate Records: John White" (Louisa County, Virginia, Deed Book C).
[S1121]	"Some Early Virginia & North Carolina Marriages" (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~eazier1/Virginia/).
[S1639]	"Index of the 1810 Patrick County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List" (http://www.newrivernotes.com/va/pat1810tl.htm).
[S2490]	"Henry County, Virginia, Counrt Order Book, No. 4, 1785 - 1788", https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA127.
[S2813]	"Virginia Chancery Records" (https://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=089-1802-002).
[S2955]	"Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981", Ancestry.com.

Note

Some genealogies suggest that his daughter Martha W. Brewer was born to a first wife by the name of Frances who may have died soon after. Census records for Martha indicate that she was born about 1797/1800. William Brewer's probate records indicate the Martha was the eldest child. William married his second wife, Nancy Morriss, the daughter of Samuel Coleman Morriss, on October 1, 1796.

William White Brewer was the son of Sackville Brewer and Martha White. He was born about 1772 in Henry County, Virginia. The Henry CO Tax List of 1814 lists William Brewer with 135 acres on Horsepasture, ten miles from the Court House. He died intestate late in 1814 or early 1815. Henry County Court Orders show that John Dillard Jr. was appointed guardian to Martha W., Matilda M., Lucy, Samuel, Lorenzo Dow, Sarah, Catharine, William Patterson and John Brewer, infant heirs of William Brewer, deceased for the purpose of defending a suit brought by Thomas Nicold. (Order Book 10, p.213)

It is thought that he was the William Brewer who first married Frances ______ in about 1793

Frances probably died soon after. The dates fit nicely to support this William. A great-grandaughter of Martha, Laura Stevenson, refered to her several times as Martha White and Martha Brewer White in her letters.

Family Note

William married Nancy Morriss in Henry County, Virginia, their bond was dated October 1, 1796. William and Nancy had the following children:

Martha Washington (30 Sep 1797 - 19 Mar 1876) m. 19 Nov 1815, Daniel G. Witt
Samuel Coleman (abt 1801 - 1880) m. 28 Nov 1825, Mary Anne Pritchett
Sarah Ann (abt 1801 - 14 May 1860) m. 23 Jan 1827, Abner Bird
Matilda M. (abt 1802 - 1878) m. 17 Jun 1820, Creed Taylor Rowland
William Patterson (abt 1803 - ) m. 4 Oct 1836, Martha S. Waller
John S. (abt 1805 - ) m1. 14 Oct 1839, Maria Ann Pearse, m2. 7 Nov 1855, Margaret Stella Curling
Rawza/Rawamon (abt 1806 - 30 Jan 1892) m. 26 Nov 1827, Zachariah W. Moore
Lucy (abt 1807 - ) m. 8 Sep 1827, John Scales
Catharine (abt 1808 - )
Lorenzo Dow (abt 1811 - bef 26 Jul 1813)
Lorenzo Dow (26 Jul 1813 - 11 Oct 1870) m. Cynthia Smith Ethridge