Brief Life History of William
William Brewer was born on 22 March 1744, in St. Mary's, Maryland, British Colonial America. He married Sarah Frances Harrod on 5 July 1776, in Prince William, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in New Castle, Henry, Kentucky, United States in 1820. He died after 20 July 1834, in Henry, Kentucky, United States, and was buried in Henry, Kentucky, United States.
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- Wm Brewer, Henry Co., KY. "United States Census, 1820"
- William Brewer, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- William Brewer in entry for Peter Onan and Elizabeth Brewer, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""
1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a brewer of beer or ale, from Middle English brewere ‘brewer’ (an agent derivative of Old English brēowan ‘to brew’). Compare Brewster .
English (of Norman origin): Anglicized form of French Bruyère (see Bruyere ), a habitational name from a place so called in Calvados, France, from Old French bruiere ‘heath’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of Dutch Brouwer , German Brauer or Breuer , etc., all occupational names meaning ‘brewer’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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