Brief Life History of Henry Lanier
When Henry Lanier Brewer was born in 1708, in Brunswick, Virginia, United States, his father, George Garrett Brewer, was 22 and his mother, Sarah Lanier, was 22. He had at least 7 sons and 6 daughters with Mary Smith. He died on 18 February 1799, in Chatham, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 91.
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- Henry Brewer, "United States Census, 1790"
- Legacy NFS Source: Henry Lanier Brewer - birth: 1710; Surry, Virginia, United States
- Will books (Brunswick County, Virginia), 1732-1925; general index to wills, 1732-1948
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1758 · Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
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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