Colleague with son-in-law Rev. Hull Abbot.

Granted administration of husband Richard Riddlesdale's estate 5 June 1610 [Suffolk Rec. Office, A5/3/86].

Died of camp fever during the Revolutionary War.

Parents were born in Connecticut.

Mr. Breed was dismissed from the church at Lynn, Mass., and became a member of the church at Stonington, then under the pastoral charge of the Rev. James Noyes.

Soon after their marriage they went to Strong, then to Phillips, and finally settled in Farmington, when Mr. Brett was appointed Assistant Assessor during the Civil War. At the close of the war he went into mercantile business in Knoxville, Tenn., but after a few years returned to Farmington. He was a consistent member of the Congregational church and a Mason. A friend to every one, he was greatly beloved and respected in the county where he was so well known.

Daniel and Eleanor lived in Middletown. At the September 1724 term of the Hartford Superior Court, Eleanor Brewer, daughter of Richard Goodale of East Middletown, petitioned for a divorce, stating that on 18 January last it had been five years since she married Daniel Brewer, son of Thomas of Glastonbury. Both parties appeared. Her petition was not granted, and the following September their first child, Hezekiak, was born.

On 3 August 1726, Richard Goodale, Jr. deeded "for the love, goodwill, and parental affection that I have unto my only daughter Elenor, now the wife of Daniel Brewer of said Middletown and to her son Hezekiah, now her only son," one half rod at the southeast corner of his own homelot, "so long as they [Daniel and Eleanor] live together." The land was described as bounded northwest on Goodale's own property, east on a highway, and south on land of Captain George Phillips.

Daniel Brewer did not receive any land from his own father, but he shared in the distribution of his brother Alexander's estate. In 1727 he purchased for £10 from Joanna Wilcox one acre of land near the Plains and adjoining the river at Churchill's landing (now Goodspeed's), Portland.

The records of the East Middletown First Society show that on 1 December 1728, Daniel Bruer was to dig graves.

Richard Goodale again deeded land to his daughter's family on 2 January 1734/5, when he gave to "my son Daniel Bruer and daughter, Elenor Bruer and my grandson Richard Bruer, all of Middletown," three quarters of an acre out of his own homelot, bounded southeast and southwest on highways, northeast on land of Jonas Wright, and northwest on land of Benoni Brown. Hezekiah was of East Haddam when he sold this property 16 January 1754.

On 13 December 1751 Daniel Brewer of Middletown sold to his brother Joseph Brewer of Glastonbury, for £25, the land "divided to him" from the estate of their brother Alexander. On 28 December 1754, Daniel Brewer and wife Elenor of Middletown deeded to their son Daniel, also of Middletown, "one acre in our homelot, on the east side of the Connecticut River, bounded west on the River, northwest on a highway or Landing Place, and east and south on our own land." Then on 16 February 1756, Daniel and Elenor deeded to their son Hezekiah one acre in their own homelot on the east side of the Connecticut River, bounded on the east by the river, northwest on the highway, west on land they had given their son Daniel, and east and south on their own land. By a deed dated 6 April 1759, witnessed by Eleanor Powell, they conveyed to Martha Churchill, wife of Josiah, and Jonas Powers, one acre in Brush Pond Field, bounded east on land of Giles Hall, south on land of Timothy Cornwell, west on land of John Diggins, and north on their own land.

In May 1759, Daniel Brewer was granted permission to keep a ferry from the building yard in the North Society in Middletown to the East [Middletown] Society, granted on a petition of the inhabitants of Middletown. In the book "Middletown Upper Houses", Charles Collard Adams mentions that "[when] the three sons of the founders of Glastonbury crossed the 'great river' in 1709 and made a settlement, starting a 'Society', which meant the opening of a school and the erection of a church, it was important that there should be convenient ferry privileges, but the first record is May 1759." He quotes: "On memorial of Daniel Brewer and sundry other inhabitants of Middletown showing that there is a need of a ferry across the Connecticut river from the building yard in the north society called Upper Houses as appears by memorial on file...liberty is granted to Mr. Brewer and rates are established." This ferry was located at a point some distance above the ship building yard, to what later became known as Indian Avenue, on the east side of the river. Indian Avenue marked a road laid out where the first settlement was made on the east side, and Mr. Adams notes that there are "on it today some very ancient houses."

Daniel Brewer evidently was a stone carver. He appears to have been in the quarry business with members of the Stanclift family, and it has been suggested that he was the stonecarver known as "The Glastonbury Lady." Ernest Caulfield, M.D., in an article entitled "Connecticut Gravestones," in "Connecticut Historical Society Collections", 19:105-108, noted that this carver, called 'aggravatingly elusive,' and the most popular stonecutter in Glastonbury in the 1730s, produced three different types of gravestones. "Many of his best stones were made for women, and the hair arrangement on his faces, even on stones for men, usually has a distinctively feminine appearance." Dr. Caulfield's papers suggest that at least some of these stones were produced by Daniel Brewer. No evidence is available to determine which stones Brewer actually carved, but he sold three sets of gravestones to Joshua Hempstead of New London in 1736, four pairs in 1751, and six pairs in 1752. The stone for his son David Brewer, who died in 1737, in Portland, Connecticut, is typical of the most simple style used by the Glastonbury Lady carver, its only design a simple floral circle in each finial. Richard Goodale, Brewer's father-in-law, has a typical "Glastonbury Lady" stone. A stone in Cheshire, Connecticut, for John Beach (1785), is signed "S. Brewer sculpt.," and it is notable that Daniel Brewer had a son named Seth, who may have carved the design on the stone before his own death a few years earlier.

Served in the Revolutionary War. Private in Capt. George Roger's Co. Reg. by order of Col. Jonathan Mitchell to work on the fortifications at Falmouth.

Daniel continued in his father's footsteps and had interests in ships, lumbering, and owned a hotel on top of Green Mountain (renamed Cadillac Mountain, now part of Acadia National Park) which was open for summer visitors. He ws also a prominent and influential citizen of the town and held responsible town offices and was active in public affairs. [Hamor, "History of Eden" p. 204-206].

Edward Brewer, the first of that name to settle in North Yarmouth, Maine, was an early settler on Wolf's Neck and is believed to be the ancestor of all Brewers in the Freeport area. The town of Freeport was set off from North Yarmouth and incorporated in 1789. One of the town histories as a "Connecticut sailor." Hannah's name appears as No. 215 on a listing of members admitted to the First Church, North Yarmouth, on 19 September 1762.

On 1 Oct 1771, Edward Brewer bought for £23 3s 9d, "One moiety or full half part equivalent of lot 55 ... 50 acres in Right of home lot No. 6 originally owned by George Monk ... starting at a hemlock tree on a large rock in the bank of a certain Creek which bounds the easterly side of lot 54, from thence southeasterly 100 rods to a maple tree, thence northeasterly 80 rods to the Range of hundred acre lots, called Range D, thence north west by Range D to aforesaid Creek."

On 20 October 1777, he bought 50 acres on Lot 58. Finally by a deed dated 12 July 1783, he bought from Jeremiah Powell of Boston, for £20, "the equivalent of Lot 56, drawn in lieu of salt marsh in the right of house lot No. 46, originally Thomas Southworth's and recorded to said house lot 46 and the other half of said equivalent to House lot number 74, the whole of said equivalent containing 5 acres more or less ... as by North Yarmouth Proprietor's Records may appear."

No records have been of the deaths of Edward and Hannah but he was listed in the 1800 census at North Yarmouth.

On 14 July 1826, six days before he died, he deeded his home place to his third son, Anderson ... for $100, the love and affection I bear to my son, Anderson of Freeport, yeoman, land in Freeport, 57 acres more or less, bounded on the W. by little river, on the N.E. by land owned by Jeremiah Coffin, being the whole of the homestead on which I now live. [Cumberland Co. Deeds 106:364.]

He removed to Hulls Cove, a part of Eden, on Mount Desert Island, prior to 1817. In his first year on the island, he was a Master builder of the Schooner "Huldah and Judah", 127-1/4 tons, built on Colonel Cornelius Thompson's shore above Hadley's Point. He was a shipbuilder by trade and the records show that he built 9 Schooners and 6 Brigantines. Master Brewer probably built more vessels than any other man in Eden. He was also owner or part owner in all of them. Edward was engaged quite extensively in lumbering, owning and operating saw mills on Hulls Cove Brook, Duck Brook at its outlet, near the Meadows, and at Otter Creek. Edward Brewer and John D. Gilmore purchased from the Trustees of William Bingham, 29 July 1835, 6144 acres situated in Eden and Mount Desert. Edward also owned other lands. They were in partnership for many years and built a sluice from their mills on Duck Brook, near the Meadows, down the borok to salt water, in which they ran their lumber instead of hauling it. Edward was a prominent and influential citizen of the town and held responsible town offices, taking an active part in public affairs [Eben Hamor, "History of Eden", Jesup Memorial Library, Bar Harbor].

Bettie was born on the farm of her parents 3-1/2 miles northeast of Liberal. She married Ray in 1895 and moved to the Noyes homestead east of Liberal.

Mama Noyes, as she was known to her grandchildren, moved to Liberal after the death of Papa. She remained there until she could no longer take care of herself, then moved to home of daughter Pansy. She was a very fashionable lady in her time. She collected pitchers and liked to garden." (Granddaughter Nancy Benton).

Joseph Brewer is on a list of Revolutionary War soldiers from Freeport along with Jacob Anderson, Robert Anderson, and Enoch Dill. He is listed as head of a household in Freeport in the 1790, 1800, and 1810 censuses.

Reuben appears as head of household in Freeport in the censuses of 1810, 1820, and 1830. In 1850 he was listed as a ship's carpenter, aged 80, living in the household of his youngest son, Emery.

The New England origins of Thomas Brewer have not been learned. Although he may be the man of that name who appears, just once, in records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, in 1676, it is extremely unlikely that he was a brother of John Brewer of Sudbury, and his relationship (if any) to John remains a mystery. A more likely theory, not as yet thoroughly investigated, is that he was a grandson of Thomas Brewer of Ipswich and Roxbury, Massachusetts, perhaps an unrecorded son of John2 (Thomas1) and Mary (Whitmore) Brewer of Ipswich.

It has been claimed that Thomas came to Glastonbury Parish from Middletown, Connecticut, but no early deeds for him have been found there. His first attempts to settle in Wethersfield met with rejection by vote of the town 25 December 1682, but that vote was later cancelled, apparently at the same session. Less than a month later, on 18 January 1682/3, Thomas and Sarah were married at Wethersfield, probably in the part later set off as Glastonbury.

In March, 1686, Thomas was chosen fence viewer for the town of Wethersfield. At the first town meeting of Glastonbury, held 29 December 1693, he was again chosen fence viewer, along with Walter Harris, and in 1697 he again served in this position.

"Thomas bruer" was one of several who petitioned in 1690/1 to be allowed to build a new church on the east side of the Great River. He was listed as head of one of the families residing in Glastonbury when the First Meeting House was built there in 1693.

On 5 September 1710, called Thomas Brewer Sr. of Glastonbury, he was a defendant in an action of debt brought by Walter Harris in Hartford County Court. Brewer appealed and when Harris failed to defend at a rehearing in December 1710, the case was non-suited the following March.

Rev. Timothy Stevens was called 28 July 1692 to settle among the people on the east side of the Connecticut river in Wethersfield in the work of the Gospel ministry, at an annual salary of £60. In 1692 Thomas Brewer gave 40 shillings for his share of the minister's pay.

Glastonbury was in a period of growth at this time. In 1693 there were 34 householders and in 1714 there were 64 resident taxpayers, and probably householders. By 1723, the number had increased to 118; in 1757 to 191. This increase of population was so rapid, that as early as 1706 the meeting-house which had been built in 1693 was too small. It was voted to enlarge the same by "galleries or leantoos, as the committee should judge most expedient.

There are many land transactions for Thomas Brewer in Glastonbury. In 1692, he received from the town sixty acres next to the highway at the end of the Three Mile line. That same year, John Hale received land "formerly granted to Thomas Brewer," and in 1694 Thomas Brewer received fifty acres on the "south side of town next to Mr. Stevens." On 25 December 1695 he was given fifty more acres, and on 22 March 1696/7, sixty more.

In 1714 when he bought fifty acres from the town for £59 10s, and in subsequent transactions, he was called Thomas Brewer, Sr. On 23 December 1723, he was granted Lot 84 in the division of the Six Thousand Acre tract, and on that day, with Richard Keeney Sr. of Glastonbury, he sold fifty acres in the Five Mile Tract to Jonathan Hale of Glastonbury, for £42 10s.

Thomas Brewer, Senr, of Glastonbury, on 31 January 1718/19 deeded to his son Joseph Brewer of the same place, land in Wethersfield, "for natural love and affection." A little over a month later, on 9 March 1718/19, he deeded to his son, Thomas Brewer, Junr., twenty acres in Glastonbury, on the westerly side of a hill called Minnochaug. The following year, on 26 January 1719/20, he gave land in Glastonbury to his son Hezekiah Brewer.

In April 1720, Thomas Brewer,, Junr, of Glastonbury, sold the land his father had given him to George Lewis of Stonington, and Thomas Brewer, Senr., sold further land to Lewis. Reference is made in both deeds to adjoining land owned by Benjamin Brewer.

In his later years, Thomas evidently lived with his son Alexander. On 24 December 1741, Thomas Brewer Senr. and his son Alexander released for £50 to Lt. Jonathan Hale and others their right and title to thirteen acres on which "they now dwell." In his last appearance on record, 27 December 1742, Thomas Senr, with Alexander, sold for £30 to Benjamin Brewer nine acres in Glastonbury. Although Thomas's wife Sarah may have died before these last two transactions, the fact that her name does not appear on the deeds of sale is not conclusive evidence, because Connecticut law of that time did not provide for a wife's dower rigts in land until the death of the husband. It does seem likely, however, that she was dead by this time, and that Thomas Sr., very aged, did not survive long afterwards.

In May 1720 the General Assembly had finally imposed its veto upon a long-prevalent practice by which the towns had granted out undivided lands in town meetings. The reason for this action was valid; such lands were not the property of the towns, but belonged to the representatives of the ancient "proprietors" of the townships, wherever they might be living. In May 1723, it was further provided that these proprietors might meet together, choose a clerk, and divide the land among themselves, but the issue was still not settled. However, in March 1743, after a lapse of almost a century, the Proprietors mustered up courage and energy enough to assert and maintain their rights. As a result, Lot #17, containing 17 acres and 24 rods, was granted to Joseph Brewer in right of his father, Thomas Brewer. Of the 34 lots distributed, 21 fell to "heirs," collectively, instead of to original owners; the family names represented on this list include Brewer, and also Gaines, Keeney, Loveland, Smith, and Strickland, all families which intermarried with the Brewers. The number of lots is just equal to the number of men who had participated in the "agreement" made 103 years earlier.

Only the descendants and representatives of the ancient proprietors who had been living east of the river when Glastonbury was founded shared in this division. Descendants of those proprietors who lived on the Westerfield side were ignored, and yet, excepting Gaines and House, the distributees all bore the names of the ancient Wethersfield families; each had "sprung from one or more of the old families of that (apparently) most venerable of the plantations of Connecticut." This record of land transactions suggests that Thomas Brewer Sr., had early roots in Wethersfield. Since other families with whom he was associated had moved from Massachusetts to Connecticut about the same time, it seems likely that he may have come with them. Among the other Massachusetts people were Simon Gaines (husband of Amy Brewer) whose family came from Lynn, and Richard Goodale of Salisbury, Massachusetts and later Middletown, Connecticut, two of whose children, Eleanor and Ebenezer Goodale, married two of Thomas Brewer's children, Daniel and Sarah.

It is possible that these families may have acquainted before they all moved to the Wethersfield area. A substantial emigration took place in 1635, when people from Watertown, Newtown (Cambridge), and Dorchester, Massachusetts, attracted by reports of fertile meadow lands, moved to the Connecticut Valley. Two entire congregations led by their ministers moved there - Watertown people settled in what is now Wethersfield, people from Newtown went to Hartford, and those from Dorchester to Windsor.

On 24 June 1718 Thomas Brewer and his sons Thomas Jr., Joseph, and Alexander were listed as freemen dated 28 April 1730, along with Hezekiah and Sergeant Benjamin Brewer. A record dated 7 October 1724 of a land allotment made the year before shows real estate of Thomas Brewer Jr. valued at £42 10s.

On 1 December 1742, Thomas Brewer of Glastonbury for £15 deeded to his son Alexander Brewer a three-acre right in a piece of land in Glastonbury bounded west on land formerly of Patrick Streen, deceased, north on undivided land, south on common land, and east on land belonging to the said Thomas Brewer Senr and Alexander Brewer.

No probate records for Thomas or Sarah have been found. Over a period of time, Thomas, always signing with a mark: "T", had conveyed land to his sons Thomas, Joseph, Hezekiah, Alexander, and Benjamin Brewer by individual deeds of gift, the first to Thomas Jr. in 1718 and the last to Benjamin in 1725. He was probably living with his son Alexander at the time of his death.

Daniel Brewster lived at Preston. He was justice of the peace for New London County, 1717, ཐ-23, ཕ-28; representative to the General Court of Connecticut, 1704-19, ད-23, ཕ-31; was appointed lieutenant of the Military Company of Preston, 1704, and captain, 1716, and was deacon of the First Church of Preston.