The purpose of this site is to expand upon the results of the Brewer DNA Surname Project hosted by FamilyTreeDNA (FTDNA)  at:

www.familytreedna.com/public/BrewerDNA/

 

The Brewer Surname Project uses Y-DNA test results to identify family groups of genetically related living male participants through their matching haplotypes (genetic signatures).  Such testing can show a definite relationship exists between two or more males and that they share a common ancestor within genealogical time spans, but not with whom or when.  Documented genealogical pedigrees add the missing information.  The two sets of data (paper trail and DNA results) compliment and support one another.  Here, on this site, we provide the genealogical pedigrees, keyed to the DNA test by individual Kit number.  This information is presented on the “Pedigrees” page where you may find your own genealogical connection to a participant and contact information enabling you to exchange family research with them. (Note: to navigate this site, click on the name of the page you wish to visit located in the bar at the top of each page)

Sharing research and family information amongst the matched members has helped some individuals extend their pedigree three or more generations and to clear up mistaken connections, while others have discovered connections they were previously unaware of.  DNA testing has proved to be a fruitful genealogical tool for all of us.

 Are You related to the 17th century immigrant Johannes Brouwer?  Find Out Now! -- With the pedigrees available, we can identify the Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA) of the participants and, coupled with the DNA results, we are able to make available for the first time derived Ancestral Y- chromosome Haplotypes (the male genetic signature of the earliest known ancestor), at a significant 37 marker accuracy, for the family patriarchs (MRCAs) including the likely genetic signature of Johannes (Jan) Brouwer of Flatlands. That data is presented on the “MCRA” page.

 

On the page “ Haplogroup I2-b” [June 2008-- previously designated I1-c] we define the SNP mutations that determine our Brewer family location on the Y-DNA  tree of Homo Sapiens according to the classification adopted by the Y-Chromosome Consortium (YCC) May 2008, and present a discussion of “Our Deep Time” genetic journey, identifying the locale where our Brewer family “Adam” originated 15,000 years ago. A link is provided to the Genographic project that uses DNA to trace our human family migrations out of Africa  to populate the world.

 

On the page “About Johannes” we provide some information regarding this 17th century Dutch immigrant to America and his family, introducing him to the viewer. We then provide a page of “Resources” where you are directed to detailed genealogical research specific to Johannes Brouwer with which to investigate this family line in more depth.

[August 2008] We added four pages:  “Descendants” which follows the male descendants of Johannes Brouwer of Flatlands from generation to generation, identifying Johannes as the first generation and taking a “Top Down” approach to finding the “missing links” between Johannes and his living descendants.  “Pieter’s Line”  which provides material specific to the 3rd generation line of male descendants that follow from the Pieter2 (Johannes1) Brouwer family.   “Derck’s Line”  which provides material specific to the 3rd generation line of male descendants that follow from the Derck2 (Johannes1) Brouwer family. Finally. a “Speculation” page that deals with speculative ideas and material specific to finding documentation linking the pedigrees of the DNA project participants to the ancestral  Johannes Brouwer family.

[NEW November 17, 2009] Revised “Pedigree” page listing of patriarchs of three branches  of the family of Johannes Brouwer through his grandson Elias3 Brouwer and Helena Willemse. Created Dirk4/Derrick Brewer Branch. This was in response to new test results and a new pedigree, that of Douglas Cooper Brewer, Kit 163954, who exactly matches (37/37) Michael E. Brewer (Kit 157835 whose pedigree was added Aug 22, 2009, see below) and both have a common ancestor in Dirk4 (Elias3, Derck2, Johannes1).

[NEW October 2, 2009]:  Added material in “Speculations”  concerned with relating David Brewer (1762) /Euphemia Warner to the Jan Brouwer line

[September 2009]:  Added new section called “Open Issues.”  The recent addition of two more genetic descendants of the Jan Brouwer family to the Brewer Surname Project and the interrelationship of their Y-DNA signatures with prior members has raised several issues regarding previously posted lines of descent and the validity of some of the participants genealogical pedigrees, at the same time hinting at some possible resolutions to outstanding problems. In this discussion I review the problems as I perceive them and suggest some directions for future research while discussing the related problems:

     A. Linking John Brewer/Elsie Lewis of Adam Co. OH to Jan Brouwer of Flatlands, and Errors in posted claims for John Brewer/Elsie Lewis

     B. Finding assumed connections of Rose/Olson/Embody to the Brewer family,

     C. Linking David Brewer/Euphemia Warner to a Jan Brouwer lineage, and

     D. Connecting William. L. Brewer (b. 1826 in LA) to the early Brouwer family.

[August 22, 2009] A new Brewer family Pedigree and new branch: RICHARD/DERICK BREWER Branch  added on the Pedigree page. [Note: changed to Dirk4/Derrick Brewer Branch Nov. 17, 2009] Michael E. Brewer has an exact 37/37 marker match to Kit 60686 Glen Brewer, of the John BREWER Branch, and 35/37 match to Kit 44994 Richard Brewer, of the Elias BROUWER Branch, indicating they are tightly related (very few people achieve this close level of a match) with a 99% likelihood they share a common ancestor. More information will be provided later on the “Speculation” page.

Relevant publication:  "DNA Analysis: Adam Brouwer Berkhoven, Elias Brouwer of New Jersey, and John Brewer of Ohio" by Richard D. Brewer, Scott Kraus, and William B. Bogardus, together with a compiled genealogy of ” Jan Brouwer of Flatlands and Descendants”  in the New York Genealogy and Biographical RECORD, Volume 138, Number 4, October 2007.  It not only provides indisputable evidence against Adam Brouwer being related to Johannes Brouwer, Elias Brouwer or John Brewer, as has often been claimed in the literature, but in addition provides the ancestral DNA signature for Adam, complimenting that of Johannes, Elias and John appearing on our MRCA page. These signatures can be used to compare with the signature of any persons claiming descent from one of the above ancestors. Further it demonstrates the utility of DNA testing.  For more information see the “Resources” page.

[August 2008] We added two new Brouwer Genealogy web sites to the” Resources” page. “The Brouwer Genealogy” site by Chris Chester at http://web.me.com/blacknorthfarm/Brouwer_Genealogy/Welcome.html 

and his “The Brouwer Genealogy Database” at:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/ )

Click on the Links provided below to visit other Brewer Surname DNA websites associated with Brewer family groups NOT related to the Jan Brouwer Line:

        Adam Brouwer Genealogy  dedicated to traditional genealogy research and genetic genealogy associated with Adam Brouwer Berckhoven of Brooklyn and his descendants, including individual pedigrees for DNA project members in this family group..

        Brewer - Lanier line  this site contains genealogical information as well as individual pedigrees for DNA project members in this family group; one of the major Brewer groups not related to either Adam Brouwer or Jan Brouwer. 

Ciao!

Richard Brewer

e-mail  brouwerdna@mac.com

 

Last updated November 17, 2009  Added new material to “Pedigree” page

Updated October 2, 2009 Added new material to “Speculations” page

Updated September 2009: Added “Open Issues” page

Updated August 22, 2009:  “Pedigree” page. Added Pedigree for Kit 157835 and a new Branch for Richard/Derick Brewer (ca. 1732). [Note: changed to Dirk/Derrick Brewer Branch Nov. 17, 2009]

Updated August 19, 2009:  “Speculations” page. Claims made that Revolutionary War service pertained to John4 Brewer (husband of Elsie Lewis & Sara Howell) are incorrect, the result of an erroneous DAR lineage. The John Brower who served under Col. Jacob Klock in the Tryon Co. Militia was a son of Harmanus Brouwer, a descendant of Willem Brouwer.

Updated Jun 29, 2009, added newly found information that Mary Hays from Massachusetts is wife to John Brewer (1768 ), son of Elias and Phebe Brewer. Added a chart to the MRCA page that depicts the signatures  of the Brewer surname project participants that closely match Johannes (Jan) Brouwer’s ancestral STR signature.

Updated Apr 29, 2009, added an additional pedigree Kit 144256 to the John Brewer (1733) Branch showing a line of descent from  his 6th son, John Brewer (1792)

Updated December 28, 2008, identified Elsie Lewis (sometimes said to be Elsie Dunbar, but without verification) as first wife of John Brewer (b. ca. 1733) and modified the birth order of their children. See Pedigrees and Speculation pages.

Updated August 2008 with additional pages of information and resources.

Updated  2 June 2008 --modified our Haplogroup designation from I1-c to I2-b to conform with the YCC classification changes of 2008.

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