John
Brasseur
aka Brashear, Brashears
Born about in Calvert County, Maryland
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Brother of
Mary (Brashears) Brasseur, Robert Brasseur 3rd, Benjamin Brasseur, Mary (Brasseur) Ellis, Anne Brashear, Susannah (Brasseur) Duvall, Martha (Brasseur) Kent and Elizabeth (Brasseur) Sellman
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 63
in Essex County, Virginia [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 1 Jul 2010
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Biography
John was born about 1649. He married Anne. Her name was either Dalrymple or Sterling. He died in 1696. He probably had no issue as no children were mentioned in his will.[1]
- Please add source citations.
- One merged profile had the birthplace as Calvert Co,MD and birth date as 1658. Most sources indicate that only the youngest daughter of this family was born in Maryland and even that is uncertain. Still, this is noted for completeness.
- The surname is variously seen as Brasseur, Brasher, Brashear, Brashears, and Brassieur, among others. One source claims there are more than 35 variant spellings among the various descendants. The original French spelling is most frequently given as Brasseur, but even this is less than completely certain. His father's given name appears as Benois, Benoit, Bennet, and Benjamin, and there may be others. The father's birth date ranges from about 1590 to about 1630. Robert is said to be his father's father, his father's brother, and also that both his father and brother were named Robert. Nearly everyone agrees his father was born in France, but several different specific locations in France are given.
- Both book and internet sources very wildly in their statements regarding nearly everything about about the family. I salute anyone who can sort out the seemingly endless conflicts and contradictions regarding this family and present credible evidence for what is fact and what is not.
Sources
- ↑ Consolidated Update to the Register of Qualified Huguenot Ancestors of The National Huguenot Society. Fifth Edition. San Antonio, Texas: the National Huguenot Society, Inc., 2012. Page 16.
Acknowledgments
Brasseur-8 created on 01 July 2010 through the import of mcdougle 2010-06-30.ged.
- WikiTree profile Brashear-56 created through the import of export.ged on Jul 19, 2011 by Chérie Woodlief. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Chérie and others.
- WikiTree profile BRAShear-124 created through the import of export.ged on Jul 19, 2011 by Chérie Woodlief. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Chérie and others.
- WikiTree profile BRAShear-131 created through the import of export.ged on Jul 19, 2011 by Chérie Woodlief. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Chérie and others.
- Thank you to Scott Ledbetter for creating WikiTree profile Brashears-60
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I encountered this family while researching the sons of John Billingsley, who married Elizabeth - possibly born Corbreath (primarily their son John). Their son George left a will probated in Calvert County that called him "of Upper Norfolk Co., VA", and George and Henry were granted land in Chuckatuck Parish in 1671.
The abstract of George's will in Baldwin's Maryland calendar of wills (page 149; 157 of 292) lists John Cobreath as a legatee & "Test: Jno. Brassieur, Jno. Carter, Jas. Sumner, Henry Mills."
Not sure of how Thomas Paget of Calvert County may be connected to this family, but the abstract of his 1677 will (page 194; 202 of 292) has several familiar names: