Brew of Andreas, Isle of Man 2

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The following information has been kindly submitted by Sue Pedersen of Sydney, Australia, and shows her research into the Brews from Andreas, Bride and Jurby. Others who are related or have also added data, include Jim Smith, Debra Tosh, and Keith Wright.

The following databases are related to this family, but it is recommended you start with this one, "Brew of Andreas", for a full explanation of the family lineage.

BREW of Andreas

1? Philip BREW died 20 October 1679 , buried 21 October 1679 [Andreas parish register]

Epis. will no: 0991643.

At Ramsey March ye 3rd 1679

And^rs 1679    October ye 20th [blot]

Younger son in the above will? John BREW died 6 May 1710, buried 8 May 1710 [Andreas parish register].

John BREW Epis. Decree Andreas. LDS film no: 0991649 

Andrews

2. Philip BREW, born c.1650, buried 29 March 1725 .

Philip Brew & Marriad CARRET married Feb.7 1673/74 [Andreas parish register]

Marriad CARRETT b.c.1650, daughter of William CARRETT & Christian STEANE of Andreas.  

Will Carrett buried Andreas 20 May 1668.

William CARRET Arch. will Andreas: LDS film no. 0106201

William CARRETT’s widow Christian STEAN died 1689 in Andreas. 

Christian STEAN, Arch will 1689-2, Andreas, LDS film no: 0106205

Jurby Northside Sales c.1720: of an Intack to Phil Brew residing at Guilcaugh, Andreas.

Marriad BREW als Garret was buried 19 October 1720 [Andreas parish register]  

Mariot BREW Epis. decree Andreas, LDS film no:0106369 

Philip Brew died 28 March 1725, buried 29 March 1725 [Andreas parish register]

Philip BREW Arch will Andreas (64), LDS film no: 0106213

This is affirmed to be the last will and testament of Philip Brew who departed this life March 28^th, 1725, being of perfect mind and memory at the making thereof… he left his part of Ballakelley’s Land to his son Phillip… he left to his son Willm his part of Ballavastin, And appointed his two sons John & Phillip to take care of and supervise their sd brother Willm, that he shall neither lett, sell, or mortgage his part of Ballavastin … during his life, after whose death his sd brothers John and Phillip are to see him decently interred, & bear ye expenses of his funeral charges, for which they are to have ye foresd Land of Ballavastin.  …To his daughter Catherine his part of ye feather bed. …To his son Phillip a new vest. …To his son Willm all his clothes, & Bed-Clothes. ..He declared y he expended nine sh.. on his son John’s Wedding whch satisfies his sd son for y nine-shills y he had formerly receiv’d from him…To ye Witnesses of ye will 6 pence each. …He further left to his son Willm one quarter part of ye crop of Ballakelly. Lastly him nominated & appointed his three sons Phillip, Thomas, & Willm joynt Execrs of all the rest of his goods moveable & imoveable whatsoever. One of ye witnesses Dan Cormod saith y ye Testator bequeathed five-shills of ye mortgage money y lies in Ballakelley’s-Land to his daughter Alice, whch his son Phillip was to give her.

Witnesses: Dan Cormoad, John Lace jurati

The three Execrs sworn in form of Law... Pledges, Nick Cowley junr & Dan: Cormoad.  

Children of Philip Brew and Mariot Garrett: baptisms Andreas parish registers as son or daughter of Philip Brew:

1. Catherine baptised 4 November 1681 [in both parents’ wills]

2. John, baptised in March 1684 [eldest surviving son: see 3. John BREW following]

3. William bapt.7 Dec. 1686, died 25 March 1768. William BREW Epis. decree Jurby, LDS film no: 0106390. His estate was divided between the sons and daughters of his brother John Brew, sister Alice Brew, and brother Philip Brew.
4. Philip bapt. 1688, married Bahy CAMAISH Andreas 6 Feb 1710. Northside Sales Andreas 1713: Phil Brew and his wife Bahy Camaish sold a parcel of Intack to Wm Cleater. Recorded in Andreas registers as “Philip of Connahbwee” from 1729-1733. Children mentioned in his brother William’s 1768 Admin were John (John “of Wallett”, who died 1776), Stephen (baptised 1724, died 1769, and married Jony TEARE, by whom he had two sons), Richard (baptised 1727), and Bahee (baptised 1731, married William GARRETT in 1760). Philip Brew bur. 1758. 
5. Alice bapt. April 1689, married [1] John RADCLIFFE of Ballakelly, Andreas, who died 12 December 1712. John Radcliffe’s will did not refer to his wife by name, but mentioned his father-in-law Philip Brew, and his eldest daughter Catherine Radcliffe, and his “three children Philip, Cathrine, & Margrett” who were his executors. Philip bapt. 19 February 1705 was the heir of Ballakelly, Andreas. (See Note 1)

Alice married [2] Stephen LACE by whom she had a son William, bapt. Andreas 19 June 1714.

Stephen Lace died 5 October 1723 [Andreas Epis will 0106370]. In this will he left his son William a parcel of --- land to which his wife consented, and left his step daughters Cath Radcliffe and Margaret Radcliffe a yearling apiece. He left William Brew his brother-in-law a sheep and a lamb, and “to the Heir Philip Radcliffe a steer”. He left his clothes to his brother John Lace, and also “ye crop of corn” and named him supervisor of his young son. However “Dan: Lace brother to yr testator has refused to be sworn supervisor and John Lace the other brother being a long time sick, the goods of child are therefore committed to the mother, who hath given pledge her brother John Brew…”.  “Stephen Lace’s widow has promised to put ye child’s part of goods in Land Security when he is 12 years of age….”

Alice’s children who were named as beneficiaries in her brother William’s 1768 Decree were Catherine, wife of Daniel TEARE, and Margaret, wife of Wm. KENNEEN. Her eldest daughter Catherine and her husband Daniel Teare were executors for the will of her mother Alice Lace als Radcliffe als Brew. (See Note 2)

Archdeacon Will 1744 #26, Andreas, of Alice Lace als Radcliffe als Brew, made about Easter 1743:
"KK Andrews: The last will and testament of Alice Lace alias Brew of KK Andrews made about Easter anno 1743, being of sound mind and memory at the making thereof. Imprimis, she committed her soul to God, and body to Christian burial. Item, she bequeathed to her son Philip Radcliffe twenty shillings of hers that are in his hands, together with ten shillings more which Richard Brew oweth her. Item, she left to her daughter Margret twenty shillings that Daniel Sayle owed her, with ten shillings more due to her from Charles Joughin; she also left the flax on at the Barragh equally between her said daughter Margret and her daughter Catherine, and her daughter Margret to have a sheet besides. Item, she left to her son William Lace a feather bed as she lay with its clothes, together with the thred in the house which was spun for ticking. The clothes she mentioned for the bed are these vizt., a coverlet, blanket, and canvas; she left him also seven shillings that were in the hands of Patrick Cowle, with three shillings that were in the hands of Alice Brew. She left him besides two sheep. Item, she left the two sheep she had in Ballakelley to her nephew William, and declared that whatever beasts were there, were not to be taken out. Item, she left to her grand-children in Ballacunner a sheep each. Patrick Garret, the subscribed witness, declareth that some days after the making of the above will he visited the Testator, who desired him, in the presence of the Executrix hereafter named, to remember that she left the great chest for her son William. Lastly, she nominated and appointed her daughter Catherine sole and lawful Executor of all the rest of her goods moveable and unmoveable whatsoever. To the witnesses 12 pence each, or a pottle of barley each. Witnesses: Patrick Garret, xxx Kneal.

Daniel Tear together with his wife the Executrix nominated in the within will are sworn in Court in form of Law and gave pledges for payment of debts and legacies vizt., the witnesses of the will.

The Executrix also consented to give the great chest to William pursuant to the will of the Testator.

27th June 1744: A true Inventory of the goods of Alice Lace als Brew of KK Andrews given by four sworn men, William Kneale, John Goldsmith, John Tear, & William Dougherdy, as follow: Imprimis, to half of three sheep at 2 shilling each 0 pounds 3 shillings 0 pence; Item, to 1/2 a lamb at 12 pence 0:0:6; Item, to one sheep at 2 shilling 0:2:0; Item, a rug, blanket, 2 canvasses, an old chest, a wooden dish, a chest, and earthen half piece, panmugg, a sickle, 3 spoons, a little wheel & spindle & the axle tree at 5 shillings 6 pence 0:5:6; Item, 16 yards of linen cloth at 8 pence per yard 0:10:8; Item, 7 yards of ticking cloth at 9 pence per yard 0:5:3; Item, 3 quarts of wool at 3 shillings per quart 0:9:0; Item, a blanket at 3 shillings 0:3:0; Item, a coarse canvas 16 pence, 3 petticoats, 2 shifts, and a pound of yard at 2 shilling 8 pence 0:4:0; Item, shaped linen vizt., coifs, kerchiefs & aprons at 0:6:8; subtotal 2:9:7. Due from Dan: Sayle 1:0:0; from Tho: Brew 0:10:0; from Richd. Brew 0:10:0; from Cha. Joughin 0:10:0; from Phil. Brew 0:3:0; from Patrick Cowle 0:7:0; from Bahee Quark 0:2:4. Total 5:11:11."
[Thanks to Joyce Oates for this transcript.]

Note 1 - Constance Radcliffe wrote, “In the eighteenth century, the Ballakelly Radcliffes followed each other in quick succession. John, who died in 1712 left an heir Charles, and also three young children under 14…... Charles was soon followed by his brother Philip (1705-1754, entered as owner in the Liber Vast. in 1720), who, like his father, was married twice. Philip had nine children, eight of them in his second marriage with Margaret Brew. The heir, son of the first marriage, was William and the eldest son of the second marriage was also named William a common practice in the eighteenth century and earlier which has sometimes caused difficulty to people working on their family trees. When Philip, a younger brother, died intestate in 1756, the estates of his parents who had died two years earlier had not been settled. Philip was supposed to have received £5 from his father and a black cow from his mother, and these had now to be divided, the £5 between the "brothers and sisters by the father's side" (including the half-brother William), and the cow between the brothers and sisters by the mother's side." The father Philip willed to his son and heir William, "his half of the team (viz the two bullocks that used to be on the outside)" and said to him, as reported by the witnesses "you have now they Crop and team, and you can plow & Thom can drive & work ye ground this year together. William was "to oversee his children that they should not be wrong'd by anybody." In the same year William married Alice Sayle of Ballachurry, by whom he had thirteen children, the heir being the third son Charles, as the first two sons had died in infancy….” [Journal of the Isle of Man Natural History & Antiquarian Society, vol VIII no.2.]

Note 2 - Margaret Radcliff married William Kenneen Andreas 10 December 1734. Cath Radcliff married Daniel Tear Andreas 29 July 1733, and died 25 January 1774. Her will named her granddaughter Cathrine Wade, her daughter Issabell wife of Daniel Wade, her son Daniel Tear, her granddaughter Cath Tear, daughter of Daniel, and her daughter Cath Tear was sole executrix.

3. John BREW married three times. There are descendants from two marriages: to (1) Elinor SKALY and to (3) Margaret SKILLICORN.

3. John Brew b.1684 marriage (1):

(1) Marriage Andreas parish register: to “Marriad”(sic) SKALY of Jurby 6 Feb.1706/7. Andreas Northside Sales [1714] note that a marriage contract existed between John Brew, the son of Philip Brew and Marriott Brew als Garrett, and Ellin Skaley.

John Brew and family moved from Andreas to Jurby, retaining land in Andreas which they sold in 1733 [Northside Sales]

To continue on this family line, please see Brew of Jurby.

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