The Latimers - Person Sheet
The Latimers - Person Sheet
NameBRASSEUR, Robert 
Birth Dateabt 1597
Birth PlaceFrance
Death Date4 Dec 1665 Age: 68
Death PlaceCalvert County, Maryland
FlagsImmigrant
Misc. Notes
The first known record of Robert Brasseur is the renewal of his promissory note in Warrisquicke County, Virginia, on June 1, 1636. At this date the total population of Virginia was only a few thousand. According to Troy Back, "George Washington's great-grandfather, was only four years old and the Declaration of Independence would not be signed for another one hundred and thirty-nine years. ". This implies that Robert had been here long enough to borrow money, buy land and have the note come due.
Speculative Data
Several researchers have listed that Robert was married to Elizabeth Fowke of France and others that it was Florence. He has found no evidence to support either of these marriages to this first Robert.
Robert and Benjamin Brashear are listed in the Register of Huguenot Ancestors. There are a couple of things wrong with the following registration. One is that the Isle of Thanet parish was off the coast of Kent County, England only separated by a sand spit but certainly not part of France. The family may have moved there as a first refuge from French persecution and then later traveling to Warrisquicke County, Virginia. This is on the south side of the James River rather across from Jamestown and the present-day Isle of Wight and Southampton Counties. The birth dates are also probably incorrect and doesn't fit the known facts.
Speculative Data
Several researchers have listed that Robert was married to Elizabeth Fowke of France and others that it was Florence. He has found no evidence to support either of these marriages to this first Robert.
Robert and Benjamin Brashear are listed in the Register of Huguenot Ancestors. There are a couple of things wrong with the following registration. One is that the Isle of Thanet parish was off the coast of Kent County, England only separated by a sand spit but certainly not part of France. The family may have moved there as a first refuge from French persecution and then later traveling to Warrisquicke County, Virginia. This is on the south side of the James River rather across from Jamestown and the present-day Isle of Wight and Southampton Counties. The birth dates are also probably incorrect and doesn't fit the known facts.