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Possible Brewsaugh Origin

 

 

My family has always thought/assumed/heard that the Brewsaugh name originated in France.  Corresponding with other Brewsaugh genealogists revealed a story which may or may not be true, although I have heard it from at least two unrelated sources.  The tale is as follows: 

 

During the French Revolution, the family was one of many who went against Louis XVI.  Failing to carry out their mission, they escaped capture and death by heading to America.  The king then sent men to America to find the family, who created a new French name – Breusaux or Breauseaux – to escape detection. I’m also told that no records of any Brewsaugh in the U.S. are dated before 1793, which fits the above scenario.  Whether or not the Brewsaughs were really sought by the king, however, I figure a bloody revolution seems a likely occurrence to send a family fleeing across an ocean : )

 

Recently, an additional theory about the origins of the Brewsaugh family the U.S. has come from one Brewsaugh researcher.  To touch on it briefly, the earliest known Brewsaugh in our line, Charles Brusaw may have been Acadian, from Nova Scotia, with the original name being Broussard.  These Broussards battled the English and were eventually pushed off their land and deported to various locations before eventually reuniting in Louisiana around 1765.  Incidentally, Charles is a name frequently used by the Broussards. 

 

Charles Brusaw resided in Bourbon County, Kentucky, then later in Harrison County, Kentucky.  The name has gone through several spellings and I have followed the spelling choices of each particular person. 

 

 

The Charles and Margaret Brusaugh Family of Harrison County, Kentucky

 

1 – Charles BRUSAW / Brusaugh – b-before 1765

                                                                  d-abt 1821, Harrison County, KY 

  s - Margaret “Peggy” (surname unknown) – b-abt 1765

                                                                                 d-1842, Harrison County, KY

                2 – unknown daughter – b-bet 1784-1794

                2 – unknown daughter – b-bet 1784-1794

                2 – John Brusaugh – b-abt 1798, Bourbon County, KY

                                                  m – August 18, 1821, Harrison County, KY

                                                  2nd m – February 24, 1828, Harrison County, KY

                  s – Sarah “Sally McClure – b-abt 1800

                                                              d-bef 1828

                                3 – Alexander Brusaw – b-abt 1820

                                                                       m-1839

                                                                       d-1842

                     s – Mary Smallhafer – b-abt 1820, Germany

                                                4 – John Brusaw – b-1840

                                                                               d-1907     

                                3 – Mary Brusaw – b-abt 1822

                                                               m-March 13, 1845, Nicholas County, KY

                                  s – Shelby Bailey

                                                4 – Elizabeth Bailey

                  s – Barbara Wolf – b-abt 1798, Tennessee

                                3 – Burton Brusaw – b-abt 1828

                                                 m - March 15, 1857, Harrison County, KY

                                                                 2nd m – March 19, 1864, Harrison County, KY

                                                                 d-1890

                                  s – Cassandra Switzer

                                                4 – Sarah Brusaw

  2nd – Sarah E. Winkle

                                                4 – Matilda Brusaw

                                                4 – Sallie Brusaw

                                                4 – Richard Brusaw

                                                4 – Pollie Brusaw

                                                4 – Mary Brusaw

                                                4 – Martha Brusaw

                                3 – George Lewis “Lewis” Brusaw – b-1829

                                                                                          d-abt 1880, Rutland, Harrison County, KY

                                  s – Sarah F. Ryan

                                                4 – Jane Brusaw

                                                4 – Charlotte Brusaw – b-1856

                                                4 – Martha Brusaw – b-1858

                                                4 – Lafayette Brusaw – b-November 9, 1862

                                                                                      d-June 13, 1949

                                3 – William T. Brusaw – b-abt 1832

                                  s – Rachel H. Debrulen – b-abt 1834

                                                4 – Buena Vista Brusaw (daughter)

                                                4 – Elijah Brusaw – d-bef 1870

                                    4 – Catharine Brusaw

                                                4 – John Brusaw

                                                4 – Jane Brusaw

                                                4 – William Brusaw

                                                4 – Lucinda E. Brusaw – b-abt 1853

                                                4 – Nancy E. Brusaw – b-abt 1854

                                                4 – Edward Brusaw – b-1860

                                3 – Samuel Bill Brusaw – b-abt 1833

                2 – Richard B. Brusaugh – b-1801, Bourbon County, KY

                  s – Elizabeth (surname unknown) – b-1805

2 – Margaret Brusaugh – b-abt 1805, Bourbon County, KY

                                                        m-January 26, 1836, Harrison County, KY

  s – Benjamin Wolf

                                3 – Lewis William Wolf – b-1837

                                3 – Richard Wolf – b-1838

                                3 – Mahala Wolf – b-1839

                                3 – Nancy Wolf – b-1845

                2 – James Brusaugh – b-abt 1807, Bourbon County, KY

                                                    m–September 1834 

                  s – Mildred Bryan – b-abt 1814, Bourbon County, KY

                                3 – Jesse Brusaugh – b-September 5, 1837

                                  s – Margaret Meyers

                                                4 – Rebecca Ann Brusaw – b-October 16, 1869

                                                                                             d-May 3, 1943

                                    4 – Sally Brusaw

                                                4 – Nim Brusaw (son)

                                                4 – Alfred Brusaw

                                3 – Rachel M. Brusaugh – b-1840/41

                                  s – Alfred Dean

                                3 – Emily J. Brusaugh – b-1840/41

                                  s – Edward Shadd                

                2 – Burton Brusaw – b-1812, Bourbon County, KY

                                                          m-April 21, 1834, Harrison County, KY

                                                           d-after 1880, Harrison County, KY

                  s – Elizabeth Ann Ashbrook – b-abt 1812, Kentucky

                                                                               d-after 1880, Harrison County, KY

                                3 – Sally M. Brusaw – b-abt 1836

                                  s – James William Lockheart

                                3 – Agness Brusaw – b-1842 , Harrison County, KY

                                                                  m-March 31, 1862, Harrison County, KY

                                                                   d – abt 1878

                                  s – Isaac Newton Munson – b-1834, Bourbon County, KY

                                                                               d-September 27, 1919, Harrison County, KY

                                                4 – Sallie Lee Munson – b-February 5, 1869

                                3 – Mary E. Brusaw – b-1842

                                                   m-1864   

                                  s – J.B. Bryant

                                3 – Richard Bert Brusaw – b-1845

                                                                           m-April 10, 1865, Harrison County, KY

                                  s – Mary Eliza Bryant

                                                4 – Ellimus Brusaw – b-abt 1865

                                                4 – Atwell Brewsaugh – b-December 1869

                                                                                       d-1880

                                                4 – Mattie Brusaw – b-September 1872

                                                4 – Goldie Brusaw – b-September 1884                                   

                                3 – Susan Brusaw – b-1847

                                                                 m-1875

                                  s – Samuel Smith

                                3 – Burton Brusaw – b-1849

                                                                 m-October 12, 1870, Harrison County, KY

                                                                 d-Decmber 24, 1919

                                  s – Sally E. Lawinson – b-abt 1850

                                                                        d-before 1900

                                                4 – Maggie Brusaw – b-1871 

                                                4 – Lena Brusaw

                                3 – Malisa Brusaw – b-1851

                                                                 m-August 29, 1870, Harrison County, KY

                                  s – John F. Wigglesworth

                                3 – Nancy Brusaw – b-1853

                                                                 m-1878

                                  s – Jerome Shadd 

                                                4 – Minnie Shadd

                                3 – James Brusaw – b-June 1852

                                                 m-May 26, 1874, Harrison County, KY

                                                                  d-1920

                                  s – Athe Anne Casey – b-December 1853

                                                4 – Jerome Brusaw – b-abt 1874

                                                4 – Ludie? Brusaw (son)

                                                4 – William B. Brusaw – b-August 13, 1876

                                                                                       d-1935

                                                  s – Edith Ashby

                                                4 – Pearl Brusaw – b-1880

                                                  s – John N. Woods

                                                                5 – Anna May Woods             

                                                                5 – Chester Woods

                                                                5 – Earl Woods (adopted by Mollie Brewsaugh Peak)

                                                4 – Emma Brusaw

                                3 – John T. Brusaw – b-June 1855

                                                                         m-December 1875

                                                                         d-1916

                                  s – Sophia A. Million – b-March 1858

                                                                               d-1921     

                                (SEE CHILDREN IN THE JOHN T BREWSAUGH FAMILY SECTION)

                                3 – Charles Brusaw – b-1857

                                                                  m-June 13, 1877

                                  s – Sallie/Sarah Kasey         

                                                4 – Arthur Brusaw – b-September 1, 1877

                                                4 – Walker Brusaw – b-December 9, 1879

                                                                                  d-December 7, 1933

                                                  s – Florence Schultz

                                                4 – Mollie Brewsaugh

                                          s – Raymond Peak

                                                4 – Thomas Brusaw – d-1946

                                                  s – Jennie Mae Jones           

                                  2nd s – Mary Jane Boone

           

                                                                                                                              


Notes on Charles and Margaret Brusaugh’s family: 

 

Charles Brusaugh first appeared in 1804 as Charles Bruzaw on a Bourbon County, Kentucky tax list.  There was also a Charles Brazaw on the 1793 Bourbon County tax list which is likely the same person.  It is believed by Brewsaugh researchers that Charles’ original surname was probably Brousseau, Bourrassa, or Broussard.  Charles moved his family to Harrison County, Kentucky sometime in around 1821, as they appear on the 1821 tax list.  It is believed he died soon after as Peggy appears on the 1822 tax list without him.

 

In May 1841, Margaret appeared before the court in Harrison County to show cause why Rachel and Emily, infant daughters of her son James, should not be bound out.  In 1842, James appeared before the court for the same purpose.  In 1847, James appeared before the court to show cause why his son Jesse should not be bound out, however, the court ruled that Jesse would be bound as an apprentice to Adam Juett until he turned 21 years of age.  It appears that James’ wife Mildred may have deserted him. 

 

Charles and Margaret may have had an additional daughter named Mildred.  What is known is that Mildred had five children by William Eskridge:  George, Frances, Rebecca, William, and Salinda.  These children sometimes used the name Brusaw, other times Eskridge.  However, instead of being a daughter to Charles and Margaret, this might have been Mildred Bryan Brusaw, who married James and appeared to desert him and their children.  For now, I’m leaning that way and not listing her as one of Charles’ children.

 

Margaret’s will, written on October 6, 1842 and probated November 16, 1842 made the following provisions:  “To Richard B. – my 25 acres, to James - $1, to Burton $1, to Margaret $1.”

 

Richard and his wife Elizabeth could not read or write, and around 1850 they resided with brother Burton and his family as farm hands.  Burton resided in Cynthiana and in 1860; his real estate was valued at $85 and his personal value at $16.

 

Daughter Margaret’s maiden name on her marriage certificate appeared as “Bressou.”

 

John’s son, Alexander Brusaw, was a tanner by trade.  He drowned.

 

One sources shows a different marriage for Burton’s daughter Mary, to Jacob M. Evans, on January 7, 1869.  It is possible she had two marriages, but I don’t have anything to back this up.

 

There is a discrepancy in Burton Brusaw, Jr.’s wife, Sally’s maiden name.  One source says Lawinson, another Lemmon.

 

 

 

 

 

The Ashbrook Family of Harrison and Bourbon Counties, Kentucky

 

1 – John Ashbrook – b-before 1680, Ireland or England

                                          d-abt 1729, Gloucester County, NJ

  s – Mary (surname unknown)

                2 – Aaron Ashbrook – d-1751, Frederick County, VA

                  s – Hannah Cooke

                                3 – John Ashbrook – d-abt 1776

                                3 – Thomas Ashbrook

                                3 – James Ashbrook

                                  s – Lucy Pentecost

                                3 – Moses Ashbrook

                                3 – Aaron Ashbrook – d-1810

                                  s - unknown

                                                4 – Thomas Ashbrook – b-1758, Hampshire County, VA

                                                                                                d-1848, Owen County, IN

                                                  s – Agnes (surname unknown)

                                                                5 – Andrew Ashbrook

                                                                  s – unknown

                                                                                6 – Thomas Ashbrook

                                                                                6 – George Ashbrook

                                                                                6 – Andrew Ashbrook                                                                             

                                                                                6 – Polly Susan Ashbrook

                                                                                6 – Elizabeth Ashbrook – m-January 6, 1825

                                                                                  s – James Kennady

                                                5 – Aaron Ashbrook – b-1790, Bourbon County, KY

                                                                                                             m-September 25, 1810

 2nd m-April 3, 1828

                                                                                                             d-1853                                                                       

                                                                  s – Sally Monson

                                                                                6 – Monson Ashbrook – b-1811, Harrison County, KY

                                                                                  s – Nancy Baker Whaley – b-1816

                                                                                                7 – Benjamin Ashbrook – b-1838

                                                                                                                8 – Claude Ashbrook

                                                                                                                8 – Stanley Ashbrook

                                                                                                                8 – H. Raymond Ashbrook

                                                                                                7 – John Thomas Ashbrook

                                                                                                                8 – Nellie Ashbrook

                                                                                                                  s – Edwin Harlow Shedd

                                                                                                                                9 – Susan Gray Shedd

                                                                                                7 – Lewis Ashbrook

                                                                                                7 – Hub Ashbrook

                                                                                6 – Elizabeth Ann Ashbrook – b-1812, Kentucky

                                                                                                                                            m-April 21, 1834, Harrison County, KY

                                                                                                                                             d-after 1880, Harrison County, KY

                                                                                  s – Burton Brusaw – b-1812, Harrison County, KY

                                                                                                                             d-after 1880, Harrison County, KY

                                                                                (SEE CHILDREN IN CHARLES BRUSAUGH FAMILY SECTION)

                                                      6 – Thomas Ashbrook – b-February 25, 1821

                                                                                                                       m-April 20, 1852

                                                                                                                       d-abt 1889, Bourbon County, KY

                                                                                  s – Millicent Piper

                                                                                                7 – Sarah Ashbrook

                                                                                                  s – Benjamin F. Hopkins

                                                                                                7 – John Landen Ashbrook – b-Harrison County, KY

                                                                                                                                              m-February 7, 1884

                                                                                                                                               d-1895

                                                                                                  s – Rachel Mansfield

                                                                                                                8 – John Landen Ashbrook, Jr.

                                                                                                                  s – Angeline Yent

9 – Dorothy Ann Ashbrook                                                                                                                                                                      9 – Betty Ray Ashbrook

                                                                                                                8 – Sadie Ashbrook

                                                                                                                  s – Frank P. Kiser

                                                                                                                8 – Ollie Ashbrook (daughter)

                                                                                                                  s – L.I. Smith

                                                                                                                                9 – Alma Lee Smith

                                                                                                                                  s – C.E. Holmes

                                                                                                                                9 – Marion Del Smith

                                                                                                                8 – Mary Ashbrook

                                                                     s – C.C. Strong

                                                                                                                                9 – Charles Cyprian Strong

                                                                                                                                9 – Florence Jewel Strong

                                                                                6 – Andrew Ashbrook

                                                                  2nd s – Rachel Scott

                                                                                6 – Hiram Ashbrook

                                                4 – Felix Grundy Ashbrook – b-1768, Hampshire County, VA

                                                                                              d-1843, Harrison County, KY

                                                  s – Elizabeth Todd – b-1768

                                                                                    d-1843, Harrison County, KY

                                                                5 – Aaron Ashbrook – b-1794

                                                                                                   m-April 30, 1817

                                                                                                   d-September 28, 1855

                                                  s – Sara Stewart Veach – b-February 5, 1796

                                                                                                            d-November 16, 1851

                                                                                6 – Jane Ashbrook

                                                                                6 – Cassandra Ashbrook

                                                                                6 – Martha Ann Ashbrook

                                                                6 – Felix Grundy Ashbrook

                                                                                6 – Elizabeth Ashbrook

                                                                                6 – Thomas Veach Ashbrook

                                                                                6 – Samuel Jackson Ashbrook

                                                5 – Cassandra Ashbrook – b-March 20, 1797       

                                                                                                           m-February 13, 1816

                                                                                                            d-May 7, 1876

                                                                  s – Joseph Veach – b-March 27, 1794

                                                                          d-June 5, 1849

                                                                6 – Elizabeth Veach – b-May 5, 1818

                                                                                                                   d-December 1851

                                                                                  s – Robert Rankin

                                4 – Aaron Ashbrook – d-May 24, 1777

                                                4 – Hannah Ashbrook            

                                                4 – Rachel Ashbrook

                                4 – Elizabeth Ashbrook

                                                  s – (first name unknown)  Wells                                             

                                                                5 – Elizabeth Wells

                                                                5 – Felix Wells

                                                5 – Aaron Wells

                                                4 – Mary Ashbrook

                                3 – Levi Ashbrook – d-1808

                                3 – daughter (unknown)

                2 – John Ashbrook – m-1732

  2nd m-1736

                                                  d-1748

                  s – Hester Hamilton

                  2nd s – Mary Elwell

                                3 – Susannah Ashbrook

                                3 – Thomas Ashbrook – m-1779

                                  s – Ann Gibson

                                                4 – Joseph Ashbook – b-1784

                2 – James Ashbrook

                2 – Elizabeth Ashbrook

 

 

The Ward Connection

 

1 – Samuel Ward – d-1731, St. John’s Parrish, Baltimore County, MD

                2 – Mary Ann Ward

                2 – Hannah Ward

                  s – (first name unknown) Cooke

                                3 – Hannah Cooke

                                  s – AARON ASHBROOK – b-1751, Frederick County, VA

                2 – Rosanna Ward

                  s – (first name unknown) Pearce

 

 

The Monson Connection

 

1 – Reverend Isaac Monson

  s – Nancy Webb

                2 – Sally Monson – m-September 25, 1810

  s - Aaron Ashbrook – b-1790, Bourbon County, KY

                                                              d-1853

Notes on the Ashbrook family: 

 

1st generation:

John Ashbrook arrived in the U.S. on December 9, 1682 on the Antelope of Belfast, sailing from Ireland.  He settled in Deptford Precinct, Gloucester County, New Jersey, where he was a planter, member of the Provincial Legislature, and high sheriff of Gloucester County.  Although he sailed from Ireland, one family history indicates the Ashbrooks came from Dunham, England and that there is still an ancestral estate there owned and occupied by Ashbrook descendants.

 

2nd generation:

John’s son, Aaron migrated with several Scotch-Irish families from New Jersey to Virginia (present day Hampshire County, West Virginia) in about 1743.

 

3rd generation:

Aaron’s son John was killed when thrown from a horse.

 

Aaron’s son Thomas immigrated to Washington County, Pennyslvania, had two sons, and was killed by Indians.

 

Aaron’s son James immigrated to Washington County, Pennsylvania and was a noted lawyer.

 

Aaron’s son Aaron was granted a 400 acre plantation originally willed from his father to his brother, John, after John was killed.  In 1786, he moved his family to Redstone Old Fort, Pennsylvania, and in 1788 to Bourbon County, Kentucky, where he purchased a tract of land on Huston’s Fork, a branch of the Licking River.

 

Aaron’s son Moses moved to Tennessee.

 

Aaron’s son Levi served during the American Revolution in Hampshire County, Virginia and was a Baptist preacher.  He is buried near Romney on what is still know as the Ashbrook plains.

 

4th generation:

Aaron Ashbrook was killed in the Revolutionary War; his date of enlistment was January 23, 1777.

 

Thomas Ashbrook served in the Revolutionary war for one year in 1781 - 82, and was at the battle of Yorktown.  IN 1786, he moved to Redstone Old Fort, Pennsylvania.  In 1788, he moved to Bourbon County, Kentucky.  In 1803, he moved to Harrison County, Kentucky.  In 1821, he moved to Nicholas County, Kentucky.  In 1824, he moved to Old Chilecothe, Ohio.  And in 1848, he moved to Owen County, Washington Township, Indiana, where he died.

 

5th/6th generation:

Aaron Ashbrook and Sally Monson had several more daughters, but there is no information on them.  It is also known Aaron had several more children with Rachel Scott.

 

Felix Grundy Ashbrook took his family from Bourbon County to Harrison County in 1804, and live on a farm on Indian Creek until 1821 when they moved to a farm on Mill Creek near Cynthiana.  Felix’s children, Aaron and Cassandra married brother and sister.

 

 

 

 

The Million/Hinson Family of Harrison County, Kentucky

 

1 – George Hinson – b-abt 1748

                                         m-September 17, 1771, Fauquier County, VA

                                         d-1810

  s – Susanna “Sucky” Settle – d-1824                      

                2 – Robert Henson

                2 – Benjamin Henson

                2 – Elizabeth Henson

                  s – William Cole

                2 – Catherine Hinson – b-abt 1774, Fauquier County, VA

                                                     m-July 11, 1794, Fauquier County, VA

                  s – John Blackwell

                2 – George Henson, Jr. – b-1776, Fauquier County, VA

                                                         m-October 8, 1810, Harrison County, KY

                                                         d-1843

                  s – Jane “Jinny” Williams

                2 – Winifred Henson – m-August 8, 1798, Harrison County, KY

                  s – Robert Russell

                2 – Joanna Henson – b-1781

                                                   m-June 22, 1807, Harrison County, KY

                                                   d-May 19, 1859, Harrison County, KY

                  s – John W. Edwards

                2 – Sarah Henson – b-abt 1783

                                                m-April 16, 1801, Harrison County

                  S – David Hufford                                 

                2 – Judith Hinson – b-March 28, 1790, Fauquier County, VA

                                                     m-November 23, 1807, Harrison County, KY

                                                      d-May 23, 1846, Harrison County, KY