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ley marched, instead, at^ainst his general. His troops, however, would not follow him and disbanded. He married a daughter of George Brent and Marianna Peyton, died in Middlesex county, Sept. 2, 1679.

Brent. Margaret, daughter of Richard Brent, Esq., of Gloucestershire, England, came to Maryland in 1638. (it)v. Leonard C alvert relied greatly upon her, and made licr his attorney and at his death in 1648 his administratrix ; keenly alive to her rights, she claimed the right to vote in the assem- bly '"for herself and also as his Lordship's attorney." Some years later she went with her sister Mary to "Peace," her brother Col. Giles Brent's estate in ^^'estmoreland county (now Stafford) X'irginia. She made her will in 1663.

Brent, William, of -Richland" Staft'ord county, was son of Giles Brent of Stafford and grandson of Col. Giles Brent, first of Maryland and then of X'irginia. In 1708 he went to I-".ngland to recover an inheritance, arid married May 12, 1709, Sarah Gibbons of Box parish, Middlesex county, England, daughter of William Gibbons and sister of Sir John (iibljons, M. P., for Middlesex. William Brent died in England Dec. zCt, 1709. His widow married (secondl)) in Virginia, Rev. Alexander Scott of Oer- wharton parish. Staff'ord count}-. William and Sarah Brent had one child. William I'rent of "' Richland."

Brereton, Thomas, was clerk of the coun- cil in \i, one f)f the justices of Xorthum- birland c(junty and lieutenant-colonel; he married Jane Claiborne, daughter of Colo- r.el \\'illiam Claiborne, and died about 1688, leaving issue. The records refer to his

ring, with his coat-of-arms upon it ; and he appears to have come from the county of Chester, as m 1736 Thomas Brereton, of Shot wick Park, Chester, who seems to ht!\e been a descendant, made a deed for land in Xorthumberland count}-, \'irginia.

Brewer, John, son of John Brewer, Esq., of the council of state, was a member of the house of burgesses for Isle of Wight county in 1657-58. The name has continued in Xansemond to the })resent day.

Brewster, Edward, son of William Brew- ster, who is supposed to have been the same as the Pilgrim Leather, was a member of the \"irginia Company of London in 1609, and came to Mrginia with Lord Delaware in 1610, when the latter arrived at Point Com- fort, he dispatched Brewster in command of the pinnace I'irginia to Jamestown, June 8, 1610; he met the settlers at Mulberry Island on their way to England and turned ihem back. He performed a useful part against the Indians, and in 1618 had charge of Lord Delaware's estate in Mrginia. Hav- itjg com])lained of Gov. Samuel Argall's unlawful use of Lord Delaware's servants : he was arrested and sentenced to death. On petition, however, of the ministers of the colon}- his life was sjjared and he was ban- islied. The company in London set the (•rder aside, lie remained in London and ir, 1633 he and Henry Seile were booksellers near the nortli door of St. Paul's Cathedral.

Brewster, Richard, was living in \'irginia before 1624, and in 1629 was a burgess for Xeck of Land in James City corporation.

Brewster (Brewer), Thomas, "alias Sack- fcrd, of Sackfcrd Hall in the county of Suf- folk, gent.." was married to Elizabeth Wat-