The Brew family were an English family that arrived in Ireland in around 1628. There are several different Brew families, that probably have a common connection.  Below are 2 Brew families and information is mostly taken from third party research carried out on the family and in part, directly from the family: 

• Branch 1 - Richard Brew B. 1700s of Ennis and Clonkerry, Labasheeda, Co. Clare, descendants of Richmond House, Corofin, Co. Clare, Applevale, Corofin, Leadmore House, Clonderlaw, Co. Clare 

• Branch 2 - Francis Brew B. 1680 of Kilferagh, Newtown & Clarefield, Kilrush, Co. Clare 

First Brew Branch Family 

1 Richard Brew of Ennis, Brewer, married Ellin Chartres, daughter of John Chartres of Clonderalaw. Children:  

i Richard Brew - of Tullycrine [Tullycreen], and afterwards of Richmond House, Corofin. Died 18.05.1818 (aged 59/69). 

Married (First) Alice Adams (1769 - 1789), daughter of Charles Adams of Killaloe, on the 27.05.1768. Children: 

Rebecca Brew (1787 - 1871) married William Greene, Solicitor, Ennis, son of Henry Green and Ann Adams (g/daughter of Bindon Blood, Ennis) on the 02.10.1808, Corofin, Co. Clare.  of Ennis, in Corofin Parish Church on 2 October 1808. No Children. 

Susanna Brew (1790 - 1863). Not married. 

Married (Second) Ellen Brady (1774 - 1824), daughter of Hugh Brady, in 1792. Children: 

Richard Brew (Rev.) (1793 - 1851) Rector of Tulla. Married Maria Parkinson, daughter of Robert Parkinson and Elizabeth Butler (See Parkinson Family) of Broomhill, Kilrush on the 03.05.1832.  Children: 

Richard Brew

Robert John Brew

Hugh Brady Brew 

Arthur Brew  

Hugh Brady Brew - married Susan Concanon. Died in India. 

Arthur Brew - Not married. Died 26.07.1836. 

Ellen Adams Brew - married Dr. Morgan Finucane of Ennistymon in June 1816. Died. 1836. Children:

Charles Finucane 

Ellen Finucane

Eliza Finucane 

Eliza Brew - Married Rev. Hugh Brady Hulcatt J.P. (1st Cousin). Died 22.11.1857.  

Catherine Brew - Not married. Died Tulla, 1881. 

Alice Brew - Not married. Died 11.12.1892, Tulla.  

Mary Brady Brew - married Dr. John B McKiram [?], Medical Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum at Ballinasloe, in December 1846.

ii Arthur Brew - (Clergy Minister). Married the daughter of Ormsby. Children: 

John Ormsby Brew, baptised in Kilrush, Co. Clare. 

iii Susanna Brew - married Thomas Pilkington of Lower Killaloe in 1775. 

2 Tomkins Brew of Dunmore Co. Clare.  Married Jane Chartres (D. 1802), daughter of John Chartres of Clonderalaw, Co. Clare. Children: Possibly the following. 

i Chartres Brew born 1756 of Prospect, Kilmurray, Co. Clare and later of Applevale, Corofin. Married Rebecca Adams (1764 - 1802), daughter of William Adams and Anne (nee Blood), in Killaloe on the 07.02.1782.  Children:

Tomkins Brew of Applevale, (1783 - 1843). Magistrate. Married Jane Smith, daughter of William Smith (or Smyth) of Co. Limerick, on 29.09.1813. Children:  

Charters Brew (B. 1815)

William Brew

Charles Adam Brew

Tomkins Brew 

Richard Brew Rebecca Brew

Charlotte Brew

Alice Brew

Jane Brew 

Mary Anne Brew 

Charles Brew - (1784 - 1852). Ennis. Not married.  

William Adams Brew - (1785 - died in infancy) 

Alice Brew - (1786 - 1847) Married Patrick Malony J.P. of Cragg at Corofin Church on 02.10.1808. October 1808. Children: unknown. 

Jane Brew - (1788 - 1854). Married Michael Greene of Ennis, son of Henry Greene and Anne (daughter of William Adams of Killaloe), on 04.11.1817.  Children: Unknown. 

Anne Brew - (1790 - 1809) Died at Applevale in 1809. Not married. 

William Adams Brew - (1792 - 1878). Heir to his granduncle William Adams of Willbrook, Corofin. Married Lucy, widow of Walter Lysaght, and daughter of George Stackpoole of Cragbruin. Children:  

William Andrew Brew 

William Stackpoole Brew

Lucy Jane Brew

Charles Brew

Ellinor Brew - (1796 - 1886) Not married. Ennis.. 

Richard George Brew - (1800 - 1844). Sub-Inspector of Police at Mountrath. Married Barbara Jane Lysaght, daughter of Christopher Lysaght of Woodmount, Ennistymon (High Sherrif of Co. Clare in 1803) and Jane, on the 15.11.1838. Children: four children.  

Chartres Brew - (1802 - 1834) Ennis. 

3 John Brew - proposed marriage to Elizabeth Janns. Children:  

i Richard Brew - of Clonkerry, Labasheeba, Co. Clare. Officer in the Yeomanry, who, when the Corps was dissolved, was presented with a silver cup by his brother officers. He died in 1827. Married Francis Maria Chartres, (B. 1767) daughter of John Chartres of Clonderlaw, of the City of Limerick on the 10.05.1786. Children: 

John Brew - died unmarried on 2 May 1818 

Francis Brew - died unmarried on 2 May 1820 

Richard Chartres Brew - Ensign in the Royal York Rangers. Died 1815. Not married.

Susanna Brew - married Thomas Phillips Vokes of Kilcolman, County Limerick, in Kilmurry, Co. Clare, on 12.08.1806. Susanna died January 1807 [See Vokes Family]

Jane Brew - married Anselm Evans Taylor of Woodcliff, Co. Limerick, in Ennis in September 1817 

Mary Anne Brew - married Francis Cox of Clarefield 

Eliza Brew - married Thomas Lloyd of Millview, Co. Cork, in Kilmurry Church on 6 November 1827. She inherited Clonkerry under the will of her father Richard Brew. 

Frances Brew - Not married. 

2nd Brew Family Branch 

Brew family of Kilferagh, Newtown and Clarfield, Kilrush.

1 Francis Brew (1680 - 1760) Married Miss O'Donnell. Children: 

i Francis Brew (1715 - 1790) married Susanna Burton, possibly the daughter Burton family of Ennis & Carrigaholt Castle/Manor. Children: 

James Brew, born 1740

Burton Brew (1754 - 1800), of Newtown House, married Elizabeth Cox (1754 - 1834), daughter of Captain Joseph L. Cox of Mount Pleasant House, Clarefield.  Burton and Elizabeth had nine children born between 1785 and 1800.  Elizabeth Cox Brew, died in 1834, aged 80 years. Burton and Elizabeth had the following children: 

i Francis Brew, b. 1785 - Francis who inherited Newtown House went on to marry three times. On 26th of January 1813 he married Marianne Johnstown of Kilrush and had two children: 

Burton Brew 

Elizabeth Brew 

On 10th of February 1825, Francis Brew married Sarah Brew of Carnanes, Kilrush and had five children:

Francis Brew 

Anne Brew

Eliza Brew

Thomas Brew

Burton Brew

In 1834, Francis married Ellen, surname unknown and had four children: 

John Brew 

James Brew

James Brew

Katherine Brew

ii Katherine Brew - married Michael Enright 

iii James Brew, b. 1787

iv Jonathon Brew, b. 1789 d. 1845 - Jonathon married Abigail Pilkington (b. 1796 d. 1843), daughter of the William Pilkington and his wife Jane O'Donnell [See Pilkington Family Page]. Jonathon and Abigail Brew Pilkington had the following children:

Jane Brew - born 1816 and died in 1835 aged 18

Eliza Brew - born 1818 and died in 1837 aged 19

William Brew - born 1820 and died before 1828

Burton Brew (V) - born 1821. He married Jane Brew (1st cousin), daughter of Burton and Anne Brew, in 1846.  Burton died in 1848 aged 26. No Children. 

Katherine Brew - born 1822

Susanna Brew - born 1826

William Brew - born 1828 

Anne Brew - Born 1830 married Conor Griffin of Tullaroe on the 27th of January 1851 and had the following children:

Jane Griffin

Margaret Griffin - born 23 April 1865

Francis Griffin - born 10 May 1867

Abigail Griffin - born 02 January 1869

Annie Griffin - born 01 July 1870

Margaret Brew - born 1832

Francis Brew - born 1834

Jonathon Brew - born 1837

Richard Brew - born 1838

Abigail Brew 

v Jane Brew, b. 1791 - married John O'Donnell

vi George Brew, b 1794

vii Susanna Brew, b. 1795 - married John Studdert, of Danganella House, in January 1823. 

viii Burton Brew, b. 1798 d. 1868 - Burton Brew married Anne Pilkington (b. 1800 - d. 1888), daughter of the William Pilkington and his wife Jane O'Donnell in 1823 [See Pilkington Family Page]. Burton and Anne had the following children:

Elizabeth (Eliza) Brew - born 22nd August 1824.  Eliza married Francis Brew (B. 1826), son of Francis Brew of Newtown East and Sarah Brew of Carnanes, Kilrush on the 24th of February 1847.  Eliza and Francis had the following children: 

Burton Brew - born abt 1860 - died 1908. No marriage. 

Anne Brew - born   bef 1859 married William Scales (B. 1838 D. 1937) on the 15 of June 1880. Children:

Frank Scales, Mary Scales - 1883 - 1972 (m. Mr. Hogg), William Scales, George Patrick Scales, Annie Elizabeth Scales, Richard Scales, Jonathon Scales, Patrick Scales, Frances Sarah Scales. 

Michael Brew - born 1864

Sarah Brew - born 1865, married William O'Donnell of Tullaroe. 

Frank Brew - married Bridget ? of Carnacalla, Kilrush. 

Jonathan Brew

Dick Brew

Jennifer Brew 

Jane Brew (V) - born 23 Oct 1825.  Jane married Burton Brew, son of Jonathon and Abigail Brew.  Burton died in 1848 aged 26. No children.  Jane marries again on the 29th of November 1853 to Eyre Heaphy from Elm Park, Clarina.  Jane Brew Heaphy died on the 26th of February 1904 at Newtown West. Eyre and Jane Heaphy had the following children: 

Elizabeth Heaphy (1858 - 1930), married William Henry Parkinson, Kilrush, Clare. 

Burton Heaphy (1859 - 1947), married Johanna Harvey & Anne Lynch, Clare. 

Samuel Heaphy (1861 - 1883), no marriage. 

Frances Jane Heaphy (1864 - 1887), no marriage. 

Catherine Heaphy (1868 - 1894), no marriage. 

George Heaphy (1869 - 1869), died in infancy. 

Abigale Heaphy (1869 - 1900), married William Young, Kilfinnane, Limerick. [See Heaphy Family Page]

Burton Brew - born 27 March 1827 - died at a young age. 

Abigail Brew - born 17 August 1828. 

Catherine Brew - born 17 November 1833. Catherine married Richard Smith, born 14 Dec 1823, Kilkeedy and died 25 May 1890, Briska, Kilkeedy. Catherine and Richard married on the 31 July 1853, Briska, Kilkeedy. Their children were:

Anne Smith (b. 1854), married Edwin Smyth, born 1842/43, with children: 

Annie Smyth, Kathleen May Smyth, Mary Jane Smyth, Margaret Smyth, James Smyth, Richard Smyth, Terea besse Smyth, Ida Grace Smyth. 

Margaret Smith (b. 1855)

George Smith (1857 - 1929), Briska, Clarina, Limerick. 

Burton Smith (1859 - 1937), married Elizabeth Keays. Children:

Mary Smith, Catherine Margaret Smith, Maude Smith, Richard Smith

Abigail Smith (b. 05 December 1866)

William Smith (b. 24 January 1868)

Susan Smith (1870 - 1938)

Richard Smith (b. 1872)

Joseph Smith (b. 1873)

Rebecca Smith (b. 1873) 

Mary Smith (b. 1877)

Anne Brew (V) - born 1828 - married Henry Daxon, whose daughter, Susanna Daxon, married William Brew, Miltown Malbay.  The marriage between Susanna and William linked the Brew family with the Blackwell family who lived at Termon House, after the Pilkingtons.  

ix Thomas Brew, b. 1800

Susanna Brew - married Cox, son of Captain Joseph L Cox Esq of Mount Pleasant, Clarefield.

Isabella Brew - married Cox, son of Captain Joseph L Cox Esq of Mount Pleasant, Clarefield.

ii Elizabeth Brew (1724 - 1789) married John Trousdell

iii Richard Brew (1720 - 1799)

iv Arthur Brew (1720 - 1799) married Ann Lucas 

v Alice Brew, born 1720

vi James Brew (1718 - 1777)

vi Susanna Brew (1717 - 1792) Married Simon O'Donnell (D. 1812) and had the following children:

Arthur O'Donnell, (1745 - 1825)

John O'Donnell, born 1756

Tomkins O'Donnell, (1765 - 1830)

There was also a Jonathon Brew of Trelig, who married, Ann Williams in 1778, daughter of John Williams of Clarefield.  Jonathon and Ann Brew had 3 daughters (Sarah, Agnes & Catherine) and had 2 sons.  This Jonathon is currently not connected, however it is probable that he is a brother to Francis and James Brew.

It is still unclear of the connection of this family branch to Richard Brew (above). 

The Brew family name had been in Newtown, Kilrush for over 260 years. 

Brew family of Carnanes, Kilrush. 

There was an unknown Brew, born around the 1720s, who married a member of the Scales family. They had two known children:

Jane and William

A Jane Brew married Anthony Burke in 1872. 

B William Brew (1762 - 1828) married Rachel Pilkington in 1788 and lived at Carnanes, Kilrush.  William and Rachel Pilkington Brew had the following children:

Catherine, Sarah, Rachel, Michael and James 

Catherine Brew (1790 - 1872) married Thomas Studdert of Dangnelly House.  Their daughter, Elizabeth Studdert (1814 - 1880) married William Brew (1808 - 1885) of Leadmore House, Kilrush in the mid 1830s. Three of their children were:

William Jonas Brew (1834 - 1905) married Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of George Taylor in 1886, Kilrush. 

Thomas Studdert Brew (d. 1911) married Alice Julian Wrenn in 1885, Dublin. 

Michael Studdert Brew of Ballyerra House, married Dorathea Bromwell, Dublin in 1865. 

Sarah Brew (1796 - 1833) married Francis Brew (See above, son of Burton) in 1825. 

Rachel Brew (1805 - 1859) married George Parkinson and had two known children. [See Parkinson Family]

Michael Brew (1808 - 1877) married Jane Greene in 1832. 

James Brew (1811 - 1828) 

Further Links for study 

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