Back We Go

Earls Colne today with St.Andrew's Church on the left.

Today I have added some of the information on the Brewers - the family of my great-x's 8-grandmother from Earls Colne - to the "Wallers & Meadows" page.  Apparently it's pronounced "cone", btw.  In the picture above, you can see the original part of the building of St. Andrew's Church, which would have been the site of their baptisms, weddings, and funerals.

Mary Brewer's parents were named Adam and Rose Brewer, and Adam was baptized January 31st, 1613.  In 1613, William Shakespeare was still alive, as was John Donne and Galileo; James I was on the throne, Elizabeth I had been dead a mere 10 years; and it was still more than 8 years before the Mayflower pilgrims  would leave England for the New World.

We're starting to get back a bit now.  I don't know how much further it will be possible to go, but if this branch of the family was in Earls Colne for a few more generations, then we're not at the end of the line yet.  

Image credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Earls_Colne,_Essex_-_geograph.org.uk_-_131645.jpg