1710 - Samuel Brashear was made a warden of the Sta. Barnabas Church in Baltimore, Maryland.

1702, 3 Jun - Hugh Ryley sells to Samuel Brashear 60 acres known as "the Leavings", near the north branch of the Patuxent River, bounding on "Cuckholds Delight" and Fendall's land in Prince Georges Co., Virginia.

1712, Oct 15 - Hugh Ryley gives to "Samuel Brashear, Carpenter: for building a mill" the land whereon the mill and dam now stand containing 2 or 3 acres. [PGCo. Land Records, Bk M, p. 531]

1720 - Samuel became a vestryman of Sta. Barnabas Church of the Church of England. As a member of this church he was given several projects to repair and remodel this and other church buildings. He seems to have become particularly well known as a skilled carpenter and builder.

1720's - He and Ann, his wife, made several deeds of gift to their children, in such a manner as to insure that the property remained separate property.
Elizabeth, wife of John Turner gets 142 acres of "Brashear's Pocoson." -27 Nov. 1723
Samuel Brashears Sr. gets a parcel of land known as "Breshear's Industry" of perhaps 169 acres. - 11 Oct 1726
Robert Brahears gets a parcel of land known as Breshear's Meadow" of 200 acres. - 11 Oct 1726
John Brashears gets parcel of land known as "Brashear's Neck" of 206 acres. - 11 Oct 1726.

1728, Tuesday, April 30 -

Mr. Sam'll Brushiers, Senr. agrees w'th the Vestry to doe the work following (Vizt): to lay good new sleepers under the communion Table, of locust or cedar, and to lay the planks, railes & table in place again; to make 2 new seats at the front door, and w't else is necessary, as at first the staires of the Gallery to be well repaired & supported w'th locust or cedar; to put up two new iron casem'ts in the window in the Gallery & fix glass therein. The whole Vestry house to be well repaired on the outside. The new part to be well shingled w'th good white oak shingles, well sap't & not exceeding 4 1/2 inches in bredth & full 3/4 inch plank, well plained & nailed. The old chimney to be pulled down & built up again w'th a fire place in each room, and the chimney faced w'th plank, w'th a closet in each room ceiled w'th plank also & doors. The window in the new room to glazed & a shutter on the inside. W'ch work the said Brushier agrees & coven'ts to doe & finish work-manlike by the 10th day September next, & to find himself, w'th do attendance, nailes, glass, timber, brick, mortar, & w't is necessary in or ab't the s'd work at his won cost & charges, for w'ch work done & finished work-manlike the Vestry agrees to pay the s'd Brushier five thousand pounds of tobacco, two thousand pounds part thereof now in hand, & the remainder by the 25th of December next ensueing.

The Vestry ... order'd that the Clke give Sam'll Brushier, Senr. an ord'r on Mr. R'd Lee, Shrff, for 5200 lbs tob'o, 3,000 lbs thereof being due to the s'd Brushier as the remaining part of the 5,000 lbs tob'o agreed on for the work done to the Vestry house & rooms & the carpenters work done in the Church, and 1,200 lbs thereof for drawing up the tiles from Queen Ann Town & laying them in the Church floor, and 1,000 lbs tob'o for the work agreed on to be done as follows (Vizt): to make a paling on the outside of the Vestry house, the length of the same [and] 5 foot out; to glaze the windows in the Vestry house; to make the shutters to fold on the inside; to make a cornish the length of the house on each side.

The Vestry also agrees w'th the s'd Brushier to make 3 horse blocks [un-doubtedly meaning stiles from which women and old men could dismount and remount their horses] 4 ft. square, the floor to be laid w'th 2-inch planks of white oak, and the steps of white oak plank full 2 inch thinck, the frames to be locust or cedar 6 inches square, not less than 5 square, w'th standing rails & posts proportionable, w'th locust ins, for w'ch work, w'n done, the Vestry agree to pay 1,500 lbs. tob'o or £7:10 cur'y [currency], at the election of the Vestry,

[Vestry Records, St. Barnabas Church of the Church of England, p.85, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore.]

An inventory of Samuel's estate lists the commodities that were important to life in the mid-1700's. Samuel seems to have put together quite an estate for himself and went considerably beyond his craft of carpenter to include other labels such as "planter" and "slave owner." He also had

Inventory
To the deceased's wearing apparel	05:00:00
To an old featherbed and bolster, two pillows, a ... sheets, 1 blanket and a rug	02:10:00
To a brass warming pan	00:07:06
To 2 - 1/2 yards cotton, 1 -1/2 ells of ozenbrig, 1 yard canvas, 1 old tablecloth & an old towel	00: ??:??
To 1 old rug 2/, 2 old chest 10/, 6 old chairs 18/	01:10:00
To 1 table 15/, 1 old sword & an old pr. leather bags	01:05:00
To .. old spectables, 2 pr. brass dividers, - ...1 old razor & whone, a two-foot rake, a pr. scissors, an old brass candlestick, a small old ... & 4 small bottles	01:??:??
To a cmall .. , a parcel of old books, an old bridle, and a drinking glass	00:??:??
To ...knives and forks and old brass lock	00:??:??
To an old looking glass, broke	00:02:06
To 5 young barrows @ 8/	02:00:06
To 9 sows @ 6/, 21 shotes @ 2/	04:16:00
To 3 old cows and calves @ 40/	06:00:00
To 1 yearling bull and an heifer	01:15:00
To negroes working tools 18/, negroes bedding 20/	01:18:00
To 3 collars 7/6, one old spit and frying pan 7/	00:15:06
To an old box iron and 2 heaters	00:03:06
To a pr. fir tongs, flesh forks and ladle	00:04:??
To 105 lbs. of very old iron	00:05:??
To a parcel of old joyners and carpenters tools	00:17:00
To 61 lbs: pot iron @ 5d	01:05:05
To 13 lbs. of old broken pewter @ 8d	00:08:08
To old iron pot racks 5/, one hand mill stone 10/	00:15:00
To 6 very old sider casks	00:12:00
To 2 mares, 2 horses and a two year old colt	12:00:00
To 1 negroe man named Jerry, aged about 75 years	00:05:00
To 1 negroe man named Jacob, aged about 75 years	00:05:00
To 1 negroe woman, aged about 20 years	40:00:00
To 1 negroe boy named Wopping, aged about 17 years	30:00:00
To 1 negroe boy named Sharper, aged about 15 years	30:00:00
To a set of slick irons	00:15:00
To a kiddle and .. sieve.	00:10:00
To a white sevant man named William Pollard	02:10:00
To a pair water mill stones	08:00:00
To a parcel of old lumber	01:05:00
To a pr. shoe buckles	00:00:09
Total	160:16:10
To 5816 lbs. of top tobacco, at 15	43:12:04 3/4
To 2999 lbs. of trash tobacco, at 6	08:19:11 1/4
Total	213:09:02

1748- The questions about the ages and births of Samuel and his brother Robert were documented in a boundary commission report.  The commission actually took the affidavits in 1730 but revisited the issue on Nov 18, 1748.  Back tracking on the dates and ages mentioned it makes Robert (IV) born about 1675-76 and Samuel (Robert's brother) born about 1675 or more probably 1673.  To quote from Charles Brashear:

In 1789 the Church of England becomes The Protestant Episcopal Church.

Sources:

Back, Troy L. & Brashear, Leon. Brashear Story: A Family History, 1963 Troy Back, Rt 1, Box 124a, Viper, Kentucky 41774. reprinted 1980
Brashear, Charles and McCoy, Shirley Brasher. A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 1, The First Two Hundred Years of Brashears in America, (of eight proposed volumes) 1998 Charles Brashear/Shirley McCoy, P.O.Box 38, Clearlake Oaks, CA 95423-0038, 707/998-1008, email- brashear@mail.sdsu.edu
Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol. 123, p.113.
Queen Anne Parish Records, MD. Historical Society, Baltimore.
Vestry Records, St. Barnabas Church of the Church of England, p.85, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore
Wills, Hall of Records of Maryland, Liber 22, ff.230-232

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