- John
Brewse (Bruce) was a
British military engineer who
created the
first surveys of Halifax, Nova
Scotia (1749). He was
largely responsible for fortifying...
- Five Houses, site of the
battle (inset of map by John
Brewse)...
- Fort
Gaspereau by John
Brewse (inset of A map of the surve****
parts of Nova Scotia, 1756)...
-
Lawrence Town
blockhouse by John
Brewse (inset of A map of the surve****
parts of Nova Scotia, 1756)...
- Fort
Sackville by John
Brewse (inset of A map of the surve****
parts of Nova Scotia, 1756)...
-
history of Nova-Scotia, or Acadie". 1865. Sutherland,
Maxwell (1979). "
Brewse, John". In Halpenny,
Francess G (ed.).
Dictionary of
Canadian Biography...
- (online ed.).
University of
Toronto Press. Sutherland,
Maxwell (1979). "
Brewse, John". In Halpenny,
Francess G (ed.).
Dictionary of
Canadian Biography...
- of Capt. John Rous.
Governor Edward Cornwallis’ prin****l
engineer John
Brewse designed the fort
which was 35 to 40 feet
above sea
level - at the start...
- great-grandson and heir of Sir
Roger Townshend (died 1551) and his wife, Amy
Brewse (d. 1553).
Townshend is said to have had two sisters,
Alice Townshend (fl...
- had
married Anne (or Amy) Brewes,
daughter and co-heiress of
William de
Brewse, of
Wenham Hall, Suffolk, and
Stinton Hall in Norfolk, by whom he had six...
