Minnie (Newton) Brewington (1882 - 1964)

Born 27 Feb 1882 in Pender, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Bailey Brewington — married 24 Dec 1911 in Pender, North Carolina, United States

Died 4 Nov 1964 at age 82 in East Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Minnie (Newton) Brewington is a part of US Black heritage.

Minnie was born in 1882 to Timothy Newton and Judie Catherine Mathis (or Matthews). Her father was a farmer. In 1900 she was living with her parents, a grandmother and cousin in Union, Pender County, North Carolina.^[1]

Minnie married Thomas Brewington in 1911 in Pender County, North Carolina.^[2] They raised a family in Long Creek, Pender County, North Carolina.^[3]

Minnie and Timothy had at least ten children. Her daughter, Cocheyse, married John Henry Chavis, Jr., who was a Tuskegee airman.

Minnie passed away in 1964 in Wilmington, North Carolina.^[4]. She was buried in McMillan Cemetery in Burgaw, North Carolina.^[5]

Her son-in-law, John Henry Chavis, Jr was a Tuskegee airman who continues to be listed as Missing in Action in Italy.

Sources

1. ↑ 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1900; Census Place: Union, Pender, North Carolina; Roll: 1211; Page: 18; Enumeration District: 0130
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #57537312 (accessed 1 August 2023)
   Minni Newton (18), single daughter, Farm Laborer, in household of Timothy Newton (42) in Union, Pender, North Carolina. Born in North Carolina, USA.
2. ↑ Marriage: "North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011"
   Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60548 #11257851 (accessed 1 August 2023)
   Minnie A Newton (27) marriage to Tom Bruington on 24 Dec 1911 in Pender, North Carolina, USA.
3. ↑ 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1940; Census Place: Long Creek, Pender, North Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-02956; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 71-10
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #152046743 (accessed 1 August 2023)
   Minnie Brewington (55), wife, in household of Tom Brewington (58) in Long Creek, Pender, North Carolina. Born in North Carolina.
4. ↑ Death: "North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976"
   North Carolina State Archives; Raleigh, North Carolina; North Carolina Death Certificates
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1121 #1866442 (accessed 1 August 2023)
   Minnie Brewington death 4 Nov 1964 (born 27 Feb 1888), daughter of Timothy Newton & Catherine Matthews, in Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, USA.
5. ↑ Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current"
   Original data: Find a Grave. Find a Grave®. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #132738935
   Ancestry Record 60525 #107601000 (accessed 1 August 2023)
   Minnie Newton Brewington burial (died on 4 Nov 1964) in McMillan, Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina, United States of America.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZJ3-HC1 : 3 February 2021), Minnie Brewington in entry for Thomas Brewington, 1920.