The father of Benjamin Brasseur was Robert Brasseur who was born in France probably about 1598. It is not known where in France he was born (see http://genforum.genealogy.com/brashear/messages/718.html; this is a message board posting by Charles Brashear, author of Brashear and McCoy, A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 1, The First 200 Years of Brashear(s) in America and Some Descendants in Maryland, 31 August 1998). It is known that Robert Brasseur was a Huguenot, and he is listed on the list of qualified Huguenot ancestors of the National Huguenot Society, http://www.huguenot.netnation.com/ancestor/default.htm.
Robert Brasseur immigrated to Virginia prior to 1636 as he is named in "The Brasheare who paid 600 pounds of tobacco for Thomas Purser is presumably the person named in the following: Peter Johnson's patent for 600 acres in Warrisquicke County June 1, 1636, land abutting on Nansemond River, "Renewed in the name of Robert Brasseur and Peter Ray.""; Nell Marion Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, Vol 1, P. 41.
This is the first of many land acquisitons by Robert Brasseur. Based on land deeds, and the records of him transporting 24 people to Virginia, it is apparent that Robert was a wealthy man.
The wife of Robert Brasseur is unknown. Robert died approximately 1667, as his then living eldest son John (Benjamin had died by then) inherited his property in Nansemond County, Virginia. Va Land Patents, Book 6, p. 72; cited in Brashear and McCoy, supra, p. 7.
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