Claim: James Norris Brewer ( According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004), Brewer "was the eldest son of a merchant of London, He married the daughter of a gentleman at Clapham and he died on ).
Evidence: According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004), Brewer "was the eldest son of a merchant of London. He married the daughter of a gentleman at Clapham... James Norris Brewer (1777–1839; fl. 1799–1829), was an English topographer and novelist.