Ancestry of
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
Who was Caleb Brewster?
Caleb Brewster was a member of the Culper spy ring during the American Revolutionary War. He commanded a fleet of whale boats from Black Rock Harbor, New York, and used these to run messages from the Culper Spy Ring to General George Washington. After the war he married Anna Lewis and became a large land owner and captain of a revenue cutter for the district of New York. He died in Black Rock in 1827.
The Culper Spy Ring is said to have been instrumental in the disclosure of the Benedict Arnold and John Andre plot to surrender West Point and the attempted capture of General George Washington in 1780.
Famous Kin
Caleb Brewster's ancestry can be traced back to a couple of Magna Carta Sureties which includes a connection to King Henry VIII and to today's British royal family including Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Diana. With his American revolutionary spy credentials, it seems only fitting that he is also related to a number of American patriots from that war. These include a fellow Culper Spy ring member, a number of signers of the Declaration of Independence, and his commander-in-chief General George Washington. Caleb Brewster is also a descendant of Thomas Ludlow and Jane Pyle, and through them to a number of notable Americans including General Robert E. Lee, both Presidents Harrison, Eleanor Roosevelt, and polar explorer Admiral Richard Byrd.
Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Caleb Brewster
Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
President and CEO of I.B.M.
13th cousin 8 times removed
via Sir Hugh de Courtenay
A. Bartlett Giamatti
Major League Baseball Commissioner
15th cousin 6 times removed
via Henry III, King of England
William Henry Moore
Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco
16th cousin 5 times removed
via John, King of England
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
13th cousin 2 times removed
via Humphrey de Bohun
Angela Y. Davis
Civil Rights Activist
and former Black Panther
13th cousin 8 times removed
via Humphrey de Bohun
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
13th cousin 4 times removed
via Humphrey de Bohun
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 2 times removed
via Humphrey de Bohun
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
13th cousin 3 times removed
via Humphrey de Bohun
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