Ancestry of Admiral
William Halsey

U.S. Navy - World War II

James Drew Brewster

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• • Grandfather of William Halsey — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6 
  • Father:
  • Martin Brewster 
  • Mother:
  • Betsey Foster Drew Russell   
  • Birth Date:
  • 17 Aug 1824 
  • Birth Location:
  • Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 May 1894 
  • Death Location:
  • Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Deborah Grant Smith
  • Marriage Date:
  • 3 Jan 1853 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania 
  • Children:
  
  

  Kemberton Smith Brewster

  Mary Ann Buchanan Smith Brewster

  Anne Masters Brewster (Ahnentafel No:3 )

• Sources for James Drew Brewster

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A014197, #A047130, #A074512, #A105825, #A105824 and #A033763.
  • ² Delaware Death Records, 1855-1961, Death certificate for daughter Anne Masters Brewster Halsey.
  • ³ General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920, General No. 4107, Membership application for Mary Ann Buchanan Smith (Brewster) Clark.
  • ⁴ Halsey, William F., II and J. Bryan, Admiral Halsey's Story, n. p.: The P-47 Press (2019), 8.
  • ⁵ Leach, Josiah Granville, Some Account of Capt. John Frazier and His Descendants with Notes on the West and Checkley Families, Philadelphia: Printed for private circulation by J. B. Lippincott Co. (1910), 41.