Ancestry of
Bill Gates

Founder of Microsoft

George Phillips Brush

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Bill Gates — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 102 
  • Father:
  • Daniel Brush 
  • Mother:
  • Hannah Phillips   
  • Birth Date:
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  • Birth Location:
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  • Christening Date:
  • 31 Mar 1776 
  • Christening Location:
  • Smithtown, Suffolk, New York 
  • Death Date:
  • 6 Sep 1829 
  • Death Location:
  • North Salem, Westchester, New York 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • June Cemetery, North Salem, Westchester, New York 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Polly Keeler
  • Marriage Date:
  • 2 Aug 1796 
  • Marriage Location:
  • South Salem, Westchester, New York 
  • Child:

  Emeline Keeler Brush (Ahnentafel No:51 )

• Sources for George Phillips Brush

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A016190.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/12/2015).
  • ³ New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1911, Vol. 42, p. 282, Baptism record for George Phllips Brush.
  • ⁴ Brush, Stuart C. and Russell B. Brush, The Descendants of Thomas and Richard Brush of Huntington, Long Island: A Source Book, Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc. (1982), 68, 154-155.
  • ⁵ Phoenix, S. Whitney, The Whitney Family of Connecticut, and its Affiliations . . . of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878, Vol. 1, New York: Privately Printed (1878), 228.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#61 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Notable Descendants of the Stanleys of Hartford", (accessed 11/11/2014).

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