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Simon Brewster

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Simon Brewster

(1720–1801)

    Simon Brewster

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    • 1st Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 1 
    • Birth Date:
    • 10 Jun 1720 
    • Birth Location:
    • Preston, New London, Connecticut 
    • Christening Date:
    • 17 Jul 1720 
    • Christening Location:
    • Preston, New London, Connecticut 
    • Death Date:
    • 29 Jun 1801 
    • Death Location:
    • Griswold, New London, Connecticut 
    • Burial Date:
    •  
    • Burial Location:
    • Brewster Cemetery, Griswold, New London, Connecticut 
    • Notes: 

    • Revolutionary War veteran

      Simon Brewster was at Fort Griswold when it was attacked by the British who were being led by the American traitor Benedict Arnold in September 1781. Arnold's men overran the defenders and captured the fort. Simon Brewster survived the battle.

  • Marriages for Simon Brewster

    • Spouse:
    • Anne Andrus
    • Marriage Date:
    • 25 May 1742

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  • Sources for Simon Brewster

    • 3 Jones, Emma C. Brewster, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907: A Record of the Descendants of William Brewster of the "Mayflower" . . ., Vol. 1, New York: The Grafton Press Genealogical Publishers (1908), 58, 91-92.
    • 4 Merrick, Barbara Lambert, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 24, Part 3, William Brewster, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2019), 173-175.
    • 5 Merrick, Barbara Lambert and Scott Andrew Bartley, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 24, Part 1, William Brewster, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2014), 364.
    • 6 Merrick, Barbara Lambert, comp., Mayflower Families in Progress: William Brewster of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations, 3rd edition, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2000), 116.