Ancestry of
Drew Brees

NFL Quarterback

John Brees Jr.

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Drew Brees — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 128 
  • Father:
  • John Brees 
  • Mother:
  • Dorothy Riggs   
  • Birth Date:
  • 8 Nov 1738 
  • Birth Location:
  • Somerset County, New Jersey 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 24 Mar 1829 
  • Death Location:
  • Horseheads, Chemung, New York 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Maple Grove Cemetery, Horseheads, Chemung, New York 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Hannah Gildersleeve
  • Marriage Date:
  • 30 Jan 1769 
  • Marriage Location:
  • First Church, Morristown, Morris, New Jersey 
  • Child:

  Elias Brees (Ahnentafel No:64 )

• Sources for John Brees Jr.

  • ¹ A Biographical Record of Chemung County, New York, New York and Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company (1902), 195.
  • ² Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A013990.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/01/2018).
  • ⁴ History of the First Presbyterian Church, Morristown, N. J.: Part II, The Combined Registers from 1742 to 1885, Morristown, New Jersey: Banner Steam Print (1885), pp. 24, 86, Marriage record for John Breis Jr and Hannah Gildersleeve.
  • ⁵ Towner, Ausburn, Our County and Its People: A History of the Valley and County of Chemung From the Closing Years of . . ., Syracuse, New York: D. Mason and Co., Publishers (1892), 467.

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