Ancestry of
Drew Brees

NFL Quarterback

Perez Prentiss

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Drew Brees — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 212 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1773 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Stonington, New London, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • AFT 27 Jan 1814 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Rebecca Benton
  • Marriage Date:
  • 17 Sep 1797 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Orange Benton Prentiss (Ahnentafel No:106 )

  • Notes: 

  • Perez Prentiss may have been the son of Joseph Prentiss and Mary Wheeler or as some believe Ebenezer Prentice, son of Samuel Prentice and Abigail Billings.

• Sources for Perez Prentiss

  • ¹ Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Marriage record for Perez Prentiss and Rebekah Benton.
  • ² Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A009481.
  • ³ Federal Census, VT, Chittenden County, 1810, Hinesburgh, Image 1 of 7.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, VT, Chittenden County, 1820, Richmond, Image 1 of 5.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, VT, Chittenden County, 1830, Charlotte, Image 11 of 22.
  • ⁶ Binney, Charles James Fox, The History and Genealogy of the Prentice, or Prentiss Family, in New England, Etc., from 1631 to 1883, 2nd Edition, Boston: Published by the Editor (1883), 335-336.
  • ⁷ Dewald, Linus Joseph, Jr., "Perez Prentice 2003 Update", PrenticeNet, https://www.prenticenet.com/pnet/news/?/news/2003/perez_prentice_2003_update.htm, (accessed 05/03/2018).

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