Ancestry of
Drew Brees

NFL Quarterback

Rebecca Benton

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• • 5th Great-grandmother of Drew Brees — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 213 
  • Father:
  • John Benton 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Blin   
  • Birth Date:
  • 21 Feb 1773 
  • Birth Location:
  • Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
  • 7 Aug 1774 
  • Christening Location:
  • Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Death Date:
  • AFT 27 Jan 1814 
  • Death Location:
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Perez Prentiss
  • Marriage Date:
  • 17 Sep 1797 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Orange Benton Prentiss (Ahnentafel No:106 )

• Sources for Rebecca Benton

  • ¹ Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Marriage record for Perez Prentiss and Rebekah Benton.
  • ² Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Baptism record for Rebecca Benton.
  • ³ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A009481.
  • ⁴ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1862, Vol. 16, p. 18.
  • ⁵ 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.
  • ⁶ 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).
  • ⁷ Hinman, Royal R., A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut, Hartford: Press of Case, Tiffany and Company (1852), 203.

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