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Drew Brees

Ancestry of
Drew Brees

NFL Quarterback


    James Bennett

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    • 7th Great-grandfather of Drew Brees — 10th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 520 
    • Birth Date:
    • 6 Aug 1675 
    • Birth Location:
    • Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut 
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    • Death Date:
    • 27 JUL 1725 or 1726 
    • Death Location:
    • Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut 
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    • Marriage Date:
    • BEF 1701 
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  • Sources for James Bennett

    • 3 Fairfield, CT: Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, pp. 10, 70.
    • 5 Finch, Jessie Howell, The Ancestral Lines of Chester Everts Howell, 1867-1949, of Elmira, New York, U.S.A., n. p.: n. p. (1949), 22, 29.
    • 6 Jacobus, Donald Lines, ed., The Ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley and his Wife Emma Arabella Bosworth, Woodstock, Vermont: N. Grier Parke, II (1960), 48, gives death year as 27 JUL 1725.

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