Ancestry of
Drew Brees

NFL Quarterback

Elias Brees

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Drew Brees — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 64 
  • Father:
  • John Brees Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Hannah Gildersleeve   
  • Birth Date:
  • 21 Jun 1775 
  • Birth Location:
  • Chemung County, New York 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 21 Jan 1863 
  • Death Location:
  • Seneca Township, Lenawee, Michigan 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Canandaigua Cemetery, Medina, Lenawee, Michigan 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Deborah Bennett
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1806 
  • Marriage Location:
  • New York 
  • Child:

  Solomon Moore Brees (Ahnentafel No:32 )

• Sources for Elias Brees

  • 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 Finch, Jessie Howell, The Ancestral Lines of Chester Everts Howell, 1867-1949, of Elmira, New York, U.S.A., n. p.: n. p. (1949), 23.

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