Ancestry of
Drew Brees

NFL Quarterback

John Colvin

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Drew Brees — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 78 
  • Father:
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  • Birth Date:
  • 25 Sep 1795 
  • Birth Location:
  • Virginia 
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  • Death Date:
  • 23 Jul 1868 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Sugar Creek Baptist Cemetery, Washington Court House, Fayette, Ohio 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Margaret Yowell
  • Marriage Date:
  • 27 Feb 1817 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Culpeper County, Virginia 
  • Child:

  Lucy M. Colvin (Ahnentafel No:39 )

  • Notes: 

  • Veteran of the War of 1812

• Sources for John Colvin

  • ¹ Federal Census, OH, Fayette County, 1850, Union, Image 23 of 44.
  • ² Federal Census, OH, Fayette County, 1860, Jasper, p. 379, Image 22 of 44.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/03/2018).
  • ⁴ Ohio, Soldiers Grave Registration Cards, 1804-1958, Grave registration for John Colvin.
  • ⁵ War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815, Record for John Colvin, give death date as 21 or 23 JUL 1871 and marriage as 27 FEB 1817.

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