Ancestry of
Drew Brees

NFL Quarterback

Nathaniel Benton

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Drew Brees — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 852 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Benton 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Bradfield   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1718 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Dorothy Cook
  • Marriage Date:
  • 13 Oct 1745 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  John Benton (Ahnentafel No:426 )

• Sources for Nathaniel Benton

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Wethersfield, p. 26, Birth record for son John Benton.
  • ² Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Wethersfield, p. 26, Marriage record for Nathaniel Benton and Dorothy Cook.
  • ³ 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), 202.

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