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Caleb Brewster

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Caleb Brewster

Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution


Who was Caleb Brewster?

Caleb Brewster was a member of the Culper spy ring during the American Revolutionary War. He commanded a fleet of whale boats from Black Rock Harbor, New York, and used these to run messages from the Culper Spy Ring to General George Washington. After the war he married Anna Lewis and became a large land owner and captain of a revenue cutter for the district of New York. He died in Black Rock in 1827.

The Culper Spy Ring is said to have been instrumental in the disclosure of the Benedict Arnold and John Andre plot to surrender West Point and the attempted capture of General George Washington in 1780.

Famous Kin

Caleb Brewster's ancestry can be traced back to a couple of Magna Carta Sureties which includes a connection to King Henry VIII and to today's British royal family including Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Diana. With his American revolutionary spy credentials, it seems only fitting that he is also related to a number of American patriots from that war. These include a fellow Culper Spy ring member, a number of signers of the Declaration of Independence, and his commander-in-chief General George Washington. Caleb Brewster is also a descendant of Thomas Ludlow and Jane Pyle, and through them to a number of notable Americans including General Robert E. Lee, both Presidents Harrison, Eleanor Roosevelt, and polar explorer Admiral Richard Byrd.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Caleb Brewster

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Porter Goss

1st Director of the C.I.A.
19th and last Dir. of Central Intelligence

2nd cousin 8 times removed
via Rev. Nathaniel Brewster

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Alec Baldwin

Television and Movie Actor

13th cousin 8 times removed
via Humphrey de Bohun

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Alfred Ely Beach

Co-founder & Editor, Scientific American

18th cousin 3 times removed
via John FitzGilbert (the Marshal)

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Alfred Ely Beach

Co-founder & Editor, Scientific American

18th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers

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Rear Admiral Philip H. Cooper

United States Navy

14th cousin 7 times removed
via Edward I, King of England

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Rear Admiral Philip H. Cooper

United States Navy

16th cousin 5 times removed
via Sir Humphrey de Bohun

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Rear Admiral Philip H. Cooper

United States Navy

15th cousin 6 times removed
via Sir Hugh le Despencer

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Mark Gordon

33rd Governor of Wyoming

10th cousin 7 times removed
via Sir Hugh Luttrell

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Alonzo M. Clark

16th Governor of Wyoming

14th cousin 7 times removed
via Edward I, King of England

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Alonzo M. Clark

16th Governor of Wyoming

16th cousin 5 times removed
via Sir Humphrey de Bohun

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Alonzo M. Clark

16th Governor of Wyoming

15th cousin 6 times removed
via Sir Hugh le Despencer

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William Henry Burleigh

Poet and Journalist

14th cousin 5 times removed
via Edward I, King of England

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William Henry Burleigh

Poet and Journalist

16th cousin 4 times removed
via William de Braiose

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William Henry Burleigh

Poet and Journalist

16th cousin 3 times removed
via Sir Humphrey de Bohun

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William Henry Burleigh

Poet and Journalist

15th cousin 4 times removed
via Sir Hugh le Despencer

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Henry B. Quinby

52nd Governor of New Hampshire

14th cousin 5 times removed
via Edward I, King of England

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Henry B. Quinby

52nd Governor of New Hampshire

16th cousin 5 times removed
via William de Braiose

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Henry B. Quinby

52nd Governor of New Hampshire

16th cousin 5 times removed
via Sir Humphrey de Bohun

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Meldrim Thomson Jr.

73rd Governor of New Hampshire

13th cousin 7 times removed
via Sir Hugh de Courtenay

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Mike Castle

69th Governor of Delaware

14th cousin 6 times removed
via Edward I, King of England

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John W. Johnston

U.S. Senator from Virginia

14th cousin 2 times removed
via Edward I, King of England

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John W. Johnston

U.S. Senator from Virginia

19th cousin 2 times removed
via Henry of Huntingdon

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John W. Johnston

U.S. Senator from Virginia

17th cousin 3 times removed
via Sir Saher IV de Quincy

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John W. Johnston

U.S. Senator from Virginia

17th cousin 3 times removed
via Sir William Marshal

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John W. Johnston

U.S. Senator from Virginia

18th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers

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