Nathaniel Brewster

Male 1689 - 1732  (43 years)


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  • Name Nathaniel Brewster 
    Born 1689  Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 6 Nov 1732  Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Setauket Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I38056  Molloy-Remde Family Tree Aug 23
    Last Modified 5 Jun 2022 

    Father Timothy Brewster,   b. 1 Mar 1661, Attleborough, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1741/1749, Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Mary Hawkins,   b. Abt 1659, Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1749, Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 90 years) 
    Married Abt 1685  Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2712  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Phebe Smith 
    Married 1712  , Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2023 
    Family ID F14281  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • From "Abstracts of Wills" Vol III 1730-1744, p. 86: "Page 428.--William Cosby, Esq., Captain-General and Governor. Whereas, NATHANIEL BREWSTER, ESQ., lately died intestate, Letters of Administration are granted to his wife, Phebe Brewster, and her brother, Obadiah Smith, Esq., December 6, 1732."

      "Colonial Families of Long Island, NY, and Connecticut", Vols 1,2,3,4, Parts 1 & 2, Herbert Furman Seversmith, M.A., Washington DC, 1939, p. 365:
      Nathaniel is "buried in the churchyard of the First church at Setauket...He was a justice of the peace, and appears on a church list in 1719. He was probably also a miller, as he was given permission in May, 1724 to build a grist mill on the Beaver Dam River."