Robert's approximate birth date is calculated from the information in both the Voorhis and Poucher books. The Fishkill Church's 2000 survey transcribes the age at death as 79 years, 5 months, and 3 days' The Van Voorhis transcription says:
"ROBERT BRETT,
Died May 21, 1831.
Aged 79 years, 5 months,
& 3 days."
Notes from the Church's copy of the Van Voorhis Book:
"_Robert Brett was a grandson of Madame Brett. His father Robert Brett was a man of eminince [sic] and occupied a high position in society and held offices of trust in the county. He owned a large farm of 650 acres and built a stone house on the site of the house formally occupied by Mr. John C. Van Wyck now by the Miss Vandervoorts. In this house which was demolished in 1819 by Obadiah Bowne the owner at that time the first constitutional convention held a session in the Autumn of 1776. He likewise gave shelter to the Printer Samuel Louden & here it was that the first Constitution of the State which was adopted in Kingston 1771, was brought to be printed. _
_Father of James Brett_
_Born May 18th, 1757_ [sic? birth calculations based on the marker information don't support this date]"
* Information provided by the First Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill's Eagle Scout cemetery survey project, Autumn 2000. (Permission was expressly granted by the Church for the Eagle Scouts to chalk hard-to-read markers during the survey.)
* Tombstone Inscriptions from the Churchyard of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Village, Dutchess Co., N.Y.,
by E. W. Van Voorhis, 1882.
* More notes are found here, including a photograph of this grave marker:
hhttp://www.fishkillreformed.org/Cemetary/Churchyard/Brett%20Robert%20R.JPG
http://www.fishkillreformed.org/Cemetary/Churchyard/Brett%20Robert%20R%20page%202.htm
Accessed 9 Feb 2013.
"ROBERT BRETT,
Died May 21, 1831.
Aged 79 years, 5 months,
& 3 days."
Notes from the Church's copy of the Van Voorhis Book:
"_Robert Brett was a grandson of Madame Brett. His father Robert Brett was a man of eminince [sic] and occupied a high position in society and held offices of trust in the county. He owned a large farm of 650 acres and built a stone house on the site of the house formally occupied by Mr. John C. Van Wyck now by the Miss Vandervoorts. In this house which was demolished in 1819 by Obadiah Bowne the owner at that time the first constitutional convention held a session in the Autumn of 1776. He likewise gave shelter to the Printer Samuel Louden & here it was that the first Constitution of the State which was adopted in Kingston 1771, was brought to be printed. _
_Father of James Brett_
_Born May 18th, 1757_ [sic? birth calculations based on the marker information don't support this date]"
* Information provided by the First Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill's Eagle Scout cemetery survey project, Autumn 2000. (Permission was expressly granted by the Church for the Eagle Scouts to chalk hard-to-read markers during the survey.)
* Tombstone Inscriptions from the Churchyard of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Village, Dutchess Co., N.Y.,
by E. W. Van Voorhis, 1882.
* More notes are found here, including a photograph of this grave marker:
hhttp://www.fishkillreformed.org/Cemetary/Churchyard/Brett%20Robert%20R.JPG
http://www.fishkillreformed.org/Cemetary/Churchyard/Brett%20Robert%20R%20page%202.htm
Accessed 9 Feb 2013.
Robert's approximate birth date is calculated from the information in both the Voorhis and Poucher books. The Fishkill Church's 2000 survey transcribes the age at death as 79 years, 5 months, and 3 days' The Van Voorhis transcription says:
"ROBERT BRETT,
Died May 21, 1831.
Aged 79 years, 5 months,
& 3 days."
Notes from the Church's copy of the Van Voorhis Book:
"_Robert Brett was a grandson of Madame Brett. His father Robert Brett was a man of eminince [sic] and occupied a high position in society and held offices of trust in the county. He owned a large farm of 650 acres and built a stone house on the site of the house formally occupied by Mr. John C. Van Wyck now by the Miss Vandervoorts. In this house which was demolished in 1819 by Obadiah Bowne the owner at that time the first constitutional convention held a session in the Autumn of 1776. He likewise gave shelter to the Printer Samuel Louden & here it was that the first Constitution of the State which was adopted in Kingston 1771, was brought to be printed. _
_Father of James Brett_
_Born May 18th, 1757_ [sic? birth calculations based on the marker information don't support this date]"
* Information provided by the First Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill's Eagle Scout cemetery survey project, Autumn 2000. (Permission was expressly granted by the Church for the Eagle Scouts to chalk hard-to-read markers during the survey.)
* Tombstone Inscriptions from the Churchyard of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Village, Dutchess Co., N.Y.,
by E. W. Van Voorhis, 1882.
* More notes are found here, including a photograph of this grave marker:
hhttp://www.fishkillreformed.org/Cemetary/Churchyard/Brett%20Robert%20R.JPG
http://www.fishkillreformed.org/Cemetary/Churchyard/Brett%20Robert%20R%20page%202.htm
Accessed 9 Feb 2013.
"ROBERT BRETT,
Died May 21, 1831.
Aged 79 years, 5 months,
& 3 days."
Notes from the Church's copy of the Van Voorhis Book:
"_Robert Brett was a grandson of Madame Brett. His father Robert Brett was a man of eminince [sic] and occupied a high position in society and held offices of trust in the county. He owned a large farm of 650 acres and built a stone house on the site of the house formally occupied by Mr. John C. Van Wyck now by the Miss Vandervoorts. In this house which was demolished in 1819 by Obadiah Bowne the owner at that time the first constitutional convention held a session in the Autumn of 1776. He likewise gave shelter to the Printer Samuel Louden & here it was that the first Constitution of the State which was adopted in Kingston 1771, was brought to be printed. _
_Father of James Brett_
_Born May 18th, 1757_ [sic? birth calculations based on the marker information don't support this date]"
* Information provided by the First Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill's Eagle Scout cemetery survey project, Autumn 2000. (Permission was expressly granted by the Church for the Eagle Scouts to chalk hard-to-read markers during the survey.)
* Tombstone Inscriptions from the Churchyard of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Village, Dutchess Co., N.Y.,
by E. W. Van Voorhis, 1882.
* More notes are found here, including a photograph of this grave marker:
hhttp://www.fishkillreformed.org/Cemetary/Churchyard/Brett%20Robert%20R.JPG
http://www.fishkillreformed.org/Cemetary/Churchyard/Brett%20Robert%20R%20page%202.htm
Accessed 9 Feb 2013.
Inscription
"In
Memory of
ROBERT R. BRETT
who died
May 21, 1837
aged 79 years,
5 mo & 3 days."
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