Henry Brewster, Sr. moved to Orange County New York in 1747, with his soon to be father-in-law David Smith, where he built a log house at the base of Storm King Mountain (then called Butter Hill) in Cornwall Township.
Henry Brewster, Sr., married Mary Smith (daughter of David Smith) about 1750 at the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, New Windsor, Orange County, New York.
Henry Brewster, Sr. enlisted as a private soldier during 1777 in the company of his son, (then) Captain Henry Brewster,Jr., in the First Orange County Militia Regiment. His regimental officers were Colonel Jesse Woodhull, Lieutenant Colonel Elihu Marvin and Major Zachariah DuBois. Henry, and four of his sons: Major Henry Brewster, Jr., Sargeant Jesse Brewster, Captain John Brewster and Lieutenant James Brewster, fought for our freedom in the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Source: MANY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF THE REV. NATHANIEL BREWSTER: EIGHT GENERATIONS, 1999, Jeanne E. Brown Killick, Privately Printed, Plainwell, Michigan, Pages 24-28 and 53-69.
Henry Brewster, Sr. moved to Orange County New York in 1747, with his soon to be father-in-law David Smith, where he built a log house at the base of Storm King Mountain (then called Butter Hill) in Cornwall Township.
Henry Brewster, Sr., married Mary Smith (daughter of David Smith) about 1750 at the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, New Windsor, Orange County, New York.
Henry Brewster, Sr. enlisted as a private soldier during 1777 in the company of his son, (then) Captain Henry Brewster,Jr., in the First Orange County Militia Regiment. His regimental officers were Colonel Jesse Woodhull, Lieutenant Colonel Elihu Marvin and Major Zachariah DuBois. Henry, and four of his sons: Major Henry Brewster, Jr., Sargeant Jesse Brewster, Captain John Brewster and Lieutenant James Brewster, fought for our freedom in the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Source: MANY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF THE REV. NATHANIEL BREWSTER: EIGHT GENERATIONS, 1999, Jeanne E. Brown Killick, Privately Printed, Plainwell, Michigan, Pages 24-28 and 53-69.
Gravesite Details
Members Of The Old School Baptist Church, Warwick, New York 1765-1830 Copied by Mrs. Frank (Grace Pelton) Holbert http://albertwisnerlibrary.org/Factsandhistory/History/OSBMembers1765_1830Alpha.htm
Family Members
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Nathaniel Brewster
1689–1732
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Mary Smith Brewster
1733–1797 (m. 1749)
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Nathaniel Brewster
1713–1772
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Timothy Brewster
1715–1774
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Samuel Brewster
1718–1802
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Phebe Brewster
1723–1732
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Joseph Brewster
unknown–1835
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Henry Brewster
1751–1830
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Jesse Brewster
1754–1838
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Nathan Brewster
1755–1815
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John Brewster
1756–1817
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James Brewster
1758–1821
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William Brewster
1760–1820
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Matthew Brewster
1767–1844
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