 1745 - 1790 (45 years) Submit Photo / Document
Has 16 ancestors and 7 descendants in this family tree.
-
| Name |
David Brearley |
| Birth |
17 Jan 1745 |
Lawrenceville, Mercer, New Jersey, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
LANGE |
| FamilySearch ID |
K64B-7RP |
| Death |
16 Aug 1790 |
Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States |
| Burial |
St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States |
| Headstones |
 Submit Headstone Photo |
| Person ID |
I96109 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
David A Brearley, b. Abt 1698, Lawrenceville, Mercer, New Jersey, United States d. 4 Oct 1785, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States (Age 87 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Clarke, b. 22 Oct 1702, Stony Brook, Mercer, New Jersey, United States d. Dec 1771 (Age 69 years) |
| Marriage |
1737 |
Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States |
| Family ID |
F30867 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Elizabeth Mullen, b. Abt 1747, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States d. 3 Aug 1777, Lawrenceville, Mercer, New Jersey, United States (Age 30 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1765 |
Mercer, New Jersey, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. William Brearley, b. Abt 1768, Lawrenceville, Mercer, New Jersey, United States |
| | 2. Elizabeth Brearley, b. Abt 1770, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States |
| | 3. Mary Brearley, b. Abt 1770, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States |
| | 4. Hettie Brearley, b. Abt 1774, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States |
|
| Family ID |
F30869 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Apr 2024 |
| Family 2 |
Elizabeth Higbee, b. 1751, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States d. 20 Aug 1832, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States (Age 81 years) |
| Marriage |
17 Apr 1783 |
Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Joseph Higbee Brearley, b. 1784, Allentown, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States d. 2 Apr 1805, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States (Age 21 years) |
| | 2. David Brearley, b. 1786, Allentown, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States d. 8 Nov 1820, Blakeley, Baldwin, Alabama, United States (Age 34 years) |
| | 3. George Brearley, b. 1787, Allentown, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States d. 1805 (Age 18 years) |
|
| Family ID |
F30870 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Apr 2024 |
-
| Event Map |
|
 | Birth - 17 Jan 1745 - Lawrenceville, Mercer, New Jersey, United States |
 |
 | Initiatory (LDS) - - LANGE |
|
 | Marriage - Abt 1765 - Mercer, New Jersey, United States |
|
 | Marriage - 17 Apr 1783 - Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States |
|
| Death - 16 Aug 1790 - Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States |
|
 | Burial - - St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States |
|
|
-
-
| Notes |
- Signer of the US Constitution.
He was a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention and signed th e U . S. Constitution on behalf of New Jersey.
With the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, Brearley was at fir s t a captain in the Monmouth County militia after having spent many yea r s speaking out against the Parliamentary absolutism. He eventually ros e t o the rank of colonel in Nathaniel Heard's New Jersey militia brigade . Fr om 1776 to 1779 he served in the New Jersey Line of the Continenta l Army , seeing action at Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth.
|
|
|
Submit Photo / Document
Has 16 ancestors and 7 descendants in this family tree.
English
