John Brewster

John Brewster, Sr., was born in Preston, Dec. 15, 1782, and died Nov. 12, 1848, a few days after he had cast his vote for President and Vice-President of the United States. His wife was Mary (commonly called Polly) Morgan, daughter of Capt. Israel Morgan, a soldier of the Revolution. Capt. Morgan's father was William Morgan, and a lineal descendant of James Morgan, born in Wales in 1607, who settled in Pequot, now New London. He died June 4, 1816, his death being caused by an accident. In 1820, John Brewster, Sr., purchased the homestead then known as the "Capt. Israel Morgan Farm," but now called "Hillside Farm." His family consisted of three sons and a daughter, who married Elisha A. Crary, and had a large family.

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 187, 481