Caleb Brewster Papers

Collection, Ms 33

Date1755 – 1976
1783 – 1870

Administrative/Biographical History ElementCaleb Brewster, born at Setuaket, New York, in 1747, settled in Black Rock after many seafaring years. He was notable for his role as a Revolutionary War spy, commanding a fleet of whale boats from Black Rock Harbor. After the war he married Anna Lewis and became a large land owner and captain of a revenue cutter for the district of New York. He died in Black Rock in 1827. Fur further information, see Folder I in this collection. Notable in this collection (see Series E) is an affidavit written by Joshua Davis to Commander Rowland dated April 13, 1786 relating a route that Caleb Brewster and Benjamin Talmadge took to St. George Long, Island.

Scope & contentThis collection consists of one box and three oversize items. Folders A through C hold deeds; Folder D probate papers; Folder E maps and military papers; Folder F financial and legal papers; Folder G legal papers and correspondence; Folder H an address by William Brewster Minuse; and Folder I a family Bible which belonged to Caleb Brewster. The oversize items are maps which are stored in the Fairfield Historical Society map case. For further details, see the Collection Inventory.