Roger Brett, Lieutenant, British Royal Navy

Abt 1683 - 1718  (35 years)

• Name	Roger Brett
  Title	Lieutenant, British Royal Navy
  Birth	Abt 1683	New York, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  FSID	K8T3-2GD  [1]
  _MILT	Lieutenant, British Royal Navy
  Death	Jun 1718	Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, United States
  Burial	Beacon, Dutchess, New York, United States
  	Brett Family Cemetery Brett Family Cemetery
  Person ID	I45277	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Catharyna Rombout,   b. 1687, New York, New York, United States bur. 1764, Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, United States (Age ~ 77 years)
  Marriage	Nov 1703	New York, New York, United States
  Children	+ 1. Francis Rombout Brett,   b. 1707, New York, New York, United States d. 1787, Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, United States (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F24956	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Notes from Find a Grave Reportedly a Lt. in the British Navy and friend of Lord Cornbury. He married on 25 November 1703, Catharyna Rombout, daughter of Francis Rombout. In 1708 Catharyna inherited about 28,000 acres of the Rombout patent. Roger Brett and his servant Samuel were returning from NYC when he was knocked overboard by the boom of their sloop at the entrance to Fishkill Creek. This was before November 1720, based on the earliest document listing Catharyna as a widow, dated November 28, 1720. Notes from Find a Grave Reportedly a Lt. in the British Navy and friend of Lord Cornbury. He married on 25 November 1703, Catharyna Rombout, daughter of Francis Rombout. In 1708 Catharyna inherited about 28,000 acres of the Rombout patent. Roger Brett and his servant Samuel were returning from NYC when he was knocked overboard by the boom of their sloop at the entrance to Fishkill Creek. This was before November 1720, based on the earliest document listing Catharyna as a widow, date d November 28, 1720. It is thought that Roger and two of his sons, Thomas Brett and Rivery Brett are buried in this old Brett Cemetery, but no markers remain. Thomas died by age 9 and Rivery died at age 17.

  
  

• Sources

  [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HB-326 : 14 February 2020), Rodger Brith in entry for Thomas Brith, 1705. This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.