Robert Brewton, Colonel

1698 - 1759  (61 years)

• Name	Robert Brewton
  Title	Colonel
  Birth	1698	Charleston, South Carolina, United States
  Gender	Male
  FSID	LHXT-LBK
  Burial	1759	Charleston, South Carolina, United States
  Death	17 Aug 1759	Charleston, South Carolina, United States
  Person ID	I8973	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Miles Brewton, Colonel ,   b. 12 Jul 1675, Barbados d. 12 Jul 1745, Charleston, South Carolina, United States (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Susannah Pinckney,   b. Abt 1679, England, United Kingdom d. 24 Aug 1775 (Age 96 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1698
  Family ID	F426	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Loughton,   b. 1700, South Carolina, United States d. 27 Nov 1761, Charleston, South Carolina, United States (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	15 Apr 1729	Charleston, South Carolina, United States
  Children	+ 1. Rebecca Brewton,   b. 15 Jun 1737, Charleston, South Carolina, United States d. 10 Jan 1815, Clarendon, South Carolina, United States (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Miles Brewton, Colonel ,   b. 29 Jan 1731, St. Philip's Parish, Charleston, South Carolina, United States d. 24 Aug 1775, North Carolina, United States (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Frances Brewton,   b. 11 Jun 1733, St. Phillip's Parish, Charleston, South Carolina, United States d. 4 Apr 1795, Charleston, South Carolina, United States (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6734	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Robert was the son of Miles or Michael Brewton of the Province of Carolina and his first wife, Susannah Pinckney. By 1722 he had become a goldsmith in Charles Town. He lived there and in Christ Church Parish. In 1733 he was elected to represent St. Philip Parish in the Commons House of Assembly, a position he held until 1739. He subsequently represented Christ Church Parish (1739-1742) and St. Thomas and St. Dennis Parish (1746). Robert was a captain (1730), major (1736), and colonel (1741) of the Berkeley County Regiment of militia.