Brewster Miller - BREW1
Title
Brewster Miller - BREW1
Name
Brewster Miller
Unique Person Identifier
BREW1
Ancestry Description
"colored man"
Status
Free
Sex
Male
Event Type
Death
Event Date
January 28, 1846
Age
Brewster is recorded as 5 at the time of his death.
Location or Address
Sag Harbor Old Burying Ground
34 Union Street, Sag Harbor, NY 11963
34 Union Street, Sag Harbor, NY 11963
Notes
Brewster is buried in the Sag Harbor Old Burying Ground, plot #116. He is described as a "colored man." Dorothy Zaykowski quotes the Sag Harbor Corrector's death notice for "Brister" Miller: "Brister filled his station in life with honesty and propriety, was peaceable and content with his situation, and his account current, and give the Recording Angel but little difficulty to settle." Zaykowski continues: "His gravestone is inscribed, 'The Noblest Work of God; An Honest Man.'"
Source Type
Secondary Source
Source/s
Zaykowski, Dorothy Ingersoll, The Old Burying Ground at Sag Harbor, L.I., N.Y., Sag Harbor 2003. p. 85.
Researcher
Meghan McGinley
Collection
Citation
“Brewster Miller - BREW1,” Plain Sight Project, accessed October 4, 2024, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/2094.