Birth Name: Paget Valerie Brewster
Place of Birth: Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 10, 1969
Ethnicity: English, some Irish and German, distant French
Paget Brewster is an American actress. She is the daughter of Hathaway (Tew) and Galen Brewster. Paget is married to composer Steve Damstra.
Paget’s paternal grandfather was George Washington Wales Brewster, Jr. (the son of George Washington Wales Brewster and Ellen Mackenzie Hodge). Paget’s great-grandfather George was the son of Benjamin Brewster, Jr. and Ann Wales Emmons. Ellen was the daughter of John Ledyard Hodge and Susan Savage Wilson.
Paget’s paternal grandmother was Joan Ryerson (the daughter of Donald Mitchell Ryerson and Isabelle McGenniss). Donald was the son of Edward Larned Ryerson and Mary Pringle Mitchell. Isabelle was the daughter of Charles Burrill McGenniss and Isabelle S. Corwith, and had Irish, English, and French ancestry.
Paget’s maternal grandfather was John Bechtel Tew (the son of James Dinsmore Tew and Elinor Edith/Elaine Bechtel). James was the son of Harvey William/Williams Tew and Susan Dinsmore Goodrich. Elinor was the daughter of Theodore H. Bechtel and Elinor Focht, and had German ancestry.
Paget’s maternal grandmother was Valerie Hathaway (the daughter of Stewart Southworth Hathaway and Helen Viles). Stewart was the son of Charles Hathaway and Cora Southworth Rountree. Helen was the daughter of James Francis Viles and Anna Underwood.
Paget is a descendant of William Brewster (c. 1566-1644), a Mayflower passenger and noted Pilgrim. Among many of William’s other descendants are actors Jordana Brewster, Chevy Chase, Seth MacFarlane, and Brandon Routh, Massachusetts Governor William Weld, U.S. Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, and Governor of Arkansas Winthrop Rockefeller.
Sources: Genealogies of Paget Brewster – https://famouskin.com
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