Her father, Alden Brewster, is a banker. Her grandfather, Kingman Brewster, was president of Yale from 1963 to 1977 and later former President Richard Nixon’s ambassador to Great Britain.

In 1764, Daniel Brewster was born in Brookhaven ... Thomas married Anna Goldsmith, the daughter of Alden Goldsmith, owner of the world-renowned trotting champion Goldsmith Maid.