Matthew Vassar (April 29, 1792-June 23, 1868) was a U.S. (English-born) brewer and merchant. He was the founder and eponym of Vassar College in 1861. He was born in East Dereham, Tuddenham Parish, Norfolk, England. In 1796 Vassar's family emigrated to the U.S. state of New York and settled on a farm near Poughkeepsie, N. Y. When Vassar was 14 years old, his parents had him apprenticed to a tanner. One day before he was to begin his apprenticeship, … Wikipedia
Here the Vassar family, having brought the art with them from England, began the brewing of ale first for their own consumption and then to meet the demands of their neighbors. www.famousamericans.net/matthewvassar/
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