Person Info
- Name: William BREWSTER
- Sex: M
- Birth: Abt 1567 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England b
- Death: 10 Apr 1644 in Plymouth, Massachusetts d
Parents:
- Father:
- William BREWSTER
Family:
Marriage:
- Mary WENTWORTH on Abt 1583 at Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England .m1
- Mary WENTWORTH
Birth: 1569 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
Death: 17 Apr 1627 in Plymouth, Massachusetts
Children:
- William BREWSTER Birth: Abt 1586 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
Death: 10 Aug 1608
- Edward BREWSTER Birth: 1587 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
- Mary BREWSTER Birth: Abt 1590 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
- Jonathan BREWSTER Birth: 12 Aug 1593 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
Death: 7 Aug 1659 in Preston, Massachusetts
- Love BREWSTER Birth: Abt 1595 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
Death: 1650 in Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Robert BREWSTER Birth: 1599 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
- Patience BREWSTER Birth: Abt 1600 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
Death: 1634
- (Unk son) BREWSTER Birth: Abt 1603 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
Death: Jun 1609 in Leyden, Holland
- Wrestling BREWSTER Birth: Abt 1605 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
Death: 1636
- Fear BREWSTER Birth: Abt 1606 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
Death: Abt 12 Dec 1634 in Plymouth, Massachusetts
Bibliography
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Banks, Charles Edward, The Planters of the Commonwealth: A Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial Times to which are added Lists of Passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony; the Ships which brought them; their English Homes, and the Places of their Settlement in Massachusetts. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. Reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1967. LDS Fiche #6046840. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007827816, images 193-318 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Banks Planters p[0-9]*].
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Banks, Charles Edward, Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England 1620-1650, Philadelphia, PA: Elijah Ellsworth Brownell, 1937. LDS Film#0874196#1. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/283805. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Banks Topo p[0-9]*].
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Cutter, William Richard, New England Families, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co, 1913. M-LH 974 Cut. NYPL APR (New England) (Cutter) (NYPL has both 1913 and 1915 editions). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/272367. Two editions of this work were published in 1913, but contents and page numbering is different; the other is available at (vol 1) http://books.google.com/?id=KvUsAAAAYAAJ, (vol 2) http://books.google.com/?id=_c4UAAAAYAAJ, (vol 3) http://books.google.com/?id=7_UsAAAAYAAJ, (vol 4) http://books.google.com/?id=NegUAAAAYAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Cutter NE p[0-9]*].
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Dexter, Henry, True date of the birth and death of Elder Brewster, in NEHGR, v18 1864. pp18-20. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Dexter BREWSTER p[0-9]*].
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Emerson, Benjamin Kendall, The Ipswich Emersons 1636-1900: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Emerson of Ipswich Massachusetts with some account of his English Ancestry, Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1900. LDS Film#1036803#8. Available at http://archive.org/details/ipswichemersonsa00emer Information from this source tagged as [Ref: EmersonBK EMERSON p[0-9]*].
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King, Cameron Haight, The King Family of Suffield, Connecticut, its English Ancestry and American Descendants, San Francisco, 1908. LDS Film#1321239#5, also Univ. Microfilm #G175. Available at http://archive.org/details/kingfamilyofsuff00inking Information from this source tagged as [Ref: KingCH KING p[0-9]*].
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Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, a Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents. Boston, MA: author, 1900. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1400537. Reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Pub Co, 1986. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p[0-9][0-9a]*].
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Roberts, Gary Boyd, Ancestors of American Presidents, First Authoritative Edition. Santa Clarita, CA: Carl Boyer, 1995. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts USPres [A-Zp][A-Z0-9]*].
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Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register. Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co, 1860. Available at http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic01savarich. Reprinted Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Published Co, 1965. Scanned and corrected by Robert Kraft, 1994, and available at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sav-age [A-Z][A-Z]* [A-Z][a-z]*].
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Walters, Patricia, WALTERS, HERRMANN, and other related families, notebooks of 23 volumes. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1989. Vol 15 (AUSTIN/HARMON), Film#1597566#4. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS BREWSTER-p[0-9]*].
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Walters, Patricia, WALTERS, HERRMANN, and other related families, notebooks of 23 volumes. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1989. Vol 15 (AUSTIN/HARMON), Film#1597566#4. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS EMERSON-p[0-9]*].
- date:
- 1566 or 1567 [Ref: Dexter BREWSTER p20]
- Jun 1609 declared age 42 [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS BREWSTER-p92]
- abt 1566-67 [Ref: Roberts USPres TAYLOR],
- place:
- [Ref: Banks Planters p133, Banks Topo p133, Sav-age BREWSTER William,
WaltersP WALTERS BREWSTER-p92]
- prob Doncaster, Yorkshire [Ref: Roberts USPres TAYLOR],
- father:
- [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p67]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
- date:
- 1563 [Ref: Sav-age BREWSTER William]
Sources for death Information
- date:
- [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p67, Roberts USPres TAYLOR, WaltersP WALTERS
BREWSTER-p92]
- Apr 1644 [Ref: Dexter BREWSTER p19],
- place:
- [Ref: Roberts USPres TAYLOR, WaltersP WALTERS BREWSTER-p92]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
- date:
- 16 Apr 1643 [Ref: Sav-age BREWSTER William]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary WENTWORTH
- date:
- abt 1583 [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS BREWSTER-p92]
- ante 1583 [Ref: Roberts USPres TAYLOR],
- place:
- [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS BREWSTER-p92],
- names:
- William BREWSTER & Mary ___ [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p67, Roberts USPres
TAYLOR],
- child:
- [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p67, Roberts USPres TAYLOR, WaltersP WALTERS
BREWSTER-p103]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
- child:
- Elizabeth (#10063), wife of Thomas EMERRSON [Ref: Cutter NE p1678,
EmersonBK EMERSON p20, KingCH KING p513, WaltersP WALTERS BREWSTER-p1,
WaltersP WALTERS EMERSON-p95]
Research Notes:
Jun 25 1609: deposed at Leyden, age 42; his wife then 40 and son Jonathan
16 [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p67]
date of birth determined by affidavit of Layden, June 25 1609, in which he,
his wife Mary and son Jonathan declare their ages 42, 40, and 16 years. [Ref:
WaltersP WALTERS BREWSTER-p111]
matriculated in Cambridge, Dec 3 1580. An assistant of William Davison, Sec.
of State to Queen Elizabeth, and with him to the Netherlands Aug 1585, serving
him until his downfall 1587. [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS BREWSTER-p111]
administered his father's estate in 1590 [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS BREWSTER-p111]
appointed position of Postmaster before Apr 1594 [Ref: Sav-age BREWSTER
William]
appointed to the office of "Post", which he held until Sep 30 1607. His
father was "Post" and is said his grandfather held the office. The office of
Post was a court appointment; the mails were only accessible to those
connected with the court until 1644. [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS BREWSTER-p111]
attempting to move to Holland 1607, the Pilgrims were imprisoned in Boston,
Lincolnshire, through treachery of the master of the ship. "He was ye cheefe
of those taken and suffered ye greatest loss; and of ye seuen that were kept
longest." He lost most of his possessions, including valuable books. He was
freed with great difficulty and went to Leyden, Holland, where he suffered
hardships and spent most of his means providing for his "many children." The
twelve years in Holland, he taught and ran a printing press with help of
friends. The Church of Leyden resolved to emigrate to Virginia. [Ref:
WaltersP WALTERS BREWSTER-p111]
1620: came in Mayflower, along with two younger sons, wife of eldest son,
and her son William [Ref: Sav-age BREWSTER William]
1620: came in mayflower, signed the Compact. With him came his wife Mary and
two sons, Love and Wrestling; the rest of his children were left behind and
came over afterwards [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p67]
admin of estate granted to his sons Jonathan and Love, 5 Jun 1644. Inventory
showed 63 Latin books and between 300 and 400 English books [Ref: Pope
PioneersMA p67]
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