A Maine Family's History - Davis / McDowell

Brewster

William BREWSTER born 1505 Hatfield Nottinghamshire ENG taxed in 1534 Bently-cum-Asksey York

Spouse: Maude MAN born 1510 of Scrooby ENG

Children: William born 1534; Henry born 1537 Scrooby

William BREWSTER born 1534 Scrooby died 1590 Scrooby

Spouse: (2) Mary (SMYTHE) SIMPKINSON married 1556 ENG (1) Prudence Peck

Children: William born 1566 Scrooby Nottinghamshire ENG son of Mary; children of Prudence James, Prudence, John

William BREWSTER, Elder, born probably Doncaster, Yorkshire, ENG circa 1566/7 died 4/10/1644 Plymouth MA around 9 or 10 in the evening; came in 1620 Mayflower Company; place of burial unknown; 4th Signer of the Mayflower Compact

Spouse: Mary ? born 1569 Hatfield Parish Yorkshire ENG died 4/17/1627 Plymouth; came 1623 on the "Anne"; married 1590 Scrooby

Children: Jonathan born 8/12/1593 Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, ENG, married Lucretia Oldham; Patience born circa 1600 Scrooby married Thomas Prence 8/5/1624 Plymouth [AMR]; Fear born circa 1606 Scrooby married Isaac Allerton (See Smith/Glidden, descended from Isaac Allerton through 1st wife Mary Norris, ch Mary m Thomas Cushman); Infant born 6/20/1608 Leyden Holland; Love born 1611 Leyden Holland married Sarah Collier 5/25/1634 Plymouth [AMR]; Wrestling born circa 1614 Leyden Holland died a young man

Jonathan BREWSTER born 8/12/1593 Scrooby Nottinghamshire ENG died 8/7/1659 Norwich New London CT, came 1621 on the "Fortune"

Spouse: Lucretia OLDHAM (or Oldam) baptized 1/14/1599-00 Parish of All Saints Derby Derbyshire ENG married 4/10/1624 New London CT

Children: William born 3/9/1625; Mary born 4/16/1627 married John Turner of Scituate; Jonathan born 7/17/1627-9 married Mary Parrish; Benjamin born 11/17/1633 married Ann Dart; Elizabeth born 5/1/1637; Grace born 11/1/1639 married Daniel Witherell; Ruth born 10/1631 married John Pickett 3/14/1651 New London CT [AMR]; Hannah born 11/3/1641 married Samuel Starr

Mary BREWSTER born 4/16/1627 Plymouth baptized Plymouth died after 3/23/1697-8 Scituate

Spouse: John TURNER "The Older" born circa 1627 married 11/12/1645 Scituate [AMR]

Children: Jonathan born 1646; Joseph born 1647 died 1647; Joseph born 1648; Ezekiel born 1650; Lydia born 1652 married Wlm Barrell 1680 Scituate; John born 1654; Elisha born 1657; Mary born 1658

Mayflower Increasings pg 24: Wlm Brewster was born c 1566-7 poss Doncaster Yorkshire ENG (son of Wlm Brewster & Mary (Smythe) Simkinson). Wlm married c1590 poss at Scrooby Nottinghamshire ENG Mary ( ) . Although many have attempted to identify her (e.g. Wentworth, Wyrall) conclusive evidence is still lacking. Mary was born c1569 ENG and died 4/17/1627 Plymouth. Elder Brewster did not leave a will; on 6/5/1644 his "onely two sonnes surviveing", Jonathan & Love, were appointed administrators of his estate. As one would expect from such a learned man, his inventory included 63 Latin books and 300-400 English books. Wlm & Mary had 6 known children: Jonathan b 8/12/1593 Scrooby; Patience bc 1600 prob Scrooby; Fear b c 1606 prob ENG; child b Leyden d 6/20/1609 Leyden; Love bc 1611 Leyden Holland; Wrestling bc 1614 Leyden. Jonathan b 8/12/1593 Scrooby Eng d 8/7/1659 N. London Ct bur Preston Ct m 4/10/1624 Plymouth Lucretia Oldham dau of Wlm Oldham & Phillipa Sowter bpt 1/14/1600, Parish of All Saints, Derby/Darby Eng d 3/4/1678-9 Norwich Ct bur Preston Ct; Mary BREWSTER b 4/16/1627 Plymouth d aft 3/23/1697-8 prob Scituate m 10/12 Nov 1645 Plymouth John Turner b prob Essex Eng d bet 3/4/1695 - 5/20/1697 Scituate. PG 28 Will of John Turner: 3/4/1695, ment sons Jonathan Turner, Joseph Turner, Ezekiel Turner; grandchildren Isaac Turner, John James, Thomas Prince, Margret Turner, Alice Prince and eldest child of son Ezekiel; sons John Turner, Elisha Turner, Amos Turner; dau Grace Christophers; four daus Lydia, Mary, Ruth, Grace; son Benjamin Turner; wf Mary. Inv 5/20/1697.

Founders & Patriots: Brewster, William (1566/7 - Apr 10, 1644) m Mary _____ MA

Reg Plymouth Families pg 42: Brewster: Jonathan, Duxbury & Norwich son of 1^st Wlm born in Eng, came in the "Fortune" 1621 and by wife Lucretia had William; Mary m John Turner of Scituate; Jonathan 1627; and Benjamin. Pg 44: William the elder came in the Mayflower 1620 w/2 younger sons Love and Wrestling, and Lucretia, wife of son Jonathan, and her son William. Mary, the wife of William, came in the "Ann" 1623 with dau Fear, m Isaac Allerton; and Patience, m Thomas Prence. Pg 304 Jonathan 1^st in text was born in Scrooby 8/12/1593 and m 4/10/1624 Lucretia Oldam or Oldham. He had Wlm 1625, Mary 1627 m John Turner, Jonathan 1629, Ruth 1631 m John Pickett, Benjamin 1633, Elizabeth 1637, Grace 1639. Wlm 1^st in text (the whole rewritten) came in the Mayflower with wife Mary and 2 sons, Love and Wrestling; his dau Fear who m Isaac Allerton and dau Patience who m Thomas Prence, came in the "Ann" 1623; son Jonathan came in the "Fortune" 1621. PG 364: Wlm Brewster during the years 1617, 18, & 19, he was engaged in printing, publishing, and smuggling into England work obnoxious to the king & bishops.

American Gen: Brewster, Wlm 1566/7-1644; 4th signer of the Mayflower Compact; a ruling elder of the church 1620-44; dep 1636; chaplain of military company; m before 1593 Mary _____ (d 1627).

Topographical pg 133: BREWSTER, William; Scrooby Nottinghamshire; "Mayflower"; Plymouth MA; Ref Savage.

Pioneers MA pg 67: BREWSTER, Mr. William, son of Wlm Brewster, receiver of Scrooby, Nottinghamshire Eng & bailiff of the manor house. He deposed at Leyden 6/25/1609 ae 42 yrs; his wife being then 40 & his son Jonathan 16. Educated sometime at Cambridge in Latin & Greek; private secretary to Davison, sec. of state; appointed post-master at Scrooby; the Pilgrim Church met at his house generally, and he entertained them. Was a leader in the removal to Holland; one of those imprisoned at Boston, Lincolnshire. Ruling elder at Leyden. His printing press was a great help. He bore his part with this poor persecuted church above 36 years. He often preached & otherwise greatly helped the church. He came in the Mayflower; signed the Compact. With him came his wife Mary & 2 sons, Love & Wrestling; the rest of his ch were left behind and came over afterward. Wrestling d a young man. The daus that came over were d in 1650, but left sundry children. With him came also Richard More, a boy apprenticed to him, who lived at Plymouth, and a bro of Richard who d the first winter [B]. He res at Duxbury. His wife Mary d aged before 1627. "He had many children." [B] His dau Fear m Isaac Allerton. Patience m Thomas Prence. He d 4/10/1644 ae 80 years. Admin gr to his sons, Jonathan & Love 6/5/1644. The inv showed 63 Latin books & between 300 & 400 English books. [Reg IV, 174 & LIII, 109.]

Gen Reg of the First Settlers of NE pg 41: BREWSTER, JONATHAN, Plymouth, 1623, son of elder William Brewster, removed to New London, thence to Norwich CT & died 1659. Wood, 48. LOVE, Plymouth 1623, afterwards of Duxbury, was son of Elder Wlm Brewster. WILLIAM, Plymouth 1620. One of the first pilgrims & a ruling elder in the church. He died 4/16/1644 in his 84th year. His children were Patience, Fear, Love, Wrestling, Jonathan, Lucretia, William, Mary. Davis, Morton's NE Memo. Allen, Biog. Dict.

Mayflower Families in Progress, William Brewster of the Mayflower & His Descendants for Four Generations: pg 1 No birth records have been found for William Brewster or his wife Mary. Each of their birth years has been determined from an affidavit of declaration made before the magistrates of Leyden, Holland, on 6/25/1609, in which "William Brewster of St. Ursualsteeg, Englishman, aged 42 years, Mary Brewster, his wife aged 40 years, and their son Jonathan Brewster, aged 16 years," acknowledged receipt of cloths from Bernard Rosse of Amsterdam, Englishmen. /p/ Letters of administration on the estate of Mr. W.B., late of Plymouth, gentleman, deceased, were granted to Jonathan and Love Brewster on 6/5/1644. In the settlement of his estate by the "onely two sonnes surviveing," the estate was divided in half between Jonathan & Love Brewster and Jonathan was was directed to pay Love "for the dyett of Isaack Allerton, a grandchild of the said William, which he had placed with his sonn Love to table..."

NEHGR LXXXIX, July 1935 pg 280: One cause of the Pequot War had been the killing of Mr. John Oldham of Watertown by the Indians at Block Island in July 1636. Mr. John Oldham, with his wife and Lucretia Oldham, arrived at Plymouth in the ship Ann on 7/10/1623. Lucretia Oldham "of Darby" was married 4/10/1624 to Elder William Brewster's son, Jonathan Brewster, who had arrived at Cape Cod 11/9/1621 in the Fortune, not in the Mayflower. Born at Scrooby, Nottinghamshire 8/12/1593, and reared at Leyden, in the Protestant Netherlands, Jonathan Brewster spoke Dutch fluently. "Mungrel Dutch," Samuel Maverick called the Plymouth Pilgrims. The youngest daughter of Jonathan and Lucretia (Oldham) Brewster, Hannah Brewster, was married at New London, CT 12/23/1664 to Dr. Thomas Starr's son, Samuel Starr. At first one of the leading men at Plymouth, Mr. John Oldham finally was expelled, moved to "Natascot" (Hull), and, allying himself with the fortunes of Sir Ferdinando Gorges and his sons, later moved across the Bay, when Rev. William Blaxton and Mr. William Jeffries as agents of Georges put him in possession of the territory along the seacoast from the Saugus River to the Charles River--years before Winthrop arrived--including Charlestown and a large part of Watertown. /P/ In 7/1636 John Gallop of Dorchester was at Block Island, and there learned that Indians had killed Mr. John Oldham and seized his boat and goods and also his gold, amounting, says Lion Gardiner, to £60. Bradford wrote (p. 131): "2 little boys that were his kinsmen [John Oldham, 13, and Thomas Oldham, 11, no doubt] were saved." Gallop at once retaliated by killing many Indians--Narragansetts, Block Island being in their territory, seven of whom the Narragansett sachem Miantonomah in 1636 said were Indian chiefs....

Genealogical Dictionary of New England 346: Turner, JOHN, Scituate, eldest s. of Humphrey, b. in Eng. m. 12 Nov. 1645, Mary, d. of Jonathan Brewster, had Jonathan, b. 20 Sept. 1646; Joseph, 12 Jan. 1648, d. in 3 days; Joseph, again 12 Jan. 1650; Ezekiel, 7 Jan. 1651; Lydia, 24 Jan. 1653; John, 30 Oct. 1654; Elisah, 8 Mar. 1657. His d. Mary m. a. 1683, Isaac Prince; and Lydia m. 1675, John James, and in 1680, William Barrell.