BREWSTER (B) Loren Michell Knowles F3695522, Genealogist
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BREWSTER (B) Loren Michell Knowles F3695522, genealogist, became a member of the Michigan chapter of the Descendants of the Mayflower in 1960, after confirming his family’s ties to William Brewster, a passenger on that ship. TO DO A SEARCH OF THIS .PDF DOCUMENT: • For PC users, hold down the CTRL key and then press F. • For Mac users, hold down the COMMAND key and then press F. • Type in the desired name, word or number in the FIND box in the upper right-hand corner and then press ENTER or RETURN. Notations in brackets and italics have been added subsequent to the passing of the genealogist. (B) WILLIAM BREWSTER William was born in 1500. He was appointed by Archbishop Sandys (1b) in 1/1575-6 as Receiver of Scrooby and Bailiff of the manor house, with life tenure. He went to Amsterdam in 1608 and Leyden in 1609. B1 WILLIAM BREWSTER b. in 1566 or 1567, probably in Scrooby, England d. 4/10/1644 in Plymouth, MA m. Mary Wentworth (2b) in England He was a Puritan and Plymouth Colony Elder who came to U.S. on the Mayflower in 1620. B11 PATIENCE BREWSTER (a female) b. ? d. in Plymouth, MA in 1634 m. 8/5/1624 to Thomas Prence (3b). She was his first wife. She sailed from England to the U.S. on the Anne in 7/1623. B12 FEAR BREWSTER (a female) b. ? d. in Plymouth, MA 12/12/1634 BREWSTER - page 2 m. 5/15/1634 to Isaac Allerton (4b) (his first wife) Fear sailed from England to the U.S. on the Anne in 7/1623. B13 LOVE BREWSTER (a male) b. ? d. ? m. 5/15/1634 to Sarah Collier (5b), who died in Duxbury, MA ca. 1650. She was the daughter of William Collier (6b) of Duxbury, a merchant. Love came from England to the U.S. on the Mayflower in 1620. B14 ____?____ BREWSTER This child, whose gender is unknown, died on a ship voyage to New England. B15 JONATHAN BREWSTER b. 8/12/1593 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England d. 8/7/1659 in CT m. 4/10/1624 to Lucretia Oldham (7b) of Darby, England. She died 5/4/1678 or 5/4/1679. He sailed to New England on the Fortune in November 1621. B151 WILLIAM BREWSTER b. 3/9/1625 m. 10/15/1651 to Mary Peame (8b) of London, England B152 MARY BREWSTER b. 4/10/1627 m. 11/10/1645 to John Turner (9b), son of Humphrey Turner (10b) and Lydia Gamer (11b) of Scituate, MA B153 JONATHAN BREWSTER b. 7/17/1629 B154 RUTH BREWSTER b. 10/3/1631 d. 5/1/1677 at New London, CT m. (1st) 3/14/1651 to John Pickett (12b), who died at sea 8/16/1667 m. (2nd) 7/2/1668 to Charles Hill (13b), son of George Hill (14b) BREWSTER - page 3 B155 ELIZABETH BREWSTER b. 5/1/1637 d. ca. 1708 B156 GRACE BREWSTER b. 11/1/1639 d. 4/22/1684 in New London, CT m. 8/4/1659 to Captain Daniel Wetherell (17b), son of Rev. William Wetherell (18b) and Mary Fisher (19b) of Scituate, MA B157 HANNAH BREWSTER b. 11/3/1641 m. 12/23/1664 to Samuel Starr (20b), son of Dr. Thomas Starr (21b) and ? B158 BENJAMIN BREWSTER b. 11/17/1633 at Duxbury, MA d. 9/14/1710 in Norwich, CT m. 4/24/1653 to Anne Darte (22b), born ca.1638 and died 5/9/1709 Benjamin served as Deputy to the General Court of New London Troop in 1673 and Captain of a military company at Norwich in 1693. B1581 MARY BREWSTER b. 12/10/1660 m. 11/28/1678 to Samuel Fitch (23b) B1582 ANN BREWSTER b. 9/29/1662 m. Matthew Cov (24b) in Preston, CT. They migrated to Pennsylvania before 1700. B1583 (Captain) DANIEL BREWSTER b. 3/1/1666 or 3/1/1667 m. (1st) 12/23/1686 to Hannah Gager (25b) m. (2nd) 12/19/1727 to Dorothy Wilter (26b) BREWSTER - page 4 B1584 JONATHAN BREWSTER b. 11/31/1664 d. 11/20/1774 m. Judith Stevens (27b) 12/18/1690 B1585 WILLIAM BREWSTER b. 3/22/1669 at Norwich, CT d. 8/11/1728 at Lebanon, CT m. (1st) 1/8/1692 to Elizabeth Reed (28b), daughter of Josiah Reed (29b) and Grace Hollaway (30b). Elizabeth died 3/11/1692. m. (2nd) Patience ? (31b), who died at Coventry, CT ca. 1740 B1586 BENJAMIN BREWSTER b. 12/25/1673 m. (1st) Mary Smith (32b) 12/17/1696 m. (2nd) Joyce ? (33b) B1587 ELIZABETH BREWSTER b. 6/23/1676 d. 3/9/1744 m. Daniel Meeks (34b) 7/4/1706 B1588 RUTH BREWSTER b. 9/16/1671 d. 8/22/1734 at Norwich, CT m. 6/15/1692 to Thomas Adgate C1, born in 3/1669 in Norwich, CT and died there 12/10/1760 [see ADGATE history] B16 WRESTLING BREWSTER (a male) He came with his parents to New England on the Mayflower in 1620 and apparently died as a young man, never having married. (modified 1/2016, based on information amassed by Loren M. Knowles prior to 1993) .