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Descendants of William Brewster Descendants of William Brewster Generation No. 1 1. WILLIAM1 BREWSTER was born 1509, and died 1558. He married MAUDE MANN. Children of WILLIAM BREWSTER and MAUDE MANN are: 2. i. WILLIAM2 BREWSTER, b. 1535, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England; d. 1590, Scrooby, Nottingham England. ii. HENRY BREWSTER. Generation No. 2 2. WILLIAM2 BREWSTER (WILLIAM1) was born 1535 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, and died 1590 in Scrooby, Nottingham England. He married MARY (SMYTHE)SIMPINSON 1565, daughter of WILLIAM SMYTHE. Child of WILLIAM BREWSTER and MARY (SMYTHE)SIMPINSON is: 3. i. WILLIAM3 BREWSTER, b. 1566, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England; d. April 10, 1644, Plymouth, Mass. Generation No. 3 3. WILLIAM3 BREWSTER (WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1566 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, and died April 10, 1644 in Plymouth, Mass. He married MARY WENTWORTH 1593. She was born 1569 in Hatfield Parish Yorkshire England, and died April 17, 1627 in Plymouth, Mass. Notes for WILLIAM BREWSTER: William and Mary Brewster arrived to America on the Mayflower in 1620 Love Brewster(son) and Wrestling Brewster (son) along with 2 sevent boys came over on the Mayflower. William Brewster, who came later to America, was for many years postmaster at Scrooby, a little village on the great North road about fifty miles from London. Nowadays a postmaster has mainly to do with letters and parcels and money orders, but three hundred years ago he had to do almost entirely with horses. Letters then posted were mainly governmental correspondence, sent by members of the Court. He did not live in a little house on a side street, but had a grand mansion called Scrooby Manor with a large brick stable and his duty was to supply horses to all travelers who desired to hire them. He was appointed by the government and had what 300 years ago was considered a handsome salary, namely 2 shillings a day, besides what travelers used to pay him if they stayed for a night or so at Scrooby Manor on their journey. He was also responsible for the relays of horses on the post road. He held the position of postmaster from 1590 to 1607. About 1602 his neighbors began to assemble at the Manor house for worship, where Brewster, "did much good in promoting and furthering religion." He was opposed to the laxness and excess of the clergy, and favored greater strictness of morals and doctrine. He and his friends organized a branch of the Separatists, or those who preferred the congregational system, whereby each charge would be responsible to itself alone. In the face of persecution, in 1607 he with his friends chartered a Dutch boat to take them to Holland, but through the treachery of the Captain they were seized and imprisoned for a time. A year later they reached The Hague, where Brewster spent most of his means in providing for his family. At Leyden, in 1609, he was chosen ruling Elder of the Congregation. He remained in Holland twelve years, supporting himself by teaching English and by the use of the printing press. He was engaged in printing secretly religious books proscribed by the English government. In 1619 their types were seized, and his partner was arrested. Brewster, however, escaped and in the same year with Robert Cushman obtained in London on behalf of his associates a land patent from the Virginia Company. In 1620 he was selected to accompany the advance guard to the New World. The Pilgrims sailed from Delftshaven late in July, 1620, from Southampton on the 5th of August, and from Plymouth on the 6th of September, 1620. After a stormy voyage of ten weeks, they anchored in Plymouth Harbor, Nov. 21, 1620, and "there in the cabin of the Mayflower, Elder William Brewster drafted the first written Constitution in the history of the world, --- a marvel of clearness, brevity, and strength." At Plymouth he bore an important part in establishing the Pilgrim Republic, not shrinking from the severest manual labor, and "when the church had no other minister, he taught twice every Sabbath, both powerfully and profitably, to ye great contentment of ye hearers." He took a prominent part in the affairs of the colony, and served in the Indian Wars under Captain Myles Standish. Nearly every ship which came from England brought books to Brewster, and at his death his library inventoried 400 volumes, 62 of which were in Latin. There were 98 commentaries or translations of the Bible. "He possessed that happy attitude of mind which could accustom itself to all circumstances; destitute of meat, of fish and bread, even with his single meal of clams would return thanks to the Lord that he could suck of the abundance of the seas and the treasures hid in the sands." He was accompanied by his wife Mary, and two sons, Love and Wrestling; also, a boy called Richard More. The rest of his children came over afterward. (The Pilgrims purposely chose such names as peace, love, and patience, for their children, to emphasize their separation from the established church, which perpetuated the saints of the church calendar in naming children.) During their first winter in America, the Pilgrims buried half their number, leveling the graves and sowing grain over them in the Spring, in order to conceal their misfortunes from the Indians. He enjoyed a healthy old age and was sick but one day, when he died on the 10th of April, 1644, 78 years of age. His wife, Mary, fourth signer of the Mayflower Compact, died April 17th, 1627. He survived all his daughters, leaving only two sons, Jonathan and Love. Brewster Cousins by Carl M. Brewster (1937). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Educated sometime at Cambridge in Latin and 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 of Holland; one of those imprisoned at Boston, Lincolnshire. Ruling elder at Leyden. His printing press was a great help." "He came in the Mayflower; signed the Compact. With him came his wife Mary and 2 sons, Love and Wrestling; the rest of his ch. were left behind and came over afterward. Wrestling died a young man. The daus. that came over were d. in 1650, but left sundry children." "Pioneers of Massachusetts" by Charles Henry Pope (1900) Milford, MA Library 929.3744 POP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Thus it became logical for young William Brewster, in 1589/90 to receive the appointment to the Post at Scrooby Manor, an important office at that time, and much sought after." "As early as 1603, Elder William Brewster, though a member of the established Church, and filling the official position as manager of the Post at Scrooby, was having the Separatists meet in secret at the Manor House, which is located near "Sherwood Forest" ..." "It is evident, however, that they were all Separatists, and had suffered much because of their beliefs, and were seeking a haven of refuge in the colonies." "Mayflower Heads of Families (From Leyden, Holland) 4. Mr. William Brewster, b. Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, Eng., 1566-7, died New Plymouth, April. 26, 1644. He was the ruling Elder of the New Plymouth Church." "In May, 1609, Brewster appears to have been settled in Leyden with his family, or that portion of it still at home, and, no doubt, he was quite busy teaching, and perhaps had already entered into the business of printing and selling books, an occupation his son Edward in later years followed in London. ... it is known that Brewster had left Leyden and was residing in London in 1619, ..." "Master William Brewster, teacher, printer, pioneer planter of a great state, soldier, diplomat and statesman, "dyed at Plymouth in New England the 10th of April, 1644."" 'The Mayflower Planters', by Leon Clark Hills -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "He entered Peterhouse, Cambridge University, on 3 December 1580, but apparently did not graduate. He became an assistant to William Davison, one of Queen Elizabeth's Secretaries of State, and he went to Holland with Davison in 1585 on a diplomatic mission. When Davision was imprisoned by Queen Elizabeth as a scapegoat for the execution of Mary Queen of Scots, Brewster returned to Scrooby and subsequently was appointed to his father's old post there as postmaster, holding that position until 1607. He was imprisoned as the result of the betrayal of a ship's master when he was leading a group of Separatists fleeing England for Holland. On being released, he went to Holland, where he became ruling elder of the separatist church, supporting himself and his family by running a printing business. William Brewster arrived at Plymouth on the 1620 Mayflower accompanied by his wife Mary and their sons Love and Wrestling. He continued as ruling elder of the Plymouth Church until he died." 'Plymouth Colony, Its History & People, 1620-1691' -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brewster was a fugitive from the King of England, because he had published a number of religious pamphlets while in Leyden which were critical or opposed the tenets of the Church of England. He had been a member of the Separatist church movement from its very beginning, and was the oldest Mayflower passenger to have participated at the First Thanksgiving, in his early fifties. William Bradford wrote a lot about William Brewster in Of Plymouth Plantation, some of which follows: "After he had attained some learning, viz. the knowledge of Latin tongue, and some insight in the Greek, and spent some small time at Cambridge, and then being first seasoned with the seeds of grace and virtue, he went to the court, and served that religious and godly gentleman, Mr. Davison, divers years, when he was Secretary of State; who found him so discreet and faithful as he trusted him above all other that were about him, and only employed him in all matters of greatest trust and secrecy .
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