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 in 1620 (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 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 . 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 , died April 17th, 1627. He survived all his daughters, leaving only two sons, Jonathan and Love. Brewster Cousins by Carl M. Brewster (1937).

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"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 " by Charles Henry Pope (1900) Milford, MA Library 929.3744 POP

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"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 the 10th of April, 1644."" 'The Mayflower Planters', by Leon Clark Hills

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"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." ', Its History & People, 1620-1691'

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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 , 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 . . . he attended his Mr.. when he was sent in ambassage by the Queen into the Low Countries . . . And, at his return, the States honored him with a gold chain, and his master committed it to him, and commanded him to wear it when they arrived in England, as they rid through the country, till they came to the court . . . Afterwards he went and lived in the country, in good esteem amongst his friends and the gentlemen of those parts, especially the Godly and religious. She did much good in the country where he lived, in promoting and furthering religion not only by his practise and example, and provocating and encouraging of others, but by procuring of good preachers to the places thereabouts, and drawing on of others to assist and help forward in such work; he himself most commonly deepest in the charge, and sometimes above his ability. . . . They ordinarily met at this house on the Lord's day, (which was a manor of the bishops) and with great love he entertained them when they came, making provision for them to his great charge. He was the chief of those that were taken at Boston, and suffered the greatest loss; and of the seven that were kept longest in prison, and after bound over ... After he came into Holland he suffered much hardship, after he had spent the most of his means, having a great charge, and many children; and, in regard of his former breeding and course of life, not so fit for many employments as others were, especially as were toilsome and laborious. But yet he ever bore his condition with much cheerfulness and contention. Towards the later part of those 12 years spent in Holland, his outward condition was mended, and he lived well and plentifully; for he fell into a way to teach many students, who had a desire to learn the English tongue, to teach them English; ... He also had means to set up printing, by the help of some friends ... and by reason of many books which would not be allowed to be printed in England, they might have had more then they could do. ... And besides that, he would labor with his hands in the fields as long as he was able; yet when the church had no other minister, he taught twice every Sabbath ... For his personal abilities, he was qualified above many; he was wise and discreet and well spoken, having a grave and deliberate utterance, of a very cheerful spirit, very sociable and pleasant amongst his friends, of an humble and modest mind, of a peaceable disposition, undervaluing himself and his own abilities ... inoffensive and innocent in his life and conversation ... he was tender-hearted, and compassionate of such as were in misery, but especially of such as had been of good estate and rank, and were fallen into want and poverty, either for goodness and religions sake, or by the injury and oppression of others; ... "

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION:

The maiden name of William Brewster's wife has not been proven. The claim it was Mary Wentworth rests solely on the fact that Mary Wentworth happened to live somewhat close to William Brewster in Scrooby, Nottingham. That is very shaky evidence to say the least. Further, it has been proposed that William Brewster may have married Mary Wyrall, but the evidence is just as flimsy for that marriage. There are no fewer than seven marriages from 1590-1610 that have been located in parish registers showing a William Brewster marrying a Mary. All, however, have been satisfactorily eliminated as probable candidates for the William and Mary (Brewster) who came on the Mayflower. So at present, there is no evidence to document who William Brewster's wife Mary actually was.

William Brewster Estate MD III,1,15+

Though not included here, William Brewster left behind numerous volumes of books--so many that a separate inventory was made of them. Dying intestate, it was agreed by his sons that they could agree on a fair and impartial settlement of their father's estate, however this was not entirely the case as noted in the last of these proceedings. Elder William Brewster died at Plymouth, 10 April 1644, without having made a will, and on 5 June, 1644, his "onely two sonnes surviveing," Jonathan and Love, were appointed administrators of his estate. Court Orders, II: 101. Under date of 5 June, 1644. Lres of administracon of all the goods and cattells of mr Willm Brewster deceased are graunted by the Court to Jonathan Brewster and Love Brewster And A true Inventory thereof was exhibited to the Court upon the Oathes of the said Jonathan & Love. Plymouth Colony Wills, I: 53. Lres of Administracon of all the goods and cattells of mr William Brewster Deceased were graunted to Jonathan Brewster and Love Brewster at the genrall Court holden at Plymouth the fift Day of June in the xxth yeare of his said Mas now Raigne of England &c and a true Inventory thereof was exhibited to the Court upon the Oathes of the said Jonathan and Love the same Court. The totall is 107 0 8 Myles Standish Tho: Prence. The totall of both latten & English books amounts to the sum of 42 . 19 . 11 The totall both of goods & bookes amounts in all to 150 . 00 . 27 Wm Bradford Tho: Prence Plymouth Colony Deeds, I: 198 Bradford Govr Whereas William Brewster late of Plym gent deceased left onely two sonnes surviveing vizt Jonathan the Eldest and Love the yeonger And whereas the said William dyed intestate for ought can to this day appeare The said Jonathan and Love his sonnes when they returned from the buriall of their father to the house of Mr William Bradford of Plymouth in the prsence of mr Raph Partrich Pastor of Duxborrow mr John Reynor Teacher of the Church at Plymouth and mr Edward Buckley Pastor of the Church at Marshfeild and many others being exhorted to honor their Revrend father wth a peaceable pceeding about the division of his estate between them. The said Jonathan first answered for his part that although hee were the elder yet was willing to devide lands and goods equally betweene himself and brother. And if in case any differrence should arrise betweene them that it might be soone suppressed said he heere are four of my fathers deere and auncient frends vizt mr William Bradford then Govrnor of Plymouth mr of Marshfeild mr of Plymouth aforesaid and Captaine Miles Standish of Duxborrow. And if my brother please to accept my motion whereinsoevr we shall differ we will stand to their award wch shalbe as firme as if it had beene done by our father &c To all wch the said Love Brewster condiscended to the great satisfaccon of the whole Assembly the said friends of his father being there also present who willingly engaged themselves therein to the utmost of their power And whereas afterward difference arose between the said brethren Jonathan and Love in divers prticulers about the late dwelling house of their said father at Duxborrow wherein the said Love dwelt and had donn from his marriage to that instant also about certain accompt wherein Jonathan was made debtor to the estate in a large sume &c Hereupon according to prmise they referring themselves to the said special and most intimate frends of their said father the said Edward Winslow afterwards Governor of Plymouth mr William Bradford mr Thomas Prence and Captaine Miles Standish aforesaid haveing heard divers thinges alleadged on Loves behalf to prove that the said House and half the Lands of the said William belonging thereunto aswell as any other the lands of the said William devided or to be devided with an entire half part of the estate of the said Willm was given to the said Love and Sarah his wyfe upon a Covenant of Contract of marryage to be due at the death of the said William Brewster now deceased. All wch was offerred to be prooved legally if neede require by solemne prmise though not in writing The said Jonathan also offerring to take off upon oath the greatest prt of the said debts also &c The said Edward Winslow William Bradford Thomas Prence & Captaine Miles Standish being well acquainted with their said case aswell by divers thinges heard from their revrend father in his life as by the evedence now offerred to be prduced on both sides determyned as followeth And first of all for the said debts wch were alleadged against the said Jonathan the elder brother by the said Love the yonger as aforesaid we conceive that if their father had not acquitted them before his death yet hee would nevr have charged his Eldest sonn wth them in regard of his greate charge of children and so beleeveing it was donn actually or intensively or both we discharged Jonathan of all the said debt his brother made him debtor to the estate aforesaid except foure pounds sterling wch wee award him to pay his brother Love in consideracon of the wintering of some cattell wch the said Jonathan had the sommering upon the division and for the dyett of Isaack Allerton a grandchild of the said William wch he had placed with his sonn Love to table And because hee was the first borne of his father we gave him his fathers Armes and also a two yeare old heiffer over and above his part of the devideables of the said estate. And for the Dwelling house aforesaid of the said William wherein the said Love Brewster resided we were so well acquainted with the purpose of the sd William now deceased and the evidence offerred for proofe seemed to us so strong as wee beleeveing the said William had actually or intentively or both given the said house to his son Love and Sarah his wyfe and their heires &c Wee the Edward William Thomas and Myles awarded the said dwelling house to the said Love and Sarah his wyfe and their heires &c together wth half the said Estate of Lands goods and cattells except before excepted and aswell such other lands as are not yet divided blonging to the said William as a Purchaser of the Patent & Plantacon of New Plymouth aforesaid as that at Duxborrow whereon hee lived And whereas some differrence might have arrisen about the division of the said Lands at Duxborrow mr William Vassell being requested to survey the said Lands he made a division of yt in two parts being an hundred & eleaven acrees of upland or there abouts vizt to Jonathan Brewster an sixtie eight acrees or there abouts wch lay entire together next a dwelling house wch the said Jonathan had built on the said land by the leave of his said father and all the meadow on that side a creeke (wch divided the greatest part of the said land) below a Bridg on the way betweene the houses of Jonathan and Love his brother And to Love Brewster fourty three acrees of upland or there abouts adjoyneing to his dwelling house whereof thirty acrees was cleered land and almost all in tillage the other thirteene being woodland as it was devided in the said Plott drawne by the said Surveighor and marked out and allowed by us except a prcell of land about three quarters of an acree prte in the garden of the said Jonathan and prt in a Swamp adjoyneing wherein onely the said Jonathan had Water to his house as it was marked and staked by us Also we gave unto Love Brewster all the meadow on that side the Creek adjoyneing to his land where he liveth and also that smale prcell wch lyeth above the Bridge betweene their two houses before expressed And the reason wherefore we gave Love the lesse quantitie was and is because the quallity of Loves land in goodnes is equall to the quantitie of Jonathans as we judg And that this is the full determinacon of us the said Edward William Thomas and Myles upon the referrence aforesaid of the said Jonathan and Love as wee are prswaded in our consciences to be equall and just haveing to our best abillities faythfully discharged our duties towards God their deceased father our former worthy frend and towards Jonathan and Love his onely children remayneing In witnes thereof we have put to our hands and ordered it to be put Upon the Records of the Gover meet. ffinished at Plymouth the xxth August 1645 William Bradford Edw: Winslow Tho: Prence Myles Standish

Notes for MARY WENTWORTH:

Children of WILLIAM BREWSTER and MARY WENTWORTH are:

4. i. JONATHAN4 BREWSTER, b. August 12, 1593, Scrooby, Nottingham England; d. August 07, 1659, Preston, Connecticut.

ii. ELIZABETH BREWSTER, b. 1584, Scrooby, Nottingham England; d. 1666, Massachusettes.

iii. WILLIAM BREWSTER, b. 1586; d. 1608, Jamestown, VA..

Notes for WILLIAM BREWSTER:

Killed by Indians

iv. EDWARD BREWSTER, b. 1587, England; d. 1635, England.

v. PATIENCE BREWSTER, b. 1606, England; d. 1634, Plymouth, Mass.

vi. , b. 1606, England; d. 1634, Plymouth, Mass.

5. vii. LOVE BREWSTER, b. 1611, Holland; d. 1650, Duxbury, Massachusetts.

viii. WRESTLING BREWSTER, b. 1614, England; d. 1627; m. MARY; b. November 16, 1661; d. November 12, 1742.

Generation No. 4

4. JONATHAN4 BREWSTER (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born August 12, 1593 in Scrooby, Nottingham England, and died August 07, 1659 in Preston, Connecticut. He married LUCRETIA OLDAM (OLHAM) April 10, 1624.

Children of JONATHAN BREWSTER and LUCRETIA (OLHAM) are:

6. i. MARY5 BREWSTER, b. April 16, 1627, Plymouth, Mass.

ii. WILLIAM BREWSTER, b. 1625.

iii. JONATHAN BREWSTER, b. 1627.

iv. MARY PARRISH BENJAMIN BREWSTER, b. 1633.

v. ELIZABETH BREWSTER, b. 1637.

vi. GRACE BREWSTER, b. 1639.

5. LOVE4 BREWSTER (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1611 in Holland, and died 1650 in Duxbury, Massachusetts. He married SARAH COLLIER.

Notes for LOVE BREWSTER: Will of Love Brewster

The last Will and Testament of Love Brewster Deseassed exhibited at the generall Court holden at New Plym: the 4th of March 1650 upon the oath of Captaine Miles StandishWitnesseth these psents that I Love Brewster of Duxburrow in New England and in the goverment of New Plym: being in pfect memory doe ordeaine & appoint this to bee my last will and Testamente And first my will is that if the lord shall please to take mee out of this life that my body bee buried in a decent mannor and that my funerall expences bee taken out of my whole estate; Next my will is; That all my Just and lawfull debts bee paied out of the Remainder of my said estate allso I give unto my Children that is to say Nathaniell Willam Wrasteling and Sara each of them a kettle and further my will is that my three sonns shall have each of them a peece that is to say a gun; allso I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Sara Brewster all the Residue of my whole estate both goods and Chattles and land at Duxburrow forher bringing up of her and my Children the time of her life and after her decease I doe give the aforsaid lands to my eldest sonn and heire apparent Nathaniell Brewster and in Case god should take him away out of this lifewithout Issew I give and bequeath the said lands at Duxburrow to my second sonn Willam Brewster and in like case to my youngest sonn Wresteling Brewster; And for those books I have that my wife would destribute them to herselfe and Children at her discresion allso my will is and I doe by the same give unto my three sonns equally to be devided amongst them all such land as of Right due to mee by Purchase and first coming into the land Which was in the yeare 1620 allso I doe make Constitute and appoint my beloved wife Sara Brewster sole executrix of this my last will and Testament in Witnes Wherof I have put to my hand and Seale this sixt of october 1650 Witness heerunto Love Brewster Myles Standish

Child of LOVE BREWSTER and SARAH COLLIER is:

7. i. WRESTLING5 BREWSTER, b. 1644, Duxbury, Massachusetts; d. January 01, 1696/97.

Generation No. 5

6. MARY5 BREWSTER (JONATHAN4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born April 16, 1627 in Plymouth, Mass. She married JOHN TURNER November 10, 1645.

Children of MARY BREWSTER and JOHN TURNER are:

8. i. LYDIA6 TURNER, b. 1652.

ii. JONATHAN TURNER, b. 1646.

iii. JOSEPH TURNER, b. 1647.

iv. JOSEPH TURNER, b. 1648.

v. EZEKIEL TURNER, b. 1650.

vi. JOHN TURNER, b. 1654.

vii. ELISHA TURNER, b. 1657.

viii. MARY TURNER, b. 1658.

7. WRESTLING5 BREWSTER (LOVE4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1644 in Duxbury, Massachusetts, and died January 01, 1696/97. He married MARY. She was born November 16, 1661, and died November 12, 1742.

Children of WRESTLING BREWSTER and MARY are:

i. ELIZABETH6 BREWSTER, b. 1690, Kingston, Massachusetts; d. 1741, Kingston, Massachusetts (old cemetery); m. EPHRIM BRADFORD, February 13.

ii. MARY BREWSTER, b. February 10, 1678/79; d. April 17, 1761; m. JOSEPH HOLMES.

iii. SARAH BREWSTER, m. CALEB STETSON, March 04, 1705/06, Duxbury, Mass.

iv. ABIGAIL BREWSTER, b. March 20, 1682/83; m. ELISHA STETSON, October 28, 1707.

v. JOHNATHAN BREWSTER, d. March 14, 1747/48, Windham, Connecticut; m. MARY PARTIDGE.

vi. HANNAH BREWSTER, b. September 1684; d. January 08, 1763; m. BENJAMIN ALDEN.

vii. DEACON WRESTLING BREWSTER, b. August 04, 1695; d. January 01, 1767; m. HANNAH THOMAS, July 12, 1722.

viii. JOHN BREWSTER.

Generation No. 6

8. LYDIA6 TURNER (MARY5 BREWSTER, JONATHAN4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1652. She married WILLIAM BARRELL 1680 in Scituate Mass.

Child of LYDIA TURNER and WILLIAM BARRELL is:

9. i. MARY7 BARRELL.

Generation No. 7

9. MARY7 BARRELL (LYDIA6 TURNER, MARY5 BREWSTER, JONATHAN4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) She married JAMES CUSHING.

Child of MARY BARRELL and JAMES CUSHING is:

10. i. CONTENT8 CUSHING.

Generation No. 8

10. CONTENT8 CUSHING (MARY7 BARRELL, LYDIA6 TURNER, MARY5 BREWSTER, JONATHAN4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) He married JESSE STEPHENSON. She was born January 29, 1719/20.

Child of CONTENT CUSHING and JESSE STEPHENSON is:

11. i. ELISHA9 STEPHENSON, b. September 14, 1752, Revalutionary War Solider.

Generation No. 9

11. ELISHA9 STEPHENSON (CONTENT8 CUSHING, MARY7 BARRELL, LYDIA6 TURNER, MARY5 BREWSTER, JONATHAN4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born September 14, 1752 in Revalutionary War Solider. He married LUCY BEAL September 27, 1778.

Child of ELISHA STEPHENSON and LUCY BEAL is:

12. i. JESSE10 STEVENSON, b. June 02, 1784.

Generation No. 10

12. JESSE10 STEVENSON (ELISHA9 STEPHENSON, CONTENT8 CUSHING, MARY7 BARRELL, LYDIA6 TURNER, MARY5 BREWSTER, JONATHAN4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born June 02, 1784. He married ELIZABETH LILLEY March 29 in Eastport, . She was born May 22, 1785, and died October 29, 1860.

Children of JESSE STEVENSON and ELIZABETH LILLEY are:

13. i. MARGARET LORING11 STEVENSON, b. December 03, 1807, Eastport Maine; d. May 23, 1857, Alexander, Maine.

ii. CAROLINE STEVENSON, b. October 07, 1809.

iii. ELISHA STEVENSON, b. July 05, 1811.

iv. ELIZABETH STEVENSON, b. August 01, 1813.

v. LUCIA STEVENSON, b. May 31, 1816.

vi. HANNA STEVENSON, b. November 18, 1818.

vii. JESSE STEVENSON, b. May 18, 1821.

viii. RACHEL STEVENSON, b. May 02, 1823.

ix. JAMES RIPLEY STEVENSON, b. May 06, 1828.

x. LUKE STEVENSON, b. October 30, 1825; m. ELIZABETH HAMMON, June 01.

xi. HARRIET LYDIA STEVENSON, b. April 02, 1830.

Generation No. 11

13. MARGARET LORING11 STEVENSON (JESSE10, ELISHA9 STEPHENSON, CONTENT8 CUSHING, MARY7 BARRELL, LYDIA6 TURNER, MARY5 BREWSTER, JONATHAN4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born December 03, 1807 in Eastport Maine, and died May 23, 1857 in Alexander, Maine. She married SAMUEL BRACKET LAMB SR. January 03, 1830. He was born January 08, 1808 in Windham, Maine, and died May 23, 1857 in Alexander, Maine.

Children of MARGARET STEVENSON and SAMUEL SR. are:

14. i. LUCY EDGERLY12 LAMB, b. March 31, 1841; d. 1884.

ii. IRENE INGALLS LAMB, b. June 03, 1830. iii. ELISHA WILLIAM LAMB, b. December 26, 1831.

iv. MARGARET LYDIA LAMB, b. August 26, 1835.

v. HANNA ELIZA LAMB, b. July 12, 1833.

vi. SAMUEL BRACKET LAMB JR, b. March 05, 1838.

vii. ELIZABETH STEVENSON LAMB(TWIN), b. March 31, 1841.

Generation No. 12

14. LUCY EDGERLY12 LAMB (MARGARET LORING11 STEVENSON, JESSE10, ELISHA9 STEPHENSON, CONTENT8 CUSHING, MARY7 BARRELL, LYDIA6 TURNER, MARY5 BREWSTER, JONATHAN4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born March 31, 1841, and died 1884. She married JACOB S DAVIS Bef. 1878, son of JOSEPH DAVIS and REBBECA CROCKETT. He was born 1833, and died 1910.

Children of LUCY LAMB and JACOB DAVIS are:

15. i. EDMUND ELISHA13 DAVIS, b. February 07, 1878, Crawford Maine; d. October 19, 1924, Crawford Maine.

ii. ALBERT DAVIS, m. GERTRUDE.

iii. HAMPDEN DAVIS, m. SADIE MCDOWELL.

iv. ALICE DAVIS, m. (1) HERB OSBORNE; m. (2) HENRY HENDRECHSON.

Generation No. 13

15. EDMUND ELISHA13 DAVIS (LUCY EDGERLY12 LAMB, MARGARET LORING11 STEVENSON, JESSE10, ELISHA9 STEPHENSON, CONTENT8 CUSHING, MARY7 BARRELL, LYDIA6 TURNER, MARY5 BREWSTER, JONATHAN4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born February 07, 1878 in Crawford Maine, and died October 19, 1924 in Crawford Maine. He married LYDIA JANE MATHESON December 29, 1909 in E.Machais Bapstist Parsonage, daughter of WILLIAM MATHESON and ALICE WEATHERBY. She was born November 06, 1888 in Little Ridge (Ridgeton) N.B., and died June 07, 1981 in Calais, Maine (Crawford Cemetery).

Children of EDMUND DAVIS and LYDIA MATHESON are:

16. i. ALTHEA MATHESON14 DAVIS, b. September 14, 1911, Princeton, Maine; d. January 04, 1986, E.M.M.C. Bangor, Maine.

ii. LLOYD STEVENS DAVIS, b. July 24, 1913; m. MARIAN AMES.

iii. BEATRICE EVELYN DAVIS, b. September 24, 1917; m. ROBERT STEWART.

iv. VELMA MURIEL DAVIS, b. November 17, 1919; m. (1) J. ARDEN JOHNSTON; m. (2) BILL.

v. CARLETON EDMUND DAVIS, b. December 01, 1922; m. (1) GLENNA COUSINS; m. (2) BETTY FLOOD KETCHUM. vi. VINAL ANGUS DAVIS, b. July 16, 1924; m. GLADYS NOYLER.

Generation No. 14

16. ALTHEA MATHESON14 DAVIS (EDMUND ELISHA13, LUCY EDGERLY12 LAMB, MARGARET LORING11 STEVENSON, JESSE10, ELISHA9 STEPHENSON, CONTENT8 CUSHING, MARY7 BARRELL, LYDIA6 TURNER, MARY5 BREWSTER, JONATHAN4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born September 14, 1911 in Princeton, Maine, and died January 04, 1986 in E.M.M.C. Bangor, Maine. She married JOSEPH DENVILLE LORD November 06, 1929 in Calais, Maine, son of SAMUEL LORD and SAHARA CORNING. He was born May 20, 1903 in Piskahaequn, New Brunswick.

Children of ALTHEA DAVIS and JOSEPH LORD are:

17. i. GLORIA MARIANN15 LORD, b. October 29, 1934, Calais, Maine.

18. ii. GORDON EDMUND LORD, b. October 31, 1930.

19. iii. LARWANCE LORD, b. September 30, 1932, Calais, Maine.