Brewster

Name origin: A brewer of malt liquor.

• William Brewster (1510-1558)
• William Brewster (1535-1608)
• William Brewster (1560-1644)

William Brewster

b.1510 England; s/o parents ukn
d.1558 England
m.at Bently Arksey, England; Maude Mann
b.1510 Scrooby; d/o parents ukn
d.aft.Oct. 11, 1558

CHILDREN included:

1. William Brewster b.1535/6

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William Brewster

b.1535-45 Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England; s/o William Brewster and Maude Mann
d.Aug. 10, 1608
m.bef.1560 Scrooby; Prudence Peck
b.1538 Scrooby
d.July 1590 Scrooby

CHILDREN included:

1. William Brewster b.Jan. 24, 1560

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William Brewster

b.Jan. 24, 1560 Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England; s/o William Brewster and Prudence Peck
d.April 16, 1644 Plymouth, MA
m.1588 at Scrooby, Mary Wentworth
b.1568 Scrooby; d/o Thomas Wentworth and Grace (Gascoigne) Wentworth
d.July 4, 1627 Plymouth, MA

CHILDREN included:

1. Jonathan Brewster b.Aug. 12, 1593 d.bef.1624
2. Ann Cam Brewster
3. Fear Brewster m.Isaac Allerton
4. Patience Brewster b.1590-1600 Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England d.Dec. 12, 1634 Plymouth, MA m.Aug. 5, 1624 Thomas Prence
5. Love Brewster b.1601

NOTE: William immigrated in 1620 on the Mayflower. Founder of Plymouth Colony and Ruling Elder of Plymouth Plantation. He was a Deputy to General Court 1636 and Captain to a Military Company. He served under Capt. Myles Standish against the Indians.

Patience and Fear came on the Anne and Little James in July 1623.

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