William BREWSTER

William BREWSTER

Male 1567 - 1644  (77 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William BREWSTER was born on 24 Jan 1566/1567 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England (son of William John BREWSTER and Mary SMYTHE); died on 10 Apr 1644 in Plymouth Colony, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

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    Immigrant: In 1580 William studied at Cambridge University, but did not get a degree.He was bailiff and Postmaster of Scrooby, Eng. for 17 years. He became one of the leaders of a group of Seperatists with whom he escaped to The Netherlands in 1608. He served there as a ruling elder and a Printerin Layden, Holland, printing religious books that displeased King James I of England. He came to America on board the "Mayflower" in 1620. Brewster founded the Congregational Church in Plymouth and became the religious head of the church in Mass. until a minister arrived.

    William married Mary WENTWORTH about 1591 in England. Mary (daughter of Thomas WENTWORTH and Grace GASCOIGNE) was born about 1569 in England; died on 17 Apr 1627 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Patience BREWSTER was born about 1600 in England; died in 1634 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
    2. Love BREWSTER died in 1650.
    3. Jonathan BREWSTER was born on 12 Aug 1593 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 7 Aug 1659.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William John BREWSTER was born about 1535 in Yorkshire, England (son of William BREWSTER, Sr and Maude MANN); died in Jun 1590 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England.

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    wife Mary (widow of John Simpkinson) may not be te mother of William.

    William married Mary SMYTHE about 1565 in Of Scrooby, , Northampton, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary SMYTHE (daughter of William SMYTHE and Mrs-William SMYTH).

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    Children:
    1. 1. William BREWSTER was born on 24 Jan 1566/1567 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 10 Apr 1644 in Plymouth Colony, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William BREWSTER, Sr was born about 1510 in Yorkshire, England; died in 1558 in York, Yorkshire, England (or Scrooby, Nottingham, England).

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    William married Maude MANN in Mar 1538 in Bentley With Arksey, Yorkshire, England. Maude was born in 1510 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England; died after 11 Oct 1558 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Maude MANN was born in 1510 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England; died after 11 Oct 1558 in England.

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    Children:
    1. 2. William John BREWSTER was born about 1535 in Yorkshire, England; died in Jun 1590 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England.

  3. 6.  William SMYTHE was born in 1505 in Stanforth Parish, Hatfield, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 2 May 1560 in Stanforth Parish, Hatfield, Nottinghamshire, England.

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    William married Mrs-William SMYTH about 1542 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Mrs-William SMYTH

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    Children:
    1. 3. Mary SMYTHE