William Brewster (1683 - 1768)

Born 4 May 1683 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Hopestill (Wadsworth) Brewster — married 20 May 1708 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 26 Dec 1768 at age 85 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

William and Hopestill (Wadsworth) Brewster had the following children: ^[1]

• Oliver Brewster, b. 16 July 1708; married Martha Wadsworth
• Ichabod Brewster, b. 15 Jan. 1710/1; married Lydia Barstow
• Elisha Brewster, b. 29 Oct. 1715; married Lucy Yeomans
• Seth Brewster, b. 20 Dec. 1720; married (1) Jerusha Ware; married (2) Eunice Mann; married (3) Hannah Carter
• Lot Brewster, b. 25 Mar. 1723/4; married Lucy Reed
• Huldah Brewster, b. 20 Feb. 1725/6; married John Goold

Name

William Brewster

Birth

4 MAY 1683 Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts^[2]

Death

26 DEC 1768 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut^[3]

Alternate Death Date: 06 Dec 1768

Sources

1. ↑ Barbara Lambert Merrick, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 24 Part 1, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2014. "The Silver Book" Page 361
2. ↑ Source: #S-1419663397
3. ↑ Source: #S-1419663397

• Pennsylvania, Society of Mayflower Descendants Applications (Brewster Lineage)
• Holst, Frances Bartlett. Martha Wadsworth Brewster, Poet of Colonial Connecticut, Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Conn., 2012) Vol. 45, Page 23.
• S-1419663394 Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
• S-1419663397 Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls
• S-1419663407 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
• "Brewster Genealogy" Jones Vol. 1. pp 55 56
• Find A Grave: Memorial #29476326
• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 3, p. 1309-1310)