Joseph Brewster (1698 - 1770)

Born 13 Apr 1698 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 15 Oct 1770 at age 72 in Preston, New London County, Connecticut

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Biography

Joseph was born in 1698. He is the son of Jonathan Brewster and Judith Stevens.

He married Dorothy Witter.

Burial: Brewsters Neck Cemetery, Preston, New London Connecticut

Children recorded at Norwich:^[1]

1. Elijah, b. 03 Sep 1724
2. Joseph, b. 30 Aug 1726
3. Nathan, b. 25 Dec 1729
4. Elizabeth, b. 08 Aug 1732
5. Jonathan, b. 13 Sep 1735
6. Ezra, b. 31 Mar 1738
7. Jacob, b. 26 Jan 1741, d. at sea.
8. Stephen, b. 04 Mar 1744
9. Jabez, b. 16 Mar 1747

Sources

1. ↑ Emma C. Brewster Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907; a Record of the Descendants of William Brewster of the “Mayflower.” Ruling Elder of the Pilgrim Church Which Founded Plymouth Colony in 1620; (New York, 1908), p. 71.

• Jones, Emma C. Brewster. The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907: A Record of the Descendants of William Brewster of the "Mayflower," Ruling Elder of the Pilgrim Church which Founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. New York: Grafton Press, 1908. Vol. 1, pp. 46, 71.

• Signers of the Mayflower Compact, by Annie Arnoux Haxtun, page 96

• History of the Town of Ledyard, by John Avery, page 118

• Find-a-grave

• The Bi-Centennial Celebration, First Congregational Church of Preston, Connecticut (The Society, Preston, 1900) Page 137