NAMES IN RED ARE MY DIRECT DESCENDANTS
CLICK on BLUE for REFERENCE or PICTURES

William Brewster, born around 1500, William registered to pay taxes 1524 in Bentley,
	Arksey, Yorks, England. He married Maude Man, their son-   
	William, b. 1535, d. 1590, m. Mary (Simkinson) Smythe (#902 & 903) their son-

(Elder) William Brewster, b. 1567 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, d. Apr-10-1644
at New Plymouth MA, m. Mary Wentworth  (#900 & 901) in 1591 in Scrooby,Yorkshire.  
Her b.1569 in Scrooby Manor, Yorkshire England, d. Apr-17-1627 at New Plymouth
MA, her father: Thomas Wentworth; (#904).   After receiving his degree from Cambridge
University, William became the private secretary to Sir William Davison, Secretary of State to
Queen Elizabeth. He succeeded his father as the Postmaster at Scrooby, until 1607.
William has been dubbed the leader of the Puritan exodus to New England. The
Mayflower arrived in Plymouth, Cape Cod bay, on November 9th, 1620. He was the
oldest of the Mayflower passengers who celebrated the first Thanksgiving, in October,
1621. It was really a unique event; the Pilgrims did not celebrate the next year, or any
time thereafter. The Thanksgiving holiday was not born until President Lincoln declared
as such in 1863. 	William & Mary Brewster's 7 children-

Jonathan, b. Aug-12-1593 in Scrooby England, d. Aug-07-1659 in New London,
	New London Co, CT, m. Apr-10-1624 in Plymouth, MA, to Lucretia Oldham, she
	d. Mar-04-1678. He came to America from England aboard the ship Fortune
	which arrived Nov-09-1621. In 1650 he established the first Indian trading post on
	land that Chief Uncas had given him, also known as "Brewster's Neck", located in
	the town of Preston.  	Their 8 children are 14 lines down. 
Patience, b. about 1600, d. Dec-11-1634 in Plymouth MA, m. Aug-05-1624 to Thomas
	Prence in Plymouth MA, his b. 1600, d. Mar-29-1673.
Fear, b. 1605, d. Dec-12-1634 in Plymouth MA, m. May-21-1627 to Isaac Allerton, his b.
	1586, d. Feb-1658.
Love, (a son) b. 1611 in Leyden, Holland, d. Jan-31-1650 in Duxbury MA, m. May-15-
	1634 to Sarah Collier, she d. Apr-26-1691.  
Wrestling "Wrastle", b. 1614 in Leyden?, d. May-23-1627 in New England.

A sixth child; Edward?, d. at Leyden, Holland, buried in St. Pancras on Jun-20-1609; no
birth or death dates. Richard Moore, an orphan, was adopted by William & Mary.    Love,
"Wrastle" & their Mother also came to the new country on the Mayflower.  Patience &
Fear came later on the ship Anne, in June 1623.        
James Brewster; Vicar of Sutton, is likely ElderWilliam's brother.

Jonathan Brewster & Lucretia (Oldham) (#800 & 801) their 8 children-
William, b. Mar-09-1625 in Plymouth MA, m. Oct-15-1651 to Mary Peame.
Mary, b. Apr-16-1627 in Plymouth MA, d. Mar-23-1697 m. Nov-10-1645 to John Turner,
	he d. at Scituate.
Jonathan, b. Jul-17-1629 in Plymouth MA.                                                                                               

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Ruth, b. Oct-03-1631 in Plymouth MA, d. May-01-1677 in New London CT, m. Mar-14-
	1651 to #1 John Pickett on Mar-04-1651 , who died at Sea.  m. #2 Charles Hill on
	Jul-02-1668 at New London CT. 
Benjamin, b.  Nov-17-1633 in Duxbury MA, d. Sep-14-1710 in Norwich CT, He was a
	Lieutenant of the New London troops in 1673, and a Captain of the Military
	Company of Norwich, 1693. He m. Feb-28-1659 in Norwich, New London Co,
	CT, to Ann Darte, she d. May-09-1709, their 7 children are 7 lines down.                                                        
Elizabeth, b. May-01-1637 in Duxbury MA, d. Feb-1708 in New London CT, m. Sep-07-
	1653 to #1 Peter Bradley, he d. Apr-03-1662.  m. #2 Christopher Christophers on
	Jul-13-1676 in New London CT, his b. 1631, d. Jul-23-1687 in New London CT.
Grace, b. Nov-01-1639 in Duxbury MA, d. Apr-22-1684, m. Aug-04-1659 to Daniel
	Wetherell, his b. Nov-29-1630, d. Apr-14-1719.
Hannah, b. Nov-03-1641 in Duxbury CT, d. Nov-25-1691, m. Dec-23-1664 to Samuel
	Starr.

Benjamin Brewster & Ann (Darte)  (#700 & 701); their 8 children; b. in Norwich CT-
Mary, b. Dec-10-1660, m. Samuel Fitch on Nov-28-1678.               
Ann, b. Sep-1662, m. Matthew Coy.          
Jonathan, b. Nov-1664, m. Judith Stevens on Dec-18-1690 in Norwich.   
Daniel, b. Mar-1666, m. Hannah Gager.         
William, b. Mar-22-1669, d. in Preston CT, m. #1 Patience __, d. 1740 in Coventry CT.                  
Ruth, b. Sep-16-1671, d. Aug-22-1734 in Norwich, m. Thomas Adgate on Jun-15-1692.    
Benjamin Jr, b. Nov-25-1673, d. 1747, m. Mary Smith in 1696, their 5 are 6 lines down.
Elizabeth, b. Jun-23-1676, m. Daniel Meeks.

Benjamin Brewster Jr & Mary (Smith) (#614 & 615)     their 5 children-
Benjamin III, b. 1697, d. 1770, m. Rebecca Blackman, her b.1696.
John, b. 1701, d. 1744, m. Mary Terry, b. 1701, d. 1787.
Mary, b. 1704, d. 1777, m. Benjamin Paine, b. 1700, d. 1755.
Comfort, b. 1711, d. 1771, m. Deborah Smith, b. 1711, d. 1773, their son is 3 lines down.
Daniel, b. 1714, d. 1749, m. Mary Dimock.        

Comfort Brewster (#541 & 542) & Deborah (Smith)'s son-
Comfort, Jr., b. Aug-20-1745 in Lebanon CT, d. May-27-1822 in Lebanon CT, m.
	Elizabeth (Abell) Clark (#456 & 457) on Feb-15-1770 in Lebanon CT, her b. 
	Dec-21-1743, d. Feb-04-1825 in Lebanon CT.  He served in the Revolutionary
	War, under Capt. Elijah Hyde's Company; in 2nd Regt. of Light Horse of CT
	Militia, and in Col. Walcott's 1st Regt., and in Maj. Nathaniel Terry's 19th Regt.
	of CT Militia. -from Connecticut Historical Society Vol. VIII, p. 149 pub.1901.
	Also- The Brewster Genealogy, p. 130, 443.  
	Their 7 children are on the following page. 


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Comfort Jr., & Elizabeth's 7 children-
Comfort III, b. Apr-07-1771 in Lebanon CT, d. Jan-11-1815 in Lebanon CT, m. Parthenia
	Gay on Feb-13-1793, their son is 8 lines down.   
Elizabeth, b. 1772.              
John, b. 1775.                          
Lucretia (Porter), b. 1776.     
Melinda, b. 1779.               
Daniel, b. 1781, d. 1782.          
Louisa, b. 1787.


Comfort Brewster III & Parthenia Gay (#228 & 229);  their son-
Justin, b. Apr-21-1794 in Lebanon CT, d. Apr-05-1880 in Verona NY, m. Sarah Ann Hull
	on Nov-27-1817, she was b. in Lebanon CT, d. Apr-12-1884 in Verona NY; (#114
	& 115), their daughter- 
	Antoinette Marie, b. Aug-20-1830 in Verona NY, d. Jun-11-1926 in Osborn IL
		(95 years old!), m. Gregory Brown on Aug-15-1849, his info and their
		children are in the BROWN file.




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