William BREWSTER

1567 - 1644  (77 years)

• Name	William BREWSTER
  Born	24 Jan 1566/1567	Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	E26D604595D510409EC90FAD43E4C16F281A
  Died	10 Apr 1644	Plymouth Colony, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States   [2]
  Person ID	I7250	SteveParker
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	William John BREWSTER,   b. Abt 1535, Yorkshire, England ,   d. Jun 1590, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Mother	Mary SMYTHE
  Married	Abt 1565	Of Scrooby, , Northampton, England   [3]
  _UID	6119636F9DC65246B5B819F1C97E36B3EED4
  Family ID	F2660	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary WENTWORTH,   b. Abt 1569, England ,   d. 17 Apr 1627, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Married	Abt 1591	England   [2]
  _UID	B61EFA183C085C42B359C6A92ACD011D583E
  Children	1. Patience BREWSTER,   b. Abt 1600, England ,   d. 1634, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States  (Age ~ 34 years)   2. Love BREWSTER,   d. 1650   3. Jonathan BREWSTER,   b. 12 Aug 1593, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England ,   d. 7 Aug 1659  (Age 65 years)
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F2655	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S29] Nandonco@hotmail.com, Fernando Gonzales. [S23] Mrs. Dolores Rutherford. [S44] International Genealogical index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. William Brewster; Male; Birth: 1535 Of Scrooby, , Northampton, England; Death: 1590; Father: William Brewster; Mother: Maude; Spouse: Mary Smythe; Marriage: About 1565 Of Scrooby, , Northampton, England Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. Search performed using PAF Insight on 11/9/2007