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Joshua Brewster 1698–1776 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1698

Birth Location: Duxbury, Mass

Death Date: 27 MAR 1776

Death Location: Duxbury, Mass

Father: William Brewster

Mother: Lydia Partridge

Spouse(s): Deborah Jackson

Children(s): Job Brewster, Nathan Brewster, Sarah Brewster

The story of Joshua Brewster began in 1698 in Duxbury, Mass. Joshua Brewster married Deborah Jackson, and had children including Job Brewster, Nathan Brewster, Sarah Brewster. Joshua Brewster passed away in 1776 in Duxbury, Mass.

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Biography

  • The story of Joshua Brewster began in 1698 in Duxbury, Mass.
  • Joshua Brewster married Deborah Jackson, and had children including Job Brewster, Nathan Brewster, Sarah Brewster.
  • Joshua Brewster passed away in 1776 in Duxbury, Mass.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Brewster
1645–1723
Birth Location: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
WB
Lydia Partridge
1649–
Birth Location: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
LP

Spouses(s)

Deborah Jackson
1690–1691
Birth Location: –
DJ

Children(s)

Job Brewster
1729–1783
Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
JB
Nathan Brewster
1724–1721
Birth Location: DUXBURY, PLYMOUTH, MA
NB
Sarah Brewster
1727–1812
Birth Location: DUXBURY, PLYMOUTH, MA
SB

Joshua Brewster's Ancestors

Self
Joshua Brewster
1698–1776
Birth Place: Duxbury, Mass
Parents
William Brewster
1645–1723
Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Lydia Partridge
1649–
Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Grandparents
Love Brewster
1611–1650
Leyden, Holland
Sarah Collier
1615–1691
England
George Partridge
1617–1695
Sutton Valence, Kent, England
Sarah Tracy
1621–1708
Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands
Great-Grandparents
William Brewster
1566–1644
Mary Wentworth
1569–1627
James Partridge
1579–1657
Christian Sims
1591–1658
Stephen Jr
1596–
Tryphosa Lee
1596–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Wentworth
1522–1587
Grace Gascoigne
1522–1590

Joshua Brewster's Descendants

1.
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Joshua Brewster (1698–27 MAR 1776) m. Deborah Jackson (BET 1690 AND 1719–BET 1691 AND 1784)
  1. 1. Job Brewster 1729–1783 m. Elizabeth Ellis 1722–1820
    1. 1. Deborah Brewster 1762–1850 m. Charles Thomas 1759–1842
    2. 2. Jane Brewster 1775–1847 m. Asa Weston 1771–
    3. 3. Joshua Brewster 1763–1851 m. Lydia Weston 1768–1841
      1. 1. Betsey (E) Brewster 1799–1891 m. Robert Hutchinson 1790–1868
      2. 2. Daniel Brewster 1788–1877 m. Polly Hall 1786–1851
      3. 3. Harriet Brewster 1808–1897
      4. 4. Job (Ellis) Brewster 1791–1833
      5. 5. Polly Brewster 1793–1867 m. John Mackenzie 1792–1820
        1. 1. Maria (Weston) Mackenzie 1819–1900 m. Ichabod (Wadsworth) Chandler 1808–1852
      6. 6. Priscilla (W) Brewster 1806–1896 m. Nathaniel Delano 1773–1855
      7. 7. Sarah (C) Brewster 1801–1877
      8. 8. Warren (W) Brewster 1803–1864
    4. 4. William Brewster 1770–1804
  2. 2. Nathan Brewster 1724–1721
  3. 3. Sarah Brewster 1727–1812 m. Joseph Wright 1721–1804
    1. 1. Deborah Wright 1749–1779 m. Nathaniel Churchill 1746–1784
      1. 1. Levi Churchill 1776–1845 m. Lydia Ripley 1779–1847
        1. 1. David (Ripley) Churchill 1805–1844 m. Mary (Ann) Perew 1807–1892
    2. 2. Joseph Wright 1756–1777
    3. 3. Joshua Wright 1758–1833
    4. 4. Mary Wright 1754–1835 m. Sylvanus Sampson 1744–1799
    5. 5. Susannah Wright 1751–1833 m. Abner Rickard 1744–1827
      1. 1. Abner Rickard 1777–1803 m. Lydia King 1760–1802
      2. 2. Elijah Rickard 1782–1799 m. Betsy Tenty 1786–1799 m. Tenty Rickard 1786–1799
      3. 3. Ezra Rickard 1770–1857 m. Susanna Barrows 1773–1864
        1. 1. Alvin Rickard 1810–1874 m. Diana Batcheller 1808–1855 m. Phoebe (Jane) Nichols 1831–1917
        2. 2. Charity Rickard 1807–1830
        3. 3. Cyrus (Lyons) Rickard 1801–1873 m. Hannah (Harlow) Ellis 1807–1890
        4. 4. Durancy Rickard 1815–1895 m. John Goodrich 1795–1877
        5. 5. Levi Rickard 1797–1865 m. Lucy Allen 1812–1885
        6. 6. Persis (R.) Rickard 1818–1863 m. Calvin (F.) Lewis 1796–1848
        7. 7. Polly Rickard 1798–1840
        8. 8. Rosamond Rickard 1805–1851 m. Lewis Churchill 1802–1874
        9. 9. Salmon Rickard 1801–1863 m. Elizabeth (D.) Thompson 1806–1901 m. Mary (Ann) Martindale 1818–1857
        10. 10. Susanna Rickard 1812–1905 m. Stillman (Benjamin) Stockwell 1813–1875
      4. 4. Lemuel Rickard 1780–1855 m. Abigail Surtleff 1779–1854 m. Elizabeth Rickard 1776–1797
      5. 5. Sarah Rickard 1772–1842 m. Samuel Sawins 1768–1835
      6. 6. Susan Rickard 1775–1789 m. Elijah Hall 1777–1792
    6. 6. Thomas Wright 1760–1761

Joshua Brewster's Timeline

5 Records

1698
1698
Birth of Joshua Brewster in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA
Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA
1698
1698
Birth of Joshua Brewster in Duxbury, Mass
Duxbury, Mass
1776
MAR 1776
Age 78
Burial of Joshua Brewster in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1776
1776
Age 78
Death of Joshua Brewster in Duxbury, Massachusetts
Duxbury, Massachusetts
1776
27 MAR 1776
Age 78
Death of Joshua Brewster in Duxbury, Mass
Duxbury, Mass

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1698
    Event Place: Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 15 April 2019, 23:00), entry for Joshua Brewster(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID LHGP-5DW
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, Broderbund, Inc, Banner Blue Software, World Family Tree, Vol. 1, Tree #0006.
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, Roots Web World Connect Project, database: patweber.
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Joshua Brewster in entry for Nathan Brewster, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0481072 IT 3.
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Joshua Brewster in entry for Sarah Brewster, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0481072 IT 3.
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Joshua Brewster in entry for Job Brewster, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0481072 IT 3.
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Joshua Brewster in entry for Job Brewster, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0481072 IT 3.
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree, Barbara Lambert Merrick, E. Virginia Hunt, William Brewster of the Mayflower and his descendants for four generations (Plymouth, Mass. : General Society of Mayflower Descendants, c1994), 40, 118.
    [10] 1630.FTW

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: MAR 1776
    Event Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 15 April 2019, 23:00), entry for Joshua Brewster(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID LHGP-5DW
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Joshua Brewster in entry for Nathan Brewster, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0481072 IT 3.
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Joshua Brewster in entry for Sarah Brewster, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0481072 IT 3.
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Joshua Brewster in entry for Job Brewster, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0481072 IT 3.
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Joshua Brewster in entry for Job Brewster, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0481072 IT 3.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Title
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 15 April 2019, 23:00), entry for Joshua Brewster(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID LHGP-5DW
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Joshua Brewster in entry for Nathan Brewster, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0481072 IT 3.
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Joshua Brewster in entry for Sarah Brewster, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0481072 IT 3.
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Joshua Brewster in entry for Job Brewster, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0481072 IT 3.
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Joshua Brewster in entry for Job Brewster, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0481072 IT 3.
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, Barbara Lambert Merrick, E. Virginia Hunt, William Brewster of the Mayflower and his descendants for four generations (Plymouth, Mass. : General Society of Mayflower Descendants, c1994), 40, 118.
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, Plympton (Massachusetts). Town Clerk, Town and vital records, 1695 - 1924 (Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972).
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, Vital records of Duxbury, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, Massachusetts : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), 355: <b>Joshua Brewster<b> died 27 Mar 1776, age 78.
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree, John E. Soule, Milton E. Terry, Robert S. Wakefield, George Soule of the Mayflower (Plymouth, Mass. : General Society of Mayflower Descendants, c1999), 146.
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree, William T. Davis, Genealogical register of Plymouth families (Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing, 1977), 45.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1776
    Event Place: Duxbury, Massachusetts
    Record Source:
    [1] 1630.FTW
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 15 April 2019, 23:00), entry for Joshua Brewster(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID LHGP-5DW
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, Roots Web World Connect Project, database: patweber.
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Joshua Brewster in entry for Nathan Brewster, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0481072 IT 3.
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Joshua Brewster in entry for Sarah Brewster, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0481072 IT 3.
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Joshua Brewster in entry for Job Brewster, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0481072 IT 3.
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Joshua Brewster in entry for Job Brewster, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0481072 IT 3.
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree, Barbara Lambert Merrick, E. Virginia Hunt, William Brewster of the Mayflower and his descendants for four generations (Plymouth, Mass. : General Society of Mayflower Descendants, c1994), 40, 118.
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree, Vital records of Duxbury, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, Massachusetts : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), 355: <b>Joshua Brewster<b> died 27 Mar 1776, age 78.

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1698
    Event Place: Duxbury, Mass
    Record Source:
    [1] World Family Tree Vol. 91, Ed. 1, Tree #0150
    [2] 150.FTW

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 MAR 1776
    Event Place: Duxbury, Mass
    Record Source:
    [1] World Family Tree Vol. 91, Ed. 1, Tree #0150
    [2] 150.FTW
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