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William Brewster 1535–1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Jan 1535

Birth Location: Scrooby, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England

Death Date: 1590

Death Location: Scrooby, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England

Father: William II

Mother: Maude Mann

Spouse(s): Mary Smythe, Prudence unknown

Children(s): William Brewster, James Brewster, Prudence Brewster, John Brewster

The story of William Brewster began in 1535 in Scrooby, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England. William Brewster married Mary Smythe, Prudence Unknown, and had children including James Brewster, John Brewster, Prudence Brewster, William Brewster. William Brewster passed away in 1590 in Scrooby, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of William Brewster began in 1535 in Scrooby, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England.
  • William Brewster married Mary Smythe, Prudence Unknown, and had children including James Brewster, John Brewster, Prudence Brewster, William Brewster.
  • William Brewster passed away in 1590 in Scrooby, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

William II
1510–1558
Birth Location: Arksey, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
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Maude Mann
1510–1558
Birth Location: Scrooby, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Mary Smythe
1535–1567
Birth Location: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
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Prudence unknown
1538–1590
Birth Location: Nottinghamshire, England
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Children(s)

William Brewster
1568–1644
Birth Location: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
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James Brewster
1568–1613
Birth Location: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
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Prudence Brewster
1568–1609
Birth Location: Scrooby Nottinghamshire, England
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John Brewster
1571–
Birth Location: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
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William Brewster's Ancestors

Self
William Brewster
1535–1590
Birth Place: Scrooby, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England
Parents
William Brewster II
1510–1558
Arksey, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
Maude Mann
1510–1558
Scrooby, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Brewster's Descendants

1.
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William Brewster (24 Jan 1535–1590) m. Mary Smythe (1535–1567) m. Prudence unknown (Abt. 1538–Aft. 1590)
  1. 1. William Brewster 1568–1644 m. Mary (Love Wentworth - Brewster (11GGM) (1568-1627) (arriv Mayflower) (mrd 1594)(1 of only 5 women fm Mayflower to survive the 1st winter, 1 of only 4 to survive to the 1st Thanksgiving in) 1621 1568–1627
    1. 1. Jonathan Brewster 1593–1659 m. Lucretia (Oldham Immigrant On Little) Ann 1600–1671
      1. 1. Grace Brewster 1639–1684 m. Capt. (Daniel (Danyell)) Wetherell 1630–1719
        1. 1. Mary (Harris) Denison 1668–1711 m. George (Denison) 2 1671–1720
        2. 2. Hannah (Wetherell) Pickett 1660–1689
        3. 3. Daniel Wetherell 1670–1719
        4. 4. Samuel (Wetherell Revolutionary) War 1679–1683 m. Isabel (Hiland) Wetherell –1689
      2. 2. Benjamin Brewster 1633–1710 m. Anne (Addis) Darte 1627–1709
        1. 1. Ruth (Brewster) Adgate 1671–1734
        2. 2. Mary (Brewster) Fitch 1660–
        3. 3. Ann (Brewster) Coy 1662–
        4. 4. Jonathan Brewster 1664–1704
        5. 5. William Brewster 1669–1728 m. Patience (unknown) Brewster 1672–1740 m. Elizabeth Read 1672–1692
        6. 6. Benjamin Brewster 1673–1755
        7. 7. Elizabeth (Brewster) Meeks 1670–1744
        8. 8. Daniel Brewster 1667–1735 m. Dorothy Morgan 1675–1759 m. Hannah Gager 1666–1727
      3. 3. Elizabeth (Brewster) Christophers 1637–1708
      4. 4. Hannah Brewster 1641–1711
      5. 5. Ruth (Brewster) Hill 1631–1677
      6. 6. Jonathan Brewster 1629–1697
      7. 7. Mary Brewster 1627–1698 m. John (Turner) Sr 1622–1697
        1. 1. Jonathan Turner 1646–1724
        2. 2. Joseph Turner 1649–1724
        3. 3. Ezekiel Turner 1650–1704
        4. 4. Lydia Turner 1652–1714 m. John (James) Sr 1646–1679 m. William (Barrell) Sr 1654–1689
        5. 5. John Turner 1654–1706
        6. 6. Elisha Turner 1656–1700 m. Elizabeth Jacob 1666–1711
        7. 7. Mary Turner 1658–1738 m. Isaac Prince 1654–1718
        8. 8. Benjamin Turner 1660–1729
        9. 9. Ruth Turner 1663–1728 m. Capt (Thomas) Prince 1658–1696 m. Isreal Sylvester 1674–1717
        10. 10. Isaac Turner 1665–1695
        11. 11. Grace Turner 1668–1734 m. Richard Christophers 1662–1726
        12. 12. Col (Amos Turner) Esq 1671–1739
      8. 8. William Brewster 1625–1658
    2. 2. Patience Prence 1600–1634 m. Goy (Thomas Prence) Jr 1600–1673
      1. 1. Hannah Prence-Sparrow 1634–1698 m. Nathaniel Mayo 1621–1661 m. Captain (Jonathan Sparrow) Sr 1629–1706
        1. 1. Thomas Mayo 1650–1729 m. Barbara Knowles 1656–1714
        2. 2. Patience Paine 1675–1745 m. Ensign (Joseph Paine) Sr 1666–1712 m. John (Jenkins) Jr 1659–1736
        3. 3. Nathaniel (Mayo) Sr 1652–1709
        4. 4. Richard Sparrow 1675–1728
        5. 5. Samuel (Mayo) Sr 1655–1738
      2. 2. Marcy Prence 1631–1711 m. Major (John Freeman) Sr 1626–1719
        1. 1. Deacon (Thomas Freeman) Sr 1653–1716 m. Rebeckah Sparrow 1655–1740
        2. 2. Hannah Freeman 1664–1743 m. John Mayo 1655–1726
        3. 3. John Freeman 1650–1650
        4. 4. John (Freeman) II 1651–1721 m. Sarah Merrick 1654–1696 m. Mercy 1658–1721
        5. 5. Nathaniel (Freeman) Esq 1669–1760 m. Mary Howland 1665–1742
        6. 6. Edmund Freeman 1657–1719
        7. 7. Bennett (Freeman) Paine 1671–1716
        8. 8. Mercy Freeman 1659–1744 m. Samuel Knowles 1651–1737
        9. 9. Patience Freeman 1667–1745
        10. 10. William Freeman 1662–1687
        11. 11. Prince Freeman 1665–1747
      3. 3. Rebecca Prence 1626–1651 m. Edmund (Freeman) III 1620–1704
        1. 1. Rebecca (Freeman) Perry 1646–1738
        2. 2. Patience (Freeman) Burgess 1647–1738 m. Joseph Burge 1628–1695
      4. 4. Thomas (Prence) III 1627–1670
    3. 3. Love ("Mayflower" Brewster (1611-1651) (arriv 1620 on Mayflower) (came with Wrestling & parents on) Mayflower) 1613–1650 m. Sarah Collier 1616–1691
      1. 1. Nathaniel Brewster 1637–1676
      2. 2. Deacon (William Brewster) GDSM 1645–1723
      3. 3. Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett 1635–1679 m. Benjamin (Bartlett) Sr 1638–1691
        1. 1. Benjamin (Bartlett) Jr 1660–1724
        2. 2. Samuel Bartlett 1666–1713
        3. 3. Ichabod (Bartlett) SAR 1683–1716
        4. 4. Ebenezer Bartlett 1676–1698
        5. 5. Rebecca Bartlett 1664–1741
        6. 6. Sarah Bartlett 1672–1688
      4. 4. Wrestling Brewster 1646–1697 m. Mary (unknown) Partridge 1661–1742
        1. 1. Hannah Brewster 1688–1763 m. Benjamin Alden 1687–1741
    4. 4. Fear Allerton 1605–1634 m. Isaac Allerton 1586–1658
      1. 1. Isaac (Allerton) Jr 1630–1702 m. Elizabeth Willoughby 1635–1702 m. Elizabeth 1636–1655
        1. 1. Sarah Allerton 1670–1731 m. Newton 1660–1702 m. Hancock Lee 1653–1709
    5. 5. Wrestling BREWSTER 1614–1627
    6. 6. Unnamed (Brewster before age) 1 1609–1609
  2. 2. James Brewster 1568–1613
  3. 3. Prudence Brewster 1568–1609 m. Robert (Peck) Sr 1566–1598
    1. 1. Anne Brewster 1597–1560
  4. 4. John Brewster 1571–

William Brewster's Timeline

3 Records

1535
24 Jan 1535
Birth of William Brewster in Scrooby, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England
Scrooby, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England
1590
10 Aug 1590
Age 55
Death of William Brewster in Scrooby, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England
Scrooby, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England
1590
1590
Age 55
Death of William Brewster in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Jan 1535
    Event Place: Scrooby, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Aug 1590
    Event Place: Scrooby, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Scrooby, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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