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William Brewster 1566 – 1644 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1566

Birth Location: England

Death Date: 10 Apr 1644

Death Location: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Father: William Burnham

Mother: Lady (Brewster)

Spouse(s): Mary _____

Children(s): Patience Brewster

William Brewster was born in 1566 in England, the child of William 12GGF Brewster (Pilgrim elder) Burnham and Lady Mary Prudence Smythe (Brewster). William Brewster married Mary _____, and had children including Patience Brewster. William Brewster passed away in 1644 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • William Brewster was born in 1566 in England, the child of William 12GGF Brewster (Pilgrim elder) Burnham and Lady Mary Prudence Smythe (Brewster).
  • William Brewster married Mary _____, and had children including Patience Brewster.
  • William Brewster passed away in 1644 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Burnham
1535 – 1590
Birth Location: Scrooby, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England
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Lady (Brewster)
1540 – 1590
Birth Location: Stratford On Avon, Warwickshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Mary _____
1568 – 1627
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Patience Brewster
1600 –
Birth Location: England
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William Brewster's Ancestors

Self
William Brewster
1566 – 1644
Birth Place: England
Parents
William 12GGF Brewster (Pilgrim elder) Burnham
1535 – 1590
Scrooby, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England
Lady (Mary Prudence Smythe) (Brewster)
1540 – 1590
Stratford On Avon, Warwickshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (William, Archbishop of York Brewster of Hattfield) II
1510 – 1590
Arksey, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret ('Maude') Mann
1510 – 1558
Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Brewster's Descendants

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William Brewster (Abt. 1566 – 10 Apr 1644) m. Mary _____ (Abt. 1568 – 17 Apr 1627)
  1. 1. Patience Brewster (Abt. 1600 – )
    1. 1. Mercy Prence ( – 28 Sep 1711) m. MAJ. (Deac. John (The Immigrant)) Freeman (28 Jan 1626 – 28 Oct 1719)
      1. 1. Thomas Freeman (Sep 1653 – 9 Feb 1715/6) m. Rebecca Sparrow (30 Oct 1655 – 7 Feb 1740)
        1. 1. Thomas Freeman (11 Oct 1676 – 22 Mar 1717)

William Brewster's Timeline

2 Records

1566
Abt. 1566
Birth of William Brewster in England
England
1644
10 Apr 1644
Age 78
Death of William Brewster in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1566
    Event Place: England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Apr 1644
    Event Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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