- Jonathan Brewster
Elder Jonathan Brewster (
August 12 ,1593 –August 7 ,1659 ) was an early American settler, the son and eldest child of elder William Brewster and his wife, Mary. Brewster had two younger sisters, Patience and Fear, and two younger brothers, Love and Wrestling.Life
Brewster was born in
Scrooby ,Nottinghamshire , on August 12, 1593. In around 1610, he accompanied his family toLeiden inHolland , where he married his first wife. [ [http://www.scrooby.net/williamBrewsterPilgrimFather.php William Brewster, Pilgrim Father] ] Brewster did not join his family on theMayflower in 1620, however. He stayed behind in Leiden instead with his wife, who died soon after, and their infant son, who also died. Brewster would have been 27 at the time. Brewster came to America on the ship "Fortune" in 1621.On
April 10 ,1624 in Plymouth, Brewster married Lucretia Oldham, the daughter of William Oldham and Phillipa Sowter; her brother was CaptainJohn Oldham , whose slaying led to the Pequot Indian war. Brewster and Oldham had eight children.Brewster died on August 7, 1659 in
New London, Connecticut , at the age of 55. He was buried in Brewster's Plain, Norwich, Connecticut. [ [http://home.earthlink.net/~djaness/d17.htm#P2394 Jonathan BREWSTER] ]Descendants
Jonathan Brewster (
August 12 ,1593 -August 7 ,1659 ) and Lucretia Oldham ofDerby married on 10 April 1624 [ [http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/5576/brewster.html BREWSTER Family Tree] ] and had eight children:
*William, born 9 March 1625
*Mary Brewster, born 16 April 1627
*Jonathan, born 17 July 1629
*Ruth Brewster, born 3 October 1631
*Benjamin Brewster (17 November 1633 - 14 September 1710)
*Elizabeth Brewster, born 1 May 1637
*Grace Brewster (1 November 1639 - 22 April 1684)
*Hannah Brewster, born 3 November 1641External links
* [http://jrm.phys.ksu.edu/genealogy/needham/d0003/I2028.html Family Tree]
* [http://www.magma.ca/~mmackay/wc02/wc02_293.html Jonathan Brewster & Lucretia Oldham]
* [http://www.brewsterfamily.org/Site/Welcome.html Elder William Brewster Society]References
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