Descendants of William Brewster - Gemma Gylling

1 Descendants of William Brewster Generation 1. 1. WILLIAM1 Brewster was born about 1515 in England. He died after 1537 in Yorkshire, England. He married Maude Mann about 1535. She was born about 1518 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. She died after 11 Oct 1558 in England. Notes for William Brewster : [ ]. 1. William is recorded as being taxed in 1524, Bently cum Arksey, Yorkshire, England. Also Ancestral File Number(s); PLHL-BP. Also; born 1510. Also has a death date of would mean he died 2 years before he was born if you go by the 1560 date, also given in a record for his birth. It also has him married in 1508, which (by Ancestral File record) would be two years before it also says he was born (1510)! Phooey! (JFN,1997).

2 Source includes, but is not limited to: "Ancestral File" and the "IGI", "International Genealogical Index", both resource systems developed and solely owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Notes for Maude Mann: [ ]. had brother Christopher Also Ancestral File Number(s); NKPN-9B. Source includes, but is not limited to: "Ancestral File" and the "IGI", "International Genealogical Index", both resource systems developed and solely owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. William Brewster and Maude Mann had the following children: 2. i. WILLIAM2 Brewster was born about 1534 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. He died in 1590 in Scrooby Manor, Nottinghamshire, England. He married (1). PRUDENCE PECK (PERKINS), daughter of Edward Peck and Prudence before 1560 in London, Middlesex (now London), England.

3 She was born about 1538 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. She died date Unknown. He married MARY PRUDENCE. SMYTHE. She was born about 1535 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. She died about 1579 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. ii. HENRY Brewster was born in 1537. He died in 1600. Notes for Henry Brewster : [ ]. Vicar at Sutton-Cum-Lound, Nott Generation 2. 2. WILLIAM2 Brewster (William1) was born about 1534 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. He died in 1590 in Scrooby Manor, Nottinghamshire, England. He married (1) PRUDENCE PECK. (PERKINS), daughter of Edward Peck and Prudence before 1560 in London, Middlesex (now London), England. She was born about 1538 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. She died date Unknown.

4 He married MARY PRUDENCE SMYTHE. She was born about 1535 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. She died about 1579 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. Notes for William Brewster : [ ]. [ ]. Sherwood, Mary B. Pilgrim: A Biography fo William Brewster p. 14, His father presided as receiver and bailiff of the Scrooby Manor house. The Generation 2 (con't). p y Archbishop of York Edmund Grindal made the appointment, since the Manor was the Archbishop's residence whenever he came to this area. A few months after appointing Brewster , Grindal became Archbishop of Canterbury, the highest church post in all England, and was succeeded as Archbishop of York by Edwin Sandys. p. 14 The Manor house had 40 rooms. p. 16 Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII, slept there one June night in 1503, while she was travelling north to become the bride of James IV of Scotland.

5 Henry VIII held a Privy Council meeting at the Manor in 1541. p. 17 In addition to his duties as overseer for the Archbishop, William Brewster , Sr., was also master of the Scrooby station of the Royal Post which carried messages for the Queen to her officials in the North or to Scotland. NEHGR 124 [Oct 1970], p. 250 - poss witnessed will of Christopher Man at Scrooby. Prob 1564 dwelling in Scrooby when mentioned in will of Bartholomew Bryan of Scrooby, dated 6 May 1564 (York P & E, 17: 389). He had 2 wives, Mary daughter of William Smythe of Stainforth, parish of Hatfield, next Doncaster, and Sister of John Smythe, alderman of Hull. She was widow of John Simkinson of Doncaster. William m also Prudence (perhaps b. Perkins or a widow of that name).

6 1. William was living in Scrooby, Nottingham, England ca 1564. Source includes, but is not limited to: "Ancestral File" and the "IGI", "International Genealogical Index", both resource systems developed and solely owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. "Mayflower Increasings", 2nd. Edition (1995), by Susan E Roser. "Genealogies of Long Island Families", F 19, pages 107-108. "Mayflower Descendents, American Pub. A., Volume 1 41 pl. "The American Genealogy & Brewster Family", by Jacobus. William (abt 1566 - 1644) was the son of William Brewster Sr. and Mary Smythe. William Brewster Sr. was Bailiff of the Archbishop of York's estate and Master of the Queen's Postes (postmaster), living at Scrooby Manor House in Nottingham, England, where royal guests were often entertained.

7 William Jr. attended Cambridge University, noted for its radical, religious ideas. He spent several years in the service of Queen Elizabeth's representative in the Netherlands, a country known for its religious tolerance. When his father died in 1590, young William was appointed to take his place as 'Master of the Postes,' but his spiritual views were sympathetic to the Separatist movement and he began to attend John Smith's Separatists church at Gainsborough where he met William Bradford of Austerfield. When John Smith and his group emigrated to Holland seeking a more tolerant environment, Scrooby Manor House became the meeting place of the Separatists. In 1607, Brewster resigned his official position, but pressure from the authorities increased and Brewster fled to Holland himself.

8 While there, Brewster taught at Leiden University while William Bradford found work as a weaver. Brewster published several Puritan pamphlets, which were smuggled to England and declared treasonous by the government of King James I. Brewster was forced into hiding. Intolerance had found its way to Holland. For the Separatists, Brewster and Bradford in particular, the idea of spreading their religious views to a whole New World began to take hold and in 1620, that idea became reality with the voyage on the Mayflower and the establishment of Plymouth Colony. William Brewster was selected to lead the expedition. He became the much loved and respected Reverend Elder of the Pilgrims' church in Plymouth and, in his early fifties, was the oldest of the Pilgrims to celebrate the First Thanksgiving.

9 Very little is known of his wife Mary, including her maiden name. The couple had five surviving children: Jonathan, Patience, Love, Fear, and Wrestling. (Love and Wrestling were sons; Patience and Fear were daughters). THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT, 11 NOV 1620. The compact was an agreement signed by 41 of the male passengers of the Mayflower, just before going ashore, and called for a just system of government to be instituted in the new colony. The first listing of the compact's signers appeared in 1669 in "New England's Memorial" by Nathaniel Generation 2 (con't). Morton, secretary to the Colony Court. Most historians believe the list does not represent the sequence of signing by the individuals, contending that it is highly unlikely, for example, that John Alden, a hired cooper, would have been invited to sign ahead of more esteemed members of the party such as Samuel Fuller or Richard Warren.

10 William Brewster and Prudence Peck (Perkins) had the following children: 3. i. WILLIAM3 Brewster was born on 24 Jan 1560 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. He died on 10 Apr 1644 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He married Mary Wentworth, daughter of Unnamed in 1583 in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. She was born in 1569 in probably Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. She died on 17 Apr 1627 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. ii. JOHN Brewster was born about 1565. He died on 23 Aug 1657. iii. PRUDENCE Brewster was born about 1568 in probably Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. She died date Unknown. iv. AMY Brewster was born about 1571 in St. Peters, Sidbury, Devon, England. She died date Unknown in Sidbury, Devon, England.