Elizabeth BREWSTER

Female 1637 - 1708  (70 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Elizabeth BREWSTER was born on 01 May 1637 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts (daughter of Jonathan BREWSTER and Lucretia OLDHAM); died in Feb 1708 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Notes:

    Elizabeth married 1st Peter Bradley, of New London on September 7, 1653, who died April 3, 1662. Married 2nd Christopher Christophers, who died July 23, 1687, aged 56. Peter was a mariner, and after his settlement in New London plied a sloop or sail-boat through the Sound. Christopher was a mariner, also and engaged in the exchange trade with Barbados, settled in New London about 1665. They had 5 children.

    Although Christopher's first wife, Mary, did not die until 1676, he and Elizabeth had children born in 1668 & 1673. Elizabeth was brought before the courts on Sept. 16, 1673 and found guilty of committing fornication with Christopher, "which sin of hers is highly aggravated as being the second of yt nature with the same party who is a married man" (New London CT Court Rec. 3:63.)

    Elizabeth married Peter BRADLEY on 07 Sep 1653 in New London, Connecticut. Peter died between 03 Apr 1662 and 1663 in Mariner, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Lucretia BRADLEY was born on 16 Aug 1661 in New London, Connecticut; was christened on 12 Feb 1670; died on 7 Jan 1690/1 in New London, Connecticut.

    Elizabeth married Christopher CHRISTOPHERS between 13 Jul 1676 and 05 Jun 1677 in Probable New London, Conn.. Christopher was born before 1631 in Probable Cherston-Ferrers, Devonshire, England; died on 23 Jul 1687 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jonathan BREWSTER was born on 12 Aug 1593 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England (son of Elder William BREWSTER and Mary ?); died on 07 Aug 1659 in Norwich, New London, Conn.; was buried in Brewster Cemetery, Brewster's Neck, Preston, Conn..

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Became a Dutch citizen
    • Military Service: 1637; Military Commissioner in the Pequot War
    • Occupation: 1639; Served as deputy of General Court of Plymouth Colony
    • Occupation: 1641; Served as deputy of General Court of Plymouth Colony
    • Military Service: 1643; Member of Captain Myles Standish's Duxbury Company
    • Occupation: 1644; Served as deputy of General Court of Plymouth Colony

    Notes:

    Jonathan came in the ship Fortune in November, 1621. He married Lucretia. She was probable a sister of John Oldham, who came to Plymouth on his 'perticular', about 1623, and who was called 'brother' by Jonathan. About 1630 Jonathan removed his family to Duxbury, from which place he was deputy to the General Court, Plymouth Colony, 1639, 1641-1644. He then removed to New London, Conn., about 1649, and settled in that part which later established as Norwich, his farm lying in both towns. Here he was deputy to the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut, 1650, 1655-1658.

    In 1637 he was a military commissioner in the Pequot War; a member of the Duxbury Committee to raise forces in the Narragansett Alarm of 1642, and a member of Captain Myles Standish's Duxbury Company in the military enrollment of 1643.
    REF: Winsor's Hist. Duxbury, p. 90; Peirce's Col. Lists p. 75 and 84 and Genl. Reg. Soc. Col. War, 1899-1902, pg 576

    The descendants erected in the Brewster Cemetery, in 1855, a plain granite shaft about eight feet high, to the memory of Jonathan and his wife, Lucretia. A part of the inscription on the monument, referring to Jonahtan Brewster, says: "History speaks of his act," and to Lucretia Brewster there is the following: "A noble specimen of an enlightened, heroic Christian gentlewoman."

    The Brewster Cemetery is at Brewster's Neck, between Poquetanuck Cove and the Thames River, in Connecticut. It contains about one square acre and is surrounded by a substantial stone wall, which was rebuilt in 1903.

    Notes from William Brewster of the Mayflower and His Descendants for 4 Generations:
    1. One of the men who undertook to discharge the debts of Plymouth Colony.
    2. A freeman in 1633, he was active in the settlement of the town of Duxbury, Mass., incorporated June 7,1637.
    3. Served as a surveyor, laid out highways, practiced as an attorney, and was styled "gentleman".
    4. In 1638, established a ferry service to transport men and cattle across the North River. But sold this in 1641 to Messrs. Barker, Howell and others.

    Jonathan married Lucretia OLDHAM on 10 Apr 1624 in Plymouth, Conn.. Lucretia (daughter of William OLDHAM and Phillipa SOWTER) was born in Derby, England; died between 04 Mar 1678 and 1679 in Brewster's Neck, Preston, New London, Conn.; was buried in Brewster Cemetery, Montville, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Lucretia OLDHAM was born in Derby, England (daughter of William OLDHAM and Phillipa SOWTER); died between 04 Mar 1678 and 1679 in Brewster's Neck, Preston, New London, Conn.; was buried in Brewster Cemetery, Montville, CT.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 04 Jan 1600, Darby, England; Parish of All Saints, Derby
    • Baptism: 14 Jan 1600, Darby, England; Parish of All Saints, Derby

    Notes:

    Lucretia was a woman of note and respectability among her compeers. She has always the prefix of honor and is usually presented to view in some useful capacity: an attendant upon the sich and dying as nurse, doctress, or midwife, or a witness to wills and other important transactions.

    Lucretia came over on the "Anne" with her brother, John Oldham, arriving about July 10, 1623.

    Children:
    1. William BREWSTER was born on 09 Mar 1625 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died before 1658 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. Mary BREWSTER was born on 16 Apr 1627 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died between 23 Nov 1697 and 1698 in Probably Scituate, Massachusetts.
    3. Jonathan BREWSTER was born on 17 Jul 1629 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died between 02 Jan 1659 and 1660.
    4. Ruth BREWSTER was born on 03 Oct 1631 in Jones River, Massachusetts; died between 30 Apr and 01 May 1677 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    5. Benjamin BREWSTER was born on 17 Nov 1633 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachsetts; died on 14 Sep 1710 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut; was buried in Brewster Cemetery, Brewster's Neck, Preston, Conn..
    6. 1. Elizabeth BREWSTER was born on 01 May 1637 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died in Feb 1708 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    7. Grace BREWSTER was born on 01 Nov 1639 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 22 Apr 1684 in New London, Connecticut; was buried in Brewster Cemetery, Montville, New London Co., Connecticut.
    8. Hannah BREWSTER was born on 03 Nov 1641 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts; died in Dec 1711 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts; was buried in Avery-Morgan Cemetery, Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.