Ruth BREWSTER

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 03 Oct 1631, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
• Death: 30 Apr 1677, New London, New London, Connecticut, USA

Notes:

Ruth married first, March 14, 1651, John Pickett, of New London, who "dyed at Sea returning from Barbados, August 16, 1667. Married second, July 2, 1668, Charles Hill, formerly of London, son of George Hill, of Barley, in Derbyshire. He died October 1684. Resided in New London. "Mr. Pickett's estate was appraised at oc1140. This was sufficient to rank him, at that period, as one of the wealthiest merchants of the place." Mr. Hill was chosen recorder of the town February 25, 1669-1670, and held the office till his death. He was also clerk of the county court at the time of his decease. They had 10 children.

Ruth, a woman of great worth, died comfortably and christianly.

Ruth married John PICKETT on 14 Mar 1651 in New London, Connecticut. John died on 16 Aug 1667 in At Sea returning from Barbadoes. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Adam PICKETT was born on 15 Nov 1658 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; died between 04 Jan 1690 and 1691 in Died at Sea.
2. Mary PICKETT was born before 1652 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 13 Jan 1734/5 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA.
3. William PICKETT died in 1690 in At Sea.
4. Ruth PICKETT was born about 1653 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 14 Sep 1690 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut; was buried in Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, Conn..
5. Mercy PICKETT was born on 16 Jan 1660 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 28 Nov 1725 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Ancient Burial Gound, New London, Conn..
6. John PICKETT was born on 25 Jul 1656 in Salem, Essex County, Massachsuetts; died on 07 Oct 1687 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

Ruth married Charles HILL on 16 Jul 1668 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA. Charles died in Oct 1684. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

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.