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1593 - 1659 (65 years)
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Name |
Jonathan BREWSTER [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] |
Birth |
12 Aug 1593 |
Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England [3, 4, 5, 6, 7] |
Gender |
Male |
Fact |
Became a Dutch citizen [4] |
Military Service |
1637 [4] |
Military Commissioner in the Pequot War |
Occupation |
1639 [4] |
Served as deputy of General Court of Plymouth Colony |
Occupation |
1641 [4] |
Served as deputy of General Court of Plymouth Colony |
Military Service |
1643 [4] |
Member of Captain Myles Standish's Duxbury Company |
Occupation |
1644 [4] |
Served as deputy of General Court of Plymouth Colony |
Death |
07 Aug 1659 |
Norwich, New London, Conn. [3, 4, 5, 6] |
Burial |
Brewster Cemetery, Brewster's Neck, Preston, Conn. [4] |
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.
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Person ID |
I07757 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
22 Feb 2022 |
Father |
Elder William BREWSTER, b. 1566/7, Doncaster, Yorkshrie, England d. 10 Apr 1644, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 77 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Mary ?, b. Between 1565 and 1569, England d. 17 Apr 1627, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 62 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Married |
Between 1585 and 1586 [5] |
Marriage |
Abt 1590 |
Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England [3] |
Family ID |
F04627 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Lucretia OLDHAM, b. Derby, England d. Between 04 Mar 1678 and 1679, Brewster's Neck, Preston, New London, Conn. |
Marriage |
10 Apr 1624 |
Plymouth, Conn. [3, 4, 5, 6] |
Children |
| 1. William BREWSTER, b. 09 Mar 1625, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. Bef 1658, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age < 32 years) [Birth] |
+ | 2. Mary BREWSTER, b. 16 Apr 1627, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. Between 23 Nov 1697 and 1698, Probably Scituate, Massachusetts (Age 70 years) [Birth] |
| 3. Jonathan BREWSTER, b. 17 Jul 1629, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. Between 02 Jan 1659 and 1660 (Age 29 years) [Natural] |
| 4. Ruth BREWSTER, b. 03 Oct 1631, Jones River, Massachusetts d. Between 30 Apr and 01 May 1677, New London, New London, Connecticut, USA [Birth] |
+ | 5. Benjamin BREWSTER, b. 17 Nov 1633, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachsetts d. 14 Sep 1710, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut (Age 76 years) [Birth] |
+ | 6. Elizabeth BREWSTER, b. 01 May 1637, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. Feb 1708, New London, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 70 years) [Birth] |
| 7. Grace BREWSTER, b. 01 Nov 1639, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 22 Apr 1684, New London, Connecticut (Age 44 years) [Birth] |
+ | 8. Hannah BREWSTER, b. 03 Nov 1641, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts d. Dec 1711, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts (Age 70 years) [Birth] |
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Family ID |
F04613 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
29 Jan 2018 |
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Event Map |
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| Burial - - Brewster Cemetery, Brewster's Neck, Preston, Conn. |
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Sources |
- [S03436] The Brewster Genealogy 1566-1907 vol. 1, pg. 11-15.
- [S02649] Mayflower Descendents and Their Marriages for 2 Gen. After The Landing, pg 13-14.
- [S02658] Mayflower Increasings 2nd Edition by Susan E. Roser.
- [S03585] Barbara Lambert Merrick/ E. Virginia Hunt, Mayflower Families in Progress: William Brewster of the Mayflower & His Descendants for 4 Generations , (General Society of Mayflower Descentants - Revised 3rd Edition 2000).
- [S02361] Genealogical Records: Pilgrim Genealogies and Histories, 1600s-1900s, Sons & Daughters of Pilgrims, Vol III.
- [S02018] Mary Walton Ferris, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines Vol. II.
- [S9214] Richard Anson Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut.
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