Elizabeth BREWSTER

Female 1637 - 1708  (70 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth BREWSTER  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 01 May 1637  Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Death Feb 1708  New London, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    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.)
    Person ID I07743  Main Tree
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2020 

    Father Jonathan BREWSTER,   b. 12 Aug 1593, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Aug 1659, Norwich, New London, Conn. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Lucretia OLDHAM,   b. Derby, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 04 Mar 1678 and 1679, Brewster's Neck, Preston, New London, Conn. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 10 Apr 1624  Plymouth, Conn. Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6
    Family ID F04613  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Peter BRADLEY   d. Between 03 Apr 1662 and 1663, Mariner, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 07 Sep 1653  New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Children 
     1. Lucretia BRADLEY,   b. 16 Aug 1661, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1690/1, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)
    Family ID F04621  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2017 

    Family 2 Christopher CHRISTOPHERS,   b. Bef 1631, Probable Cherston-Ferrers, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jul 1687, New London, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 56 years) 
    Marriage Between 13 Jul 1676 and 05 Jun 1677  Probable New London, Conn. Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F04622  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S03436] The Brewster Genealogy 1566-1907 vol. 1, pg 18.

    2. [S02649] Mayflower Descendents and Their Marriages for 2 Gen. After The Landing, pg 13-14.

    3. [S02658] Mayflower Increasings 2nd Edition by Susan E. Roser.

    4. [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).

    5. [S02361] Genealogical Records: Pilgrim Genealogies and Histories, 1600s-1900s, Sons & Daughters of Pilgrims, Vol III.

    6. [S02018] Mary Walton Ferris, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines Vol. II.