William
Brewster
Born in Plymouth Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Jonathan Brewster
and Lucretia (Oldham) Brewster
Brother of
Mary (Brewster) Turner, Jonathan Brewster, Ruth (Brewster) Hill, Benjamin Brewster, Elizabeth (Brewster) Christophers, Grace (Brewster) Wetherell and Hannah (Brewster) Morgan
Husband of
Mary (Peame) Brewster
— married
15 Oct 1651 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Died before
before age 32
in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony [uncertain]
[uncertain]
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Biography
William Brewster was born in Plymouth Colony, 9 March 1625, son of Jonathan Brewster and his wife, Lucretia Oldham.[1][2]
His name is in the list of those able to bear arms in Duxbury, in 1643.[3][1]
1645: William Brewster listed in the 1st Company of soldiers at Duxbury. [4] He and five others from Duxbury served seventeen days in the Narragansett Expedition.[5][1]
He married Mary Peame (her name also sometimes appears as Pieme) on October 25, 1651 in Duxbury, Mass.[1][6][2]
William Brewster, the son of Jonathan Brewster, is believed to have died prior to 1658, as he was not named when his father deeded property to his relatives, including his younger sisters.[1]
There are no further verifiable records of this William Brewster. It was theorized by Emma C. Brewster Jones in "The Brewster Genealogy" that he moved to England with his wife and died there.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Merrick, Barbara. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 24, Part 1, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster, Generations 1 through 4, (Plymouth, MA, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2014) page 117.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Brewster Book." The Mayflower Descendant Vol 1 p. 7; marriage p. 8
- ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet; Pulsifer, David. New Plymouth Colony; Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England Vol 9 Miscellaneous Records 1633-1689. p. 190 (Boston: 1855, Reprint AMS Press, 1968)
- ↑ Doreski, Carole (ed.) Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the Seventeenth-Century Conflicts. p. 30. At American Ancestors as: Plymouth Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620-1775; (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013). link AmericanAncestors ($)
- ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet; Pulsifer, David. New Plymouth Colony; Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England Vol. 2 (1855) Court Orders 1641-1651 p. 90 (Boston: 1855, Reprint AMS Press, 1968)
- ↑ The Brewster Genealogy 1566-1907: A Record of the Descendants of William Brewster of the Mayflower, Ruling Elder of the Church Which Founded Pilgrim Colony in 1620, by Emma Brewster, p. 14
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- Michael Brewster
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Rejected matches › William Brewster (abt.1505-) › William Brewster (abt.1470-1521) › William Brewster (abt.1645-1723) › William Brewster (aft.1692-) › William Avery Brewster (aft.1746-) › William John Brewster (abt.1800-1871) › William Brewster (abt.1800-) › William Brewster Dayton (abt.1790-) › Elder W. (Murray) Brewster › William Brewster (1789-1852) › William Brewster (1715-1775)
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map link for "Plymouth Colony" -- possibly entered by some Google Map employee at the end of his/her shift to show "Colony Apartments" near Plymouth St in Mountain View -- please fix! Current URL = https://www.google.com/maps/search/Plymouth+Colony/@37.4164812,-122.0921135,17z/data=!3m1!4b1 Correct URL should be this one: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Plymouth,+MA/@41.8881638,-70.9150173,10z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e4b9efe1b22d71:0xe99070cab6ea2e23!8m2!3d41.9584457!4d-70.6672621
The Vitals section needs to changed accordingly.
Since he did not marry two different women on the same day, and there is no source or record for such marriage to Mary Graham, it is reasonable to conclude that "Graham" was mistakenly written instead of "Peame", and no such Mary Graham actually existed.
Strongly recommend removing "Mary Graham" from William's profile, with a note about same in a "Research Notes" section.
Also, shouldn't their names be set up showing their husband's last name as their name at death? But first, which is the correct spouse?
William Brewster (married Mary Peame)
my source: http://bit.ly/1jG23mm