Peleg Brewster (abt. 1717 - 1801)

Born about 7 Feb 1717 in Duxbury, Massachusetts

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Descendants

Died 2 Apr 1801 at about age 84 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Peleg is the child of Jonathan Brewster and Mary Partridge, born 7 Feb 1717.^{[1] [2]}

Peleg m. before 1739 Sarah Smith (Smith-29681)^[3][1][2]

He died in Canterbury, Connecticut, 2 April 1801 age 84.^[1][4]

Children:

1. John. b. 14 Jan 1739. bpt 18 Nov 1739
2. Mary bpt 12 Oct 1740 d. young
3. Jedediah bpt 6 Jun 1742 d. probably before 7 June 1754
4. Mary bpt 18 March 1744 probably d. young
5. Jedidiah b. 7 June 1754 ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Jones, Emma C. Brewster. The Brewster genealogy, 1566-1907; a record of the descendants of William Brewster of the "Mayflower." ruling elder of the Pilgrim church which founded Plymouth colony in 1620. Volume 1./ New York: The Grafton press, 1908 p. 62 pp. 103, 104
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-four, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster, Part 1 Generations 1 through 4, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by Scott Andrew Bartley. Plymouth, Massachusetts, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2014, page 379.
3. ↑ Lineages (numbers 1 to 1065) from August 15, 1900, date chartered by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants to February 3, 1973. Kitchel, Walter Howard (compiler); Society of Mayflower Descendants (New Jersey) typescript p. 9. at gengophers
4. ↑ Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 208