Nathaniel Brewster (1637 - 1676)

Born 1637 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Died 1676 at about age 39 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

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NOTE: The Nathaniel Brewster who married Mary Dwelly was son of William and a nephew to this Nathaniel.

Biography

Nathaniel Brewster, was the son of Love Brewster and Sarah Collier.^[1]

He was named in his father's 1650 will. "and land at Duxburrow for her bringing up of her and my Children the time of her life and after her decease I doe give the aforsaid lands to my eldest sonn and heire apparent Nathaniell Brewster and in Case god should take him away out of this life without Issew I give and bequeath the said lands at Duxburrow to my second sonn Willam Brewster."^[1]

He lived in Duxbury and died there in 1676. His nuncupative (oral) will was made in the presence of Benjamin Barlett, and proved Nov. 2, 1676. Bartlett encouraged Nathaniel "to settle matters relateing to his worldly estate." Nathaniel "said that if it should please God to take mee away after my debts be payed, I will Giue all that I haue to my wife; this land heer is none of mine, to dispose off; Butt there is some att the falls that shee shall haue"^[1] His inventory was exhibited on the 2 November 1676 at the Plymouth court.^[2]

This statement indicates that he had a wife, but no issue of his own, since without issue the land he lived on would revert to his brother, William, on his demise.^[1]

Robert Vixen, was appointed administrator of the estate and a Robert Hickson married a Sarah Brewster Sept 26, 1679. Sarah may have been Nathaniel's wife.^[1] The Mayflower Families for William Brewster believes that Robert Vixen, administrator, and Robert Hickson, m. Sarah 1679, are probably two different persons.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Greenlaw, Lucy Hall (compiler). "Early Generations of the Brewster Family." New England Historical and Genealogical Register. 53:114. 1899.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-V32K : 11 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 415 of 616; State Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ Merrick, Barbara Lambert. Mayflower Families through Five Generations. Volume Twenty-Four The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Part 1. (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2014.) p. 191

• Nathaniel's Inventory and Will. The Plymouth Colony Archive Project Nathaniel Brewster October 11, 1676 citing Plymouth Colony Wills 3(2):40 #P280
• Will of Love Brewster Caleb Johnson's MayflowerHistory.com