Jonathan Brewster (bef. 1685 - 1753)

Born before Sep 1685 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Partridge) Brewster — married 6 Mar 1710 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 24 Nov 1753 after age 68 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut

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Biography

Jonathan Brewster was the son of Wrestling and Mary (____) Brewster, probably born in Duxbury before September 1685.^[1]

He married his step-sister, Mary Partridge on 06 March 1709/10 in Duxbury. She was the daughter of John and Hannah (Seabury) Partridge, born 02 May 1693 in Duxbury and died on 09 September 1743, buried in the Old Scotland Cemetery in Scotland, Connecticut. ^[1]

Jonathan died on 24 November 1753 in Windham, Connecticut, and was also buried in Old Scotland Cemetery.^[1][2][3][4]

In his will signed 14 March 1748 and proved 24 January 1754, Jonathan Brewster of Windham did not mention his wife. He named his eldest son James; sons Peleg, Jonah and Elijah who were all under 21; eldest daughter Hannah Barker; daughters Mary Bingham, Jerusha Rudd and Sarah Holmes. A distribution made on 22 August 1754 had receipts from Peleg Brewster (8 May 1750, 10 Mar 1754, 25 Oct 1754, 23 Dec 1754), Jonah (25 Oct 1754), and Elijah (12 Dec 1754). Elijah gave a receipt to his brother James for part of what his father left him on 12 Dec 1754.^[5]

The children of Jonathan and Mary (Partridge) Brewster were probably born in Duxbury (#1-7) an Windham, Connecticut (#8-9): ^[1]

1. Hannah Brewster, b. ca. 1711; mar. John Barker.
2. Mary Brewster, b. ca. 1712; mar. (1) Reuben Lillie, (2) Jeremiah Bingham.
3. James Brewster, b. ca. May 1715; mar. Faith Ripley.
4. Peleg Brewster, b. ca. 07 Feb 1717; mar. Sarah Smith.
5. Jerusha Brewster, b. ca. 06 Mar 1719; mar. Zebulon Rudd.
6. Jonah Brewster, mar. Joanna Waldo.
7. Sarah Brewster, mar. Jehosophat Holmes.
8. Elijah Brewster, b. 12 Mar 1731; d. bet. 24 Apr 1755 and 14 Jul 1755 (dates will written & proved).
9. Jonathan Brewster, b. 05 May 1737; not in father's will.

Also, probably:

• Mary Brewster, mar. William Kempton . The 2014 Brewster Silver Book lists the possibility that Mary (Brewster) Kempton was the daughter of Jonathan Brewster and Eleanor Keene. ^[6] The 2019 Brewster Silver Book indicates that Mary (Brewster) Kempton is "probably" the daughter of Jonathan Brewster and Eleanor Keene.^[7]

Additional relationship

Jonathan Brewster was the paternal fifth great grandfather of Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States, who was married to Dwight Eisenhower the 34th President of the United States.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} 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) pp. 377-9.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51988487/jonathan-brewster: accessed 08 November 2023), memorial page for Jonathan Brewster (2 Apr 1694–23 Nov 1753), Find A Grave: Memorial #51988487, citing Old Scotland Cemetery North, Scotland, Windham County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Sue (contributor 47067682).
3. ↑ Lucius Barnes Barbour and Lucius A. Barbour, "Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records prior to 1850," (card file, n.d., Connecticut State Library, Hartford), alphabetical entry for Jonathan Brewster, death at Windham, 24 Nov 1753; digital images, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKJ-4SMH-P?cc=2843390 : accessed 8 November 2023).
4. ↑ "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9F5-3S61?cc=2658554 : accessed 8 November 2023). > image 1 of 1. "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9F5-3RD6?cc=2658554 : 20 June 2023), > image 1 of 1.
5. ↑ Merrick, Mayflower Families - Brewster part 1, p. 379, citing Windham Dist., Conn. Probate #475, Jonathan Brewster, 5:60.
6. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 1, The Descendants of William Brewster, Generations 1 through 4, published 2014, Page 398
7. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Published 2019, Page 202

See also:

• Jones, Emma C., The Brewster Genealogy 1566-1907, (The Grafton Press, New York, 1908) vol. 1, pp. 6, 62, 63,

• Mayflower Families in Progress: Brewster, pp 126, 127