Patience
Brewster
formerly [surname unknown] aka Reed, Read, Bruster, White
Born about in Norwich, New London, Connecticut
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Brewster
— married
before 1694 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
William Brewster, Samuel Brewster, Patience (Brewster) DeWolf, Ebenezer Brewster and Peter Brewster
Died
at about age 65
in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut
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Biography
Patience Unknown[1]
Disputed Origin
We do not have record of her birth, and we do not know her parents.[1][2][3] Patience was born about 1675.
She is often reported to be a sister, or the twin sister, of William Brewster's first wife, Elizabeth Read. This is unlikely; she is not recorded as a daughter of Josiah Read (all his children's births were recorded at Norwich or Lebanon), and it was both unlawful and a sin to marry a deceased wife's sister in colonial Massachusetts.[4]
Birth date is a guess, based on the birth date of her husband.
Family
Patience married c. 1694, as his 2nd wife, to William Brewster.[1][2] (His first wife was Elizabeth Read; she died in 1692).[2][1]
IT IS possible, and even probable, that Patience was the twin sister of Elizabeth, REGARDLESS of what the "TRIPOD" cite shows. Use your own judgment. Records, of ANY kind, are subject to human error!
Patience was probably the mother of all five children (Elizabeth died only 2 months after their marriage).[1] William removed from Norwich to Lebanon where two of his children's births were recorded.[2] We have only marriage and/or death dates for the first three children (any birth dates shown for them are guesses).[2]
William Brustar/Brewster of Mansfield, who was the eldest, is sometimes reported as the child of William and Elizabeth, but this is without proof:[2] We know only that he was married December 13, 1716.[2] Patience was recorded as the mother of Ebenezer and Peter.
Children of William (from the settlement of his estate in April 1729):[2]
- William Brustar/Brewster of Mansfield, eldest son; mar Dec 13, 1716 to Mehitable Abel
- Patience Brewster; mar c. 1721 to Matthew DeWolfe of Bolton
- Samuel Brustar/Brewster d 1776; mar Nov 30, 1726 to Tabitha Baldwin
- Ebenezer Brewster b 1 Feb 1702 Lebanon[5]; mar Nov 18, 1721 to Elizabeth DeWolf
- Peter Brewster b 17 Feb 1706 Lebanon[6], d Jan 27, 1802; mar 1) Feb 18, 1730 to Mary Lee, 2) Marion Unknown
Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut
William removed from Norwich to Lebanon where two of his children's births were recorded.[2] We only have marriage and/or death dates for the first three children, as their births were not recorded.[2]
Death and Legacy
Patience died c. 1740 in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut.[2] William Brewster died August 11, 1728 at Lebanon, Windham (now New London) County, Connecticut.
Ancestor of noted actress and activist Ashley Judd, through her father.[7]
Research Notes
As above, the parents and maiden name for Patience are unknown. Unfortunately, there is a FindaGrave memorial (apparently for her) which assumes her maiden name was White.[8] The memorial does not include any source.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Belcher, Jane, June 2007 William Reed of Boston, Massachusetts and Some of his Descendants. The Connecticut Nutmegger. (Vol 40, Page 35) Glastonbury, CT: Connecticut Society of Genealogists, 1970-. (Online database accessed 6 March 2016. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.)
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Greenlaw, Lucy Hall, "Early Generations of the Brewster Family" (Vol 53, Pages 284, 439-41) The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database accessed April 5, 2015: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.)
- ↑ Jones, Emma C. Brewster, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907; a Record of the Descendants of William Brewster of the "Mayflower. (Vol 1, Page 48) New York: The Grafton Press, 1908, Archive.org accessed 6 March 2016.
- ↑ Ackermann, Donna, Incest in Colonial Massachusetts, 1636-1710 American Legal History, October 20, 2009, accessed April 7, 2015
- ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, index, FamilySearch (accessed 4 April 2015), Ebenezer Brewster, 01 Feb 1702; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
- ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, index, FamilySearch (accessed 4 April 2015), Peter Brewster, 17 Feb 1706; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
- ↑ "Ashley Judd." Who Do You Think You Are (US) (Season 2 Episode 8). NBC. 25 March 2011 - Note: She is viewing a family tree provided by D. Joshua Taylor, a Genealogist, while visiting the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston, MA
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 21 June 2020), memorial page for Patience White Brewster (1679–1740), ; Maintained by Bradley Moody (contributor 47097169) Unknown. No source reported
- Name: Patience Brewster
- Maiden Name: White
- Gender: Female
- Birth Date: 1679
- Birth Place: Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
- Death Date: 1740
- Death Place: Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, United States of America
- Has Bio? N
- Spouse: William Brewster
- Children: Peter Brewster
- Find A Grave: Memorial #59273889,
See also:
- Barbara Lambert Merrick; General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1994 William Brewster of the Mayflower, and his descendants for four generations. Plymouth, MA : General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Pages 65-66 (Cited by The Connecticut Nutmegger. 40:35).
- "Family Research.org", Pedigree Resource File
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Patience by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Patience:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Patience by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Patience:
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~0.78%
Eleanor (Hull) Blain
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member egblain
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~0.78%
Helen (Lofland) Dunn :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A282743 [compare], Ancestry member meredith_raymond
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~0.78%
George Brewster :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.39%
Diteman (Diteman) Watson :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Susan
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F331135 [compare], FTDNA kit #331135
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~0.39%
Roger Basom :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
George Guthridge :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A905544 [compare], Ancestry member meredith_raymond
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~0.39%
Marvin Royce :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #411863
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The same file shows EIGHT files for a Patience Reed, All show the birth date as Sept.1672, ONLY one shows a death date of 11 Mar.1692, the other SEVEN show a death date of 11 Mar. 1740 and a variation of children, ALL show a marriage date of, 8 June 1692. TWO files show the actual Five children, of William and Patience. The parents for BOTH Elizabeth and Patience are shown as Josiah Reed and Grace Holloway. If ONE of the leading, IF NOT THE leading search engines available for research, has this kind of variation of information, isn't it possible to give the benefit of doubt, if not then what?
A cite on the internet, www.jfredpeterson.com/tree/g10read,htm, by a 10th generation Read, shows William marrying a daughter of Josiah and Grace, named Elizabeth, the years seem right and I found a reference to Elizabeth, on Ancestry.com, that shows her middle name to be "Patience", could this be the solution to the mystery of William & "Patience"? Let me know if this helps! Thank You
also, the marriage date for William and Patience Unknown is not known. Please see http://members.tripod.com/genealogy_2/id8.html
If I can help in any way, please let me know. Thank you!