Margaret
Brewster
formerly Waterhouse
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Ancestors 
Daughter of Timothy Waterhouse
and Ruth (Moses) Waterhouse
Sister of
Mary (Waterhouse) Spinney, Joseph Waterhouse, Elizabeth (Waterhouse) Ham, John Waterhouse and Lydia (Waterhouse) Plumer
Wife of
Samuel Brewster
— married
about 1714 in New Hampshire [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Died
at age 46
in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Sep 2014
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Biography
Margaret Waterhouse Brewster was baptized 25 July 1708 in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire to parents Timothy Waterhouse (1678-1748) and Ruth Moses (1679-1769). [1]
She married Samuel Sloper Brewster "about 1715". [1]
They had 5 daughters and 8 sons one of whom was David Brewster who married Mary Gains his cousin. [1]
Her father's will mentions her only in passing:
- The will of Timothy Waterhouse, cordwainer of Portsmouth, was made June 3, and proved Dec 28, 1748.
- To his daughters Margaret Brewster, Mary Spinney, Ruth Gaines, Sarah Foss and Elizabeth Ham , he left 5s. apiece, "they having been given sufficient before." [1]
She died in November of 1754 in Rockingham County, New Hampshire of unspecified causes.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The ancestry of Joseph Waterhouse, 1754-1837, of Standish, Maine by Davis, Walter Goodwin. Publisher Portland, Me. : Anthoensen Press , 1949 (Page: 9-11)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret 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 Margaret:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret 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 Margaret:
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~0.78%
Allan Williams
:
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~0.39%
Len Persson :
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