Ann (Addis) Brewster (bef. 1628 - 1709)

Born before 17 Mar 1628 in Frampton, Gloucestershire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Ambrose Darte — married 24 Apr 1653 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Wife of Benjamin Brewster — married 28 Feb 1660 in Norwich, Colony of Connecticut

Descendants

Died 9 May 1709 after age 81 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Anna (christened as Anna) Addis^[1] The name is spelled variously: Addes, Adis, Adys, Ades^[2]

Origin

Anna was christened on 17 Mar 1628 at Franmton-on-Severne, Gloucestershire, England, a daughter of William Addis (William Addis was later of Cape Ann, Massachusetts).^[1] Her mother was Millicent Wood.^{[citation needed]}

Marriages

"The Brewster Book," a family diary which was owned by Benjamin Brewster, reports that Benjamin married "Anne Dart the last Daye of febeare : 1659/60."[3] Lucy Hall Greenlaw, in an article for The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, writes, "She may have been the widow of Ambrose Dart of Boston who married 'Ann Adis, daughter of William Addis of Cape Ann 24th - 4th month' 1653."^[3] The circumstantial evidence supports Ann (Addis) Dart as identical to Ann (Dart) Brewster.

Anna married twice.

• She married on April 24, 1653 at Boston as her 1st, to Ambrose Darte/Dart.^[1] They had at least one child.^[3]
• She married (as Anna Dart) on February 28, 1659/60 at Norwich, Connecticut, as her 2nd, to Benjamin Brewster.^[1] They had eight children.^[1]

Children

Ann (Addis) Dart had one known child with Ambrose Dart, and Anna and Benjamin Brewster had eight children together.

Child of Ann and Ambrose Darte/Dart:^[3]

1. William Darte/Dart b January 1, 1654/5 Boston

Children of Ann and Benjamin Brewster:^[3]

1. Mary Brewster b December 10, 1660; mar Samuel Fitch
2. Ann Brewster b September 29, 1662; mar Matthew Coy
3. Jonathan Brewster b November 30, 1664; mar Judith Stevens
4. Daniel Brewster b March 1, 1666/7: mar Hannah Gager
5. William Brewster b March 22, 1669; mar 1) Elizabeth Reed, 2) Patience Unknown
6. Ruth Brewster b September 16, 1671; mar Thomas Adgate
7. Benjamin Brewster b December 25, 1673; mar Mary Smith
8. Elizabeth Brewster b June 23, 1676; mar Daniel Mix

Brewster Family Farm

William resided on the family farm, Brewster's Neck, at New London, which he had inherited from his father and brother-in-law.^[3] Over the years, due to changes in boundaries and jurisdictions, the farm was in the towns of Norwich, Preston, Groton, and Ledyard.^[3]

Death and Legacy

Ann died on May 9, 1709 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut.^[1] She is buried in Brewster's Neck Cemetery, Preston, New London County, Connecticut, USA.^[4]

Ancestor of noted actress and activist Ashley Judd, through her father.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Bate, Kerry W. ["William Addis of New London, Connecticut." The American Genealogist. (Vol. 57, Pages 181-183) New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database accessed 6 March 2016. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
2. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles, "James Rogers" Featured profile. Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. (Vol VI, R-S, Page 79) (Online database accessed 6 March 2016. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Greenlaw, Lucy Hall, "Early Generations of the Brewster Family" (Vol 53, Page 283) 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.)
4. ↑ Find A Grave, Ann Addis Brewster Memorial No. 8797039, includes a photo of a stone (is it original?) accessed 6 March 2016.
5. ↑ "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

See also:

• Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848 (Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, Hartford, 1913) Part 1, Page 21.