Mary (Dwelly) Brewster (1684 - 1764)

Born 29 Mar 1684 in Scituate, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Brewster — married 24 Dec 1705 (to before 7 Apr 1755) in Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 29 Jul 1764 at age 80 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Biography

Mary Dwelly, the daughter of Richard and Eamie (Glass) Dwelley of Scituate, Massachusetts,^[1] was born 29 March 1684.^[2]

She married 24 Dec 1705, Nathaniel Brewster, son of William, recorded in Duxbury and Plymouth.^[1][3]

She and their five children were named in Nathaniel's 1755 will.^[1]

Children: Births recorded in Duxbury, Massachusetts.^[1]

1. Samuel Brewster (twin) b. 5 April 1708^[1][3]
2. Mercy Brewster (twin) b. 5 April 1708^[1][3]
3. Ruth Brewster b. 9 Dec 1711^[1][3]
4. William Brewster b. 14 Feb 1714/5^[1][3]
5. Joseph Brewster b. 3 July 1718^[1][3]

Mary died 29 July 1764 aged 80 and 4 months.^[1][3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Greenlaw, Lucy Hall (compiler). "Early Generations of the Brewster Family." New England Historical and Genealogical Register. 53:441. 1899.
2. ↑ Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Vol 1 – Births. Boston, Mass.: New-England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} "Vital Records of Duxbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850." Boston: NEHGS, 1911. (marriage p 250; death p 355; children's births pp 34,35