William Brewster (1669 - abt. 1728)

Born 22 Mar 1669 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Read) Brewster — married 8 Jan 1692 (to 11 Mar 1692) in Norwich Connecticut

Descendants

Died about 11 Aug 1728 at about age 59 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut

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Biography

William Brewster AKA Bruster

Origin

William was born 22 March 1669 at Norwich, New London County, Connecticut.^[1] He was a son of Benjamin Brewster and Ann (Addis) (Dart) Brewster, daughter of William Addis and Millicent Wood, widow of Ambrose Darte/Dart.^[2]

Norwich Vital Records shows William was born in March, 1669 (no day recorded), son of Benjamin Brewster and Ann Dart.^[3]

Family

William married twice.

1. He married January 8, 1692 at Norwich, Connecticut, as his 1st, to Elizabeth Reed.^[3] She died March 11, 1692 at Norwich.^[3]
2. He married, as his 2nd, to Patience Unknown^[1] (not the sister of Elizabeth).^[4][5]

Patience was "probably" the mother of all five children (Elizabeth died only 2 months after their marriage). William removed from Norwich to Lebanon where two of his children's births were recorded.^[6] We have only marriage and/or death dates for the first three children (any birth dates shown for them are guesses).^[6]

William, who was the eldest, is sometimes reported as the child of William and Elizabeth, but this is without proof:^[6] Patience was recorded as the mother of Ebenezer and Peter.^[4]

Children of William (from the settlement of his estate in April 1729):^[6]

1. William Brustar/Brewster of Mansfield, eldest son; mar Dec 13, 1716 Mehitable Abel
2. Patience Brewster; mar c. 1721 to Matthew DeWolfe of Bolton
3. Samuel Brustar/Brewster bpt 2 May 1697 First Church of Chirst, New London, CT,^[7] d 1776; mar Nov 30, 1726 to Tabitha Baldwin
4. Ebenezer Brewster b 1 Feb 1702 Lebanon^[8]; mar Nov 18, 1721 to Elizabeth DeWolf
5. Peter Brewster b 17 Feb 1706 Lebanon^[9], d Jan 27, 1802; mar 1) Feb 18, 1730 to Mary Lee, 2) Marion Unknown

Death and Legacy

William died 11 August 1728 at Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Jones, Emma C. Brewster, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907; a Record of the Descendants of William Brewster of the "Mayflower. (Vol 1, Pages 37-8, 48) New York: The Grafton Press, 1908, Archive.org accessed April 6, 2015
2. ↑ 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 April 5, 2015. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Norwich, Connecticut, Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Vol I. (Pages 15, 21, 51) Hartford: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, 1913, OpenLibrary.org accessed April 4, 2015
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Killick, J.E., WILLIAM and PATIENCE BREWSTER citing The Brewster Genealogy ... and Savage, accessed April 3, 2015
5. ↑ 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.)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} 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.)
7. ↑ Blake, S. Leroy, The Later History of the First Church of Chirst, New London, Conn. Originally New London, CT: Press of the Day Publishing Company, 1900, accessed at New London County CTGenWeb April 7, 2015
8. ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, index, FamilySearch (accessed 4 April 2015), Ebenezer Brewster, 01 Feb 1702; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
9. ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, index, FamilySearch (accessed 4 April 2015), Peter Brewster, 17 Feb 1706; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.