Cynthia (Brewster) White (1789 - 1829)

Born 26 Jul 1789 in South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Justus White — married 4 Jan 1821 in South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Died 3 Nov 1829 at age 40 in South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Cynthia Brewster, daughter of Jesse Brewster was born 26 July 1789. She married Justus White at South Hadley on 4 Jan 1821. ^[1] She died at the age of 40 on 3 Nov 1829 and is buried at Old Cemetery in South Hadley.^[2] She was initially buried at Old Cemetery, but was removed to Greenlawn in 1944.^[3]

End of Biography.

Genealogical Records

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Marriage Records

• Primary Source, Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; ^[1] Data Extract from Ancestry Record 2495 #7930511:

1. ) South Hadley Marriages; image 795 of 810: Mr. Justus White & Miss Cynthia Brewster were married at South Hadley, Mass. on 4 January 1821.
2. ) South Hadley Marriages; image 795 of 810: Four entries down on the same Vital Record page, is recorded the marriage of her brother, Asahel Brewster to Tryphena Preston on 6 Sept 1821 only nine months later.

Published Genealogical Information

• Secondary Source, Emma C. Brewster Jones, The Brewster genealogy, 1566-1907; a record of the descendants of William Brewster of the "Mayflower." ruling elder of the Pilgrim church which founded Plymouth colony in 1620; ^[4] Data Extract:

1. ) Brewster Genealogy, Vol I; Page 76, 77: Peter Brewster, son of William, married first at Lebanon, Conn., 18 February 1730 (Lebanon Church Record) Mary, daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth Lee of Lebanon, born 19 Dec 1713; died at Coventry, Conn. 17 Sept 1784; married (second), 30 November 1786, Miriam, daughter of Benoni and Freedom Barnard, born at Coventry 23 Feb 1726-7, and died there in 1818. He died at Coventry 27 January 1802 in his 96th year.
2. ) Peter Brewster removed from Lebanon to Coventry about 1737, and settled on a farm in the north parish of that town.
3. ) In his will dated 2 June 1800, and proved 2 March 1802 (recorded in the Hebron Probate Records, ii. 183.), he names his eldest son Israel, son Jacob, youngest son David, the children of his son Jesse, viz., Asahel, Mary, and Sintha Brewster, his daughter Martha Long, and the "children now living" of his deceased daughters, Tabitha, Mary, and Patience.
4. ) Children of Peter Brewster and Mary Lee:
   1. ) Martha Brewster; bapt. 6 June 1731; m. 11 Apr 1755, Samuel Long.
   2. ) Tabitha Brewster; bapt. 12 Nov 1732; d. before 2 June 1800; m. 25 Jan 1748-9; Phineas Strong, son of Dea. Phineas and Mary (Parker) Strong, b. 9 Nov 1725; was living 10 Dec 1770. Children (from the Strong Gen.):
      1. ) Phineas Strong; b. 30 June 1750. Settled at Hartford, Vt.
      2. ) Abel Strong; b. 9 Jan 1752.
      3. ) Tabitha Strong; b. 17 Dec 1753.
      4. ) Daniel Strong; b. 14 Dec 1755.
      5. ) Israel Strong; b. 14 Jan 1758
      6. ) Mary Strong; b. 5 March 1760.
   3. ) Israel Brewster; m. Abigail ____, who was his wife 6 May 1773.
   4. ) Jacob Brewster (111); b. in 1742 or 1743.
   5. ) Mary Brewster (112); b. probably in 1745.
   6. ) Patience Brewster (113);
   7. ) Jesse Brewster; m. ____; Children (living 2 June 1800):
      1. ) Asahel Brewster.
      2. ) Mary Brewster.
      3. ) Sintha Brewster.
   8. ) David Brewster; he may have been the David Brewster who married Lucretia Smith on 2 Feb 1775.
5. ) Reference authority: Lebanon T. and First Chh. rec; North Coventry Chh. Rec; Hebron Probate Rec. ii183; Coventry Deeds, xxv. 514; Strong Gen.; family papers.

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
2. ↑ Vital records of South Hadley (transcribed); deaths Queen to Young: "36 - Cynthia, 1st w. Justus, Nov. 3, 1829, age 40 y., Old Cemetery. [GR]"
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125224791/cynthia-white : accessed 14 September 2021), memorial page for Cynthia Brewster White (26 Jul 1789–3 Nov 1829), Find a Grave Memorial ID 125224791, citing Evergreen Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493) .
4. ↑ Jones, Emma C. Brewster; The Brewster genealogy, 1566-1907; a record of the descendants of William Brewster of the "Mayflower." ruling elder of the Pilgrim church which founded Plymouth colony in 1620, Volume I; The Grafton Press, Genealogical Publishers, New York, 1908. Public Domain.

Other Sources

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC6Z-MYN : 29 July 2021), Cynthia Brewster White in entry for Edwin C. White, 1864.

• Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Justus White and Cynthia Brewster published an intent to marry 3 Dec 1820 at South Hadley, Massachusetts.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125224791/cynthia-white : accessed 11 September 2021), memorial page for Cynthia Brewster White (26 Jul 1789–3 Nov 1829), Find a Grave Memorial ID 125224791, citing Evergreen Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493) .

• Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Documents the births of four children of Justus and Cynthia White and the death of Cynthia.