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William Brewster (c. 1566/67 – 10 April 1644) was an English official and Mayflower passenger in 1620. He became senior elder and the leader of Plymouth Colony, by virtue of his education and existing stature with those immigrating from the Netherlands, being a Brownist (or Puritan Separatist).
The Elder William Brewster (Pilgrim) was the church's first religious leader, and the church included John Alden and Myles Standish as members. It was the second religious body of the Plymouth Colony. Greek Revival building built in 1840. Unitarian Memorial Church: 1901 built 1996 NRHP-listed
His mother Fear Brewster, was the elder Allerton's second wife, and the daughter of Elder William Brewster. [ 2 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] the colony's spiritual and political leader, [ 9 ] who had also sailed aboard the Mayflower as well as signed the Mayflower Compact .
The original Duxbury congregation was founded in 1632 by Elder William Brewster as a Christian Separatist church with early members coming from the First Parish Church in Plymouth, the oldest church in New England. [2]
On April 6, 1649, he was chosen as Ruling Elder of the church, succeeding William Brewster, a position he held until his death. [8] No papers are left from Thomas Cushman, but one recently discovered document bearing his signature is in the care of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Love Brewster (c. 1611 – c. 1650) was an early American settler, the son of Elder William Brewster and his wife, Mary Brewster. He traveled with his father, mother and brother, Wrestling, on the Mayflower reaching what became the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620.
Jonathan Brewster (August 12, 1593 – August 7, 1659) was an early American settler, the son and eldest child of elder William Brewster and his wife, Mary. Brewster had two younger sisters, Patience and Fear , and two younger brothers, Love and Wrestling along with an unnamed brother who died young.
Elder William Brewster: 54 One of the leaders of the Pilgrims in Scrooby, England and Leyden in the Netherlands. Secret meetings of the Separatists began in Brewster's home, Scrooby Manor. He was an elder of the Pilgrim church until his death in 1643 “near fourscore years of age” Governor William Bradford: 30 One of the original Scrooby ...