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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).
William E. Brewster (1858–1945), American banker, merchant, and politician from Maine; William N. Brewster (1864–1917), American Protestant Christian missionary to China; William R. Brewster (1828–1869), American Civil War general; Willie Brewster (died 1965), whose murder was the first time in the history of Alabama that a white man was ...
William Brewster was a former diplomatic assistant to the Netherlands. He was living in the Scrooby manor house while serving as postmaster for the village and bailiff to the Archbishop of York . He had been impressed by Clyfton's services and had begun participating in services led by John Smyth in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire . [ 11 ]
William Johnson: Labourer George Kendall: Councillor and Captain: 1607–12–01 Execution by firing squad for "mutiny" [15] Ellis Kingston: Gentleman E. Kiniston or Kinnistone 1607–09–18 "Starved to death with cold" [16] John Laydon: Carpenter and Labourer Leyden arrived on the Susan Constant [17] William Laxon: Carpenter Laxton, W ...
Sir William Knyvett (1441/2 [1]) – 2 December 1515) was an English knight in the late Middle Ages. He was the son of John Knyvett and Alice Lynne , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] the grandson of Sir John Knyvett , and assumed the titles of Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk, Burgess of Melcombe, Bletchingley, & Grantham, Constable of Rising Castle.
In 1510, Anne was the subject of a sex scandal. Her brother had heard rumours that Anne was having an affair with Sir William Compton, who was close to Henry VIII; she had been one of Henry's mistresses. [6] On one occasion, Stafford found Compton in Anne's room. Compton was forced to take the sacrament to prove that he had not committed adultery.
Jordana Brewster’s ex-husband, film producer Andrew Form, has been ordered to pay the actress $32,500 per month in modified child support. According to court documents filed in California on ...
In 1830, the Brewster family of Duxbury donated Elder Brewster's original chair to Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, where it remains today. His chair was created in New England between 1630 and 1660 of American white ash. Other similar New England chairs from the 17th century have been named after this piece. [2]