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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 Mullins-He was a merchant shareholder in the Merchant Adventurers investment group. Bradford called him one of the more prosperous of the Mayflower passengers, traveling with his wife, son, and daughter, as well as his servant Robert Carter who died early in 1621. He had left two children in England: William Jr., who emigrated in 1636 ...
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.
Sydney Smith Lee (September 2, 1802 – July 22, 1869), called Smith Lee in his lifetime, was an American naval officer who served as a captain in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the third child of Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee and Anne Hill Carter Lee, and the older brother of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
Brewster used his home as a church for an underground religious group called the Separatists, who were critical of the Church of England and chose to break away entirely (hence the name). "He was ...
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 .
Mary Brewster (c. 1569 – April 17, 1627) was a Pilgrim and one of the women on the Mayflower. [1] She was the wife of Elder William Brewster . [ 2 ] She was one of only five adult women from the Mayflower to survive the first winter in the New World , and one of only four such to survive to the "first Thanksgiving " in 1621, which she helped ...
Aug. 18, 1927: Eleanor Rosalynn Smith is born at her family home in Plains, Georgia. Late August 1927: “Miss Lillian” Carter, a neighbor and nurse who delivered Rosalynn, brings her son, Jimmy ...