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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 Brewster-In the 1580s, he was an assistant to William Davison, secretary to Queen Elizabeth I; Davison was a party to the 1587 execution of Mary Queen of Scots. About twenty years later, Brewster was among those prominent in the early English Separatist church, emigrating to Holland in 1608 where he became Ruling Elder of the Leiden church.
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 .
Fear Brewster in Plymouth Colony ca. 1625/26. She died in Plymouth before December 12, 1634. She was a daughter of William and Mary Brewster. Joanna Swinnerton, probably in New Haven CT before February 17, 1644/5. She was still living in New Haven as of May 19, 1684. [28]
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 ...
Thomas Mark Harmon (born September 2, 1951) is an American actor and former football player. He is perhaps best known for playing the lead role of Leroy Jethro Gibbs on NCIS . He has appeared in a wide variety of television roles since the early 1970s, including Dr. Robert Caldwell on St. Elsewhere , Detective Dicky Cobb on Reasonable Doubts ...
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PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Landmarks and notable events in the life of former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter:. Aug. 18, 1927: Eleanor Rosalynn Smith is born at her family home in Plains, Georgia. She ...