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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 ...
In 2000, Bronx borough president Fernando Ferrer offered a matching grant of $500,000 to fund further renovations, as well as the four unexecuted busts. [ 169 ] [ 170 ] To raise money for the hall's renovation and expansion, BCC organized a $1 million fundraiser in 2001. [ 171 ]
The Church of St. John is a parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 3021 Kingsbridge Avenue, Bronx, New York City. Property was purchased in 1870 and construction of a wood-framed church was begun, this was the first Catholic church in Kingsbridge, Bronx .
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.
St. John's Church, 3021 Kingsbridge Avenue February 19, 1974 [99] Kingsbridge: St. John's Residence Hall, Fordham Road and East 179th Street August 18, 1970 [100] Fordham University Rose Hill campus: St. Peter's Church, Chapel, and Cemetery, 2500 Westchester Avenue
Fictional drawing of William Brewster (c.1566-1644), one of the leaders of the Pilgrims who helped found the Plymouth Colony in 1620. In 1620, a group of Separatists known as the Pilgrims settled in New England and established the Plymouth Colony.
His son John Freeman bapt. on January 28, 1626/1627, at Billingshurst, Sussex County, England and died on October 28, 1719, at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. First as a lieutenant, then as captain, and later as major, he took an active part in the Indian Wars. He was a major in the expedition against Indians at Saconet in 1677.