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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).
According to tradition, the first grave on Burial Hill was Pilgrim John Howland's. [5] However, he did not die until 1672; other people claimed to be buried there died considerably earlier. [6] First Parish's congregation currently meets in an 1899 church building at the base of Burial Hill on the town square, near where it first met in 1621. [7]
The second oldest grave is that of Rev. Ichabod Wiswall, who was the second pastor of the Duxbury church from 1676 until his death in 1700. Wiswall was part of a three-man delegation, including Rev. Increase Mather , sent to London in 1691 to petition for a new charter for Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth Colonies.
William Root Brewster (July 27, 1828 – December 13, 1869) ... William R. Brewster at Find a Grave This page was last edited on 31 October 2024, at 21:51 ...
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Jones, Emma C. Brewster. The Brewster Genealogy, 1566–1907: a Record of the Descendants of William Brewster of the "Mayflower," ruling elder of the Pilgrim church which founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. New York: Grafton Press. 1908; Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie: Issue 40 of Sesame booklets; BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2008.
Mary More, age 4, assigned as a servant of William Brewster. She died sometime in the winter of 1620/1621. She died sometime in the winter of 1620/1621. Her burial place is unknown, but may have been on Cole's Hill in Plymouth in an unmarked grave as with many others buried there that winter.