William Brewster was born in Yorkshire, England, in the 1560s to William Brewster Sr. and Mary Smythe. Thereafter, he continued to preach irregularly until his death in April 1644. When the community first attempted to emigrate to Holland in 1607, Brewster and several others were jailed for a short time.
The English-born Pilgrim leader William Brewster (ca. William Brewster (1568 – 10 April 1644) was an English official and Mayflower passenger in 1620. "Harris, Donald F. (1994). It became a …
William Brewster (July 5, 1851 – July 11, 1919) was an American ornithologist. William Brewster, (born 1567, England—died April 1644, Plymouth, Massachusetts [U.S.]), leader of the Plymouth Colony in New England. In the 1627 Plymouth cattle division "Mr. 1566-1644) was the ruling elder of the Separatist group at Scrooby, England, before he and the congregation migrated to Holland and, finally, to New Plymouth in America. He was a religious leader both in Europe and in Plymouth Colony. Notable among them are: Col. William Brewster III (1566 – April 10, 1644) was an English official who was a passenger on the Mayflower in 1620. "He was tenderhearted and compassionate of such as were in misery," Bradford wrote, "but especially of such as had been of good estate and rank and fallen unto want and poverty. "Famous Descendants of Mayflower Passengers – Mayflower Ancestry of Cokie Roberts"Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceWikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers"The New England Ancestry of Actor Richard (Tiffany) Gere"William lived near St. Peter's church (Dutch:https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Brewster_(Mayflower_passenger)&oldid=979111698Articles needing additional references from November 2015Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiersRobinson's church lived for a year in Amsterdam, but in 1609 one of their fellow Brownist churches there, led byNew England Historic Genealogical SocietyWikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource referenceArticles with incomplete citations from November 2015Elder Brewster's descendants number in the tens of thousands today.
(2000). "The More Children of the Mayflower, Part III,"Vague or ambiguous time from November 2015"The New England Ancestry of Sewall Green Wright"Articles with unsourced statements from March 2018Brewster was granted land amongst the islands ofIn Leiden, the group managed to make a living. Brewster had struggled for money in Amsterdam, but in Leiden he taught English toBradford, William. In the 1623 Plymouth land division Mr. William Brewster received six acres as a passenger on the Mayflower, and "Pacience & Fear Brewster" received two acres as passengers on the Anne [PCR 12:4, 6]. While there, he became involved in efforts to reform the Church of England. William Brewster, whose family had managed to survive the first terrible winter unscathed, lost two daughters, Fear and Patience, now married toThe Elder William Brewster Society, A Pilgrim Lineage SocietyGipson, Lawrence Henry (1969). Of Plymouth Colony: 1608-1650.Articles with self-published sources from December 2017Memorial for William Brewster at findagraveFollowing the campaign led by Archbishop Bancroft to force puritan ministers out of the Church of England, the Brewsters joined the Brownist church led byPostmaster and English teacher of Scrooby, preacher of PlymouthAll articles needing additional referencesTheir first surviving child, Jonathan, was born on 12 August 1593, according to "The Brewster Book" in the handwriting of Jonathan, and reproduced in the 2014 'silver' volume on William Brewster published by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants.Merrick, Barbara Lambert [Ed., Comp.] William Brewster was one of the original members of the religious Separatist congregation at Scrooby that became the nucleus of the Pilgrim church. He was released and successfully emigrated in 1608. Brewster spent his early life at Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, and acquired his first Separatist ideas while at Peterhouse College, Cambridge, which he attended for a short time. In Plymouth Colony, by virtue of his education and existing stature with those immigrating from the Netherlands, Brewster, a Brownist (or Puritan Separatist), became senior elder and the leader of the community. He co-founded the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) and was an early naturalist and conservationist. William Brewster was born about 1566, the son of William Brewster. In his young adult years, he studied at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He was educated in both Greek and Latin and spent some time at Cambridge University, although he never completed a full degree.