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Descendants of Johnathan Brewster

Generation No. 1

1. JOHNATHAN³ BREWSTER (WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) was born August 12, 1593 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, and died August 07, 1659 in Preston, New London, CT.. He married LUCRETIA OLDHAM April 10, 1624 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass, daughter of WILLIAM OLDHAM and PHILIPPA SOWTER.

Notes for JOHNATHAN BREWSTER:
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #5047, Date of Import: Sep 8, 1998]

Jonathan Brewster traded along the coast of New England from Maine to Connecticut in a sloop as did his brother-in-law John Oldham. The murder of Oldham by indians off Block Island was one of the precipitating events of the Pequot War. He established a trading post on land along the Thames River which he had purchased from the Mohicans in 1650. He also acted as the Plymouth Colony agent in Connecticut.

His New London farm was located on what became the border between Norwich and New London lying partly in each. That is why he is recorded as dying in New London and Lucretia in Norwich although both died in the same house.

xxx —The oldest son of Elder William and Mary Brewster, Jonathan arrived at Plymouth in 1621 on the Fortune. The Brewster Book, a part of which contains family birth, marriage, and death records,
was begun by Jonathan Brewster and continued by members of his family, and it is transcribed in
MD 1:1 and continuing issues. The first family entry is "Johnnathan Brewster was borne at Scroby in Nottinghamshyre the 12th of August 1593 yeaes." He lived in Leiden with his parents, and considerable information on his life there can be found in Jeremy D. Bangs, "Jonathan Brewster in
Leiden Documents," MQ 51:161, 52:6, 57. He was a ribbon maker and exporter in Holland, and in 1617 he formed a partnership with Thomas Brewer, who later became one of the Adventurers. In this series of articles, Dr. Bangs effectively counters the claim of the Dexters that Jonathan Brewster had a wife and child who died in Holland. In Plymouth, Jonathan engaged in various activities, acting at times as an attorney, starting a ferry service, and engaging in coastal shipping to Virginia. In 1635 he was in charge of a trading post in Connecticut on behalf of Plymouth Colony, later returning to Plymouth. In 1652 he started his own trading post in Connecticut, and was censured by the local government for doing it without permission, but was allowed to keep his post. He was a close friend of Connecticut Gov. John Winthrop, Jr. and a fellow experimenter and scientist with his own laboratory at his trading post (Morison, Builders, p. 283). He married Lucretia Oldham, q.v., at Plymouth 10 April 1624 and they had William, Mary, Jonathan, Ruth, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Grace, and Hannah. (See also Barbara Lambert Merrick, "Jonathan Brewster and His Family," MQ 52:72-83.)

Children of JOHNATHAN BREWSTER and LUCRETIA OLDHAM are:

	i.		WILLIAM⁴ BREWSTER, b. March 09, 1624/25.
	ii.		MARY BREWSTER, b. April 16, 1627.

Notes for MARY BREWSTER:
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #5047, Date of Import: Sep 8, 1998]

Mary was named for her Grandmother who died the week she was born.
She married John Turner shortly before her parents moved to Connecticut.

	iii.	JONATHAN BREWSTER, b. July 17, 1629.
2.	iv.	RUTH BREWSTER, b. October 03, 1631, Jones River, Duxbury, Plymouth, Ma.; d. May 01, 1677, New London, New London, CT..
	v.	BENJAMIN BREWSTER, b. October 17, 1633.
	vi.	ELIZABETH BREWSTER, b. May 01, 1637.
	vii.	GRACE BREWSTER, b. November 01, 1639.
	viii.	HANNAH BREWSTER, b. November 03, 1641.

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