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Mary Brewster (c. 1569 – April 17, 1627) was a Pilgrim and one of the women on the Mayflower. She was the wife of Elder William Brewster. She was one of only five adult women from the Mayflower to survive the first winter in the New World, and one of only four such to survive to the "first Thanksgiving" in 1621, which she helped cook.
William Brewster died at Duxbury, 10 April 1644 and his wife Mary died at Plymouth on 17 April 1627. Brewster was much respected throughout his life and his death was a blow to those around him; Bradford said that it was a “mater of great sadness and mourning to them all.”
- Early Years
- Betrayal at Court
- Life in The Manor
- What’s in A Name?
- Hard Decisions
- Foster Mother
- Nurse and Mentor
Mary Brewster grew up in in Northern England. Though genealogists have not yet confirmed who she was before becoming Mrs. William Brewster, according to records filed when she and William moved to Holland, she was born in Nottinghamshire in 1567 – the year Mary Queen of Scots was removed from her throne. The queen was beheaded in 1587, four years b...
Davison got Queen Elizabeth to sign the death warrant and, as she instructed him to do, took it to be sealed and delivered to the executioners. The next day the queen came down with a bad case signer’s remorse. She demanded to know why Davison had delivered the warrant, claiming she never told him to do so. She tossed him in the Tower of London and...
The newlyweds settled in Scrooby Manor. Pilgrim Brewster spent his later childhood years at the Manor because his father, also William, was the bailiff and postmaster. When he died, the younger William assumed the post. In the 1500s the Manor was an elegant haven for those traveling the North Road connecting Edinburg and London. Royalty and bishops...
Perhaps you find the names of the Brewster children a bit strange. I am speculating, but their names make sense as we follow Mary’s progression through the years. Jonathan. It’s a Biblical name that is not William. I imagine the new parents wanted a name that wasn’t already quite as common as William. His father was a William. His former employer w...
The Leiden Separatists community decided to send a small delegation of around forty men, women and children, including the Brewster family, to the New World to establish their own religious settlement. The rest would remain behind, including the three older Brewster children. If the settlement succeeded, the others would travel on later ships. If t...
While living in Leiden William assumed responsibility for two young relatives back in England who’d been orphaned. He arranged for them to join the family in Leiden. Mary cared for them along with her own children. They didn’t travel with the couple on the Mayflower. Perhaps others in the beloved community took care of them. Or perhaps they were ol...
The trip left later than planned, took longer than anticipated, and arrived in winter. The extreme deprivations took a toll on the community. About half the group died during the first few months in their new settlement. Mary nursed others back to health and looked after several of the very young adults whose parents died. Her sacrifices and leader...
16 nov 2020 · Mary Brewster and her family sailed from England to America in 1620 on the Mayflower - an historic voyage was just one in a dramatic series of journeys over land and sea in search of a better life.
Mary Brewster. Not much is known about Mary, but it is believed she was born in around 1569, because in an affidavit filed in Leiden, Holland, in June 1609, she then stated she was 40 years old.
3 nov 2022 · Mary Brewster was forced to leave behind the comfortable life that she had known and follow her husband into a new life in the Low Countries.
Mrs. Mary Brewster. BIRTH: About 1569, probably in Yorkshire or Nottinghamshire. MARRIAGE: William Brewster, by about 1592, probably in the vicinity of Scrooby, co. Nottingham. CHILDREN: Jonathan, Patience, Fear, an unnamed child who died young, Love, and Wrestling. DEATH: 17 April 1627 at Plymouth. mtDNA HAPLOGROUP: I4a.
