Mary Brewster

Mary married John Turner on 10 Nov 1645 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony. John (son of Humphrey Turner and Lydia Gaymer) was born before 24 Mar 1621; was christened on 24 Mar 1621 in Terling, Essex, England; died between 4 Mar 1695 and 20 May 1697 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ezekiel Turner was born on 7 Jan 1651 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts; was christened on 19 Jan 1650 in Second Church of Scituate, Scituate, Massachusetts; died on 19 Jan 1704 in New London, New London, Connecticut.
2. Ruth Turner was born before 17 May 1663; was christened on 17 May 1663 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Notes:

He moved with his family to Leiden, Holland in 1608, where he became a merchant and a ribbon maker. Unlike his brothers Love and Wrestling, he stayed behind when the Mayflower sailed; he arrived at Cape Cod on the Fortune in November 1621. In 1630 he and his family moved to Duxbury, where he became a trader, working the coast as far south as Virginia. In 1635-36 he was in Windsor, Connecticut. In 1649 he settled in the New London area, where he spent the rest of his life.

From Kristen Wands, at the Windsor Historical Society site:

During his time in Windsor, Brewster began corresponding with John Winthrop, Jr., with whom he shared an interest in alchemy. Brewster had an alchemical laboratory in his home at Brewster's Neck. In 1656, he believed he was close to discovering the universal cure, a common goal among alchemists. He shared the progress of his experiments with Winthrop, saying, "I ffeare I shall not live to see it finished, in regard partly of the Indianes, who I feare will raise warres; and also I have a conceite that God sees me not worthy of a blessing by reason of my manifold miscariadges." Brewster worried not only that his life might be in jeopardy, but also that some accident would upset his experiments, which needed to sit undisturbed for years at a time. Typically Puritan, he worried that he was not Christian enough to receive the divine alchemical secrets he sought. Writing that he trusted Winthrop with his research more than his own children, Brewster promised he would "shortly write all the whole worke in few words, plainly ... & sealle it vp in a littel box, & subscribe it to your selfe... that if it please God I should suddainly be taken away, you may call for it." Ultimately, it appears Brewster's experiments were unsuccessful. His letters to Winthrop, however, provide a fascinating window into the minds of our New England forefathers.

While Jonathan Brewster's encounters with Native Americans do not seem to have affected his alchemy, later events suggest he was right to be nervous about his family's safety. In early March of 1659, while Brewster was away in Hartford, "12 [Narragansett] Indians came suddainly out of the bushes" surrounding Brewster's farm, and ran toward Mrs. Brewster, who was working in a field with one Mohegan and two English servants. Seemingly to shield her from the attack, the Mohegan ran toward "Mrs. Brewster, and held fast about hir, the other Indians pulled him by force from hir and presently killed him and cutt of his hand and fledd away." Apparently, the Narragansetts were upset that Brewster had been supplying his Mohegan allies with firearms, and the attack, which resulted in the death of the Mohegan servant, was in retaliation. Though no member of Brewster's family was physically harmed, the incident was a tremendous fright to all of the English settlers in the region.

When Brewster's death came, it was the result of an illness rather than an act of violence. He passed away in August of 1659, at 66 years of age. He was buried in Brewster's Neck Cemetery, which is all that remains of the family's home and trading post there.

Jonathan Brewster (1593-1659) = Lucretia Oldham (1600-1678)
Benjamin Brewster (1633=1710) = Ann Addis (1628-1709)
William Brewster (1669-1728) = Patience (d. 1740)
Patience Brewster (b. 1699) = Matthew Dewolfe (1697-1783)
Edward Dewolfe (1735-1790) = Elizabeth (d. 1787)
Edward Dewolfe (1768-1835) = Sarah Bill (1768-1854)
Charles De Wolf (1794-1870) = Betsy Putnam (1794-1881)
John Archelous De Wolf (1833-1901) = Louise Doty (1835-1879)
Ida Corinne De Wolf (1863-1944) = LaFayette Waterbury (1864-1931)
Ledora May Waterbury (1885-1959) = Harry Ross Hubbard (1886-1975)
Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (1911-1986)

Jonathan married Lucretia Oldham on 10 Apr 1624 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Lucretia (daughter of William Oldham and Phillipa Sowter) was born before 14 Jan 1601; was christened on 14 Jan 1601 in All Saints, Derby, Derbyshire, England; died on 4 Mar 1679 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptised: 14 Jan 1600, All Saints, Derby, Derbyshire, England
• Baptised: 4 Jan 1601, All Saints, Derby, Derbyshire, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1566, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
• Alternate birth: Between Jun 1566 and Jun 1567, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England

Notes:

Emigrated 1620 to Plymouth, Massachusetts, on the Mayflower. Senior elder and (until the arrival of pastor Ralph Smith in 1629) religious leader of the Plymouth colony. The only Mayflower passenger with a university education and with political and diplomatic experience. Extensive Wikipedia article here.

William Brewster (~1566-1644) = Mary (d. 1627)
Fear Brewster (~1606-1634) = Isaac Allerton (~1586-1659)
Isaac Allerton, Jr. (~1629-1702) = Elizabeth Willoughby (~1635->1672)
Sarah Allerton (~1670-1731) = Hancock Lee (~1653-1729)
Elizabeth Lee (~1708-~1750) = Zachary Taylor (1707-1768)
Richard Taylor (1744-1829) = Sarah Dabney Strother (~1760-1822)
Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), 12th President of the United States

William Brewster (1566-1644) = Mary (d. 1627)
Jonathan Brewster (1593-1659) = Lucretia Oldham (1600-1678)
Benjamin Brewster (1633=1710) = Ann Addis (1628-1709)
William Brewster (1669-1728) = Patience (d. 1740)
Patience Brewster (b. 1699) = Matthew Dewolfe (1697-1783)
Edward Dewolfe (1735-1790) = Elizabeth (d. 1787)
Edward Dewolfe (1768-1835) = Sarah Bill (1768-1854)
Charles De Wolf (1794-1870) = Betsy Putnam (1794-1881)
John Archelous De Wolf (1833-1901) = Louise Doty (1835-1879)
Ida Corinne De Wolf (1863-1944) = LaFayette Waterbury (1864-1931)
Ledora May Waterbury (1885-1959) = Harry Ross Hubbard (1886-1975)
Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (1911-1986)

Other descendants of William Brewster include Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Commodore Matthew C. Perry, Oliver Hazard Perry, John Batterson Stetson, George B. McClellan, Clarence Day, Archibald MacLeish, Admiral William Halsey, Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower, Thomas Pynchon, Allen Dulles, John Foster Dulles, Nelson Rockefeller, Katherine Hepburn, Bing Crosby, Bette Davis, Julia Child, Glenn Close, Norman Rockwell, Ted Danson, Pete Seeger, Orrin Hatch, Brewster Kahle, Annie Proulx, Bill Richardson, Richard Gere, Howard Dean, Chevy Chase, and James Taylor.

William married Mary before 1593 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. Mary died on 17 Apr 1627 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Emigrated 1620 to Plymouth, Massachusetts, on the Mayflower.

William married Phillipa Sowter on 17 Nov 1588 in All Saints, Derby, Derbyshire, England. Phillipa (daughter of John Sowter and Anne) was born before 10 Jul 1568; was christened on 10 Jul 1568 in All Saints, Derby, Derbyshire, England; died before 22 Mar 1617; was buried on 22 Mar 1617 in All Saints, Derby, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Appointed by Archbishop Sandys, in Jan 1576, receiver of Scrooby and bailiff the manor house belonging to the Archbishop, to have life tenure of both offices. [Lucy Hall Greenlaw, "Early Generations of the Brewster Family", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 53:109, 1899.]

He was addressed as Mr.

William married Mary Smythe. Mary (daughter of William Smythe) died after 1566. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Anne. Anne died after 27 Jul 1574. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]