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, Volume 1, Part 1Emma C. Brewster Jones |
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... PRESTON , CONNECTICUT . THE JONATHAN AND LUCRETIA BREWSTER MONUMENT Facing Page 14 · QUARTERMASTER'S COMMISSION TO BENJAMIN BREWSTER Facing Page BREWSTER DEED 50 Facing Page 56 THE HOME OF WRESTLING BREWSTER , KINGSTON , MASSACHUSETTS ...
... PRESTON , CONNECTICUT . THE JONATHAN AND LUCRETIA BREWSTER MONUMENT Facing Page 14 · QUARTERMASTER'S COMMISSION TO BENJAMIN BREWSTER Facing Page BREWSTER DEED 50 Facing Page 56 THE HOME OF WRESTLING BREWSTER , KINGSTON , MASSACHUSETTS ...
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... Preston . His wife , Lucretia , died March 4 , 1678-9 . Mr. Morton Dexter's recent publication , The England and Hol- land of the Pilgrims , pages 514-15 , referring to an entry made in 1610 , in the Leyden ( Holland ) archives . ( Reg ...
... Preston . His wife , Lucretia , died March 4 , 1678-9 . Mr. Morton Dexter's recent publication , The England and Hol- land of the Pilgrims , pages 514-15 , referring to an entry made in 1610 , in the Leyden ( Holland ) archives . ( Reg ...
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... FOOTSTONE BREWSTER CEMETERY AT BREWSTER'S NECK , PRESTON , CONNECTICUT The Jonathan and Lucretia Brewster monument is at the right , and in front of the large tree principles of dividing the town's common lands , etc. "
... FOOTSTONE BREWSTER CEMETERY AT BREWSTER'S NECK , PRESTON , CONNECTICUT The Jonathan and Lucretia Brewster monument is at the right , and in front of the large tree principles of dividing the town's common lands , etc. "
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... Preston , Groton , and Ledyard . He was a man of promi- nence , serving as deputy to the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut , 1668 , '89 , 90 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , '96 , '97 , lieutenant of the New London Troop , 1673 , and ...
... Preston , Groton , and Ledyard . He was a man of promi- nence , serving as deputy to the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut , 1668 , '89 , 90 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , '96 , '97 , lieutenant of the New London Troop , 1673 , and ...
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... Preston , Conn . Children recorded in the Brewster Book : i MARY , b . March 10 , 1679-80 . ii SAMUEL , b . Oct. 5 , 1681 ; d . yg . iii HEZEKIAH , b . Jan. 7 , 1682 . iv ELIZABETH , b . Feb. 15 , 1684 . ▽ ABIGAIL , b . Feb. 1 , 1686 ...
... Preston , Conn . Children recorded in the Brewster Book : i MARY , b . March 10 , 1679-80 . ii SAMUEL , b . Oct. 5 , 1681 ; d . yg . iii HEZEKIAH , b . Jan. 7 , 1682 . iv ELIZABETH , b . Feb. 15 , 1684 . ▽ ABIGAIL , b . Feb. 1 , 1686 ...
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Abigail April auth.-Family papers auth.-Preston Avery bapt Bartlett Benjamin Betsey Bradford Brewster Book BREWSTER Joseph Canterbury Capt Captain Charles Children Church Conn Coventry Daniel DANIEL BREWSTER daughter Deacon DEBORAH descendants died at Kingston died at Preston Duxbury Ebenezer Elder Elisha Elizabeth Elizabeth Brewster England Eunice family papers February Freeman Groton Hannah Hist Holmes Ichabod Brewster Isaac Allerton James John Jonathan Brewster Joshua July July 16 July 27 June June 20 Kingston Lebanon liam¹ lived at Preston Love Love² Love³ Lucy Lydia March March 13 March 24 March 9 married second Mary Brewster Mass Mayflower Morgan N. E. Reg Nathan Nathaniel Norwich November October order uncertain Pelatiah Pilgrims Plymouth Plymouth Colony POLLY Preston prob Rebecca recorded Ruth Sampson Samuel Second wife Sept Stetson Thomas Turner viii William Brewster William¹ Windham
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Page xxvii - Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in ye presence of God, and one of another, covenant & combine our selves togeather into a civill body politick, for our better ordering & preservation & furtherance of ye ends aforesaid ; and by vertue hearof to enacte, constitute, and frame such just & equall lawes, ordinances, acts, constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete & convenient for ye generall good of ye Colonie, unto which we promise all due submission...
Page lii - Upon the hill they have a large square house, with a flat roof made of thick sawn planks stayed with oak beams, upon the top of which they have six cannons which shoot iron balls of four or five pounds and command the surrounding country. The lower part they use for their church, where they preach on Sundays and the usual holidays.
Page xxvii - Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in ye presence of God, and one of another, covenant & combine our selves togeather into a civill body politick, for our better ordering & preservation & furtherance of...
Page xxxiv - ... time. And for those which survied, though some were ancient & past procreation, & others left ye place and cuntrie, yet of those few remaining are sprunge up above 160. persons, in this 30. years, and are now living in this presente year, 1650. besids many of their children which are dead, and come not within this account. And of the old stock (of one & other) ther are yet living this present year, 1650. nere 30. persons. Let the Lord have y° praise, who is the High Preserver of men.
Page liii - In teaching, he was very moving and stirring of affections, also very plain and distinct in what he taught; by which means he became the more profitable to the hearers. He had a singular good gift in prayer, both public and private, in ripping up the heart and conscience before God in the humble confession of sin, and begging the mercies of God in Christ for the pardon of the same.
Page vi - Those who do not look upon themselves as a link connecting the past with the future, do not perform their duty to the world.
Page xxvi - SHALL a litle returne backe and begine with a. combination ' made by them before they came ashore, being the first foundation of their govermente in this place; occasioned partly by the discontented and mutinous speeches that some of the strangers amongst them had let fall from them in the ship...
Page liii - ... others. Inoffensive and innocent in his life and conversation, which gained him the love of those without as well as those within; yet he would tell them plainly of their faults and evils, both publicly and privately, but in such a manner as usually was well taken from him. He was tenderhearted and compassionate of such as were in misery, but especially of such as had been of good estate and rank and were fallen unto want and poverty either for goodness...
Page xxvi - The remainder of An": 1620. I SHALL a litle returne backe and begine with a combination made by them before they came ashore, being ye first foundation of their govermente in this place ; occasioned partly by ye discontented & mutinous speeches that some of the strangers amongst them had let fall from them in...
Page xlvii - I have come some hundreds of miles to meet this night, let me present to you one of the most distinguished of those personages who came hither on the deck of the Mayflower. Let me fancy that I now see Elder William Brewster entering the door at the further end of this hall. A tall and erect figure, of plain dress, of no elegance of manner beyond a respectful bow, mild and cheerful, but of no merriment that reaches beyond a smile. Let me suppose that his image stood now before us, or that it was looking...