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Mary

Female Abt 1569 - 1627  (58 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has no ancestors but more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Mary  
    Birth Abt 1569  Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 17 Apr 1627  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Initiatory (LDS) 24 Nov 1922  SLAKE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID LH5W-4T5 
    Burial Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1080  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Family Elder William Brewster,   b. Abt 1566, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1644, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1593  Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Jonathan Brewster,   b. 12 Aug 1593, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Aug 1659, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    +2. Patience Brewster,   b. Abt 1600, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1634, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
    +3. Fear Brewster,   b. Abt 1606, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1634, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
     4. Son Brewster,   b. Abt 1609, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jun 1609, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +5. Love Brewster,   b. Abt 1611, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 1650, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)
     6. Wrestling Brewster,   b. Abt 1614, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1627, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 13 years)
    Family ID F912  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1569 - Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Bef 1593 - Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 17 Apr 1627 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 24 Nov 1922 - SLAKE Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Mayflower - Pilgrim

      SOURCE: Jones, Emma C. Brewster (The Brewster genealogy, 1566-1907)

      SOURCE: Robert Charles Anderson, (New England Historic Genealogical Soci e ty, Boston, MA).

      The English origins of Mrs. Mary Brewster are not known. A number of the o ries have been proposed over the years, including maiden names such a s We ntworth, Love, Wyrall, and others. However, no proof to support an y of th ese hypotheses has been found.

      We know that Mary was born about 1569 because she stated she was 40 yea r s old in an affidavit filed in Leiden, Holland on 25 June 1609. She wa s p resumably from the vicinity of Doncaster, Yorkshire or Scrooby, Notti ngha mshire, as she married William Brewster in that area about 1592 an d had t heir first son Jonathan in Scrooby a year later. She next had a d aughte r Patience, born about 1600 or somewhat earlier. About 1606, the c hurch c ongregation began more formally meeting at the Scrooby manor, whe re she a nd husband William resided. About this time, pressure from the E nglish au thorities was mounting, and the meetings became more and more s ecretive . She gave birth to another daughter at this time, which they na med Fear . The couple fled just over a year later for Holland with the ot her membe rs of the congregation, and in Leiden they buried an unnamed ch ild: presu mably one that had died in infancy. In 1611, she gave birth t o a son the y named Love, and two or three years later gave birth to thei r last son , whom they named Wrestling.

      Mary came to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620 with husband William, a n d her two youngest children Love and Wrestling. Mary was one of only fi v e adult women to survive the first winter, and one of only four wome n t o survive to the so-called "First Thanksgiving" in 1621. Son Jonatha n Bre wster joined the family in November 1621, arriving at Plymouth on t he shi p Fortune. Daughters Patience and Fear came on the ship Anne in 16 23. Mar y died in 1627 at Plymouth, having reached about the age of 60. H usband W illiam survived her, and would live another 17 years before he d ied.