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Bookmark or Share- William Brewster | Biography, Facts, & Mayflower | BritannicaWilliam Brewster (born 1567, England—died April 1644, Plymouth, Massachusetts [U.S.]) was a leader of the Plymouth Colony in New England. Brewster spent his early life at Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, and acquired his first Separatist ideas while at Peterhouse College, Cambridge, which he attended for a short time.
- William Brewster (Mayflower passenger) - WikipediaWilliam Brewster (c. 1566/67 – 10 April 1644) was an English official and Mayflower passenger in 1620. He became senior elder and the leader of Plymouth Colony, by virtue of his education and existing stature with those immigrating from the Netherlands, being a Brownist (or Puritan Separatist).
- William Brewster Biography | Mayflower Heritage and HistoryWith no minister at the Plymouth church for most of the years before Brewster's death, he was the lay leader and preached to the congregation regularly, and continued in this manner after his move to Duxbury.
- The Brewster Family - General Society of Mayflower DescendantsWilliam 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.”
- One man's journey from villager to Mayflower leaderWilliam Brewster was one of the elders in the new colony of Plymouth, but his history stretches back to a little church in Nottinghamshire.
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