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Mary Doane
F, #31526, b. 15 November 1691, d. after October 1733
| Last Edited | 14 April 2023 |
| References | Indented Pedigree Chart |
Parents
| Father* |  Joseph Doane (b. 27 June 1669, d. 27 June 1757) |
| Mother* | Mary Godfrey (b. 2 June 1672, d. 22 July 1725) |
Family: Prence Freeman (b. 3 January 1689, d. 14 April 1769)
| Daughter* | Priscilla Freeman (b. 6 May 1714, d. 11 February 1776) |
| Son* | Hatsel Freeman (b. 7 March 1716, d. July 1739) |
| Son* | Nathaniel Freeman, I+ (b. 31 March 1718, d. 6 September 1791) |
| Daughter* | Hannah Louise Freeman (b. 31 May 1719, d. 1786) |
| Daughter* | Mary Freeman (b. May 1721) |
| Daughter* | Susanna Freeman (b. May 1723, d. 1791) |
| Son* | Barnabas Freeman (b. 20 May 1724, d. about 1799) |
| Daughter* | Keziah Freeman (b. 9 October 1726, d. 17 March 1814) |
| Son* | Moses Freeman (b. 11 November 1730, d. before 3 June 1782) |
| Daughter* | Elizabeth Freeman (b. 15 October 1733) |
Biography
| Birth | 15 November 1691 | Birth: Mary Doane was born on 15 November 1691 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1 |
| Marriage | 20 March 1711 | Marriage: Prence Freeman and Mary Doane were married on 20 March 1711 in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1,2 |
| Death | after October 1733 | Death: Mary Doane died after October 1733 in Haddam Neck (East Hampton), Middlesex, Connecticut, British Colonial AmericaB.3 |
| Name | 20 March 1711 | As of 20 March 1711, Mary Doane was also known as Mary Freeman.1 |
Citations
Deacon Thomas Freeman
M, #31527, b. 16 September 1653, d. 9 February 1715
| Last Edited | 18 April 2023 |
| References | Indented Pedigree Chart Ted's DNA Ancestors |
Parents
| Father* | Major John Freeman, I (b. 28 January 1626, d. 28 October 1719) |
| Mother* | Mercy Prence (b. about 1631, d. 28 September 1711) |
Family: Rebecca Sparrow (b. 30 October 1655, d. 7 February 1740)
| Daughter* | Mercy Freeman+ (b. 30 October 1674, d. 30 August 1747) |
| Son* | Thomas Freeman+ (b. 11 October 1676, d. 22 March 1716) |
| Son* | Jonathan Freeman (b. 11 November 1678, d. 27 April 1714) |
| Son* | Edmund Freeman+ (b. 11 October 1680, d. 10 March 1745) |
| Son* | Joseph Freeman+ (b. 11 February 1682, d. from 10 March 1756 to 18 March 1756) |
| Son* | Joshua Freeman (b. 7 March 1684) |
| Daughter* | Hannah Freeman (b. 28 September 1687, d. 25 August 1707) |
| Son* | Prence Freeman+ (b. 3 January 1689, d. 14 April 1769) |
| Son* | Hatsuld Freeman (b. 27 March 1691, d. 23 May 1773) |
| Daughter* | Rebecca Freeman (b. 26 April 1694, d. 1 September 1761) |
Biography
| Birth | 16 September 1653 | Birth: Deacon Thomas Freeman was born on 16 September 1653 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1,2 |
| Marriage | 31 December 1673 | Marriage: Deacon Thomas Freeman and Rebecca Sparrow were married on 31 December 1673 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1,3 |
| Death | 9 February 1715 | Death: Deacon Thomas Freeman died on 9 February 1715 at age 61 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1 |
Citations
Mercy Prence
F, #31528, b. about 1631, d. 28 September 1711
| Last Edited | 14 April 2023 |
| References | Indented Pedigree Chart Ted's DNA Ancestors |
Parents
| Father* | Governor Thomas Prence (b. about 1600, d. 29 March 1673) |
| Mother* | Patience Brewster (b. about 1600, d. 1634) |
Family: Major John Freeman, I, (b. 28 January 1626, d. 28 October 1719)
| Son* | John Freeman (b. 2 February 1650, d. before 31 December 1650) |
| Son* | John Freeman, II+ (b. December 1651, d. 27 July 1721) |
| Son* | Deacon Thomas Freeman+ (b. 16 September 1653, d. 9 February 1715) |
| Son* | Lieutenant Edmund Freeman+ (b. 6 June 1657, d. 10 December 1717) |
| Daughter* | Mercy Freeman+ (b. 23 June 1659, d. 19 June 1744) |
| Son* | William Freeman+ (b. October 1662, d. before 31 May 1687) |
| Daughter* | Hannah Freeman+ (b. about 1664, d. 15 February 1743) |
| Daughter* | Patience Freeman+ (b. about 1664, d. 15 February 1745) |
| Son* | Prence Freeman (b. 3 February 1665, d. 1747) |
| Son* | Nathaniel Freeman+ (b. 20 March 1669, d. 4 January 1760) |
| Daughter* | Bennet Freeman+ (b. 7 March 1670, d. 30 May 1716) |
Biography
| Birth | about 1631 | Birth: Mercy Prence was born about 1631 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1,2 |
| Marriage | 13 February 1649 | Marriage: Major John Freeman, I, and Mercy Prence were married on 13 February 1649 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.2 |
| Death | 28 September 1711 | Death: Mercy Prence died on 28 September 1711 at age ~80 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.2 |
| Name | 13 February 1649 | As of 13 February 1649, Mercy Prence was also known as Mercy Freeman.2 |
Citations
Governor Thomas Prence
M, #31529, b. about 1600, d. 29 March 1673
| Last Edited | 14 April 2023 |
| References | Indented Pedigree Chart |
Parents
| Father* | Thomas Prence, IV (b. 29 January 1576, d. 31 July 1630) |
| Mother* | Elizabeth Todlerby (b. 1577, d. 14 August 1630) |
Gov Thomas Prence
Family 1: Patience Brewster (b. about 1600, d. 1634)
| Son* | Thomas Prence (b. before 22 May 1627, d. before 1677) |
| Daughter* | Rebecca Prence+ (b. 22 May 1627, d. 18 July 1651) |
| Daughter* | Mercy Prence+ (b. about 1631, d. 28 September 1711) |
| Daughter* | Hannah Prence (b. before 1635, d. before 23 November 1698) |
Family 2: Mary Collier (b. before 18 February 1612, d. before 1644)
| Daughter* | Jane Prence (b. 1 November 1637, d. 28 June 1712) |
Family 3: Apphia Quicke
Family 4: Mary Burr
Biography
| Birth | about 1600 | Birth: Governor Thomas Prence was born about 1600 in Lechlade-On-Thames, Gloucestershire, England, United KingdomB.1,2 |
| Marriage | 5 August 1624 | Marriage: Governor Thomas Prence and Patience Brewster were married on 5 August 1624 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United StatesB.1,2 |
| Marriage | 1 April 1635 | Marriage: Governor Thomas Prence and Mary Collier were married on 1 April 1635 in British Colonial AmericaB.3 |
| Marriage | 1644 | Marriage: Governor Thomas Prence and Apphia Quicke were married in 1644 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.2 |
| Marriage | August 1668 | Marriage: Governor Thomas Prence and Mary Burr were married in August 1668 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.2 |
| Death | 29 March 1673 | Death: Governor Thomas Prence died on 29 March 1673 at age ~73 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.2 |
| Immigration | November 1621 | Immigration: Governor Thomas Prence immigrated in November 1621 to Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB. on the ship Fortune.2 |
| Residence | 1635 | Residence: Governor Thomas Prence lived in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB, in 1635.3 |
| Residence | 1644 | Residence: Governor Thomas Prence lived in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB, in 1644.3 |
| Memo | 1674 | Memo: Colonial Royal Governor. He was born about 1600 (based on his age at the time of his death), and was the son of Thomas Prence, carriage-maker, of Lechdale, Co.Gloucestershire, England. He came to America on the ship "Fortune" in 1621, and he served as the fourth Governor of Plymouth Colony from 1634 to 1635, then from 1638 to 1639, and again from 1657 until his death in 1673. He was married four times, and had children by each of his first two wives, and probably by his third wife. He married, first, on Aug 5, 1624 at Plymouth, Patience Brewster. He married, second, on Apr 1, 1635 at Plymouth, Mary Collier. He married, third, by 1644, Mrs. Apphia (Quicke) Freeman. According to recent analysis in the Great Migration Begins series, she is perhaps the mother of Thomas' last three children. He married, fourth, by August 1668, Mrs Mary (Burr) Howes. Children (by first marriage): Rebecca Prence Freeman (first wife of Edmund Freeman), Thomas Prence, Hannah Prence Mayo Sparrow, and Mercy Prence Freeman. Children (by second marriage): Jane Prence Snow and Mary Prence Tracy (wife of John Tracy). Children (perhaps by third marriage): Judith Prence Barker Tubbs, Elizabeth Prence Howland, and Sarah Prence Howes.2 |
Citations
Patience Brewster
F, #31530, b. about 1600, d. 1634
| Last Edited | 14 April 2023 |
| References | Indented Pedigree Chart |
Parents
| Father* | Elder William Brewster, IV (b. about 1566, d. 10 April 1644) |
| Mother* | Mary (--?--) (b. about 1567, d. 17 April 1627) |
Patience Brewster
Family: Governor Thomas Prence (b. about 1600, d. 29 March 1673)
| Son* | Thomas Prence (b. before 22 May 1627, d. before 1677) |
| Daughter* | Rebecca Prence+ (b. 22 May 1627, d. 18 July 1651) |
| Daughter* | Mercy Prence+ (b. about 1631, d. 28 September 1711) |
| Daughter* | Hannah Prence (b. before 1635, d. before 23 November 1698) |
Biography
| Birth | about 1600 | Birth: Patience Brewster was born about 1600 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, United KingdomB.1 |
| Marriage | 5 August 1624 | Marriage: Governor Thomas Prence and Patience Brewster were married on 5 August 1624 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United StatesB.1,2 |
| Death | 1634 | Death: Patience Brewster died in 1634 at age ~34 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.2 |
| Immigration | July 1623 | Immigration: Patience Brewster immigrated in July 1623 to Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB. aboard the ship Anne3 |
| Name | 5 August 1624 | As of 5 August 1624, Patience Brewster was also known as Patience Prence.1,2 |
| Memo | 1635 | Memo: Patience Brewster was born most likely in Scrooby, England, to Elder William Brewster and Mary (maiden name varies by source). Her birthdate ranges from 1595 to 1603. She arrived in Plymouth aboard the "Anne" in 1623 along with her sister, Fear. Her parents and brothers, Love and Wrestling, arrived during 1620 on the Mayflower. Her other brother, Jonathan, arrived with her future husband, Thomas Prence, on the ship Fortune. On August 5, 1624, she married Thomas Prence who would, on January 1, 1634, become the 4th Governor of the Colony. Together, they had four children, Rebecca, Thomas, Hannah and Mercy.2 |
| Witness | Memo:4 |
Citations
Elder William Brewster, IV
M, #31531, b. about 1566, d. 10 April 1644
| Last Edited | 31 July 2023 |
| References | Indented Pedigree Chart |
Parents
| Father* | William Brewster, III (b. about 1534, d. 10 August 1590) |
| Mother* | Mary Smythe (b. 1535, d. July 1590) |
William Brewster IV
Family: Mary (--?--) (b. about 1567, d. 17 April 1627)
| Son* | Jonathan Brewster+ (b. 12 August 1593, d. 7 August 1659) |
| Daughter* | Patience Brewster+ (b. about 1600, d. 1634) |
| Daughter* | Fear Brewster (b. about 1606, d. before 12 December 1634) |
| Child* | A Child Brewster (b. about 1609, d. 20 June 1609) |
| Son* | Love Brewster (b. 1611, d. from 6 October 1650 to 31 January 1651) |
| Son* | Wrestling Brewster (b. 1614, d. from 1627 to 1644) |
Biography
| Birth | about 1566 | Birth: Elder William Brewster, IV, was born about 1566 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, United KingdomB.1 |
| Marriage | 1592 | Marriage: Elder William Brewster, IV, and Mary (--?--) were married in 1592 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, United KingdomB.2 |
| Death | 10 April 1644 | Death: Elder William Brewster, IV, died on 10 April 1644 at age ~78 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1 |
| Emigration (fam) | 16 September 1620 | Emigration: Elder William Brewster, IV, and Mary (--?--) emigrated on 16 September 1620 from Plymouth, Devon, England, United KingdomB.3 |
| Note | 11 November 1620 | Note: He was one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact on 11 November 1620 at Plymouth RockB in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB. |
| Immigration (fam) | 11 November 1620 | Immigration: Elder William Brewster, IV, and Mary (--?--) immigrated on 11 November 1620 to Cape Cod, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB, aboard the Mayflower.2 |
| Memo | 2017 | Memo: Pilgrim colonist, leader and preacher Elder William Brewster came from Scrooby, in north Nottinghamshire and reached what became the Plymouth Colony in the Mayflower in 1620. He was accompanied by his wife, Mary Brewster, and his sons, Love Brewster and Wrestling Brewster. The town of Brewster, Barnstable, MA was incorporated Febr 19, 1803 and was named for Elder William Brewster. A large part of the inhabitants being his descendants William Brewster attended Peterhouse College, Cambridge 1580-1583; was postmaster and baliff-receiver at Scrooby, England 1590-1607. Organized Scrooby congregation 1606-1609; removed his family to Amsterdam and later to Leyden, Holland where he tutored 1609-1616 and was ruling Elder 1616-1619. He was in flight and hiding in England in 1619-1620 while arranging passage for the Sainets to New England. William, his wife and two youngest sons arrived Plymouth via the Mayflower in 1620. At Plymouth, William was Ruling Elder until 1643. He was also purchaser 1626; Undertaker 1627-16414 |
| Memo (fam) | Memo: [from New England Historic Genealogical Society] WILLIAM BREWSTER ORIGIN: Leiden, Holland MIGRATION: 1620 on Mayflower FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth REMOVES: Duxbury OCCUPATION: Publisher (in Leiden). (See R. Breugelmans, ed., The Pilgrim Press, a bibliographical & historical memorial of the books printed at Leyden by the Pilgrim Fathers by Rendel Harris & Stephen R. Jones, With a chapter on the location of the Pilgrim Press in Leyden by Dr. Plooij, Partial reprint with new contributions by R. Breugelmans, J.A. Gruys & Keith Sprunger [Nieuwkoop 1987].) CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Morison summarized Brewster's church activities prior to 1620: "One of the original members of the separatist congregation at Scrooby which became the nucleus of the Pilgrim church, he immigrated with them to Holland in 1608, and became elder and teacher of their church at Leyden" [Morison 368]. With 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. In the course of relating the controversy surrounding John Lyford, Bradford recounts how "our reverend Elder hath labored diligently in dispensing the Word of God to us, before he came: and since, hath taken equal pains with himself, in preaching the same" [Bradford 162]. Included in the inventory of his library were "7 sermons by W B," which may have been his notes for some of his own sermons. FREEMAN: In 1633 Plymouth list of freemen, prior to those admitted on 1 January 1632/3 [PCR 1:3]. In list of 7 March 1636/7 [PCR 1:52]. In Plymouth section of list of 1639 (annotated "dead") [PCR 8: 173]. EDUCATION: Entered Peterhouse, Cambridge, 3 December 1580, but did not graduate [Venn 1:213; Morison 368]. Within the inventory of William Brewster separate listings were made of his Latin and English books, with nearly four hundred titles included; "the total of both Latin & English books amounts to the sum of £42 19s. 1 Id." [MD 3:27]. ESTATE: In the list of Plymouth "meersteads & garden plots of [those] which came first laid out 1620" Mr. W[illia]m Brewster is on the south side of the street, at the corner of the highway, and next to John Goodman [PCR 12:3]. In the 1623 Plymouth land division Mr. William Brewster received six acres as a passenger on the Mayflower, and "Pacience & Fear Brewster" received two acres as passengers on the Anne [PCR 12:4, 6]. In the 1627 Plymouth cattle division "Mr. Will[ia]m Brewster," Love Brewster and Wrestling Brewster were the first three names in the fifth company [PCR 12:10]. Assessed £1 7s in the Plymouth tax lists of 25 March 1633 and 27 March 1634 [PCR 1:9, 27]. Administration on the estate of William Brewster was granted on 5 June 1644 to Jonathan Brewster and Love Brewster [MD 3:15, citing PCR 2:101]. The inventory of the estate of William Brewster, taken 18 May 1644, totalled £150 7d., with no real estate included [MD 3:15-27, citing PCPR 1 :53-59]. "Whereas William Brewster late of Plymouth, gent., deceased left only two sons surviving vizt. Jonathan the eldest and Love the younger and whereas the said William died intestate for ought can to this day appear," the two sons requested William Bradford, Edward Winslow, Thomas Prence and Myles Standish to assist them in coming to an agreement, and on 20 August 1645 a division was made. Jonathan Brewster was excused the debt he had owed to his father, except £4 "in consideration of the wintering of some cattle which the said Jonathan had the summering upon the division and for the diet of Isaack Allerton a grandchild of the said Will[ia]m which he had placed with his son Love to table and because he was the first born of his father we gave him his father's arms and also a two year old heifer over and above his part of the dividables of the said estate," and Love received his father's dwelling house. The lands were divided equally, except for a dispute over the lands at Duxbury, of which sixty-eight acres went to Jonathan (along with a "dwelling house which the said Jonathan had built on the said land by leave of his said father") and forty-three acres went to Love "and the reason wherefore we gave Love the less quantity was and is because the quality of Love's land in goodness is equal to the quantity of Jonathan's as we judge" [MD 3:27-30, citing PCLR 1:198-99; PCR 12:115-17]. BIRTH: About 1566, probably at Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, son of William Brewster. DEATH: Duxbury 10 April 1644 [MD 1:7]. MARRIAGE: By 1593 Mary____. She died at Plymouth 17 April 1627 [MD 1:7]. (See COMMENTS below for discussion of her identity.) CHILDREN: JONATHAN BREWSTER, b. Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, 12 August 1593 [MD 1:7]; m. Plymouth 10 April 1624 "Lucretia Oldam of Darby" [MD 1:8]; she was bp. All Saints, Derby, Derbyshire, 14 January 1600/1, and was sister of JOHN OLDHAM [PM 345]. PATIENCE BREWSTER, b. say 1603; m. Plymouth 5 August 1624 THOMAS PRENCE [PM 374], "the ninth marriage at New Plymouth" [Prince 229]. FEAR BREWSTER, b. say 1605; m. Plymouth by 1627 ISAAC ALLERTON [Bradford 218,242; PM 10]. LOVE BREWSTER, b. say 1607; m. Plymouth 15 May 1634 Sarah Collier [PCR 1:30], daughter of WILLIAM COLLIER [PM 128]. Child BREWSTER, bur. St. Pancras, Leiden, 20 June 1609 [NS] [Dexter 605]. WRESTLING BREWSTER, b. say 1611; d. unm after 1627 and by 1651 [Bradford 444; see GDMNH 109, MD 43:13, Waterhouse Anc 67]. COMMENTS: In his list of passengers on the Mayflower Bradford included "Mr. William Brewster, Mary, his wife, with two sons, whose names were Love and Wrestling" [Bradford 441]. In the accounting of 1651 we find that "Mr. Brewster lived to very old age; about 80 years he was when he died, having lived some 23 or 24 years here in the country. And though his wife died long before, yet she died aged. His son Wrestling died a young man unmarried. His son Love lived till this year 1650 and died and left four children, now living. His daughters which came over after him are dead but have left sundry children alive. His eldest son is still living and hath nine or ten children; one married who hath a child or two" [Bradford 444]. The quest for the identity of Mary, the wife of William Brewster, has attracted the attention of many genealogists, but as yet without a definitive result. For some time she had been thought to be Mary Wentworth, daughter of Thomas Wentworth of Scrooby, and in 1965 John G. Hunt presented his case in favor of this identity [TAG 41:1-5, 63], but this claim was rejected by Rubincam and others, and Hunt himself has now given up this position. He has, however, published a pamphlet claiming that she was a certain Mary Wyrrall, based on the appearance in a will of a bequest to "Mary Butho," which Hunt took be a variant of Brewster resulting from a speech defect in the person dictating the will [John G. Hunt, Of Mary Brewster: The Identity of Mary, Wife of Elder William BREWSTER of the Mayflower Voyage of 1620 from Plymouth, England, to New Plymouth, New England (Bowling Green, Virginia, 1984)]. Eugene A. Stratton reviewed this volume negatively in 1985 [Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine 48:135-36], to which Hunt responded with a supplement to his pamphlet [Of Mary Brewster, part two (Bowling Green, Virginia, August 1985]. The maiden surname of Mary, wife of Elder Brewster, remains unknown. (Hunt has published other articles on various aspects of William Brewster's life, which, as with all of Hunt's work, need to be used with caution: "'Master Williamson' of the Mayflower" [NGSQ 62:88-90]; "The Mother of Elder William Brewster of the Mayflower" [NEHGR 124:250-56]; "Mary Stubbe - A Connection of Elder William Brewster?" [NEHGR 128:288-90].) A number of other children have been proposed for William Brewster, although there is no reason to accept any of these proposals. Jacobus in 1936 disposed of the claimed connections between William Brewster of Plymouth and Francis Brewster of New Haven and his son Nathaniel [TAG 12:199-210, 13:8-21, 113-116]. Mary Walton Ferris proposed a son Edward, for whom there is no evidence [Dawes-Gates 2:151]. BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: Emma C. Brewster Jones published early in this century a serviceable genealogy of the family [The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907 ..., 2 volumes (New York 1908)]. Among the many versions of the family published in all-my-ancestor volumes the most complete is that of Mary Walton Ferris [Dawes-Gates 2:142-56]. The General Society of Mayflower Descendants published in its "Mayflower Families in Progress" series an accounting of the first four generations of descendants of William Brewster, prepared by Barbara Lambert Merrick, the third edition of which was published in 2000. Two additional volumes by the same compiler were published in 1999 and 2000, the first of these on the fifth-generation descendants of son Jonathan Brewster, and the second on the fifth-generation descendants of daughter Patience (Brewster) Prence. In 1985 and 1986 Jeremy D. Bangs published a three-part article presenting and discussing all known documents naming Jonathan Brewster in Leiden [MQ 51:161-67, 52:6-16, 57-63]. Bangs examined the claim made by the Dexters that Jonathan Brewster had an earlier wife and child while residing in Leiden and determined that the records cited by the Dexters did not pertain to Jonathan Brewster.5 |
Citations
Mary (--?--)
F, #31532, b. about 1567, d. 17 April 1627
| Last Edited | 14 April 2023 |
| References | Indented Pedigree Chart |
Mary (--?--) Brewster
Family: Elder William Brewster, IV, (b. about 1566, d. 10 April 1644)
| Son* | Jonathan Brewster+ (b. 12 August 1593, d. 7 August 1659) |
| Daughter* | Patience Brewster+ (b. about 1600, d. 1634) |
| Daughter* | Fear Brewster (b. about 1606, d. before 12 December 1634) |
| Child* | A Child Brewster (b. about 1609, d. 20 June 1609) |
| Son* | Love Brewster (b. 1611, d. from 6 October 1650 to 31 January 1651) |
| Son* | Wrestling Brewster (b. 1614, d. from 1627 to 1644) |
Biography
| Birth | about 1567 | Birth: Mary (--?--) was born about 1567 in Nottinghamshire, England, United KingdomB.1 |
| Marriage | 1592 | Marriage: Elder William Brewster, IV, and Mary (--?--) were married in 1592 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, United KingdomB.2 |
| Death | 17 April 1627 | Death: Mary (--?--) died on 17 April 1627 at age ~60 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1 |
| Name | 1592 | As of 1592, Mary (--?--) was also known as Mary Brewster.2 |
| Emigration (fam) | 16 September 1620 | Emigration: Elder William Brewster, IV, and Mary (--?--) emigrated on 16 September 1620 from Plymouth, Devon, England, United KingdomB.3 |
| Immigration (fam) | 11 November 1620 | Immigration: Elder William Brewster, IV, and Mary (--?--) immigrated on 11 November 1620 to Cape Cod, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB, aboard the Mayflower.2 |
| Memo | 1621 | Memo: Mary was one of only five adult women to survive the first winter, and one of only four women to survive to the so-called "First Thanksgiving" in 1621.1 |
| Memo (fam) | Memo: [from New England Historic Genealogical Society] WILLIAM BREWSTER ORIGIN: Leiden, Holland MIGRATION: 1620 on Mayflower FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth REMOVES: Duxbury OCCUPATION: Publisher (in Leiden). (See R. Breugelmans, ed., The Pilgrim Press, a bibliographical & historical memorial of the books printed at Leyden by the Pilgrim Fathers by Rendel Harris & Stephen R. Jones, With a chapter on the location of the Pilgrim Press in Leyden by Dr. Plooij, Partial reprint with new contributions by R. Breugelmans, J.A. Gruys & Keith Sprunger [Nieuwkoop 1987].) CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Morison summarized Brewster's church activities prior to 1620: "One of the original members of the separatist congregation at Scrooby which became the nucleus of the Pilgrim church, he immigrated with them to Holland in 1608, and became elder and teacher of their church at Leyden" [Morison 368]. With 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. In the course of relating the controversy surrounding John Lyford, Bradford recounts how "our reverend Elder hath labored diligently in dispensing the Word of God to us, before he came: and since, hath taken equal pains with himself, in preaching the same" [Bradford 162]. Included in the inventory of his library were "7 sermons by W B," which may have been his notes for some of his own sermons. FREEMAN: In 1633 Plymouth list of freemen, prior to those admitted on 1 January 1632/3 [PCR 1:3]. In list of 7 March 1636/7 [PCR 1:52]. In Plymouth section of list of 1639 (annotated "dead") [PCR 8: 173]. EDUCATION: Entered Peterhouse, Cambridge, 3 December 1580, but did not graduate [Venn 1:213; Morison 368]. Within the inventory of William Brewster separate listings were made of his Latin and English books, with nearly four hundred titles included; "the total of both Latin & English books amounts to the sum of £42 19s. 1 Id." [MD 3:27]. ESTATE: In the list of Plymouth "meersteads & garden plots of [those] which came first laid out 1620" Mr. W[illia]m Brewster is on the south side of the street, at the corner of the highway, and next to John Goodman [PCR 12:3]. In the 1623 Plymouth land division Mr. William Brewster received six acres as a passenger on the Mayflower, and "Pacience & Fear Brewster" received two acres as passengers on the Anne [PCR 12:4, 6]. In the 1627 Plymouth cattle division "Mr. Will[ia]m Brewster," Love Brewster and Wrestling Brewster were the first three names in the fifth company [PCR 12:10]. Assessed £1 7s in the Plymouth tax lists of 25 March 1633 and 27 March 1634 [PCR 1:9, 27]. Administration on the estate of William Brewster was granted on 5 June 1644 to Jonathan Brewster and Love Brewster [MD 3:15, citing PCR 2:101]. The inventory of the estate of William Brewster, taken 18 May 1644, totalled £150 7d., with no real estate included [MD 3:15-27, citing PCPR 1 :53-59]. "Whereas William Brewster late of Plymouth, gent., deceased left only two sons surviving vizt. Jonathan the eldest and Love the younger and whereas the said William died intestate for ought can to this day appear," the two sons requested William Bradford, Edward Winslow, Thomas Prence and Myles Standish to assist them in coming to an agreement, and on 20 August 1645 a division was made. Jonathan Brewster was excused the debt he had owed to his father, except £4 "in consideration of the wintering of some cattle which the said Jonathan had the summering upon the division and for the diet of Isaack Allerton a grandchild of the said Will[ia]m which he had placed with his son Love to table and because he was the first born of his father we gave him his father's arms and also a two year old heifer over and above his part of the dividables of the said estate," and Love received his father's dwelling house. The lands were divided equally, except for a dispute over the lands at Duxbury, of which sixty-eight acres went to Jonathan (along with a "dwelling house which the said Jonathan had built on the said land by leave of his said father") and forty-three acres went to Love "and the reason wherefore we gave Love the less quantity was and is because the quality of Love's land in goodness is equal to the quantity of Jonathan's as we judge" [MD 3:27-30, citing PCLR 1:198-99; PCR 12:115-17]. BIRTH: About 1566, probably at Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, son of William Brewster. DEATH: Duxbury 10 April 1644 [MD 1:7]. MARRIAGE: By 1593 Mary____. She died at Plymouth 17 April 1627 [MD 1:7]. (See COMMENTS below for discussion of her identity.) CHILDREN: JONATHAN BREWSTER, b. Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, 12 August 1593 [MD 1:7]; m. Plymouth 10 April 1624 "Lucretia Oldam of Darby" [MD 1:8]; she was bp. All Saints, Derby, Derbyshire, 14 January 1600/1, and was sister of JOHN OLDHAM [PM 345]. PATIENCE BREWSTER, b. say 1603; m. Plymouth 5 August 1624 THOMAS PRENCE [PM 374], "the ninth marriage at New Plymouth" [Prince 229]. FEAR BREWSTER, b. say 1605; m. Plymouth by 1627 ISAAC ALLERTON [Bradford 218,242; PM 10]. LOVE BREWSTER, b. say 1607; m. Plymouth 15 May 1634 Sarah Collier [PCR 1:30], daughter of WILLIAM COLLIER [PM 128]. Child BREWSTER, bur. St. Pancras, Leiden, 20 June 1609 [NS] [Dexter 605]. WRESTLING BREWSTER, b. say 1611; d. unm after 1627 and by 1651 [Bradford 444; see GDMNH 109, MD 43:13, Waterhouse Anc 67]. COMMENTS: In his list of passengers on the Mayflower Bradford included "Mr. William Brewster, Mary, his wife, with two sons, whose names were Love and Wrestling" [Bradford 441]. In the accounting of 1651 we find that "Mr. Brewster lived to very old age; about 80 years he was when he died, having lived some 23 or 24 years here in the country. And though his wife died long before, yet she died aged. His son Wrestling died a young man unmarried. His son Love lived till this year 1650 and died and left four children, now living. His daughters which came over after him are dead but have left sundry children alive. His eldest son is still living and hath nine or ten children; one married who hath a child or two" [Bradford 444]. The quest for the identity of Mary, the wife of William Brewster, has attracted the attention of many genealogists, but as yet without a definitive result. For some time she had been thought to be Mary Wentworth, daughter of Thomas Wentworth of Scrooby, and in 1965 John G. Hunt presented his case in favor of this identity [TAG 41:1-5, 63], but this claim was rejected by Rubincam and others, and Hunt himself has now given up this position. He has, however, published a pamphlet claiming that she was a certain Mary Wyrrall, based on the appearance in a will of a bequest to "Mary Butho," which Hunt took be a variant of Brewster resulting from a speech defect in the person dictating the will [John G. Hunt, Of Mary Brewster: The Identity of Mary, Wife of Elder William BREWSTER of the Mayflower Voyage of 1620 from Plymouth, England, to New Plymouth, New England (Bowling Green, Virginia, 1984)]. Eugene A. Stratton reviewed this volume negatively in 1985 [Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine 48:135-36], to which Hunt responded with a supplement to his pamphlet [Of Mary Brewster, part two (Bowling Green, Virginia, August 1985]. The maiden surname of Mary, wife of Elder Brewster, remains unknown. (Hunt has published other articles on various aspects of William Brewster's life, which, as with all of Hunt's work, need to be used with caution: "'Master Williamson' of the Mayflower" [NGSQ 62:88-90]; "The Mother of Elder William Brewster of the Mayflower" [NEHGR 124:250-56]; "Mary Stubbe - A Connection of Elder William Brewster?" [NEHGR 128:288-90].) A number of other children have been proposed for William Brewster, although there is no reason to accept any of these proposals. Jacobus in 1936 disposed of the claimed connections between William Brewster of Plymouth and Francis Brewster of New Haven and his son Nathaniel [TAG 12:199-210, 13:8-21, 113-116]. Mary Walton Ferris proposed a son Edward, for whom there is no evidence [Dawes-Gates 2:151]. BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: Emma C. Brewster Jones published early in this century a serviceable genealogy of the family [The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907 ..., 2 volumes (New York 1908)]. Among the many versions of the family published in all-my-ancestor volumes the most complete is that of Mary Walton Ferris [Dawes-Gates 2:142-56]. The General Society of Mayflower Descendants published in its "Mayflower Families in Progress" series an accounting of the first four generations of descendants of William Brewster, prepared by Barbara Lambert Merrick, the third edition of which was published in 2000. Two additional volumes by the same compiler were published in 1999 and 2000, the first of these on the fifth-generation descendants of son Jonathan Brewster, and the second on the fifth-generation descendants of daughter Patience (Brewster) Prence. In 1985 and 1986 Jeremy D. Bangs published a three-part article presenting and discussing all known documents naming Jonathan Brewster in Leiden [MQ 51:161-67, 52:6-16, 57-63]. Bangs examined the claim made by the Dexters that Jonathan Brewster had an earlier wife and child while residing in Leiden and determined that the records cited by the Dexters did not pertain to Jonathan Brewster.4 |
Citations
William Brewster, III
M, #31533, b. about 1534, d. 10 August 1590
| Last Edited | 14 April 2023 |
| References | Indented Pedigree Chart |
Family: Mary Smythe (b. 1535, d. July 1590)
| Son* | Elder William Brewster, IV+ (b. about 1566, d. 10 April 1644) |
Biography
| Birth | about 1534 | Birth: William Brewster, III, was born about 1534 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, United KingdomB.1 |
| Marriage | 25 December 1562 | Marriage: William Brewster, III, and Mary Smythe were married on 25 December 1562 at St Wilfred ChurchB in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, United KingdomB.2,3 |
| Death | 10 August 1590 | Death: William Brewster, III, died on 10 August 1590 at age ~56 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, United KingdomB.1 |
Citations
Mary Smythe
F, #31534, b. 1535, d. July 1590
| Last Edited | 14 April 2023 |
| References | Indented Pedigree Chart |
Family: William Brewster, III, (b. about 1534, d. 10 August 1590)
| Son* | Elder William Brewster, IV+ (b. about 1566, d. 10 April 1644) |
Biography
| Birth | 1535 | Birth: Mary Smythe was born in 1535 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, United KingdomB.1 |
| Marriage | 25 December 1562 | Marriage: William Brewster, III, and Mary Smythe were married on 25 December 1562 at St Wilfred ChurchB in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, United KingdomB.2,1 |
| Death | July 1590 | Death: Mary Smythe died in July 1590 at age ~55 at Scrooby ManorB in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, United KingdomB.1 |
| Name | 25 December 1562 | As of 25 December 1562, Mary Smythe was also known as Mary Brewster.2 |
Citations
Jonathan Brewster
M, #31535, b. 12 August 1593, d. 7 August 1659
| Last Edited | 14 April 2023 |
Parents
| Father* | Elder William Brewster, IV (b. about 1566, d. 10 April 1644) |
| Mother* | Mary (--?--) (b. about 1567, d. 17 April 1627) |
Family: Lucretia Oldham (b. about 1600, d. 4 March 1678)
| Son* | Benjamin Brewster+ (b. 17 November 1633, d. 14 September 1710) |
Biography
| Birth | 12 August 1593 | Birth: Jonathan Brewster was born on 12 August 1593 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, United KingdomB.1,2 |
| Marriage | Marriage: Jonathan Brewster and Lucretia Oldham were married in British Colonial AmericaB.3 | |
| Death | 7 August 1659 | Death: Jonathan Brewster died on 7 August 1659 at age 65 in New London, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial AmericaB.2,3 |
| Immigration | November 1621 | Immigration: Jonathan Brewster immigrated in November 1621 to Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB. on the ship Fortune.4 |
| Witness | Memo:5 |
Citations
- [S1805] MayflowerHistory.com by Caleb Johnson
- [S1804] Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2
- [S1824] Information from Mayflower Database, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~steadman/wgasurs.html
- [S1394] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
- [S1896] New England Historic Genealogical Society
Fear Brewster
F, #31536, b. about 1606, d. before 12 December 1634
| Last Edited | 14 April 2023 |
Parents
| Father* | Elder William Brewster, IV (b. about 1566, d. 10 April 1644) |
| Mother* | Mary (--?--) (b. about 1567, d. 17 April 1627) |
Biography
| Birth | about 1606 | Birth: Fear Brewster was born about 1606 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, United KingdomB.1 |
| Death | before 12 December 1634 | Death: Fear Brewster died before 12 December 1634 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.2 |
| Immigration | July 1623 | Immigration: Fear Brewster immigrated in July 1623 to Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB. aboard the ship Anne1 |
| Witness | Memo:3 |
Citations
A Child Brewster
U, #31537, b. about 1609, d. 20 June 1609
| Last Edited | 18 April 2023 |
Parents
| Father* | Elder William Brewster, IV (b. about 1566, d. 10 April 1644) |
| Mother* | Mary (--?--) (b. about 1567, d. 17 April 1627) |
Biography
| Birth | about 1609 | Birth: A Child Brewster was born about 1609 in Leiden, South Holland, NetherlandsB.1 |
| Death | 20 June 1609 | Death: A Child Brewster died on 20 June 1609 at age ~0 in Leiden, South Holland, NetherlandsB.2,1 |
| Witness | Memo:3 |
Citations
Love Brewster
M, #31538, b. 1611, d. from 6 October 1650 to 31 January 1651
| Last Edited | 18 April 2023 |
Parents
| Father* | Elder William Brewster, IV (b. about 1566, d. 10 April 1644) |
| Mother* | Mary (--?--) (b. about 1567, d. 17 April 1627) |
William Brewster IV
Family: Sarah Collier (b. 30 April 1616, d. 26 April 1691)
Biography
| Birth | 1611 | Birth: Love Brewster was born in 1611 in Leiden, South Holland, NetherlandsB.1 |
| Marriage | 15 May 1634 | Marriage: Love Brewster and Sarah Collier were married on 15 May 1634 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1 |
| Death | from 6 October 1650 to 31 January 1651 | Death: Love Brewster died from 6 October 1650 to 31 January 1651 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1 |
| Witness | 16 September 1620 | Emigration: Love Brewster emigrated with Elder William Brewster, IV, and Mary (--?--) on 16 September 1620 from Plymouth, Devon, England, United KingdomB.2 |
| Witness | 11 November 1620 | Immigration: Love Brewster immigrated with Elder William Brewster, IV, and Mary (--?--) on 11 November 1620 to Cape Cod, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB, aboard the Mayflower.3 |
| Witness | Memo:4 |
Citations
Wrestling Brewster
M, #31539, b. 1614, d. from 1627 to 1644
| Last Edited | 14 April 2023 |
Parents
| Father* | Elder William Brewster, IV (b. about 1566, d. 10 April 1644) |
| Mother* | Mary (--?--) (b. about 1567, d. 17 April 1627) |
William Brewster IV
Biography
| Birth | 1614 | Birth: Wrestling Brewster was born in 1614 in Leiden, South Holland, NetherlandsB.1,1 |
| Death | from 1627 to 1644 | Death: Wrestling Brewster died from 1627 to 1644.1 |
| Witness | 16 September 1620 | Emigration: Wrestling Brewster emigrated with Elder William Brewster, IV, and Mary (--?--) on 16 September 1620 from Plymouth, Devon, England, United KingdomB.2 |
| Witness | 11 November 1620 | Immigration: Wrestling Brewster immigrated with Elder William Brewster, IV, and Mary (--?--) on 11 November 1620 to Cape Cod, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB, aboard the Mayflower.3 |
| Witness | Memo:4 |
Citations
Sarah Collier
F, #31540, b. 30 April 1616, d. 26 April 1691
| Last Edited | 14 April 2023 |
Parents
| Father* | William Collier (b. about 1585, d. about 1671) |
| Mother* | Jane Clark (b. 20 October 1591, d. after 28 June 1666) |
Family: Love Brewster (b. 1611, d. from 6 October 1650 to 31 January 1651)
Biography
| Birth | 30 April 1616 | Birth: Sarah Collier was born on 30 April 1616 in Southwark, Surrey, England, United KingdomB.1 |
| Marriage | 15 May 1634 | Marriage: Love Brewster and Sarah Collier were married on 15 May 1634 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.2 |
| Death | 26 April 1691 | Death: Sarah Collier died on 26 April 1691 at age 74 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.2 |
| Name | 15 May 1634 | As of 15 May 1634, Sarah Collier was also known as Sarah Brewster.2 |
Citations
- [S1793] Information from geni,A MyHeritage Company, online http://geni.com/, Sarah Park (born Collier)newBirthApr 30 1616 - Southwark, Surrey, EnglandDeathApr 26 1691 - Duxbury, Plymouth, MassachusettsFatherWilliam CollierMotherJane Collier (born unknown), widow ClarkeHusbandsLove Brewster, "Mayflower" Passenger, Richard Park, of. Hereinafter cited as geni.com.
- [S1805] MayflowerHistory.com by Caleb Johnson
William Collier
M, #31541, b. about 1585, d. about 1671
| Last Edited | 14 April 2023 |
Family: Jane Clark (b. 20 October 1591, d. after 28 June 1666)
| Daughter* | Mary Collier+ (b. before 18 February 1612, d. before 1644) |
| Daughter* | Sarah Collier (b. 30 April 1616, d. 26 April 1691) |
Biography
| Birth | about 1585 | Birth: William Collier was born about 1585 in Southwark, Surrey, England, United KingdomB.1 |
| Marriage | 16 May 1611 | Marriage: William Collier and Jane Clark were married on 16 May 1611 in Southwark, Surrey, England, United KingdomB.1,2 |
| Death | about 1671 | Death: William Collier died about 1671 at age ~86 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1 |
Citations
- [S1793] Information from geni,A MyHeritage Company, online http://geni.com/. Hereinafter cited as geni.com.
- [S1704] FamilySearch.org
Major John Freeman, I
M, #31542, b. 28 January 1626, d. 28 October 1719
| Last Edited | 18 April 2023 |
| References | Indented Pedigree Chart Ted's DNA Ancestors |
Parents
| Father* | Lt Governor Edmond Coles Freeman, II (b. 25 July 1596, d. 21 June 1682) |
| Mother* | Bennet Hodsoll (b. 1596, d. 12 April 1630) |
Family 1: Elizabeth Noyes (b. 19 April 1625, d. 1669)
| Son* | Joseph Freeman+ (b. 29 March 1644, d. 12 May 1733) |
| Daughter* | Elizabeth Freeman (b. 23 June 1648, d. 12 May 1733) |
Family 2: Mercy Prence (b. about 1631, d. 28 September 1711)
| Son* | John Freeman (b. 2 February 1650, d. before 31 December 1650) |
| Son* | John Freeman, II+ (b. December 1651, d. 27 July 1721) |
| Son* | Deacon Thomas Freeman+ (b. 16 September 1653, d. 9 February 1715) |
| Son* | Lieutenant Edmund Freeman+ (b. 6 June 1657, d. 10 December 1717) |
| Daughter* | Mercy Freeman+ (b. 23 June 1659, d. 19 June 1744) |
| Son* | William Freeman+ (b. October 1662, d. before 31 May 1687) |
| Daughter* | Hannah Freeman+ (b. about 1664, d. 15 February 1743) |
| Daughter* | Patience Freeman+ (b. about 1664, d. 15 February 1745) |
| Son* | Prence Freeman (b. 3 February 1665, d. 1747) |
| Son* | Nathaniel Freeman+ (b. 20 March 1669, d. 4 January 1760) |
| Daughter* | Bennet Freeman+ (b. 7 March 1670, d. 30 May 1716) |
Biography
| Birth | 28 January 1626 | Birth: Major John Freeman, I, was born on 28 January 1626 in Pulborough, Horsham District, West Sussex, England, United KingdomB.1 |
| Marriage | 1643 | Marriage: Major John Freeman, I, and Elizabeth Noyes were married in 1643 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.2 |
| Marriage | 13 February 1649 | Marriage: Major John Freeman, I, and Mercy Prence were married on 13 February 1649 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1 |
| Death | 28 October 1719 | Death: Major John Freeman, I, died on 28 October 1719 at age 93 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1 |
| Burial | 1719 | Burial: Major John Freeman, I, was buried in 1719 at Cove Burying GroundB in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.3 |
| Witness | 8 October 1635 | Immigration: Major John Freeman, I, immigrated with Lt Governor Edmond Coles Freeman, II, and Elizabeth Reymar on 8 October 1635 to Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.3 |
Citations
John Freeman
M, #31543, b. 2 February 1650, d. before 31 December 1650
| Last Edited | 14 April 2023 |
Parents
| Father* | Major John Freeman, I (b. 28 January 1626, d. 28 October 1719) |
| Mother* | Mercy Prence (b. about 1631, d. 28 September 1711) |
Biography
| Birth | 2 February 1650 | Birth: John Freeman was born on 2 February 1650 in British Colonial AmericaB.1 |
| Death | before 31 December 1650 | Death: John Freeman died before 31 December 1650 in British Colonial AmericaB.1 |
Citations
- [S1804] Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2
John Freeman, II
M, #31544, b. December 1651, d. 27 July 1721
| Last Edited | 14 April 2023 |
Parents
| Father* | Major John Freeman, I (b. 28 January 1626, d. 28 October 1719) |
| Mother* | Mercy Prence (b. about 1631, d. 28 September 1711) |
Family: Sarah Ann Merrick (b. 1 August 1654, d. 21 April 1696)
| Son* | William Freeman+ (b. 1673, d. 7 July 1737) |
| Daughter* | Patience Freeman+ (b. 1680, d. 28 January 1732) |
| Son* | Nathaniel Freeman, I+ (b. 17 March 1682, d. 2 August 1735) |
| Daughter* | Mercy Freeman+ (b. 1685, d. 7 July 1720) |
Biography
| Birth | December 1651 | Birth: John Freeman, II, was born in December 1651 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1,2 |
| Marriage | 18 December 1672 | Marriage: John Freeman, II, and Sarah Ann Merrick were married on 18 December 1672 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.2 |
| Death | 27 July 1721 | Death: John Freeman, II, died on 27 July 1721 at age 69 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1 |
Citations
Lieutenant Edmund Freeman
M, #31545, b. 6 June 1657, d. 10 December 1717
| Last Edited | 9 June 2024 |
Parents
| Father* | Major John Freeman, I (b. 28 January 1626, d. 28 October 1719) |
| Mother* | Mercy Prence (b. about 1631, d. 28 September 1711) |
Family 1: Ruth Merrick
| Daughter* | Ruth Freeman+ (b. 1680, d. 7 June 1728) |
Family 2: Sarah Mayo (b. 19 December 1660, d. 5 December 1745)
| Daughter* | Sarah Freeman+ (b. 1682, d. 21 January 1743) |
| Son* | Isaac Freeman (b. 1685, d. 21 May 1732) |
| Son* | Ebenezer Freeman+ (b. 1687, d. 11 June 1760) |
| Daughter* | Mary Freeman (b. 13 March 1687, d. 1 June 1734) |
| Daughter* | Experience Freeman (b. 1689, d. 18 November 1721) |
| Daughter* | Thankful Freeman (b. 1693, d. 18 April 1764) |
| Daughter* | Elizabeth Freeman (b. 1695/96) |
| Daughter* | Hannah Freeman (b. 1698, d. 7 June 1751) |
| Son* | Edmund Freeman+ (b. 1702, d. 22 July 1782) |
| Son* | Isaac Freeman (b. 20 October 1706, d. 16 September 1766) |
| Daughter* | Rachel Freeman (b. 1709, d. 20 September 1765) |
| Daughter* | Mercy Freeman (b. after 1709, d. 2 December 1759) |
Family 3:
| Son* | William Freeman+ (b. 4 December 1700, d. 13 March 1786) |
Biography
| Birth | 6 June 1657 | Birth: Lieutenant Edmund Freeman was born on 6 June 1657 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1,2 |
| Marriage | about 1677 | Marriage: Lieutenant Edmund Freeman and Ruth Merrick were married about 1677.3 |
| Marriage | 1681 | Marriage: Lieutenant Edmund Freeman and Sarah Mayo were married in 1681 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.4,2 |
| Death | 10 December 1717 | Death: Lieutenant Edmund Freeman died on 10 December 1717 at age 60 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1 |
Citations
Mercy Freeman
F, #31546, b. 23 June 1659, d. 19 June 1744
| Last Edited | 14 April 2023 |
Parents
| Father* | Major John Freeman, I (b. 28 January 1626, d. 28 October 1719) |
| Mother* | Mercy Prence (b. about 1631, d. 28 September 1711) |
Family: Deacon Samuel Knowles (b. 17 September 1651, d. 19 June 1737)
| Son* | James Knowles (b. 13 August 1680, d. 23 November 1704) |
| Daughter* | Mercy Knowles+ (b. 13 September 1681, d. 5 June 1732) |
| Son* | Col Samuel Knowles, Jr (b. 15 January 1683, d. 30 January 1750) |
| Son* | Nathaniel Knowles (b. 15 May 1686, d. about 1737) |
| Son* | Lt Richard Knowles (b. 1 July 1688, d. about 1769) |
| Daughter* | Rebecca Knowles (b. 1690) |
| Son* | Captain John Knowles (b. April 1692, d. 12 December 1753) |
| Daughter* | Ruth Knowles (b. November 1694) |
| Son* | Captain Cornelius Knowles (b. October 1695, d. 28 December 1764) |
| Son* | Amos Knowles (b. 3 April 1702, d. 9 December 1786) |
| Son* | Captain James Knowles (b. 1705, d. 10 October 1765) |
Biography
| Birth | 23 June 1659 | Birth: Mercy Freeman was born on 23 June 1659 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1,2,3 |
| Marriage | 16 December 1679 | Marriage: Deacon Samuel Knowles and Mercy Freeman were married on 16 December 1679 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.2 |
| Death | 19 June 1744 | Death: Mercy Freeman died on 19 June 1744 at age 84 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1,4 |
| Name | 16 December 1679 | As of 16 December 1679, Mercy Freeman was also known as Mercy Knowles.2 |
Citations
Hannah Freeman
F, #31547, b. about 1664, d. 15 February 1743
| Last Edited | 14 April 2023 |
Parents
| Father* | Major John Freeman, I (b. 28 January 1626, d. 28 October 1719) |
| Mother* | Mercy Prence (b. about 1631, d. 28 September 1711) |
Family: John Mayo (b. 15 December 1652, d. 1 February 1725)
| Son* | Joseph Mayo+ (b. 22 December 1695, d. 3 September 1773) |
Biography
| Birth | about 1664 | Birth: Hannah Freeman was born about 1664 in British Colonial AmericaB.1 |
| Marriage | 14 April 1681 | Marriage: John Mayo and Hannah Freeman were married on 14 April 1681 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.2 |
| Death | 15 February 1743 | Death: Hannah Freeman died on 15 February 1743 at age ~79 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1 |
| Name | 14 April 1681 | As of 14 April 1681, Hannah Freeman was also known as Hannah Mayo.2 |
Citations
Patience Freeman
F, #31548, b. about 1664, d. 15 February 1745
| Last Edited | 14 April 2023 |
Parents
| Father* | Major John Freeman, I (b. 28 January 1626, d. 28 October 1719) |
| Mother* | Mercy Prence (b. about 1631, d. 28 September 1711) |
Family: Lieutenant Samuel Paine (b. about 1660, d. 13 October 1712)
| Son* | Ebenezer Paine+ (b. 17 June 1692, d. 1733) |
Biography
| Birth | about 1664 | Birth: Patience Freeman was born about 1664 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1,2 |
| Marriage | 31 January 1682 | Marriage: Lieutenant Samuel Paine and Patience Freeman were married on 31 January 1682 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1 |
| Death | 15 February 1745 | Death: Patience Freeman died on 15 February 1745 at age ~81 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1 |
| Name | 31 January 1682 | As of 31 January 1682, Patience Freeman was also known as Patience Paine.1 |
Citations
William Freeman
M, #31549, b. October 1662, d. before 31 May 1687
| Last Edited | 14 April 2023 |
Parents
| Father* | Major John Freeman, I (b. 28 January 1626, d. 28 October 1719) |
| Mother* | Mercy Prence (b. about 1631, d. 28 September 1711) |
Family: Lydia Sparrow (b. 19 November 1660, d. 16 March 1708)
| Son* | William Freeman+ (b. 24 February 1686, d. 13 March 1772) |
Biography
| Birth | October 1662 | Birth: William Freeman was born in October 1662 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1,2 |
| Marriage | 1685 | Marriage: William Freeman and Lydia Sparrow were married in 1685 in British Colonial AmericaB.1,2 |
| Death | before 31 May 1687 | Death: William Freeman died before 31 May 1687 in British Colonial AmericaB.3 |
Citations
- [S1806] Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907
- [S1845] Mayflower Descendants - Mason, Bullock & Howland, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~smason/combined/fam02541.htm
- [S1804] Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2
Prence Freeman
M, #31550, b. 3 February 1665, d. 1747
| Last Edited | 14 April 2023 |
Parents
| Father* | Major John Freeman, I (b. 28 January 1626, d. 28 October 1719) |
| Mother* | Mercy Prence (b. about 1631, d. 28 September 1711) |
Biography
| Birth | 3 February 1665 | Birth: Prence Freeman was born on 3 February 1665 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.1,2 |
| Death | 1747 | Death: Prence Freeman died in 1747 at age ~82 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial AmericaB.3 |