Jonathan Brewster (August 12, 1593 – August 7, 1659) was an early American settler, the son and eldest child of elder William Brewster and his wife,

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. Brewster had two younger sisters, Patience and

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, and two younger brothers,

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and Wrestling along with an unnamed brother who died young.

Life

Brewster was born in

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, on August 12, 1593. In around 1610, he accompanied his family to

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, where he married his first wife. Brewster did not join his family on the ''

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'' in 1620, however. He stayed behind in Leiden instead with his wife, who died soon after, and their infant son, who also died. Brewster would have been 27 at the time. Brewster came to America on the ship ''Fortune'' in 1621. On April 10, 1624, in

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, Brewster married Lucretia Oldham, the daughter of William Oldham and Phillipa Sowter; her brother was Captain John Oldham, whose slaying led to the Pequot Indian war. Brewster and Oldham had eight children. Brewster died on August 7, 1659, in

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, at the age of 65. He was buried in Brewster's Plain, Norwich, Connecticut.

Descendants

Jonathan Brewster married Lucretia Oldham, originally of

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, on 10 April 1624 in

. Their children were: *(Possibly) Nathaniel Brewster (born April 1622) *William Brewster (born March 9, 1625) *Mary Brewster (born April 16, 1627, mother of Amos Turner) *Jonathan Brewster, Jr. (born July 17, 1629) *Ruth Brewster (born October 3, 1631) *Benjamin Brewster (born November 17, 1633; died September 14, 1710) *Elizabeth Brewster (born May 1, 1637) *Grace Brewster (born November 1, 1639; died April 22, 1684) *Hannah Brewster (born November 3, 1641) John Turner (?-1697) and Mary Brewster (1627-1697) gave birth to Ezekial Turner (1650-1704).

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