Dec 27, 2008 In perusing my grandmother Beavers genealogy, I found that we have ancestors that came over on the Mayflower—Elder William Brewster and Isaac Allerton. Also that one of their descendants – Charles Taylor -- was the uncle of President Zachary Taylor (that’s research for another day). Here’s what I found with a brief Google of William Brewster. Check out the newsletter @ www.brewsterfamily.org The Elder William Brewster Society. 
Here’s a compilation of Elder William Brewster’s life.
Elder William Brewster (c. 1566-7 England - April 10, 1644, Plymouth, Mass), was a Pilgrim colonist leader and preacher who 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. Son Jonathan joined the family in November 1621, arriving at Plymouth on the ship Fortune, and daughters Patience and Fear arrived in July 1623 aboard the Anne. (Wikipedia) Fear, so called because she was born at the height of the puritans' persecution, later married Isaac Allerton (1626) and it is through her lson Isaac that we are related.
Brewster studied briefly at the University of Cambridge and became leader of a small Puritan congregation at Scrooby. Government persecution forced Brewster and his followers to emigrate to Holland in 1608, and he printed religious books in Leiden. Smuggled aboard the Mayflower, Brewster next appeared as one of the leaders of the infant Plymouth Colony in New England. He was one of the few (7) who remained healthy during the early months of settlement, and he ministered to the many sick and dying. A trusted confidant in all matters regarding the colony's survival and progress, Brewster served as its religious leader. He led prayers and preached sermons, but without a university degree he could not become an ordained minister and thus could not administer the sacraments of communion and baptism.
Brewster was granted land amongst the islands of Boston Harbor, and four of the outer islands (Great Brewster, Little Brewster, Middle Brewster and Outer Brewster) now bear his name.
Elder William Brewster died around the age of 80. Among his possessions were over 60 books in Latin and over 300 (311?) English books. This list was complied by Myles Standish & William Bradford upon his death in 1844.
Here’s a compilation of Elder William Brewster’s life.
Elder William Brewster (c. 1566-7 England - April 10, 1644, Plymouth, Mass), was a Pilgrim colonist leader and preacher who 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. Son Jonathan joined the family in November 1621, arriving at Plymouth on the ship Fortune, and daughters Patience and Fear arrived in July 1623 aboard the Anne. (Wikipedia) Fear, so called because she was born at the height of the puritans' persecution, later married Isaac Allerton (1626) and it is through her lson Isaac that we are related.
Brewster studied briefly at the University of Cambridge and became leader of a small Puritan congregation at Scrooby. Government persecution forced Brewster and his followers to emigrate to Holland in 1608, and he printed religious books in Leiden. Smuggled aboard the Mayflower, Brewster next appeared as one of the leaders of the infant Plymouth Colony in New England. He was one of the few (7) who remained healthy during the early months of settlement, and he ministered to the many sick and dying. A trusted confidant in all matters regarding the colony's survival and progress, Brewster served as its religious leader. He led prayers and preached sermons, but without a university degree he could not become an ordained minister and thus could not administer the sacraments of communion and baptism.
Brewster was granted land amongst the islands of Boston Harbor, and four of the outer islands (Great Brewster, Little Brewster, Middle Brewster and Outer Brewster) now bear his name.
Elder William Brewster died around the age of 80. Among his possessions were over 60 books in Latin and over 300 (311?) English books. This list was complied by Myles Standish & William Bradford upon his death in 1844.
The pictures are of the "Brewster Chair" and a chest brought from Holland on the Mayflower. They are currently in the Pilgram Hall Museum in Plymouth Mass.
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