Jonathan Brewster

Descendant of Mayflower passengers Elder William Brewster and Mary Brewster, and passengers Love Brewster and Wrestling Brewster

Biography

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Jonathan Brewster, son of Wrestling Brewster and his wife Mary, was born before 1685 at Duxbury in the Plymouth Colony, and died on 24 November 1753 in Windham, Connecticut.

He married Mary Partridge, born in 1693 in Duxbury, on March 6, 1710 in Duxbury. They moved to Windham, Connecticut and were living there in 1733.[2]

NB: Mary's stepmother, Mary Callis Brewster Partridge, became her mother-in-law. MCBP was first married to Wrestling Brewster, Jonathan's father. She and John Partridge were married after they were both widowed. Little Mary would have been 4-7 years old at the time. Jonathan would have been around 12-15. They married 10 years after their parents did.[3]

Children

Jonathan Brewster and Mary Partridge had the following children:[1]

1. Hannah Brewster, b. ca. 1711; married John Barker
2. Mary Brewster, b. ca. 1712; married (1) Reuben Lillie, (2) Jeremiah Bingham
3. James Brewster, b. ca. May 1715; married Faith RIpley
4. Peleg Brewster, b. 7 Feb. 1717; married Sarah Smith
5. Jerusha Brewster, b. ca. 6 Mary 1719; married Zebulon Rudd
6. Jonah Brewster, married Joanna Waldo
7. Sarah Brewster, married Jehosophat Holmes
8. Elijah Brewster, b. 12 Mar. 1731, d. 1755
9. Jonathan Brewser, b. 5 May 1737

The 2014 Brewster Silver Book lists the possibility that Mary (Brewster) Kempton was the daughter of Jonathan Brewster and Eleanor Keene. [2] The 2019 Brewster Silver Book indicates that Mary (Brewster) Kempton is "probably" the daughter of Jonathan Brewster and Eleanor Keene.[3]

Notable descendant

Jonathan Brewster was the paternal fifth great grandfather of Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States, who was married to Dwight Eisenhower the 34th President of the United States.

Sources

1. ↑ Barbara Lambert Merrick, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 24 Part 1, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2014. "The Silver Book" Page 379
2. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 1, The Descendants of William Brewster, Generations 1 through 4, published 2014, Page 398
3. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Published 2019, Page 202
4. The Brewster Genealogy 1566-1907, Emma C. Brewster Jones, 1908 vol. 1. pp 62, 63
5. The Brewster Genealogy
6. Mayflower Families in Progress: Brewster, pp 126, 127
7. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51988487/jonathan-brewster: accessed 23 August 2022), memorial page for Jonathan Brewster (2 Apr 1694–23 Nov 1753), Find A Grave: Memorial #51988487 citing Old Scotland Cemetery North, Scotland, Windham County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Sue (contributor 47067682).
8. "The Brewster Genealogy 1566-1907," Emma C. Brewster Jones, The Grafton Press, New York, 1908, pg 62
9. Barbara Lambert Merrick, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 24 Part 1, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2014. "The Silver Book" Page 197