William Sr Brewster (son of William Sr Brewster and Maud Mann) was born Abt. 1540 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, Emgland, and died 1590 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, Emgland. He married Mary Smythe on 1579 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, daughter of William Smythe.
Notes for William Sr Brewster: 1571 - William BREWSTER (Sr.) was one of three men assessed in 1571 at Scrooby, England. 1575 - William BREWSTER (Sr.), in 1575, succeeded Thomas WENTWORTH as bailiff of Scrooby, England, and as agent of the archbishop of York, moved into the Manor House that belonged to the Archbishop and went with the position. Campbell, Douglas, THE PURITAN in HOLLAND, ENGLAND, and AMERICA (1893), v.II, p.241; Willison, George F., SAINTS and STRANGERS (1945), pp.11-25; James H. Allyn, SWAMP YANKEE FROM MYSTIC (1980), pp.2-4. 1579 - In 1579, William BREUSTER (Sr.) and Mary his wife, in 1579, sued in chancery, William and Francis HOBSON, claiming life settlement of lands in Doncaster, late of John SYMKINSON, formerly husband of said Mary BREWSTER. John SYMKINSON and Mary his wife are first named in YORKSHIRE FINES in the year 1556 regarding lands in Wakefield, while they are last named during his lifetime in a fine of the year 1562 regarding lands at Wakefield. 1580 - Sometime after 1579, William BREWSTER (Sr.) married second to Prudence STOCTON, who was his relict. William and Prudence (STOCTON) BREWSTER probably had children James BREWSTER m. --?-- WELBECK; Prudence BREWSTER m. Robert PECK; and John BREWSTER. THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST, v.41, pp.1-5; Banks, Charles Edward, THE ENGLISH ANCESTRY AND HOMES OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS (1929), pp.35-39; Sherwood, Mary B., PILGRIM, A BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM BREWSTER (1982), p.15.
More About William Sr Brewster and Mary Smythe: Unknown-Begin: 1579, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England.
Children of William Sr Brewster and Mary Smythe are:
+William IlI Elder Brewster, b. January 24, 1559/60, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, d. April 10, 1644, Plymoth, Mass.
William Sr Brewster (b. Abt. 1540, d. 1590)
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