Jonathan Brewster

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Elder Jonathan Brewster (August 12, 1593 – August 7, 1659) was an early American settler, he was the son and eldest child of elder William Brewster and Mary Wentworth. He had two younger sisters Patience and Fear. And two younger brothers Love and Wrestling. Brewster was born in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire in around 1610 he accompanied his family to Leiden in Holland Brewster did not join his family on the Mayflower in 1620 though. Staying behind in Leiden instead. Brewster would have been 27 at the time. in 1621 Brewster came to America on the ship Fortune. He married Lucretia Oldham (daughter of Captain John Oldham of Pequot Indian fame) on April 10, 1624 in Plymouth They had 8 children. Brewster died in 1659 in New London, Connecticut at the age of 55.