BIRTHS RECORDED IN BREWSTER , MASSACHUSETTS

Copied from "Vital Records of the Town of Brewster", ca 1780-1849;
originally transcribed under the direction of George Ernest Bowman,
editor of the Mayflower Descendant.



April, 2009: we are starting with births from this source, which is presented in sequence by family or recording date. Until the entire group has been re-transcribed for the web, it will be displayed by surname. with a red link to the page used for transcription. Ultimately, it will be displayed by year (the scheme used after 1850) with an alphabetic index for access by surname.

Brewster was first settled in 1656 as a northeastern parish of the town of Harwich, Massachusetts. The town separated from Harwich a 1693, and was officially incorporated as its own town in 1803.

Transcribed courtesy of Diane Jones ,     Brewster Historical Society

SURNAME* CHILD DATE** FATHER MOTHER MFD@ PAGE@@
Clark Reuben 09 01   1798   Reuben Tempe   163 20
Crosby Abigail Freeman 07 25   1801   Nathan Anne   163 20
Crosby Albert Crosby 02 22   1804   Nathan Anne   163 20
Crosby Elijah 12 04   1800   James Sally   167 21
Crosby Elijah Cobb 12 22   1796   Nathan Anne   163 20
Crosby James 08 23   1796   James Sally   167 21
Crosby Joshua 12 15   1792   James Sally   167 21
Crosby Josiah 03 04   1792   Nathan Anne   163 20
Crosby Nancy 07 23   1794   James Sally   167 21
Crosby Nathan 11 11   1793   Nathan Anne   163 20
Crosby Rowland Freeman 04 13   1799   Nathan Anne   163 20
Crosby Sarah 09 07   1798   James Sally   167 21
Crosby Theophilus 04 04   1806   Nathan Anne   163 20
Fessenden Betsey 06 26   1800   William Pede   164 20
Fessenden Evelina 08 22   1802   William Pede   164 20
Fessenden George 11 01   1798   William Pede   164 20
Fessenden Lucy 08 09   1804   William Pede   164 20
Fessenden Thomas 06 09   1792   Thomas Olive   163 20
Freeman Barnard 01 02   1795   Seth Junior Tempe   164 20
Freeman Benjamin 02 14   1787   Seth Junior Tempe   164 20
Freeman Betsey 06 17   1791   Isaac Gene   166 21
Freeman Desire 04 11   1775   Lemuel Mary   166 21
Freeman Eunice 12 31   1790   Lemuel Mary   166 21
Freeman Francis 12 10   1787   Lemuel Mary   166 21
Freeman Gene 02 14   1761         165 21
Freeman Gene 05 30   1789   Isaac Gene   166 21
Freeman Isaac 08 28   1759         165 21
Freeman Isaac 06 13   1786   Isaac Gene   166 21
Freeman James 02 22   1784   Isaac Gene   166 21
Freeman Jerusha 02 20   1779   Seth Junior Tempe   164 20
Freeman Joshua 06 06   1793   Lemuel Mary   166 21
Freeman Lemuel 09 06   1785   Lemuel Mary   166 21
Freeman Nancy 02 28   1783   Lemuel Mary   166 21
Freeman Olive 04 09   1781   Lemuel Mary   166 21
Freeman Pede 03 05   1777   Seth Junior Tempe   164 20
Freeman Polly 02 11   1779   Lemuel Mary   166 21
Freeman Rowland 04 18   1774   Nathaniel Reliance   163 20
Freeman Sally 04 08   1798   Isaac Gene   166 21
Freeman Samuel 01 31   1782   Isaac Gene   166 21
Freeman Seth 05 24   1781   Seth Junior Tempe   164 20
Freeman Solomon 02 22   1783   Seth Junior Tempe   164 20
Freeman Tamsen 03 09   1777   Lemuel Mary   166 21
Freeman Tempe 11 08   1775   Seth Junior Tempe   164 20
Gray Asaph 08 19   1787   Lot Rhoda   165 21
Gray Eunice 10 12   1784   Lot Rhoda   165 21
Harris John 04 11   1798   John Sarah   165 21
King Reuben 02 20   1784   Uriel Lucy   162 20
Mayo Jeremiah 01 29   1786   Assa     163 20
Myrick Abigail 03 03   1801   Samuel Nabby   165 21
Myrick Benjamin 10 18   1782   Samuel Nabby   165 20
Myrick Betsey 09 13   1784   Samuel Nabby   165 20
Myrick John 08 11   1798   Samuel Nabby   165 21
Myrick Joseph 03 04   1795   Samuel Nabby   165 21
Myrick Joshua 03 29   1789   Samuel Nabby   165 21
Myrick Polly 12 18   1786   Samuel Nabby   165 21
Myrick Samuel 08 13   1792   Samuel Nabby   165 21
Myrick Solomon 09 21   1780   Samuel Nabby   165 20
Sears Green 10 27   1781   Stephen Elizabeth   163 20
Snow Freeman 11 29   1799   Reuben Desire   166 21
Snow John 05 06   1804   John Abial   166 21
Snow Nathaniel 08 31   1786   Reuben Reliance   164 20


* surname - on the transcriptions, the spelling may vary even within families. For indexing, we may have changed the spelling for consistency.
** when two years are given (from the Julian to Gregorian calendar conversion), the index uses the earlier year.
@ page number from the original records
@@page number from the printed transcription

Updated 04/17/2009