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Ruth, Lucy, Prince, Perez, Hezekiah.   His w. died, and he m. Lydia Cushman, and had Sarah, Joanna, and Salome.—Louisa m. Miles Holmes.—Elizabeth m. Richard Sayward.—Deborah m. Samuel Bryant.—Ruth m. Jona. Ripley.—Lucy P. m. Theodore Cobb and then Hezekiah Cole.—Perez m. Deborah Davis.   Hezekiah m. Margaret Parsons.—Sarah m. Oliver Churchill, Jr.   Salome m. William Bradford.

   BREWSTER.—William Brewster, b. 1560, came over in the first ship, the May Flower, 1620; was a ruling Elder in the Church of Plymouth; his w. (name unknown) d. between 1623 and 1627; he d. 1644, æ. 84; he had Jonathan, Love, Wrestling, Patience, and Fear.   (Lucretia, William, and Mary, are also set down as his children in a note in the N. E. Memorial, p. 221; but this is now considered by the learned and able editor himself as at least doubtful; probably Lucretia was wife of Jonathan, and William and Mary were probably his two eldest children.)   Patience m. Thomas Prince, the Governor, 1624, and d. 1634.—Fear m. Isaac Allerton 1626, and d. 1633.—Wrestling d. single in youth.—The venerable Elder was one of the oldest men among the forefathers, being 60 when he arrived.

   2.   Jonathan (s. of the preceding) and his wife, Lucretia, had William, Mary, Jonathan, and Benjamin.   He removed from Duxbury to Norwich, Conn., after 1648, with his wife and sons.   Mary m. John Turner of Scituate 1645, and was living 1691.—William and Jonathan, Jr., were on the military roll in Duxbury, 1643, the latter then 16 years old, and had an action in Court 1650.—William was in the Naragansett war 1645.   After these periods neither of their names appears on the records.—Benjamin was at New London 1661.

   3.   Love (s. of William 1) m. Sarah, D. of William Collier (she afterwards m. a Parks); he died 1650; and had Sarah, Nathaniel, William, and Wrestling.   He lived and died in Duxbury, and was one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater.   Sarah m. Benjamin Bartlett of Duxbury 1656.—Nathaniel d. 1676, his family (if he had any) extinct; his name appears on Bridgewater records as a proprietor (of his father's share probably) 1666.

   4.   William (s. of Love 3) was a Deacon in Duxbury, and had William and Benjamin.—William, called Jr., 1722, had Ichabod Job, and others.—William of Pembroke 1730, had a son Ichabod.—Benjamin was in Connecticut 1714.

   5.   Wrestling (s. of Love 3) was a carpenter, d. 1696, leaving a wid. Mary, and had Jonathan, Wrestling, John, Mary, Sarah, Abigail, Elizabeth, and Hannah.   One D. m. in Duxbury, and four of them in Kingston.—Jonathan went to Windham, Conn., after 1728 and m. Mary Partridge in Duxb., who was living 1733.

 

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