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Love Brewster
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| Birth: About
1611, in Leiden, Holland. |
 Pilgrim:
A Biography of William Brewster, by Mary B.
Sherwood. William Brewster is one of the most interesting of the
Mayflower passengers, and this biography does a nice job telling
the story of his life: from growing up, going to college, becoming
assistant to the Secretary of State, becoming postmaster of Scrooby,
helping to build the Separatist church there, migrating to Holland,
publishing illegal religious pamphlets, and settling in America.
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Marriage:
- Sarah Collier, 15 May 1634, Plymouth.
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| Death: Between 6
October 1650 and 31 January 1650/1, Duxbury. |
| Children:
Sarah, Nathaniel, William, and Wrestling.. |
Biographical Summary
Love Brewster was born in Leiden,
Holland, to parents William and Mary Brewster. His father William
was the Elder of the congregation, and in Leiden was a teacher of
English and also published books on religion and theology (most of which
were illegally sent into England).
At the age of about 9, he came with his
father and mother on the Mayflower to Plymouth. He married
Sarah Collier in Plymouth on 15 May 1634. Sarah was the daughter
of William Collier, one of the investors, or Merchant Adventurers, an
initial shareholder in the Plymouth Plantation. Love became a
freeman (able to vote and hold land) in the Plymouth Colony on 2 March
1635/6, and was a volunteer to fight in the Pequot War of 1637, but
Plymouth Colony's volunteers were not needed. He raised his family
in the town of Duxbury, volunteered for the militia under Captain Myles
Standish, and lived out his life in the town. His wife Sarah
survived him for about thirty more years, dying on 26 April 1691.
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