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Wrestling Brewster
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| Birth: About
1614, 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: Did
not marry. |
| Death: Sometime
between 1627 and 1644. |
| Children:
None. |
Biographical Summary
Wrestling 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 6, he came with his
father and mother on the Mayflower to Plymouth. He was
alive during the 1627 Division of Cattle at Plymouth, where he is listed
in the household of his father William. He is not mentioned again
in any other record, and at William Brewster's death in 1644 he is not
listed in the will or estate inventory, so he must have died at some
time in the interim.
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