Ancestry of Colonel
Robert Gould Shaw

U.S. Civil War leader of film “Glory” fame

William Brewster

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Robert Gould Shaw — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 814 
  • Father:
  • William Brewster   
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1566 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 10 Apr 1644 
  • Death Location:
  • Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary -----
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 1593 
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  • Children:
  
  

  Jonathan Brewster

  Patience Brewster (Ahnentafel No:407 )

  Fear Brewster

  Brewster

  Love Brewster

  Wrestling Brewster

  • Notes: 

  • Mayflower passenger

• Sources for William Brewster

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  • ² NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States , 1995, Vol. 12, p. 66, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
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  • ⁴ Anderson, Robert Charles , The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol . 1, A-F , Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995) , 37, 227-230.
  • ⁵ Anderson, Robert Charles , The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol . 3, P-W , Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995) , 1522, 1845.
  • ⁶ Anderson, Robert Charles , The Grea t Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640, A Concise Compendium , Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2015) , 40.
  • ⁷ Fosdick, Raymond, B. , Annals of the Fosdick Family , New York: The American Historical Company, Inc. (1953) , 63, Hathi Trust Digital Library.
  • ⁸ Jacobus, Donald Lines, ed. , The Ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley and his Wife Emma Arabella Bosworth , Woodstock, Vermont: N. Grier Parke, II (1960) , 33-34, Hathi Trust Digital Library.
  • ⁹ Jones, Emma C. Brewster , The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907: A Record of the Descendants of William Brewster of the "Ma yflower" . . ., Vol. 1 , New York: The Grafton Press Genealogical Publishers (1908) , 3-7, Internet Archive (Digital Library).
  • ¹⁰ Lee, Edmund Jennings , Lee of Virginia, 1642-1892: Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of the Descendants of Colo nel Richard Lee . . . , Philadelphia: (1895) , 519, 530, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
  • ¹¹ Leffingwell, Albert and Charles Wesley Leffingwell , The Leffingwell Record: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Lieut. Thomas Leffingwell, 1637-189 7 , Aurora, New York: Leffingwell Publishing Company (1897) , 47, Hathi Trust Digital Library.
  • ¹² Merrick, Barbara Lambert and Scott Andrew Bartley , Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 24, Part 1, William Brewster , Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2014) , 1-37.
  • ¹³ Merrick, Barbara Lambert, comp. , Mayflower Families in Progress: William Brewster of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Fou r Generations, 3rd edition , Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2000) , 1-5.
  • ¹⁴ Reynolds, Cuyler , Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of the Achievements of the People o f the . . ., Vol. 1 , New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1911) , 473.
  • ¹⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd , "#74 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: The New England Ancestry of Actor Rich ard [Tiffany] Gere" , (accessed 10/09/2014), New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ¹⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd , Notable Ki n, Volume 1 , Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998) , 183, 222.
  • ¹⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd , Notable Ki n, Volume 2 , Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999) , 117.
  • ¹⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd , The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Fa milies on the Mayflower , Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020) , 2, 13, 18, 21, 25, 32, 40, 49, 55, 62, 68, 80-81, 86-87, 99, 105, 111, 116, 130, et. al..
  • ¹⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp. , Ancestor s of American Presidents , Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009) , 617.
  • ²⁰ Roser, Susan E. , Mayflowe r Increasings, 2nd Edition , Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (1997) , 24.
  • ²¹ Starr, Burgis Pratt , A History of the Starr Family of New England, from the Ancestor, Dr. Comfort Starr, of Ashfor d, County of Kent . . . , Hartford, Connecticut: The Case, Lockwood and Brainard Co. (1879) , 14, Internet Archive (Digital Library).
  • ²² Wakefield, Robert S. and Margaret Harris Stover , Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 17, Isaac Allerton , Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2015) , 1.
  • ²³ Wikipedia , "William Brewster (Mayflower passenger)" , (accessed 12/10/2012).