Ancestry of
Thomas Pynchon

American Novelist

Mercy Brewster

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• • 3rd Great-grandmother of Thomas Pynchon — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 37 
  • Father:
  • Simon Brewster 
  • Mother:
  • Anne Andrus   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1 Jul 1765 
  • Birth Location:
  • Preston, New London, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • William Cogswell
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1791 
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  • Child:

  William Henry Cogswell (Ahnentafel No:18 )

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  • Mercy Brewster's given name is also seen as Mary.

• Additional marriages for Mercy Brewster

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  • Spouse:
  • Daniel Coit
  • Marriage Date:
  • 31 Aug 1786

• Sources for Mercy Brewster

  • ¹ New England Ancestors Magazine, 2002, Vol. 3.5, p. 35.
  • ² Jones, Emma C. Brewster, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907: A Record of the Descendants of William Brewster of the "Mayflower" . . ., Vol. 1, New York: The Grafton Press Genealogical Publishers (1908), 92.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#48 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: The Ancestry of Novelist Thomas Pynchon", (accessed 11/28/2018).
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 188.