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Into Our Past, A Genealogy of the Parsons, Smith and Associated Families, Vol. 1
�1996, Judy Parsons Smith
Francis Brewster
Francis
Brewster of the Castle of Bristol, England. Francis Brewster
was the collector of rents for Sir
John Stafford. Francis Brewster had a son:
Dr. Francis Brewster
Dr.
Francis Brewster, of New Haven, Connecticut, son of Francis Brewster, d. presumably lost on the Lambertons’s ship
the “Phanton Ship” ca. 1646/47; An inventory of his
estate was taken 30 Dec. 1647; m. Lucretia “Lucy”
(Unknown). Dr. Francis Brewster was a chirurgeon, the modern
day equivalent of a barber-surgeon. Lucretia Brewster m2nd
between 10 Mar 1646/7 and 7 Dec 1647 to Thomas Pell.
On 12 Mar 1614/15 Francis Brewster was
placed as an apprentice to Edward Harris of Bristol, England
to study for seven years as a barber surgeon. Prior to being
placed as a apprentice, he was a buttermaker in the Castle of
Bristol. He completed his apprenticeship in March 1622. On 23
Aug 1626 he received a lease of the Castle of Bristol from
King Charles I, for a period of 80 years if John Brewster,
Gillian Brewster and Nathaniel Brewster so long live. It was
the custom of the time that a property could only be leased
during the lifetime of three people living when the lease was
made.
Francis Brewster was credited with an
estate valued at 1000 pounds. The only individual who was
wealthier was the governor, Theophilus Eston.
Dr. Francis & Lucretia (Unknown)
Brewster had nine (9) children:
John (mentioned in castle lease)
Gillian (mentioned in castle lease)
Joseph
Elizabeth
Mary
Nathaniel, b. ca. 1618, Bristol, England.
Nathaniel Brewster
Nathaniel
Brewster, son of Dr.
Francis & Lucretia (Unknown) Brewster, b. ca. 1618, Bristol, England; d. 1695,
Brookhaven, Long Island, New York; m1st -Abigail Reymes of
Norfolk, England; m2nd- after Feb 1660, Dublin, Ireland to Sarah Ludlow , daughter of Roger &
Mary (Cogan) Ludlow, b. 1643-1644,
probably Fairfield, Connecticut; d. p. 1699, Brookhaven, Long
Island, New York.
Nathaniel Brewster was in the first
graduating class at Harvard University in 1642. In 1643 he
left for England and labored in the Ministry until 1663. He
received his BD in Theology in 1648 from the University of
Dublin. He found a Congregational Church in Alby, England in
1650. He was known to be an associate of Lord Oliver
Cromwell, and active in the Cromwellian Government. In 1655
he was sent to Ireland by Cromwell.
Rev. Nathaniel Brewster was a dissenting
minister in England and after his marriage to Sarah Ludlow,
they fled from the persecution in England to America for
liberty of worship. In 1663, the Brewster family returned to
America. Nathaniel Brewster was called in 1665 to be the
first minister (clergy) of the Setauket Presbyterian Church
in Brookhaven, Long Island, New York. He served as the
minister there for twenty-one (21) years.
Nathaniel & Abigail (Reymes) Brewster
had two (2) children:
1. John , b. abt. 1645
2. Abigail, b. abt. 1647; d. between 1672-1678; m.
Stanford, Conn to Daniel Burr.
Nathaniel & Sarah (Ludlow) Brewster had
four (4) children:
3. Sarah, b. abt. 1656; m. Jonathan
Smith
4. Timothy , b. 1658; m. Mary Hawkins. Served as town
clerk of Brookhaven for 23 years.
5. Daniel , bapt. 31 Oct 1662 at Alby; m. 1693 to Anna
Jayne, daughter of William Jayne. Served as town clerk of
Brookhaven for 26 years after his brother Timothy
Brewster.
6. Deborah
7. Dinah, m. 6 Apr 1685 to Joseph Tucker.
8. Hannah, b. ca. 1669, Brookhaven, Long Island, New
York.
Hannah Brewster
8. Hannah
Brewster , daughter of Nathaniel & Sarah
(Ludlow) Brewster, b. ca. 1669,
Brookhaven, Long Island, New York; d. 11 Nov. 1755, Long
Island, New York; m1st ca. 1680 (est.), Brookhaven, Long
Island, New York to John Muncy, son of Francis & Hannah (Adams) Muncy, b. ca. 1659, bpt. 24 Oct 1660, Ipswich,
Massachusetts; d. 19 Feb 1690, Brookhaven, Long Island, New
York; m2nd 28 Apr 1699 to Samuel Thompson.
John & Hannah (Brewster) Muncy had
three (3) children:
8a. John
8b. Francis, m. Abigail Skidmore
8c. Nathaniel