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Stricker Family Tree and Hazen Family Tree, William Brewster

 William Brewster - Mayflower Passenger, Teacher, Church Leader

Family Connections - 10th great-grandfather of Roy Ellsworth Stricker and 9th great grandfather of Edward Elihu Hazen


Surprise! This  post may be surprising for many - for the Stricker clan, they may be surprised that they have Mayflower ancestors. In fact they have six!  For reference, the Hazen clan has a whopping seventeen! So Hazens, enjoy the bonus post today! 

William Brewster was born in 1566 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. He was educated in Latin and Greek and attended Cambridge University, but did not complete a degree. He was on the staff of William Davison during Davison's term as Secretary of State, but when Davison was removed from his post by Queen Elizabeth, Brewster returned home and assumed his father's role as postmaster of Scrooby. 

William helped establish a Separatist church in Scrooby, but was forced to leave England and join with other Puritans in Holland, first at Amsterdam in 1608, then in Leiden in 1609. 

Brewster served as a church Elder. He also joined with Thomas Brewer, Edward Winslow, and others in writing, publishing, and printing religious books and pamphlets that were smuggled into England. The English authorities informed the Dutch authorities, and one of the group, Thomas Brewer, was arrested and held in the University of Leiden's prison. 

When the Leiden group decided to start a colony in the new world, the pastor, John Robinson, chose to stay in Leiden to minister to those not making the initial journey. As the second-ranking member of the congregation, William Brewster was chosen to board the Mayflower with his wife Mary Wentworth and their two youngest surviving children.  They arrived, first landing on Cape Cod in November 1620 then relocating to Plymouth in late December, 1620 to form Plymouth Colony.

William and his wife Mary had six children - Jonathan, Patience, Fear, Love, Wresting, and an unnamed child that died in infancy.  The three older surviving children traveled to the new Plymouth Colony on subsequent voyages from Leiden. 

William's wife Mary died in 1627, but he never remarried. He lived to be 79, dying in 1644. He continued his work as Church Elder throughout his life. 

Many thanks to Caleb Johnson's MayflowerHistory.com site for providing information used in this post. 


Stricker connection:

William Brewster > Jonathan Brewster > Mary Brewster > Ezekiel Turner > Grace Turner > Ezekiel Minor > John Minor > Phebe Minor > Elenora Moses > George Josiah Newland > William Henry Newland > Gertrude Myra Newland > Roy Ellsworth Stricker

Hazen Connection:

William Brewster > Johnathan Brewster > Benjamin Brewster >  Daniel Brewster > Ruth Brewster > Simeon Forbes > Emma Anna Forbes > Lucy Storrs > Emeline Lucy Goodall > Harriet Augusta Hurlburt > Edward Elihu Hazen > Edward Elihu Hazen Jr. 



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