Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Brewster was born on 13 April 1698, in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Jonathan Brewster, was 33 and his mother, Judith Stevens, was 27. He married Dorothy Witter on 17 March 1723, in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 5 October 1770, in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 72, and was buried in Brewster Neck Cemetery, Preston, New London, Connecticut, United States.
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- Joseph Brewster, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Joseph Brewster, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- Joseph in entry for Joseph Brewster, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a brewer of beer or ale, from Middle English brewestere, browestere ‘(female) brewer’ (from Old English brēowan ‘to brew’). Brewer is the usual term in southern England, while Brewster is mainly midland, northern, and Scottish.
History: The Mayflower Pilgrim William Brewster (1567–1644) was the son of the bailiff of the manor of Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, home of one of the earliest Puritan congregations. He was a prominent leader in Plymouth Colony from the 1620s until his death.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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