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William Brewster (c. 1566/67 – 10 April 1644) was an English official and Mayflower passenger in 1620. He became senior elder and the leader of Plymouth Colony, by virtue of his education and existing stature with those immigrating from the Netherlands, being a Brownist (or Puritan Separatist).
William Brewster war ein englischer Kirchenältester der separatistischen Kongregationalisten an Bord der Mayflower und eine der führenden Persönlichkeiten in der Plymouth Colony.
William Brewster (born 1567, England—died April 1644, Plymouth, Massachusetts [U.S.]) was a leader of the Plymouth Colony in New England. Brewster spent his early life at Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, and acquired his first Separatist ideas while at Peterhouse College, Cambridge, which he attended for a short time.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
William Brewster died at Duxbury, 10 April 1644 and his wife Mary died at Plymouth on 17 April 1627. Brewster was much respected throughout his life and his death was a blow to those around him; Bradford said that it was a “mater of great sadness and mourning to them all.”
16. Nov. 2020 · William Brewster (l. 1568-1644 CE) was an elder of the Leiden congregation of separatists (later known as pilgrims) and their spiritual leader while onboard the Mayflower and later after the establishment of the Plymouth Colony.
- Joshua J. Mark
Learn about the life and journey of William Brewster, one of the leaders of the Plymouth Colony. He was a separatist preacher, a printer, a teacher, and a traveler who faced persecution in England and Holland before crossing the Atlantic.
15. Sept. 2020 · Learn about William Brewster, a leader of the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower and helped establish Plymouth Colony. Find out his early life, religion, voyage, family, death, and famous descendants.
