Francis Brewster (1598-1646)

Francis Brewster (1598-1646)

English Immigrant to America

Vital Stats

 * Son of Francis Brewster (1556-1632)|Francis Brewster Sr (1556-1632)]] and Elizabeth Snelling (1563-1638)
 * 1598 : Birth at Castle Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
 * 1618 (Est) : Marriage in England
 * 1638 : Migration to America
 * 1646-Jan : Died Lamberton's Ship at Sea

Biography
Francis Brewster of London, probably came to New Haven in 1638 in the party of Eaton and Davenport.

Per Sibley, in his Harvard Graduates, Francis and his wife Lucy have family of nine heads.

1646, Francis Brewster was one of the passengers on the ill-fated ship built in New Haven and sailing under Captain Lamberton, the loss at sea is said to have been disclosed to the anxious inhabitants through the apparition of the phantom ship. Mrs. Lucy Brewster, married 2nd Dr. Thomas Pell and died in 1669.

Children of Francis Brewster and Lucy Jones

 * 1) Elizabeth Brewster (1621-1690)
 * 2) Hannah Brewster (1622-)
 * 3) Nathaniel Brewster (1624-1690) - m. 1) Abigail Reymes and m. 2) Sarah Ludlow, born in England and settled on Long Island.
 * 4) Mary Brewster (1630-)
 * 5) Francis Brewster