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BREWSTER, Jonathon (1593-1659)

OLDHAM, Lucretia (1600-1679)

BREWSTER, William (1625-1723)

PARTRIDGE, Lydia (1650-1743)

BREWSTER, Benjamin (1688-1752)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: WITTER, Elizabeth BREWSTER, Benjamin 2 3 Born: 7 Jul 1688, Duxbury, Massachusetts Marriage: WITTER, Elizabeth on 16 Oct 1713 in Preston, New London County, Connecticut 1 Died: 1752, Preston, New London County, Connecticut at age 64 Buried: 1752, Brewster's Neck Cemetery, Preston, New London County, Connecticut   General Notes: Brewster family genealogies indicate that Benjamin was the grandson of Mayflower passenger and Plymouth settler, William Brewster. Benjamin married Elizabeth WITTER, daughter of Deacon Ebenezer WITTER and Dorothy MORGAN, on 16 Oct 1713 in Preston, New London County, Connecticut.1 (Elizabeth WITTER was born on 3 Mar 1694 in Preston, New London County, Connecticut 4 5, christened on 21 Oct 1694 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, died on 21 Feb 1740 in Preston, New London County, Connecticut and was buried in Feb 1740 in prob. Brewster's Neck Cemetery, Preston, New London County, Connecticut.)

1 Barbour, Connecticut Town Marriage Records, Barbour Collection (Preston Vital Records Part I - 1687-1850), p. 255. Surety: 4. Elizabeth [Witter], m. Benjamin BRUSTER, Oct. 16, 1713.

2 Connecticut Society of Colonial Wars Pedigrees (Number 173, Gen. No. 3846), page 1067. Surety: 4. Benjamin Brewster, b. Duxbury, Mass., d. Preston, Conn. bef. 7 Nov 1752; m. Preston, Conn. 10 or 16 Oct 1713 to Elizabeth Witter, dau. of Ebenezer and Dorothy (Morgan), b. Preston, Conn. 3 Mar 1694, d. Preston, Conn. 24 Feb 1740.

3 Witter, Harold John, The Descendants of William Witter and Hannah Churchman of Lynn, Massachusetts (1991. Gateway Press, Inc: Baltimore.), p. 13. Surety: 4. Fourth Generation
11. ELIZABETH WITTER (Ebenezer 3, Josiah, 2, William1) b. Preston, CT March 3, 1694; baptized Stonington, CT October 21, 1694; d. Preston, CT February 21, 1741. She married in Preston, CT on October 10 or 16, 1713 to BENJAMIN BREWSTER b. Duxbury, MA July 7, 1688 d. Preston, CT 1752, son of Deacon William BREWSTER and Lydia PARTRIDGE. Benjamin married (2) in Norwich, CT on June 10, 1741 to SARAH CAULKINS b. Norwich, CT May 6, 1716 d. before January 24, 1765, daughter of Hugh CAULKINS and Phebe ABELL. They are buried in the Brewster Cemetery, at Preston, CT.

Children: BREWSTER (born and baptizted at Preston, CT)
i. WILLIAM, b. September 16, 1714, d. Middlebury, VT November 12, 1801
married (1) Preston, CT March 24, 1737 to DAMARIS GATES b. Norwich, CT December 18, 1718 d. Canterbury, CT September 7, 1751;
married [2] Canterbury, CT January 16, 1752 to ESTHER SABIN b. Pomfret, CT April 7, 1728 d. Plainfield, CT February 7, 1787.
ii. GRACE, bapt. April 7, 1717 died before her father.
iii. SIMON, b. June 10, 1720 d. Griswold, CT June 29, 1801
married May 25, 1742 to ANNE ANDRUS d. Griswold, CT October 20, 1809, aged 88 yrs.
iv. JUDAH, b. April 7, 1723, d. young.
v. ABEL b. May 22, 1725 d. August 13, 1787
married July 26, 1760 to RACHEL WETMORE d. March 30, 1769 in 30th yr.
married [2] SUSANNA ?, d. February 12, 1779.
vi. JUDAH, b. February 27, 1729 died before his father.
vii. ELIZABETH, b. October 27, 1732 married to SAMUEL FREEMAN.
viii. AMOS, b. June 22, 1735 d. Fort Mifflin, PA November, 1777 married Canterbury, CT March 17, 1761 to JERUSHA KNIGHT d. Canterbury, CT April 29, 1808.
ix. CYRUS, b. August 18, 1738, d. Norwich, VT 1823 married (1) TABITHA JONES; married (2) Norwich, VT 1785 to HANNAH WILLS who d. about 1793.

4 Barbour, Connecticut Town Marriage Records, Barbour Collection (Preston Vital Records Part I - 1687-1850), p. 255. Surety: 4. Elizabeth, d. [Ebenezer & Dorothy], b. Mar. 3, 1694.

5 Witter, Harold John, The Descendants of William Witter and Hannah Churchman of Lynn, Massachusetts (1991. Gateway Press, Inc: Baltimore.), p. 10. Surety: 4. Children [Ebenezer] WITTER:
11. i. ELIZABETH, b. Preston, CT March 3, 1694
12. ii. MARY b. Preston, CT March 2, 1696
iii. JOSIAH b, Preston, CT June 12, 1698; baptized Stonington, CT August 14, 1698; d. Preston, CT September 20, 1698
13. iv. JOSEPH b. Preston, CT June 12, 1698; (twin of Josiah)
14. v. EBENEZER b. Preston, CT November 30, 1700
15. vi. DOROTHY b. Preston, CT December 11, 1702
16. vii. HANNAH b. Preston, CT February 26, 1704-5
17. viii. WILLIAM b. Preston, CT May 24, 1707
ix. ABIGAIL b. Preston, CT January 24, 1711; bapt. February 14, 1711; d. Preston, CT February 16, 171
x. JOSIAH b. Preston, CT January 24, 1711 (twin of Abigail) d. young

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