From: Cathy PORTER-Maynard Greetings, All: I am appreciative of Janet's initial question regarding acceptable documentation; and, the informative response by Mr. Dale H. Cook. I, too, had wondered whether a particular Timothy Hopkins book (in my own case, "JOHN HOPKINS OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, 1634, AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS," published 1932), would be an acceptable source for application to the Mayflower Society. Mr. Cook's response clarified that "as a general rule, family histories are not acceptable documentation without corroboration." . . . NEW QUESTION: Would anyone know of acceptable sources/documentation for the William Brewster line, through his son, Love Brewster? My (unproven) Brewster line is attached below. I would be extremely appreciative of suggestions or guidance from anyone on the list regarding this line. I sincerely thank you for your help and guidance... Peace & blessings, Cathy PORTER-Maynard <>< (In Minnesota) . . . __________________________ __________________________ 1-WILLIAM BREWSTER, b.1566 / 67 Scrooby, Nottingham England, married Mary _____. 2-Love Brewster, b. 1601 Scrooby, Nottingham England, m. Sarah Collier 3-Wrestling Brewster, b. 1644, Plymouth Massachusetts, married Mary _____. 4-Jonathan Brewster, b. 1680, Plymouth Massachusetts, m. Mary Partridge 5-Jerusha Brewster, b. 1720, Windham, Connecticut, m. Zebulon Rudd 6-Benjamin Hopkins, b. 1747, Hartford, CT, m. Zaresh Rudd , b. 1746, N.Y. 7-Rudd Hopkins, b. August 5, 1776, Bennington, VT, m. Anna Scott, b. July 27, 1776, Bennington, Vermont 8-Benjamin Franklin Hopkins, b. 1799, Vermont, m. Clarisa Coburn , b. 1816, MA 9-Scott Lee Hopkins, b. 1839, Kent, Portage, Ohio, married Helen Mar Cumming, born 1841, Tennessee 10-Catherine Diana Hopkins, b. Feb. 26, 1865, Petersburg, Menard, Illinois, m. Robert Childers, b. Feb. 18, 1856, Missouri 11-Ella Childers, b. Missouri, m. Edward Marshall Bisbee Stevens [Great grandparents of Cathy Porter-Maynard] __________________________ __________________________

Cathy - the first four generations of your Brewster line (and birth of the 5th generation) should be in the William Brewster "MFIP." At this point, we do not yet have a continuation of the 5th/6th generation of Love [2] Brewster's descendants, although you may be able to find a little more in the 1908 "Brewster Genealogy" by Emma Brewster Jones. You will have to go to a genealogical library to locate that, unless someone on the list can provide you with the exact page references. For those of you who are looking for information on sources that can be used, go to www.Mayflower.org, click on Contacts, then Canada, then "Canada Mayflower" (not Susan Roser's e-mail address) then "Application Procedures." She has posted information which provides you with most of the answers to questions that you are asking. The first thing listed under "Secondary Sources" is: Local Histories and Family Genealogies (or vice versa). We normally accept BOTH as references, as long as they were formally published, although primary sources are always better. We do NOT accept typewritten or computer generated UN-published material, mss. material, most Family Society Newsletters or compilations that were put together for family members with little or no references. Most of the genealogies that were published in the late 1880's to early 1900s are accepted (even though they may not show references), especially for the middle generations of a lineage (roughly 6th to 9th), when other records may be very difficult to locate. When using these secondary sources, it is always better to locate a second independent source which shows the same information, (e. g., a local history and a genealogy, 2 different family genealogies which contain the same information, or other records to augment any published work). This is especially true for the documentation of the Mayflower line carrier. Information on the "Silver Books" and "MFIPs" published by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants can also be found on the Society's web page, including prices and how to order. Bette Innes Bradway, Assistant Historian General