It is not proven that William Brewster married Mary Wentworth. "His wife, Mary, whose maiden name has not been discovered, 'dyed at Plymouth in new England the 17th of Aprill, 1627.' (Brewster Book). Bradford says that, though she died 'long before' her husband, 'yet she dyed aged,' but by her affidavit of 1609 she was less than sixty years of age and it is probable that her 'great & continuall labours, with others crosses, and sorrows, hastened it (i. e. old age) before ye time.' Elder Brewster survived his wife many years and 'dyed at Plymouth in New England the 10th of Aprill, 1644.' (Brewster Book). also: [Barbara Lambert Merrick (compiled by), "William Brewster of the Mayflower," General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Revised 3rd edition 2000, pp. 1-4.] states the following: "William Brewster, born probably Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, circa 1566/7 died Plymouth, Mass., 10 April 1644, about 9 or 10 o'clock that evening; son of William and Mary (Smythe) (Simkinson) Brewster. His place of burial is unknown. William married England before 1593 Mary, born probably England circa 1568/9, died Plymouth 17 April 1627. Her surname and parentage have not yet been proven. No birth records have been found for William Brewster or his wife Mary. Each of their birth years has been determined from an affidavit of declaration made before the magis-trates of Leyden, Holland, on 25 June 1609, in which "William Brewster of St. Ursual-steeg, Englishman, aged 42 years, Mary Brewster, his wife, aged 40 years, and their son Jonathan Brewster, aged 16 years," acknowledged receipt of cloths from Bernard Rosse of Amsterdam, Englishman." Sorry to bear these sad tidings. Unless someone else has proven Mary was Mary Wentworth..... Father John Haldane (Brewster descendant) >From: DMS59Dart@aol.com >To: MAYFLOWER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [MFLR] Relationship of William Brewster and Deacon John Dunham of >Plymouth Colony >Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 18:54:54 EST > >I would like to know if anyone has any information of the lineage of this >WENTWORTH line below. I have dug up this information so far and was amazed >to find the connection to both families. Deacon John DUNHAM is of my line, >William BREWSTER is not. I do however have Edward FULLER which also >connects >to Deacon John DUNHAM throught LATHROP, BONHAM and MARTIN lineages. > >William Brewster of the Mayflower was married to Mary Wentworth > >Mary Wentworth, wife of William Brewster (of the Mayflower) was the: >Child of: Thomas Wentworth and Grace Gascoigne >Grandchild of: William Wentworth and Katherine Beeston >Great Grandchild of: Sir Thomas "Good Thomas" Wentworth and Beatrice >Woodrow >Great Grandchild of: William Wentworth and Isabel Fitzwilliam > >Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth was the: >Child of: Thomas Dunham and Janet Bromeley >Grandchild of: Elizabeth Wentworth and Ralph Dunham >Great Grandchild of: Thomas "Good Thomas" Wentworth and Beatrice Woodrove >Great Grandchild of: William Wentworth and Isabel Fitzwilliam > >Therefore: Deacon John Dunham and Mary Wentworth were 2nd cousins. > > >==== MAYFLOWER Mailing List ==== >Check out the web page of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants at >http://www.mayflower.org/ _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 limited-time offer: Join now and get 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&SU= http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_newmsn8ishere_3mf