'Brewster01'
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Families covered: Brewster of Rushmere, Brewster of Wrentham Hall
| Robert Brewster of Mutford identified in BLG1886 (Brewster of Greenstead Hall) as father of ... | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Brewster of Rushmere, Suffolk (a temp Henry VI who r. 1421-1471) the first mentioned by Metcalfe & BLG1858 | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Harvey (dau of William Harvey of Olton) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Brewster of Rushmere | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Edmond (dau/coheir of Christopher Edmond of Cressing Temple) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Humphrey Brewster of Wrentham Hall, Suffolk (b 1526, d 29.06.1593) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Foster (d 1611, dau of William Foser of Cobdock) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Francis Brewster of Wrentham Hall (b 1566, d 1644) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Snelling (d 1638, dau of Robert Snelling of Ipswich) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Brewster of Wrentham Hall (b 1599, d 1663) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Amy Corbett (dau of Thomas Corbett of Sprowston) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Francis Brewster of Wrentham (b 1623, d 1671?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Cicely Croftes (dau/coheir of Sir Charles Croftes of Bardwell) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Amy Brewster | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Philip Skippon (MP, son of the Major General) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Cicely Brewster | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir Robert Hatton of Ditton | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Harry Dutton Colt, Bart (dsp 1731) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Robert Brewster, later of Wrentham Hall (dsp 1681) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Francis Brewster of Wrentham (b 1600, d 1657) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susanna Bunnen | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | issue - Francis (b 1627, d 1694), John of Yarmouth (b 1632), Robert (b 1638), Nathaniel (b 1643), Benjamin (b 1644), Elizabeth, Mary, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Humphrey Brewster of Hedenham (Norfolk) then Beccles (Suffolk) (b 1602, d 1669, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Atkins of Norwich | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Philip Brewster of Wrentham Hall (d 1710) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Humphrey Brewster of Wrentham Hall (b c1682, d 1735) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Molton (d 1747) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Philip Brewster of Wrentham Hall (b 1712, d 1765) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabella Crompton of Doncaster (d 1773) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Humphrey Brewster of Wrentham Hall (b 1752, d unm 1797) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Anne Brewster | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Wilkinson of Halesworth | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Frances Brewster (b c1727, d 07.1807) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.12.1750) John Meadows of Wortham (d 04.1763) | |||||||||||||||
| (d)+ | other issue - William (b 1718, d 1733), Humphrey (b 1721, d unm 1751), Mary, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Samuel Brewster of Norwich | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | John Brewster of Beccles (d 1718) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rebecca Cleeves | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | John Brewster of Wyfields, Barking, Essex (b 1604, d 1677) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Scottowe (dau of Augustine Scottowe of Norwich) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Augustine Brewster of Wyfields (b 1642, d 1708) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Samuel Brewster of Westminster (d 1701) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue - John, Dorothy, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| (5) | Elizabeth Brewster | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. Richard Taylor | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Mary Brewster | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Mildmay | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Humphrey Brewster 'of Wrentham' | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1612) Grisell Rolf (dau of Robert Rolf or Rowse of Hadley) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Susan Brewster | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Hayward of Gisleham | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Elizabeth Brewster | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (before 20.05.1589) Thomas Brewse of Wenham (d 03.1593/4, son of Sir John of Wenham) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Francis Claxton of Cheston or Calton | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Mary Brewster | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Gentleman of Suffolk | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Jane Brewster (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | James Brewster (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | John Brewster of Rushmere possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| John is identified as "ancestor of the Brewsters of Wrentham" but either that was a mistake (we are showing him as brother of a progenitor of that family) or the Wrentham records are incomplete. | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1858 (Brewster of Wrentham) with support from Visitation (Metcalfe, Suffolk, 1612, 'Brewster of Wrentham'), Visitation (Suffolk, 1664-8, 'Brewster of Wrentham')
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