Love Brewster | |
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Born | Love Brewster abt 1611 Leiden, Dutch Republic |
Died | bef 31 January 1650/1 Duxbury, Plymouth Colony |
Nationality | English Subject |
Occupation | about the age of 10 yrs old he volunteered for the militia under Myles Standish an English Guard to protect the Colony. |
Known for | Signatory of the Mayflower Compact, the first Saints led by Elder William Brewster |
Spouse | Sarah Collier |
Children | Sarah Brewster Nathaniel Brewster William Brewster Wrestling Brewster |
Parent(s) | William Brewster Mary Brewster |
Love Brewster (c. 1611 – c. 1650) was an early American settler, the son of Elder William Brewster and his wife, Mary Brewster. He traveled with his father, mother and brother, Wrestling, on the Mayflower reaching what became the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620. Brewster had two sisters, Patience and Fear, and two brothers, Jonathan and Wrestling, along with an unnamed sister who died young. He was a founder of the town of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.