Brewster, William, 1566 or 1567-1644

LC control no.	n 82066617
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Brewster, William, 1566 or 1567-1644 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Brewster, William, 1566 or 7-1644 Brewsterus, G. (Gulielmus), 1566 or 1567-1644
Associated place	Leiden (Netherlands) New Plymouth Colony
Birth date	[1566,1567]
Death date	1644
Place of birth	Doncaster (England)
Place of death	Plymouth (Mass.)
Affiliation	Mayflower (Ship)
Profession or occupation	Separatists Elders (Church officers) Printers
Found in	William Brewster, "the father of New England", his life and times, 1567-1644, 1992 Guil. Amesii Ad responsum Nic. Grevinchovii rescriptio contracta, 1617: title page imprint (Lugduni Batavorum, Prost. ap. G. Brewsterum) Wikipedia, March 31, 2015 (William Brewster (c. 1566-April 1644) was an English official and Mayflower passenger in 1620. In Plymouth Colony he became a Separatist leader and preacher) MayflowerHistory.co WWW site, March 31, 2015 (William Brewster ; born about 1566, in the vicinity of Doncaster, England ; died 10 April 1644 at Plymouth (Mass.) ; was instrumental in establishing a Separatist church with Richard Clyfton ; fleeing prosecution and persecution he headed to Amsterdam in 1608, and moved to Leiden, Holland in 1609. Brewster became the church's Elder. In Leiden, he, began working a printing press and publishing religious books and pamphlets that were then illegally conveyed into England. When the Leiden church congregation decided to send the first wave of settlers to establish a colony that everyone could eventually move to, their pastor John Robinson decided to remain behind in Leiden with the majority of the congregation, intending to come later. The smaller group that went on the Mayflower desired the next highest ranking church official, Elder Brewster, to go with them; so he agreed. Brewster continued his work as Church Elder throughout his life at Plymouth Colony) <http://mayflowerhistory.com/brewster-william/>