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Bailiff and receiver of Scrooby Manor...duties included managing the estate,collecting rents and sit as magistrate in minor matters in exchange for use of the manor, fruits of the grounds and a nominal salary. He was also master of the local station on the royal post where he was obliged to keep a tavern for refreshments for royal couriers and wayfarer along the Great North Road which ran from London to Scotland passing by the gates of the manor. As Postmaster he also received a salary. Consequently he was a man of relative wealth. His parents are thought to have been named William Brewster and Maud Mann.
I have not found it possible to assemble a family for William Brewster from a single source which is consistent as to dates and places for both of his wives and all of his children (of which there were a half dozen or more). Because William, Sr. was the father of Pilgrim William Brewster there has been great interest in researching this family line, and what we have now, contrary to logic, seems to be a case of "too many cooks spoiling the broth". That is, there have been hundreds of people researching this line and their various genealogies are a thorough mixture of names, dates and places, some from credible sources and some which are pure fiction. However, it is at least reasonably certain that Pilgrim William Brewster was a child by the first wife of William Brewster, Sr., and (our) Amy Brewster was a child by his second wife.
It should be noted that the files of LDS Church are as mixed up as any to be found, with several different entries for each parent. The AFN numbers I have assigned to this family represent my judgement as to which files are the least inconsistent.
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Fugitive from the King of England, for publishing several pamphlets while in Leydon, which were critical or opposed the tenets of the Church of England. Was the oldest Mayflower passenger to have participated in the 1st Thanksgiving, he was in his early 50's.
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This family name appears in the records under many spelling variations, e.g., Eggledon, Iggledon, Eggleton, Iggleton, Eggleden, Iggleden, Iggleston, Ingleden and Ingulden.
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The NEHGR (65:187) lists Sarah Eggleston's mother as follows: Jane (---)(Eggleton)(Britton) Cole, widow of Isaac Cole, James Britton, John Nutting and another son-in-law Samuel Blodgett will support Jane. The NEHGR (59:417) Notes and Queries re. Cole, Blodgett, Nutting, states some information lists her as Elizabeth Janet Bennett. Her death sometimes listed as 3/10/1681 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA.
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The NEHGR (65:187) lists Sarah Eggleston's mother as follows: Jane (---)(Eggleton)(Britton) Cole, widow of Isaac Cole, James Britton, John Nutting and another son-in-law Samuel Blodgett will support Jane. The NEHGR (59:417) Notes and Queries re. Cole, Blodgett, Nutting, states some information lists her as Elizabeth Janet Bennett. Her death sometimes listed as 3/10/1681 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA.
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Son of John Nutting & Elizabeth Rawlings.
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John Williams wrote a vivid account of his capture by Indians.