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BREWSTER, Patience

BREWSTER, Patience

Female Abt 1600 - Bef 1634  (< 34 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  BREWSTER, PatienceBREWSTER, Patience was born about 1600 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England; died before 12 Dec 1634 in Plymouth, MA; was buried in Plymouth, MA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _COLOR: 3
    • Arrival: 1623, Plymouth, MA; aboard the "Anne" with her sister Fear.

    Notes:

    FindaGrave:
    GRID=7482764

    Patience married PRENCE, Gov. Thomas on 5 Aug 1624 in Plymouth, MA. Thomas (son of PRINCE, Thomas and TOLDERBY, Elizabeth) was born in 1599 in Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England; died on 29 Mar 1673 in Plymouth, MA; was buried on 8 Apr 1673 in Plymouth, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. PRENCE, Mary Mercy  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Jan 1631 in Plymouth (Duxbury), MA; died on 28 Sep 1711 in Eastham, MA; was buried in Eastham, MA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  PRENCE, Mary Mercy Descendancy chart to this point (1.Patience1) was born on 4 Jan 1631 in Plymouth (Duxbury), MA; died on 28 Sep 1711 in Eastham, MA; was buried in Eastham, MA.

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    • _COLOR: 2

    Notes:

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    Mary married FREEMAN, Major John on 13 Feb 1649/50 in Eastham, MA. John (son of FREEMAN, Edmund and HODSOLL, Bennet) was born about 1621 in England; was christened on 28 Jan 1626/7 in Sussex, England; died on 28 Oct 1719 in Eastham, MA; was buried in Eastham, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. FREEMAN, Mercy  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Jun 1659 in Eastham, MA; died on 19 Jun 1737 in Eastham, MA; was buried in Barkhamsted, CT.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  FREEMAN, Mercy Descendancy chart to this point (2.Mary2, 1.Patience1) was born on 23 Jun 1659 in Eastham, MA; died on 19 Jun 1737 in Eastham, MA; was buried in Barkhamsted, CT.

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    • _COLOR: 11

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    FindaGrave:
    GRID=81704103

    Mercy married KNOWLES, Samuel Sr. on 16 Dec 1679 in Eastham, MA. Samuel (son of KNOWLES, Richard and BOWER, Ruth) was born on 17 Sep 1651 in Plymouth, MA; died on 19 Jun 1737 in Eastham, MA; was buried in East Orleans, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. KNOWLES, Nathaniel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 May 1686 in Eastham, MA; died in 1732 in Provincetown, MA.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  KNOWLES, Nathaniel Descendancy chart to this point (3.Mercy3, 2.Mary2, 1.Patience1) was born on 15 May 1686 in Eastham, MA; died in 1732 in Provincetown, MA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: a mariner and sometime shopkeeper
    • _COLOR: 2
    • Residence: 1717, Windham, CT

    Notes:

    From Libby’s Knowles genealogy:22     “As a boy Nathaniel Knowles evedently woud rather go to sea than to school; for, although he belonged to an educated family, he did not learn to write. After his marriage his father attempted to establish him by giving him a large quantity of land in the new settlement at Windham, Conn., in that part of the town which is not wht town of Scotland; but in a few years he had evidently run through with this, and in a Windham deed he is called ‘of Branford, Conn.,” 27 Mar 1724, when he sold the last of his land at Windham. At Branford he bargained for a house, a shop, and two acres of land, in an instrument dated 8 Aug. 1722, but he did not get his deed until 21 Aug. 1724. Two years from that time he quit claimed his equity in the house and a half acre of the land, an acre and a half having been already levied on by a creditor, 18 Mar. 1724/5. At Branford he attempted to keep a store, and also was licensed as an innkeeper, enterprises which only a keen man could carry on successfully without an elementary education. After his house was gone he continued to live at Branford, doubtless going back to his early choice as sailor. Suits for debts appear in the court, and he was also arrested for having in his possession a man’s purse containing a large sum, but on surrendering this and showing penitence he was discharged with a small fine. A lawsuit in Apr. 1730 gives us his last appearance at Branford, except what we may infer from the marriage of his daughter a few months later; and the only evidence that he removed to Provincetown is found in a military roll in which his youngest son gave his birthplace as ‘Cape Cod,’ an expression which at that time meant Provincetown, where all the inhabitants were squatters, a law of the Province prohibiting the purchase of lands from the Indians. Whether he died at Provincetown or in his father’s house we can only doubtfully infer from his father’s will, which was evidently prompted by his prodigal but beloved son’s lying at death’s door. In one part of the will the father speaks of his son Nathaniel as alive, and in another part he calls Elizabeth a widow.”

    Nathaniel married HUNT, Mary in Feb 1706–7. Mary was born on 8 Feb 1687–8 in Weymouth, MA; died on 17 Jun 1716 in Windham, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. KNOWLES, Rebecca  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Jan 1710/1 in Branford, CT; died on 2 Nov 1762 in Branford, CT.
    2. 6. KNOWLES, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Sep 1713 in Branford, CT; died on 16 Apr 1759 in Branford, CT.
    3. 7. KNOWLES, Meletiah  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Jan 1715 in Branford, CT; and died.

    Nathaniel married BACON, Elizabeth on 25 Apr 1717 in Windham, CT. Elizabeth (daughter of BACON, Jacob and KNIGHT, Elizabeth) was born on 6 May 1692 in Roxbury, MA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. KNOWLES, Samuel  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1733 in Provincetown, MA; died before 27 Apr 1778 in Addison, ME.