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3 unusual facts about William Brewster


Joel Asaph Allen

In August 1883, with Elliott Coues and William Brewster, he sent the letter inviting selected individuals to form the American Ornithological Union at a meeting to be held in September.

Plymouth Colony

The Separatists were also still not free from the persecutions of the English Crown; in 1618, after William Brewster published comments highly critical of the King of England and the Anglican Church, English authorities came to Leiden to arrest him.

William Brewster

William K. Brewster (born 1941), Democratic politician and a retired U.S. Congressman from Oklahoma


Boston Guildhall

In 1607, it is believed to have been the place where William Brewster, William Bradford and their followers (the Separatists, later to be known as the Pilgrim Fathers) were taken following their arrest after trying to flee England.

Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure

The film was directed by George Schaefer and stars Anthony Hopkins as Captain Christopher Jones, Richard Crenna as the Pilgrim leader William Brewster and Jenny Agutter as Priscilla Mullens.

Nottinghamshire

William Brewster, for example, came from the village of Scrooby and was influenced by Richard Clyfton, who preached at Babworth.

Selah B. Strong

She was also a descendant of Elder William Brewster, (c. 1567 – April 10, 1644), the Pilgrim leader and spiritual elder of the Plymouth Colony and a passenger on the Mayflower, through his son Jonathan Brewster.


see also

Billy Van Arsdale

William Brewster 'Billy' Van Arsdale III is a fictional character in Mark Winegardner's novel The Godfather Returns.