Brewster (Y-DNA)
Contents
Status summary
As of December 30, 2015:
- Brewster surname project contacted
- Recruiting Brewster for Y Elite test
Background
Paper trail
Elder William Brewster was born circa 1566[1]" in or near Scrooby, Northamptonshire, England, the son of William (II) Brewster & Mary SMYTHE Simkinson. He is said to be the grandson of William (I) and Maud Mann. He died at Plymouth on 10 Apr 1644[2], and Bradford called him "nere fourskore years of age" (ie nearly age 80).
Brewster married about 1592[3] to Mary _____ (maiden name unknown despite an extensive search). They had one child who died shortly after birth, two daughters and three sons: Jonathan, Love & Wrestling (who never married). Y-DNA descendants of both Jonathan and Love have completed DNA testing and verified the Y-DNA of Elder William.
Previous Y-DNA testing
Previous Y-STR testing through the Mayflower Society[4] and the Brewster surname DNA project[5] has indicated that the Brewster lineage belongs to the Y haplogroup I-M253, which is quite common in Northern Europe and Northwestern Europe. Details of previous findings are summarized here (a 2007 posting to ancestry.com Brewster surname board). Y Elite test results will be able to place the Brewster lineage more precisely within the broader I-M253 group.
Results
(to be added)
Summary of findings
(to be added)
References
- ↑ Brewster deposed in a Leyden affidavit dated 25 Jun 1609 that he was then "aged about forty two years
- ↑ Gov. Bradford erred, when he stated Brewster died about 18 April. A Brewster family register (likely written by Jonathan Brewster) stated William died 10 April 1644
- ↑ A family register indicates the first (known) child (Jonathan) was born 12 Aug 1593
- ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/mayflowersociety/default.aspx?section=ycolorized
- ↑ http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/brewster/ and https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/brewster/about/background
