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William Brewster
Brewsters plan of settling down was only successful for a short time, however. His brother James was at that time a rather unorthodox Anglican priest, and within a few years of Williams return, James had already begun to separate his congregation from church practices and beliefs. By 1602, the dissenters began to meet in Scrooby Manor, and a few years later the Separatist Church of Scrooby was formed.
By the 17th century, England was not yet a country of religious toleration, and the Separatists understood that they could only truly be free to practice their beliefs in the more liberal atmosphere of Holland. Unfortunately, emigration from England was at that time also illegal, and
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William Brewster
William Brewster was born at Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, probably between 1560 and 1566. As a young man, he attended Cambridge University but did not graduate. He then served as an assistant to William Davison, one of Queen Elizabeth I's secretaries of state, accompanying him on a diplomatic mission to Holland. After Davison fell from favor (due to the execution of Mary Queen of Scots), Brewster returned to Scrooby and served as postmaster.
William Brewster was one of the original members of the religious Separatist congregation at Scrooby that became the nucleus of the Pilgrim church. When the community first attempted to emigrate to Holland in 1607, Brewster and several others were jailed for a short time. He was released and successfully emigrated in 1608. After his arrival in Holland, Brewster served as Elder of the Pilgrim Separatist congregation.
To support his family, Brewster worked in Leiden as a printer in Leiden. Click here for information on the "Pilgrim Press."
When Brewster and other members of the Pilgrim community emigrated to America in 1620 on the Mayflower, their pastor John Robinson remained behind in Leiden. In the absence of an ordained minister, Brewster was the muc
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WILLIAM BREWSTER
ORIGIN: Leiden, Holland
MIGRATION: 1620 yield Mayflower
FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth
REMOVES: Duxbury
OCCUPATION: Publisher (in Leiden). (See R. Breugelmans, ed., The Traveller Press, a bibliographical & historical cenotaph of interpretation books printed at Leyden by depiction Pilgrim Fathers by Rendel Harris & Stephen R. Jones, Get the gist a prop on rendering location comprehend the Crusader Press bring into being Leyden get ahead of Dr. Plooij, Partial reproduce with fresh contributions disrespect R. Breugelmans, J.A. Gruys & Keith Sprunger [Nieuwkoop 1987].)
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