Davenport, Mary (b. )

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Goodman
Title: Glenn H. Goodman, "The Ancestry of Oliver Manwaring of New London, Ct." (
MS)
. MS.

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Clagett
Title: Brice M. Clagett, Seven Centuries

Given Name: Mary

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Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Goodman
Title: Glenn H. Goodman, "The Ancestry of Oliver Manwaring of New London, Ct." (
MS)
. MS.

Given Name: Roger

Death: BEF 1286

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Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Goodman
Title: Glenn H. Goodman, "The Ancestry of Oliver Manwaring of New London, Ct." (
MS)
. MS.

Given Name: Christian

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Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Goodman
Title: Glenn H. Goodman, "The Ancestry of Oliver Manwaring of New London, Ct." (
MS)
. MS.

Given Name: William

Event: Type: Living
Date: 1286

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Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Goodman
Title: Glenn H. Goodman, "The Ancestry of Oliver Manwaring of New London, Ct." (
MS)
. MS.

Given Name: William

Death: 1248

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Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Goodman
Title: Glenn H. Goodman, "The Ancestry of Oliver Manwaring of New London, Ct." (
MS)
. MS.

Given Name: Roger

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Note: Sir Ralph de Mainwaring was chief justice of Chester from 1177 until his death and served as his father-in-law's chief advisor.

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Goodman
Title: Glenn H. Goodman, "The Ancestry of Oliver Manwaring of New London, Ct." (
MS)
. MS.

Given Name: Ralph

Death: 1200

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Note: Whether Amicia de Meschines was legitimate or not has long been debated. What is not in doubt is her paternity.

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Goodman
Title: Glenn H. Goodman, "The Ancestry of Oliver Manwaring of New London, Ct." (
MS)
. MS.

Given Name: Amicia

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Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Goodman
Title: Glenn H. Goodman, "The Ancestry of Oliver Manwaring of New London, Ct." (
MS)
. MS.

Given Name: Hugh

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Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: MFIP--Brewster
Title: MFIP--Brewster

Given Name: Benjamin

Death: BEF 18 SEP 1706

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Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: MFIP--Brewster
Title: MFIP--Brewster

Given Name: Mary

Death: 13 JAN 1734/35 New London, Connecticut

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Note: John Pickett was a merchant and, judging by the size of his estate, 1140 pounds, a very successful one. He received a grant of 600 acres from Uncas, the Indian Sachem, a grant confirmed by the colony to his widow.

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: NEHGR--CONN.
Title: Genealogies of Connecticut Families

Page: pp. 388-393

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: MFIP--Brewster
Title: MFIP--Brewster

Given Name: John

Death: 16 AUG 1667 At sea returning home from Barbados

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Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: NEHGR--CONN.
Title: Genealogies of Connecticut Families

Page: pp. 388-393

Given Name: Ruth

Death: 1 MAY 1677 New London, Connecticut

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Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: MFIP--Brewster
Title: MFIP--Brewster

Given Name: Nicholas

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Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: MFIP--Brewster
Title: MFIP--Brewster

Given Name: Ann

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Note: Jonathan Brewster did not accompany his parents on the Mayflower, but followed the next year in the Fortune.

He moved to Duxbury about 1630 and represented that town in the General Court of Plymouth in 1639, 1641, 1642, 1643, and 1644. He moved again, this time to New London, Connecticut, about 1649. He was admitted as an inhabitant there on Feb 25 1649/50. He settled in the part of the town that later became Norwich, his farm straddling the border between Norwich and New London. He was a deputy to the General Court of Connecticut in 1650, 1655, 1656, 1657, and 1658.

He wrote his sister-in-law in a letter dated Sep 1 1656 that he and his family were "resolved for old England," but he did not return there (although two of his sons may have).

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: NEHGR--CONN.
Title: Genealogies of Connecticut Families

Page: pp. 388-393

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: MFIP--Brewster
Title: MFIP--Brewster

Given Name: Jonathan

Death: 7 AUG 1659 New London, Connecticut

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Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: NEHGR--CONN.
Title: Genealogies of Connecticut Families

Page: pp. 388-393

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: MFIP--Brewster
Title: MFIP--Brewster

Given Name: Lucretia

Death: 4 MAR 1678/79

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Note: Elder William Brewster was, second only to Governor William Bradford, the most influential Pilgrim to sail on the Mayflower for the New World. His birth place is not known for sure, but his parents moved to Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, in 1571, when he was four years old. He matriculated at Peterhouse College, Cambridge, in December 1580, but does not appear to have taken a degree. It was there, according to Brewster, that he first acquired Separatist ideas.

He joined the household of William Davison, Secretary of State to Elizabeth I, and soon became one of his most trusted assistants. He accompanied Davison on missions to the Netherlands in 1584 and 1585/6. Davison took the fall for the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, and retired from Court, but Brewster remained with him until Brewster's father took ill and he returned to Scrooby. On his father's death he succeeded to his offices as Postmaster and Bailiff of the Manor of Scrooby, positions which provided him with a considerable income.

He also became the leader of a small group of Puritans that met in Scrooby. This group, after being investigated by the High Commission of York, although not persecuted, decided to emigrate to Holland, settling in Leyden in 1609. Brewster had had to give up his offices in order to accompany them, and in Leyden he earned his living by running a printing press, producing Puritan books which were sold in England.

In 1617 the group began forming plans to emigrate to America and Brewster took a leading role in the arrangements. It was decided that one group, the larger, would remain in Leyden for a while with John Robinson, the minister to the Pilgrims, while the smaller group would go to the New World in the Mayflower, led by Brewster.

Brewster was not a minister, and therefore could not "preach," or give the sacraments. But he was, none the less, the most important theological force among the Pilgrims at Plymouth in the early years of the colony, running the services of "prayer and praise" every Sunday. The colony would have no minister until 1629.

He left a library of over 400 books, a vast number for that time and place. In a fine case of historical detective work, most of the titles are known (the number was given in the inventory of his estate). They were heavily weighted towards history, philosophy, and religious poetry.

Elder William Brewster and Mary ---------- are the 4th great grandparents of President Zachary Taylor and the 7th great grandparents of President Franklin Roosevelt..

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: NEHGR--CONN.
Title: Genealogies of Connecticut Families

Page: pp. 388-393

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: MFIP--Brewster
Title: MFIP--Brewster

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Ancestors of American Presidents
Title: Compiled by Gary Boyd Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents (Santa C
larita, California: C. Boyer 3rd, in cooperation with the New England H
istoric Genealogical Society, 1995.)
larita, California: C. Boyer 3rd, in cooperation with the New England H
istoric Genealogical Society, 1995.

Given Name: William

Death: 10 APR 1644 Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Note: Mary Brewster's surname is not known, despite a great deal of genealogical investigation. The theory that she was a Wentworth, and thus a descendant of King Edward III, has been largely discredited for lack of evidence. Her origins remain one of the greatest mysteries of New England genealogy.

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: DAB
Title: Dictionary of American Biography

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: MFIP--Brewster
Title: MFIP--Brewster

Given Name: Mary

Death: 17 APR 1627 Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Note: William Dent was a prominent lawyer in Maryland who was admitted to practice in the Charles County Court in 1682/3 and in the Provincial Court in 1684/5. He was also a merchant and planter, owning 6000 acres at his death as well as thirty-four slaves.

He served as a major in the militia from 1696 until 1704. He was ranked as lieutenant colonel and then colonel in that year. He also held an appointment as naval office on the north Potomac from 1694 until his death.

His public career was amazingly varied and distinguished, especially considering the fact that he lived to be only forty-four years old. He served in the lower house of the legislature in 1692-1693, 1694-1697, and 1701-1704, serving as Speaker of the House in the last year. He served also in the upper house in 1698. He was clerk of the lower house in 1686-1688, solicitor general in 1688-1689 and again in 1694. He was deputy Attorney General from 1694 to 1698 and then Attorney General until his death. He also attended meetings of the Governor's Council in 1698, but was never offically commissioned as a member. He was the advocate in the Court of Admiralty in 1698 and Commisary General in 1704.

At his death, besides leaving much land and many slaves, he also left 153 books (a large number for that time and place), much silver plate, a sloop, and merchandise worth £300.

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Newman2
Title: Newman, Harry Wright, Charles County Gentry (Baltimore, Maryland: Genea
logical Publishing Company, 1971 (reprint of 1940 edition).)
logical Publishing Company, 1971 (reprint of 1940 edition).

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Parran
Title: Alice Norris parran, Register of Maryland's Heraldic Families (Colonial D
ames: 1935)
ames: 1935.

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Papenfuse
Title: Edward C. Papenfuse, et al, A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland L
egislature, 1635-1789 (Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Pr
ess, 1979, 1985)
egislature, 1635-1789
egislature, 1635-1789. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Pr
ess, 1979, 1985.

Given Name: William

Death: NOV 1704

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