William Brewster
Religious leader and emigrant to Plymouth Colony, North America (1566-1644) · Actors · Died at 78
William Brewster was an English official and Mayflower passenger in 1620. He became senior elder and the leader of Plymouth Colony, by virtue of his education and existing stature with those immigrating from the Netherlands, being a Brownist.
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A first-person historical interpreter portraying Elder William Brewster at Plimoth Plantation![A rare 17th-century "Brewster Chair," named after William Brewster[7]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Brewster_chair.jpg/330px-Brewster_chair.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
A rare 17th-century "Brewster Chair," named after William Brewster[7]
Plaque in Leiden (Pieterskerkchoorsteeg) in remembrance of Brewster
Signing the Mayflower Compact 1620, a painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, 1899
Brewster Gardens, Plymouth, Massachusetts. The park covers the original garden plot that was granted to William Brewster in 1620.
Title page of a pamphlet published by William Brewster in Leiden
