The will of William Brewster of Wrentham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, cordwainer, dated 3 August 1761 and proved 3 March 1769, mentioned his wife, Hopestill; sons: Oliver, (eldest), who received 1/6th of the estate; Ichabod; Elisha; Seth and Lot; and granddaughter Huldah Gould.
Oliver Brewster of Lebanon, yeoman, purchased land in Bernardston on 28 October 1765 and 16 January 1766. On 2 June 1768, Hopestill Brewster purchased 100 acres of land in Bernardston: Oliver Brewster was of Lebanon on 12 June 1768, when he sold land there to his son, Wadsworth Brewster and on 19 October 1776, he was of Bernardston, when he sold additional land in Lebanon to his son, Wadsworth Brewster.
The History of Bernardston recorded that Oliver Brewster "held one or two minor town offices," and in December 1769, it was voted to meet at his house for "eight Sabbaths of the winter ensueing,". ..reputedly "in accordance with the then prevailing custom to thus provide place for a worship during the most severe portion of the winter season, the meeting house being a little more frigid than even puritanical training could endue."
The will of William Brewster of Wrentham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, cordwainer, dated 3 August 1761 and proved 3 March 1769, mentioned his wife, Hopestill; sons: Oliver, (eldest), who received 1/6th of the estate; Ichabod; Elisha; Seth and Lot; and granddaughter Huldah Gould.
Oliver Brewster of Lebanon, yeoman, purchased land in Bernardston on 28 October 1765 and 16 January 1766. On 2 June 1768, Hopestill Brewster purchased 100 acres of land in Bernardston: Oliver Brewster was of Lebanon on 12 June 1768, when he sold land there to his son, Wadsworth Brewster and on 19 October 1776, he was of Bernardston, when he sold additional land in Lebanon to his son, Wadsworth Brewster.
The History of Bernardston recorded that Oliver Brewster "held one or two minor town offices," and in December 1769, it was voted to meet at his house for "eight Sabbaths of the winter ensueing,". ..reputedly "in accordance with the then prevailing custom to thus provide place for a worship during the most severe portion of the winter season, the meeting house being a little more frigid than even puritanical training could endue."
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