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See also:BREWSTER, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM (c. 1566–1644) , See also:American colonist, one of the leaders of the " Pilgrims," was See also:born at Scrooby, in See also:Nottinghamshire, See also:England, about 1566. After studying for a See also:short See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time at See also:Cambridge, he was from 1584 to 1587 in the service of William See also:Davison (? 1541-1608), who in 1585 went to the See also:Low Countries to negotiate an See also:alliance with the states-See also:general and in 1586 became assistant to See also:Walsingham, See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth's secretary of See also:state. Upon the disgrace of Davison, Brewster removed to Scrooby, where from 1590 until See also:September 1607 he held the position of " See also:Post," or postmaster responsible for the relays of horses on the post road, having previously, for a short time, assisted his See also:father in that See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office. About 1602 his neighbours began to assemble for See also:worship at his See also:home, the Scrooby See also:manor See also:house, and in 1606 he joined them in organizing the Separatist See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of Scrooby. After an unsuccessful See also:attempt in 1607 (for which he was imprisoned for a short time), he, with other Separatists, removed to See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland in 1608 to obtain greater freedom of worship. At See also:Leiden in 1609 he was chosen ruling See also:elder of the See also:Congregation. In Holland he supported himself first by teaching See also:English and afterwards in 1616–1619, as the partner of one See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Brewer, by secretly See also:printing, for See also:sale in England, books proscribed by the English See also:government, thus, says See also:Bradford, having " imploymente inough." In 1619 their types were seized and Brewer was arrested by the authorities of the university of Leiden, acting on the instance of the See also:British See also:ambassador, See also:Sir See also:Dudley See also:Carleton. Brewster, however, escaped, and in the same See also:year, with See also:Robert See also:Cushman (c. 1580-1625), obtained in See also:London, on behalf of his associates, a See also:land patent from the See also:Virginia See also:Company. In 1620 he emigrated to See also:America on the "See also:Mayflower," and was one of the founders of the See also:Plymouth See also:Colony.
Here besides continuing until his See also:death to See also:act as ruling elder, he was also—regularly until the arrival of the first pastor, See also:Ralph See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith (d. 1661), in 1629 and irregularly afterward—a " teacher," See also:preaching " both powerfully and profitably to ye See also:great contentment of ye hearers and their comfortable edification."
By many he is regarded as pre-eminently the See also:leader of the " Pilgrims." He died, probably on the loth of See also:April 1644.
See Ashbel See also:Steele's See also:Chief of the Pilgrims; or the See also:Life and Time of William Brewster (See also:Philadelphia, 1857) ; and a See also:sketch in William Bradford's See also:History of the Plimouth See also:Plantation (new ed., See also:Boston, 1898).
End of Article: BREWSTER, WILLIAM (c. 1566–1644)
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