In 1619, the printing type was seized by the authorities under pressure from the English ambassador Sir Dudley Carleton and Brewster's partner was arrested. Brewster taught English and later, in 1616-1619, printed and published religious books for sale in England though they were proscribed there, as the partner of one Thomas Brewer. In Leiden, the group managed to make a living.
Off put by the bickering between the two, though (which ultimately resulted in a division of the Church), the Pilgrims left Amsterdam and moved to Leiden, after only a year. Initially, the Pilgrims settled in Amsterdam, and worshiped with the Ancient Church of Francis Johson and Henry Ainsworth. In 1609, he was selected as ruling elder of the congregation. On its first attempt, in 1607, the group was arrested at Scotia Creek, but in 1608 Brewster and others were successful in leaving from The Humber. Restrictions and pressures applied by the authorities convinced the congregation of a need to emigrate to the more sympathetic atmosphere of Holland, but leaving England without permission was illegal at the time, so that departure was a complex matter. In 1606, they formed the Separatist Church of Scrooby. From about 1602, Scrooby Manor, Brewster's home, became a meeting place for the dissenting Puritans. They were set on a path of separation from the Anglican Church. Shortly after that they were the basis of the group to sail in the Mayflower to the New World. In 1607/8 the Congregation emigrated to Netherlands in search of the freedom to worship as they chose. They were called "Separatists" because of their rebellion against the religious authority of the Church of England, the official state religion. Scrooby Separatists were a mixed congregation of early English Protestants / non-conformists founding living in the border region of of South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. Brewster may have been born in Doncaster. His maternal grandfather was Thomas Smyth. His paternal grandparents were William Brewster and Maud Mann. He was the son of William Brewster and Mary Smyth and he had a number of half-siblings. He arrived in London by disguise to take up passage on the Mayflower to escape English persecution. His printing press was destroyed by authorities and he was forced into hiding for his extreme non-conformist views that were quite contrary to the orthodox doctrine of the established Church of England. Previously he had been a diplomat, lawyer, printer and teacher. William Brewster was the 'ruling elder' for the religious Pilgrims in the mixed group of passengers aboard the Mayflower in 1620.
Immigration to America on the Mayflower (1620) and fourth signatory to the Mayflower Compact.Immigration to Holland with Pilgrims (1609).Born about year 1566 in Scrooby, in north Nottinghamshire, England.Son of William Brewster (1527-1590) and Prudence Peck and great great a lot of great grandfather of Ayden Shields.Early Plymouth Colony settler (1620) from the Mayflower.
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