Brewster, Patience

Abt 1600 - 1634  (34 years)

• Name	Brewster, Patience
  Birth	Abt 1600	Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
  Gender	Female
  Arrival	1620	Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America
  LifeSketch	PATIENCE BREWSTER was born most likely in Scrooby, England, to Elder William Brewster and Mary there are No Factual sources fir her mothers maiden name). Her birthdate ranges from 1595 to 1603. She arrived in Plymouth aboard the "Anne" in 1623 along with her sister, Fear. Her parents and brothers, Love and Wrestling, came on the Mayflower in 1620. Her other brother, Jonathan, arrived with her future husband, Thomas Prence, on the ship Fortune in 1621. On 5 August 1624, she married Thomas Prence [the 9th marriage in the colony]. Thomas Prence become the 4th Governor of the Colony on 1 January 1634. Together, they had four children, Rebecca, Thomas, Hannah and Mercy. Patience died in 1634 of "a pestilent feaver", and is buried on Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Some SOURCES: 1. BOOK: Mayflower Families in Progress, WILLIAM BREWSTER of the Mayflower and his Descendant for Four Generations, revised edition, 2000 (MFIP Brewster #20). 2. A History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts, With Genealogical Registers, by Justin Winsor, published online by Ancestry.com, The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, 2007. Originally published Boston, 1849, reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1995. 3. The History of Cape Cod: The Annals of The Thirteen Towns of Barnstab. le County, Volume II], by Frederick Freeman, Published Boston 1862, published online by Google Books 2009, original publisher Geo. C. Band & Avery & Cornhill, Boston, Mass. 1858 4. Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691, (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing, 1986), pp. 340, 341
  Residence	1620	Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
  	probably stayed with Robinsons (with sister, Fear) when parents & youngest brothers left for America
  Immigration	Abt 10 Jul 1623	Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America
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  _FSFTID	KNZ2-1QV
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  Death	12 Dec 1634	Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
  	Cause: Epidemic of infectious fever struck the colony in 1633-34; both Fear Allerton & Patience d
  Burial	Burial Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
  Person ID	I995	Charles Banks and Jon Ray Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Brewster, Reverend Elder of the Pilgrim's Church William IV,   b. 24 Jan 1566, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England d. 10 Apr 1644, Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Wentworth, Mary Love,   b. 1569, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England d. 17 Apr 1627, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	1590	Nottinghamshire, England
  	see "comment" on her page; 6 children: Jonathan, Patience, Fear, Love, Wrestling, & a child buried at St. Pancras in Leiden, Holland
  Family ID	F333	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Prence, Governor Thomas,   b. 6 Aug 1599, Lechlade-On-Thames, Gloucestershire, England d. 29 Mar 1673, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	5 Aug 1624	Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America
  Children	1. Prence, Thomas,   b. 22 May 1627, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America d. Yes, date unknown   2. Prence, Rebecca,   b. 22 May 1627, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America d. 18 Jul 1651, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Age 24 years)   3. Prence, Hannah,   b. 12 Dec 1629, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America d. 23 Nov 1698, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F339	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1600 - Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England Residence - probably stayed with Robinsons (with sister, Fear) when parents & youngest brothers left for America - 1620 - Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Death - Cause: Epidemic of infectious fever struck the colony in 1633-34; both Fear Allerton & Patience d - 12 Dec 1634 - Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Burial - - Burial Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Reference

  Charles Banks. "Brewster, Patience". The families of Charles Banks and Jon Ray. https://familytree.banksray.com/getperson.php?personID=I995&tree=banksray (accessed April 25, 2026).