Several notable persons were named William Brewster:
William Brewster (Pilgrim) (1567-1644), Pilgrim and Mayflower passenger
William Brewster (ornithologist) (1851-1919), ornithologist
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The Reverend WilliamBrewster (1567 - 1644), was a Pilgrim colonist leader who came from Scrooby, in north Nottinghamshire and reached the American colonies in the Mayflower in 1620, along with his wife, Mary Brewster, and his sons, Love Brewster and Wrestling Brewster.
William junior studied briefly at Peterhouse College in the University of Cambridge, before entering the service of William Davidson in 1584.
By the 1590s, Brewster's brother, James, was a rather rebellious Anglican priest, vicar of the parish of Sutton and Lound, in Nottinghamshire.
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