Person:Deodat Brewster (1)

Name	Deodat Brewster
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	Abt 1789	Connecticut
Marriage	2 Jul 1812	Vermont, United Statessource = OLT ; verification needed to Lois Drury
Residence^[1]	Abt 1836	Geneva, Walworth, Wisconsin, United Statescame to Wisconsin
Census^[2]	1850	Geneva, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States
Death`^?`	28 Oct 1881	Geneva, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States

Research Notes

"Deodat" is a shortened form of the Latin "Deodonatus" which means "given to God."
supposedly, Deodat is a direct-line descendant of Elder William Brewster of the Mayflower. Proof needed.

Image Gallery

Deodat Brewster and wife Lois Drury, ca 1825

Deodat Brewster, ca 1880

Residence of Deodat Brewster, ca 1873

References

↑ Mentioned, in Beckwith, Albert Clayton. History of Walworth County, Wisconsin. (Tucson, Arizona: W.C. Cox Co., 1974)
870.

... [Sarah A. (Brewster) Barnes] came here with her parents in 1836 or 1837, among the earliest settlers, and they located on Spring Prairie on the northeast part of Geneva township, and there her parents, Deodat and Lois (Drury) Brewster, worked hard to develop a farm and established a home in the new country. ... Deodat Brewster and wife spent the rest of their lives on their farm here. ...
↑ Household Recorded, in Walworth, Wisconsin, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule.