William Brewster, English official and pilgrim leader (born 1566)

William Brewster (Mayflower passenger)

English colonist in North America (1566/67 – 1644)

William Brewster was an English official and Mayflower passenger in 1620. He became senior elder and the leader of Plymouth Colony, by virtue of his education and existing stature with those immigrating from the Netherlands, being a Brownist.