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Sarah Ludlow Brewster was born 1635 in Dublin, Ireland to Roger Ludlow (1590-1664) and Mary Cogan (1604-1664) and died 1695 Connecticut of unspecified causes. She married Nathaniel Brewster (1620-1690) 1656 in Ireland.

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Parentage / Early Years

Her father, Roger Ludlow (1590-1664), was widely regarded as one of the best educated early settlers of the New England colonies. Mary was the sister-in-law of Governor John Endicott of Massachusetts.

The family sailed for America in 1630 with other early Puritan settlers on the ship Mary and John of which Roger was the owner. He was co-founder of Dorchester, Massachusetts and Fairfield, Connecticut. In 1650 he wrote down the first codification of the laws for the Colony of Connecticut and represented the colony at the New England Confederation. A political disagreement caused the couple to leave for Dublin, Ireland where both died in the 1660's, date unsure because local parish records were lost.


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Ludlow sailed to America in May 1630 aboard the ship Mary & John with his wife Mary Cogan, a sister-in-law of Governor John Endicott of Massachusetts. They settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts, where they remained for five years. During that period he was chosen magistrate in the Court of Assistants for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was elected as Deputy Governor in 1634. During this time Ludlow successfully negotiated the first treaty between the English and the Pequot. In 1635 he was defeated by John Haynes for Governor.

In 1635 Roger Ludlow joined with other Puritans and Congregationalists who were dissatisfied with the rate of Anglican reforms, and sought to establish an ecclesiastical society subject to their own rules and regulations. The Massachusetts General Court granted them permission to settle the cities of Windsor, Wethersfield, and Hartford in the area now known as Connecticut. The Ludlows settled into Windsor. However, ownership of the lands for the new towns along the Connecticut River was called into dispute by the English holders of the Warwick Patent of 1631 that had been granted by Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick. The Massachusetts General Court established the March Commission to mediate the dispute between the Connecticut colony and the Saybrook Colony, and named Roger Ludlow as its head. The Commission named 8 magistrates from the Connecticut towns to implement a legal system. The March Commission expired in March 1636, after which time the settlers continued to self-govern.

In late 1636 and early 1637 the burgeoning Connecticut colony faced armed conflict in the Pequot War. The Connecticut towns decided to send a force of more than 70 soldiers along with Narragansett and Mohegan collaborators into an attack upon a Pequot settlement on May 26, 1637. While Ludlow did not participate in what became known as the Mystic massacre, his role in the General Court meant that he took part in the decision to send the force. After the destruction at Mystic Ludlow did leave the Windsor area to pursue Sassacus and other Pequot survivors, first to Saybrook at the mouth of the Connecticut river, then westward toward the Mattabesset village known as "Sasqua" or "Unquowa". On July 13, 1637 the battle in swamps around Unquowa signalled the final military defeat of the remaining Pequots.

On May 29, 1638 Ludlow wrote to Massachusetts Governor Winthrop that the colonists wanted to "unite ourselves to walk and lie peaceably and lovingly together." Ludlow was a framer of a document called the Fundamental Orders, which was adopted on January 14, 1639. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut is the world's first written constitution for a self-governing people.

Research Notes

SARAH LUDLOW married the Rev. NATHANIEL BREWSTER before 1656, perhaps in Ireland. Researchers around the globe are still trying to "prove" her parentage. SARAH died after 3-MAY-1695, based on date of her approval as Executrix of NATHANIEL's Will -- May 3, 1695.

7th known child of Roger & Mary (Cogan) Ludlow, born say 1636. Perhaps She married by about 1660 Rev. Nathaniel Brewster. Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.





Children


Offspring of Nathaniel Brewster (1620-1690) and Sarah Ludlow Brewster
Name Birth Death Joined with
Timothy Brewster (1658-1747) 1658 Norfolk, England, United States 1743 Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, United States Mary Hawkins (1658-1749)
Daniel Brewster (1662-c1666) 1662 Norfolk, England 1666 New York
Deborah Brewster (1664-1666) 1664 Suffolk County, New York 1666 Suffolk County, New York
Daniel Brewster (1668-1748) 1668 Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York 15 June 1748 Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, United States Anna Jayne (1676-1742)
Dinah Brewster (1665-1748) 1665 Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York 1748 Suffolk County, New York, United States Joseph Tooker (1655-1709)
Hannah Brewster (1669-1755) 1669 Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York 11 November 1755 Long Island City, Queens County, New York, United States John Muncy (1660-1690)
Samuel Thompson (1668-1749)



Siblings


Offspring of Roger Ludlow (1590-1664) and Mary Cogan (1604-1664)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Thomas Ludlow (1624-) 1624 England
Jonathan Ludlow (1625-1710) 1625 England Sarah Davis (1644-)
Joseph Ludlow (1627-1667) 1627 England 30 April 1667 Dublin, Ireland
Roger Ludlow (1629-aft1660) 1630 1660
Anne Ludlow (1633-aft1660) 1633 Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 1660
Mary Ludlow (1634-aft1660) 1634 Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 1660
Sarah Ludlow (1635-1695) 1635 Dublin, Ireland 1695 Connecticut Nathaniel Brewster (1620-1690)


Notable Ancestors

Ludlow Family Ancestry

Sarah Ludlow, is the daughter of Roger Ludlow (1590-1664), 1st Lt Gov for The Colony of Connecticut. See Ludlow Family Ancestry.

A direct descendant of the Ludlow Family ( SLudlow, ...) This family has connections to several notable lines of early European ancestry including the following:

See Also

References

  • Colonial families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut, being the ancestry & kindred of Herbert Furman Seversmith., vol.1. | HathiTrust Digital Library. Page 358. < Hathitrust >
  • The Family of Rev. Nathaniel Brewster by D.L. Jacobus. The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) < AmericanAncestors > Volume 13 (1936). Page 154-163.



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