Origin:
Scottish
Spelling variations include: Brewster, Broster,
Brouster, Brewester, Brostar and many more.
First
found in Lanarkshire where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity
seated at the Forest of Paisley in that shire.
Some
of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: William
Brewster who arrived in the "Mayflower" and settled in Plymouth in
1620, he was from the Essex branch of the family, and one of his descendants was
Henry Calvin Brewster of Rochester, New York.
Coat
of Arms: Blue
with an ermine chevron between three starfish.
Crest: A leopard's head.
Motto: Verite soyez ma garde
Motto Translated: Description not available
This
information above was obtained from the Swyrich
website, we have not yet started this line of the family
Please
follow this link to go to a bulletin board that discusses the surname