Benjamin
Hewitt
Born in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Henry Hewitt
and Phebe (Prentice) Hewitt
Brother of
Arthur Hewitt [half], Sabra (Hewitt) Randall [half], Sterry Hewitt [half], Andrew Hewitt [half], Henry Hewitt [half], Mahala Hewitt [half], James Hewitt [half], Prentice Hewitt, Joseph Hewitt, Amos Hewitt and Phebe (Hewitt) Ames
Husband of
Desire (Babcock) Hewitt
— married
21 Oct 1798 in Stonington, New London, CT
Descendants 
Father of
Desire Hewitt, Sarah (Hewitt) Haskell, Desire (Hewitt) Miner, Phebe Prentice (Hewitt) Breed, Emmilla (Hewitt) Robinson, Benjamin Babcock Hewitt, Joseph Denison Hewitt, Mary Louise (Hewitt) Maine and Frances M. (Hewitt) Maine
Died
at age 92
in North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Dec 2011
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Biography
Benjamin Hewitt was born 8 Aug 1774 in Stonington, Connecticut to Henry Hewitt and his second wife Phebe Prentice [1]. He was a twin of his brother Joseph Hewitt.
Benjamin Hewitt married Desire Babcock in Stonington, 21 Oct 1798. They had 9 children, as profiled.
In 1850, Benjamin & Desire (Babcock) Hewitt lived in North Stonington. Benjamin was a farmer [2] In 1860, they lived on a farm in North Stonington with their son, Joseph, and his family.[3]
Benjamin Hewitt died in 1867 in North Stonington.[4] He is buried there in Wheeler Cemetery #62: Find A Grave: Memorial #17670232
Sources
- ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F744-43V : 7 January 2020), Benjamin Hewitt, 1774.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68T-2G9 : 4 April 2020), Benjamin Hewitt, North Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States; citing family 193, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHR3-4S8 : 18 March 2020), Benj Hewitt, 1860.
- ↑ "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F78J-H6B : 11 June 2020), Benjamin Hewitt, 1867.
- Denison Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison; E. Glenn Denison, Josephine M. Peck and Donald L. Jacobus; Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1993 [Originally published, Pequot Press 1963; Reprinted, Baltimore, MD 1978, 1982, 1993], no. 122-98: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/352/mode/1up
- Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut; p. 426, #134: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n448/mode/1up
- Descendants of Captain Thomas Hewitt of Stonington, Connecticut by V.H. Watterson, p.29
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
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~0.78%
Bill Broad
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
David Prentice :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member prentice1024
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~0.39%
Sharon (Rowley) Piersma :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A702605 [compare], Ancestry member sharonmpiersma
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A702605 [compare], FTDNA kit #340366
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Hewitt-1941 and Hewitt-418 appear to represent the same person because: Waiting on merge of Duplicate of Parents, this is also a duplicate of profiles for the same person. Found duplicate while searching for children's profiles. They are the same person.
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John French Ph.D.
Hewitt-708 and Hewitt-418 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth date, same spouse, geographical location, etc.
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Rejected matches › Benjamin Hewitt (abt.1824-1898)
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