James
Hervey
Jewett
Born in Moravia, Cayuga, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Josiah Jewett
and Sophia (Skinner) Jewett
Brother of
David Parsons Jewett [half], George Washington Jewett [half], David Parsons Jewett [half], Eliza Smith Jewett [half], Martha (Jewett) Dunbar [half], Josiah Parsons Jewett [half], Samuel Parsons Jewett [half], Clarissa (Jewett) Best [half], Guernsey Jewett [half], Sherman Skinner Jewett, John Cotton Jewett, Joseph Jewett, Caroline Matilda Jewett and Charles Carroll Jewett
Husband of
Mary Frances (Colegrove) Jewett
— married
7 Jun 1854 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Nellie Eliza (Jewett) Urquhart, Katie Sophia Jewett, Alice Theodora (Jewett) Newton, Bela Colegrove Jewett, Mary Frances (Jewett) Montgomery, Grace Ruth (Jewett) Pennell and Georgia (Jewett) Hunt
Died
at age 74
in Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Jan 2015
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Biography
Engaged in the boot and shoe business in Buffalo, New York. Moved to Colorado in 1889 and developed most of the town of Green Mountain Falls. He was elected mayor of that town.
Sources
- Jewett, Frederic Clarke, History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America, Volume I, The Grafton Press, New York, 1908. Pg. 329.
- Jewett, Frederic Clarke, History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America, Volume II, The Grafton Press, New York, 1908. Pgs. 597-8.
- Memorial and Family History of Erie County New York, Volume I, The Genealogical Publishing Company, Buffalo, New York, 1906-8, Pgs. 69-71.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #119814586, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- John Robert Jewett
:
AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 46 markers, haplogroup R1b, Ancestry member Jewett53 - Bob Jewett :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 25 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #N7966
- Rodney Jewett :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-FGC13125, FTDNA kit #45214, MitoYDNA ID T10360 [compare]
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~0.78%
Alana Quinn :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member alanaquinn79
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