Nehemiah Jewett (1717 - 1758)

Born 28 Feb 1717 in Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Blood) Jewett — married 29 Aug 1737 in Groton, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 13 Sep 1758 at age 41 in Pepperell, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

NEHEMIAH JEWETT (Joseph, Nehemiah, Joseph, Edward), was born in Ipswich, Mass., Feb. 28, 1716-7; bapt. in Groton, Mass., March 3, 1717. He married Aug. 29, 1738, Lydia Blood, of Groton, daughter of John and Joanna (Nutting) Blood. She was born Sept. 28, 1720. They settled in Groton, Mass., and removed to Pepperell, Mass , where he died Sept. 13, 1758-9. He was a soldier in the Indian Wars and " July —, 1748, Nehemiah Jewett was in Capt. Tarbell's Co., of Groton, scouting for Indians in the woods."

Sources

• Jewett, Frederic Clarke, History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America, Volume I, The Grafton Press, New York, 1908. Pgs. 53-4, 100.
• Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (2 March 2020), Nehemh Jewett, 28 Feb 1717; citing Birth, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009714.
• Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (2 March 2020), Nehemha Jewett and Lydia Blood, 29 Aug 1737; citing Marriage, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011182.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #154371368, details unknown