Deacon
Amos
Jewett
Born in Rowley, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Aquila Jewett
and Anne (Tenney) Jewett
Brother of
William Jewett, Mehitable (Jewett) Sawyer, Rachel (Jewett) Dole, Ezra Jewett, Elizabeth (Jewett) Kimball, Bethiah (Jewett) Webster, Abel Jewett, Jeremiah Jewett, Anne (Jewett) Page [half], Stephen Jewett I [half], Rebecca Jewett [half] and Priscilla (Jewett) Dresser [half]
Husband of
Jane (Tenney) Jewett
— married
1 Nov 1744 in Rowley, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 71
in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of America
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Mar 2013
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Biography
DEACON AMOS JEWETT (Aquila, Joseph, Maximilian, Edward) was born in Rowley, Mass., July 22; bapt. July 26, 1719. He married Nov. 1, 1744, Jane Tenney.
His home was in Rowley, but June 14, 1749, he was dismissed, with others, from the Rowley Church to form a church in Linebrook Parish. He was chosen to the office of ruling elder and ordained April 19, 1758, which position he continued to fill until his death in Rowley in 1791.
Sources
- Jewett, Frederic Clarke, History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America, Volume I, The Grafton Press, New York, 1908. Pgs. 47-8. 85-6.
- Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch (15 January 2020), Amos Jewett, 1719.
- Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (2 March 2020), Amos Jewett and Jane Tenney, 1 Nov 1744; citing Marriage, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009689.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Amos 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 Amos 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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