Lieutenant
Aquila
Jewett
Born in Littleton, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of William Jewett
and Hannah (Pickard) Jewett
Brother of
Aquila Jewett, Anna (Jewett) Houghton, Elizabeth (Jewett) Pingry, Samuel Jewett, Hannah (Jewett) Tuttle, William Jewett, Rebecca Jewett, Jean Jewett, Maximilian Jewett, Jean (Jewett) Treadwell, Thomas Jewett and Mary Jewett
Husband of
Eunice (Houghton) Jewett
— married
22 Mar 1764 in Littleton, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
William Jewett, Eunice (Jewett) Woods, Israel Houghton Jewett, Aquila Jewett Jr., Benjamin Jewett, Samuel Jewett and Arrethusa (Jewett) Tucker
Died
at age 98
in Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Oct 2013
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Biography
Lieutenant Aquila Jewett served with Middlesex County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Served Littleton, Massachusetts as a soldier in the Revolution. "Aquila Jewett, Littleton, Lieutenant, in command of a company of military. Col. James Prescott's Regt. ; which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service 7 days."
Sources
- Jewett, Frederic Clarke, History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America, Volume I, The Grafton Press, New York, 1908. Pgs. 83, 157.
- Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (29 November 2018), Aquila Jewett, 20 Feb 1731; citing Birth, Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578571.
- Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (29 November 2018), Aquilia Jewett and Eunice Houghton, 22 Mar 1764; citing Marriage, Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578571.
- Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the Revolutionary War, Volume VIII, Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston, 1896, Pg. 793.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #189923398, Old Burying Ground, Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Aquila 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 Aquila 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%
James Paxton :
23andMe, GEDmatch M678083 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A733570 [compare], Ancestry member jpaxton1951
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T602453 [compare], FTDNA kit #N137278
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