David Jewett (1736 - 1789)

Born 27 Oct 1736 in North Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Selden) Jewett — married 3 Nov 1757 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 10 Aug 1789 at age 52 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States of America

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Biography

This person is an ancestor of President Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.^[1]

Captain in the Millington South militia

Sources

1. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents

• Jewett, Frederic Clarke, History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America, Volume I, The Grafton Press, New York, 1908. Pg. 195.
• Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch (7 January 2020), David Jewitt, 1736.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #191177675, Tater Hill Cemetery, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA

• Author: Ancestry.com Title: Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006

• Author: Ancestry.com Title: Early Connecticut Marriages Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012

• Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004

• Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999

• Author: Heritage Consulting Title: Millennium File Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003

• Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.

• Francis Hubert Parker, Contributions to the History of East Haddam, Connecticut (Hartford: Connecticut State Library, 1938), p. 32,

Notes

PLACE: Millington (East Haddam) Middlesex, Connecticut Colony was the original place listed for and death facts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millington_(East_Haddam)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saybrook_Colony

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Colony

the only reference I could find to North Lyme was a cemetery and church. 5th Great Grandfather of Leslie Lynch King....Leslie took the name of his stepfather...He became Gerald Rudolff Ford, Jr. the 38th President of the U.S.