Joseph Lewis (1676 - 1749)

Born 15 Mar 1676 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Andrews) Bronson — married 7 Apr 1703 in Waterbury, New Haven Co. Connecticut

Descendants

Died 22 Oct 1749 at age 73 in Waterbury, New Haven Co., Connecticut

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Biography

Deacon Joseph Lewis was the son of Joseph Lewis (bef.1640-abt.1680) and Elizabeth (Case) Tuller (abt.1658-1718). He was born on 15 Mar 1676/7 in Simsbury, Harford, CT.^[1]

Joseph married Sarah (Andrews) Bronson (1684-aft.1773) on 7 April 1703 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.^[2]

Joseph and Saran had eight children:

1. Lewis, daughter of Joseph Lewis & Sarah, was born on 12 May 1704 and died 7 Sep 1704 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.^[3][4][5]
2. Joseph, son of Joseph & Sarah, was born on 2 July 1705 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.^[6]
3. Sarah, daughter of Joseph & Sarah, was born on 29 April 1708 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.^[7]
4. John, son of Joseph & Sarah, was born on 14 April 1711 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.^[8]
5. Mary, daughter of Joseph & Sarah, was born on 10 June 1714 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.^[9]
6. Thomas, son of Joseph & Sarah, was born on 6 August 1716 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.^[10]
7. Samuel, son of Joseph & Sarah, was born on 6 July 1718 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.^[11]
8. Abraham, son of Joseph & Sarah, was born on 1 February 1720 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.^[12]

Joseph died on 22 October 1749 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.^[13]

Occupation - Cloth weaver of Waterbury

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
   citing FHL microfilm: 2932;
   FamilySearch Record: F74S-TXR (accessed 11 February 2023)
   Joseph Lewis born on 15 Mar 1676, son of Joseph Lewis, in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
   citing Marriage, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 007833262.
   FamilySearch Record: QP3Y-QGYY (accessed 11 February 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3F-JPLB Image number 05304
   Joseph Lewis marriage to Sarah Andruss on 7 Apr 1703 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
3. ↑ Birth: "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
   citing FHL microfilm: 2932;
   FamilySearch Record: F77L-2MN (accessed 11 February 2023)
   Lewis born on 12 May 1704, daughter of Joseph Lewis & Sarah, in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.
4. ↑ Birth: "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
   citing Birth, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 007833262.
   FamilySearch Record: QPS3-Q6CQ (accessed 11 February 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3F-JH1V Image number 06461
   Lewis born on 12 May 1704, child of Joseph & Sarah, in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
5. ↑ Death: "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
   citing Death, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 007833262.
   FamilySearch Record: QPS3-Q6C4 (accessed 11 February 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3F-JH1V Image number 06461
   Lewis death 7 Sep 1704, child of Joseph & Sarah, in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
6. ↑ Birth: "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
   citing Birth, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 007833262.
   FamilySearch Record: QP3Y-QGY1 (accessed 11 February 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3F-JV3N Image number 05305
   Joseph Lewis born on 2 Jul 1705, child of Joseph & Sarah, in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
7. ↑ Birth: "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
   citing Birth, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 007833262.
   FamilySearch Record: 78XX-SVMM (accessed 11 February 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3F-JHJG Image number 06133
   Sarah Lewis born on 29 Apr 1708, child of Joseph & Sarah, in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
8. ↑ Birth: "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
   citing Birth, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 007833262.
   FamilySearch Record: QPQ1-FFSC (accessed 11 February 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3F-JF3V Image number 05183
   John Lewis born on 14 Apr 1711, child of Joseph & Sarah, in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
9. ↑ Birth: "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
   citing Birth, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 007833262.
   FamilySearch Record: QPMZ-J2KV (accessed 11 February 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3F-JK5L Image number 05581
   Mary Lewis born on 10 Jun 1714, child of Joseph & Sarah, in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
10. ↑ Birth: "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
    citing Birth, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 007833262.
    FamilySearch Record: QPSC-CSKX (accessed 11 February 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3F-J937-6 Image number 06333
    Thomas Lewis born on 6 Aug 1716, child of Joseph & Sarah, in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
11. ↑ Birth: "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
    citing Birth, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 007833262.
    FamilySearch Record: QP72-F2JY (accessed 11 February 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3F-J2H2 Image number 06072
    Samuel Lewis born on 6 Jul 1718, child of Joseph & Sarah, in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
12. ↑ Birth: "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
    citing Birth, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 007833262.
    FamilySearch Record: QPST-2VLM (accessed 11 February 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3F-JV1Y Image number 04052
    Abraham Lewis born on 1 Feb 1720, child of Joseph & Sarah, in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
13. ↑ Death: "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
    citing Death, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 007833262.
    FamilySearch Record: QPQB-31RN (accessed 11 February 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3F-JK27 Image number 05314
    Joseph Lewis death 22 Oct 1749 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

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• Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five., New Haven, The Price & Lee Company, 1896, Ap8.

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• Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, vol 1, p 284. "Waterbury borrowed the above money of Joseph Lewis and paid it in eighty acres of land in 1720."

• Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket, Barbour Collection - Waterbury, 219, 384.

• Ullmann, Helen S., C.G., Isaac and Mary (Root) Bronson of Waterbury, Connecticut.", The American Genealogist, Vol 71: 206-215, p. 209.

• Henry Bronson, M.D., The History of Waterbury, Connecticut; The Original Township Embracing Present Watertown and Plymouth, and Parts of Oxford, Wolcott, Middlebury, Prospect and Naugatuck. With an Appendix of Biography, Genealogy and Statistics., Waterbury: Bronson Brothers, 1858, p. 133.

• William Richard Cutter, New England Families, vol 1, p 23.

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• Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Ap84.

• Ullmann, Helen S., C.G., Isaac and Mary (Root) Bronson of Waterbury, Connecticut.", p. 210.

• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Joseph_Lewis_%2873%29
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Acknowledgments

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