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Joseph Lewis (1683 - 1765)

Joseph Lewis
Born in Westerly, Kings, Rhode Islandmap
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Son of and
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Husband of — married 1706 [location unknown]
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Died at age 81 in Westerly, Kings, Rhode Islandmap
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Biography

Joseph Lewis was born in Westerly, Rhode Island in 16 Oct. 1683.[1]

He married Mary Wilcox, daughter of Edward and Mary (Hazard) Wilcox,[2][1] about 1706.

Joseph died about 1765 (his will was dated 21 June 1764.[1] at Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island and was buried at John Lewis Ground No. 1, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island. His memorial has links to those of family members.[3]

Children of Joseph and Mary

  1. Jerusha, b. July 13, 1707, m. Geo. Brown Jr.. April 4, 1734, by John Richmond, J. R. She received two-thirds of his estate.
  2. Joseph, b. Dec. 25, 1709. He had a son David who received 5 shillings from his grandfather Joseph Lewis.
  3. Anna, b. Nov. 27, 1716 ; m. Geo. Kenyon, June 16, 1741, at Westerly, by Elder John Maxson, and died about 1806, in her 90th year. Geo. Kenyon was born Sept. 28, 1714 and died about 1796. They were both buried in the Lewis cemetery in Westerly.
  4. Thankful, b. June 15. 1720 ; m. Jan. 21, 1738-9, in Westerly, John Lewis b. April 9, 1719. John G. Lewis, New Haven, Conn., is a descendant of this branch.
  5. Abraham, b. Nov. 24, 1724. By mistake, this name was printed "Absalom" in Chap. IX and is the Abraham Sr., of Book VIII in March 1887, Lewis Letter.
  6. Hannah, b. Nov. 21, 1726.
  7. Amos, b. ____ ; m. Eleanor Greene, dau. Benj. and Eleanor Randall Greene, b. March 2, 1718.
  8. Abel, b..
  9. Esther, b. ____  ; m .John Crandall, Apr. 19. 1740, by William Hern, J. P.[4]

The births of Jerusha, Joseph, Thankful, Abraham and Hannah are found on page 110 of Book 1 of Westerly records, and that of Anna, on her grave stone. The children are also named in the will of their father Joseph Lewis.[1]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lewisiana or the Lewis Letter By M. S. Lewis. M. S. Lewis lists the step-mother of Mary as the mother.
  2. ↑ The Hazard family of Rhode Island 1635-1894 : Being a genealogy and history of the descendants of Thomas Hazard, with sketches of the worthies of this family, and anecdotes illustrative of their traits and also of the times in which they lived by Robinson, Caroline E., 1833-1907; Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 1860-1941. 1895. Pages 12,13.
  3. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 54956838 Joseph Lewis
  4. ↑ Children by M. S. Lewis

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Charles Clark
The children of Joseph and Mary (Wilcox) Lewis who survived Joseph were named in his will, summarized in the ref. below. Two daughters’ (Mary and Thankful) surnames were Lewis when the will was made (ca. 1763). Thankful married John Lewis III and I presume Mary was the spouse of Nathaniel Lewis, son of Israel, who m. a Mary Lewis on 11-13-1729.

Ref.: Michael Cook, Pioneer Lewis Families (1978) p. 37, pub. by Cook Publications So consider adding Mary to the list of Joseph's children.

posted by Charles Clark
Hall-10045 Bob Hall
In comparing my mothers line of Lewis' to my father's, I now see that John Lewis-606 is most certainly the correct John (John Jr.)

The John Lewis-2526 I have currently connected has to be the father to John-606. This means that John Lewis-3452 and Lewis-2526 are convincingly the same person.

Since I'm the adapted manager of John Lewis-2526, I suspect I'll need to remove the children from his profile.

I could use some help with approval and merging; since I lack the Puritan Migration Badge. I could use some assistance with achieving and acquiring that necessary Badges too!

Also: Mary (Wilcox) Lewis-12490- her spouse could most likely be found in my father's Wilcox Line

Thx Bob Hall-10045

posted by Bob Hall
Weddington-53 Eric Weddington
Lewis-9509 and Lewis-476 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate profile.
posted by Eric Weddington

Unmerged matches › Daniel Lewis (abt.1662-abt.1718)
Rejected matches › Joseph Lewis (1860-) › Joseph Lewis (1833-) › Joseph Lewis (abt.1702-bef.1783) › Joseph Lewis (1745-1841)

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