He was a Lieutenant and was made freeman, April 18, 1691.
His father, John, Sr., wrote his will on 26 February 1707.[4] In it he leaves everything to his widow, stating he has "formerly done for my children what I judge meet & sufficient." In the division of his father's land, John, Jr., had the south half next the sea.
He died intestate, and his widow, Elizabeth was appointed administratrix, July 11, 1711. [2]
Sources
↑ "Lewisiana - The Lewis Letter, Carll Lewis, 1893-1907"
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8X-W64H : 31 October 2019), John Lewis and Elizabeth Bruer, 18 Apr 1683; citing Marriage, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009707.
↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Essex Cases 16000-17999; Case 16762
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/rd/13778/16762-co1/245622167
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