Joshua Hewes (abt. 1612 - 1676)

Born about 1612 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Goldstone) Hewes — married 8 Oct 1634 (to 23 Aug 1655) in Roxbury, Massachusetts

Husband of Alice (Unknown) Crabtree — married 1 Feb 1657 in Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 25 Jan 1676 at about age 64 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

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Joshua Hewes migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See Great Migration Begins, by R. C. Anderson, Vol. 2, p. 921) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Joshua Hewes was born about 1612 in London, based on Nov 1670 deposition where he claimed to be 59. He was the brother of Elizabeth Hewes who m. Ralph Hemingway/Hemenway, and also brother of --- who married Richard Gorde. Others have Elizabeth's parents as John Hewes and Mary Foote, but this needs confirmation. (Joshua did have many engagements with one Joshua Foote.)

Lieut. Joshua Hewes is beautifully treated in Eben Putname's Lieutenant Joshua Hewes, A New England Pioneer and some of His Descendants, (1919). View on Archive.org

He emigrated in 1633 settling initially (as a single man) in Roxbury, Boston 1650, Wickford 1663, Boston 1669. He was a merchant and ironmonger.

He m1 in Roxbury 8 Oct 1634 Mary Goldstone,^[1] dau of Henry Goldstone of Watertown. She d. at Boston 23 Aug 1655 [BVR 52].

He m2 in Boston 11 Feb 1656/7 Alice (____) Crabtree, widow of John Crabtree [BVR 58]; d. aft 25 Apr 1676 (when she administered his estate).

He d. in Boston 25 Jan 1675/6, aged 66.

Administration on the estate of Joshua Hewes was granted 25 Apr 1676 to his widow, Alice Hewes [SPR 5:337]. The inventory of the estate of Lt. Joshua Hewes was taken 26 Feb 1675/6...

Children (1st three by first wife):

1. Joshua, b Roxbury 19 Oct 1639;^[2] died of convulsion fits at Roxbury 19 Dec 1639.
2. Mary, b Roxbury 29 Dec 1641;^[3] m by 14 Apr 1680 William Lamb
3. Joshua, b Roxbury 25 May 1644;^[4] m1 by 1667 Hannah Norden; m2 by 1697 Elizabet _____.
4. Hannah, b Boston 28 Oct 1657;^[5] no further record

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC8D-CJZ : 4 December 2014), Josuah Hewes and Mary Goldston, 08 Oct 1634; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0928294 IT 3.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQ6L-8YY : 4 December 2014), Josuah Hewes in entry for Josuah Hewes, 19 Oct 1639; citing ROXBURY,SUFFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0928294 IT 3.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQ62-JB4 : 4 December 2014), Josuah Hewes in entry for Mary Hewes, 29 Dec 1641; citing ROXBURY,SUFFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0928294 IT 3.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQ6L-D9B : 4 December 2014), Josuah Hewes in entry for Josuah Hewes, 25 May 1644; citing ROXBURY, SUFFOLK, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0928294 IT 3.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCW2-GGQ : 4 December 2014), Leift Joshua Hewes in entry for Hannah Hewes, 28 Oct 1657; citing BOSTON,SUFFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 397,042.

• Robert C. Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1995. Pages 921-4. AmericanAncestors.org (with subscription)
• "A History of the Foote Families of America", Foote Family Association of America www.footefamily.org/nathno 1 a.htm
• Holmes P. Crabtree. Colllection of family history papers in the Hancock Historical Society Library, Ellsworth, Maine
• Foote Family : Comprising the Genealogy and History of Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield, Connecticut; Foot History & Genealogy (p 649 listed on the page - but 1078 of the document on Ancestry)

Birth/Death - Lt. Joshua Hewes, p.19 also gravestone p. 84 & 85