Joseph Jewell
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Joseph Jewell (1642 - 1736)

Joseph Jewell
Born in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts Baymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married about 1671 in Massachusettsmap
Husband of — married Jun 1681 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshiremap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 94 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

Farmer's Genealogical Register, page 162 says, "Thomas Jewell of Braintry (Braintree) had sons, Joseph, born 24th April, 1642, Nathaniel, born 15th April 1648 and several other other children." [1]

Joseph first lived in Charlestown, Mass. and conducted the ferry between that place and Boston, and his son Joseph Jr. assisted him. Joseph, Jr. was born in June 1673, and died in Dudley, Massachusetts, in 1766, aged 93. [2]

When about 50 years old, he removed to Stow and there owned a grist-mill, which for years (as late as 1815 at least) went by the name of “Jewell’s Mill”. This old mill-site was as late as 1860 occupied by a carpet factory and the stream is the dividing line between Sudbury and Stow. (See image)

Joseph’s first wife Martha Watertown was born 1650 in Braintree, Mass. Martha died 8 Aug 1682. Joseph’s second wife, Isabel Cate was born about 1650 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, daughter of James Cate. Joseph died at about the age of 94. His second wife, Isabel, lived to be over 103.

Joseph passed away August 1736 at Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Notes

Joseph's first wife was a Martha Unknown from Watertown. Some people have her last name as Watertown. I no longer try to change that error.[3]

Sources

  1. The Jewell register : containing a list of the descendants of Thomas Jewell, of Braintree, near Boston, Mass., by Jewell, Pliny, b. 1797; Jewell, Joel, 1803-1868, Published by Case, Lockwood and Co., Hartford, Connecticut, 1860, page 4, digitized here: https://archive.org/stream/jewellregisterco00jewe#page/4/mode/1up
  2. The Jewell register : containing a list of the descendants of Thomas Jewell, of Braintree, near Boston, Mass., by Jewell, Pliny, b. 1797; Jewell, Joel, 1803-1868, Published by Case, Lockwood and Co., Hartford, Connecticut, 1860, page 29, digitized here: https://archive.org/stream/jewellregisterco00jewe#page/29/mode/1up
  3. information from a descendant of Grissell Fletcher added by Virginia Clark Wilber who will furnish the descendant's name upon request and given permission




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