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About Jedediah Jewett
JEDEDIAH JEWETT (Joseph, Nehemiah, Joseph, Edward), was born in Ipswich, Mass., Sept. 5, 1719. "Jedediah their fifth child born 5 day of September 1719 about two o'clock in the afternoon Saterday." (Family Record.) He was taken by his father to Pepperell, Mass., and there married Jan. 17, 1744-5, Elizabeth Shattuck, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Chamberlain) Shattuck. She was born in Pepperell, Jan. 12, 1722, and died there July 25, 1782, in the 61st year of her age."
He acquired considerable estate as a farmer and was held in high Estimation by his fellow townsmen and was often chosen to public office. He and his wife united with the church in 1756, of which his son Edmund and grandson Henry Jewett were deacons.
He married (2d) Oct. 1, 1783, Mrs. Mary Baldwin, of Townsend, Mass., and died May 12, 1804. On his gravestone in Pepperell is the following :
" Time like an ever rolling stream, Bears all its sons away, They fly forgotten as a dream, Dies at the opening day "
Source: History and genealogy of the Jewetts of America, by Frederic Clarke Jewett.
JEDEDIAH JEWETT (Joseph, Nehemiah, Joseph, Edward), was born in Ipswich, Mass., Sept. 5, 1719. "Jedediah their fifth child born 5 day of September 1719 about two o'clock in the afternoon Saterday." (Family Record.) He was taken by his father to Pepperell, Mass., and there married Jan. 17, 1744-5, Elizabeth Shattuck, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Chamberlain) Shattuck. She was born in Pepperell, Jan. 12, 1722, and died there July 25, 1782, in the 61st year of her age."
He acquired considerable estate as a farmer and was held in high Estimation by his fellow townsmen and was often chosen to public office. He and his wife united with the church in 1756, of which his son Edmund and grandson Henry Jewett were deacons.
He married (2d) Oct. 1, 1783, Mrs. Mary Baldwin, of Townsend, Mass., and died May 12, 1804. On his gravestone in Pepperell is the following :
" Time like an ever rolling stream, Bears all its sons away, They fly forgotten as a dream, Dies at the opening day "
Source: Source: History and genealogy of the Jewetts of America, by Frederic Clarke Jewett.
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Jedediah Jewett's Timeline
| 1719 |
September 5, 1719
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Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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| 1740 |
1740
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Warren, Herkimer County, New York, Colonial America
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| 1745 |
January 25, 1745
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Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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| 1748 |
October 6, 1748
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Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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| 1752 |
January 4, 1752
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Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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| 1754 |
April 22, 1754
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Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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April 22, 1754
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Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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| 1757 |
February 11, 1757
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Pepperell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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| 1760 |
January 24, 1760
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Pepperell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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| 1804 |
May 12, 1804
Age 84
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Pepperell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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