John Lewis of Lynn

John Lewis

• Birth: before July 18 1630 - Ipswich, Suffolk County, England
• Death: 1710 - Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
• Parents: Edmund Lewes, Mary
• Wife: 1) Hannah Marshall, 2) Elizabeth Walker, 3) Sarah Merriam
• Children: Rebecca Lewis, Ebenezer Lewis, Abigail Lewis, Samuel Lewis, Nathaniel Lewis, Benjamin Lewis, Mary Baker, Thomas Lewis, Hannah Fuller, Lt. John Lewis, Benjamin Lewis

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Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lewes-105

Lieut. John Lewis (Lewes) was born in 1630 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England to his father, Edmond Lewes, and mother, Mary UNKNOWN.

The Parish Records of St. Mary le Tower Church in Ipswich, Suffolk, England note: John Lewes sunne to Edmond Lewes was baptized July 18, 1630. [1]

In 1634, at the age of 3 years he sailed with his parents and younger brother, Thomas, age 9 months on the Elizabeth from Ipswich, England to Watertown, Mass.[2][3]

He died in 1710 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, US.[4][5][3]

"He came into possession of his father's lands in Wood end fields, 40 acres fronting on the sea and through which Lewis Street now passes. At that time the eastern end of Lynn was called "Wood end" and the western end "Breed's end," and the locality back of where Samuel Graves settled was called "Graves end." For years these names appeared in description of land given in deeds."[5]

April 17, 1659, John married Hannah Marshall, b. 1640, d. 1699. They had eight sons and five daughters. After Hannah's death (approx. 4 mos. later), he married a widow, Elizabeth Walker King. In 1706, he married Sarah Merriam Jenks. They had one son, Benjamin Lewis, b. 1708.[5][3]

"On 19th 5 mo. 1669, John Lewis of Lynn, yeoman, and wife, Hannah, sold to Ralph King for 23# four acres of upland in Lynn bound on William King, said Lewis and the sea. [6] In 1669 he married for his second wife the widow of this Ralph King. Nov 9, 1699 he deeded his lands to his two sons, JOHN and THOMAS, John being of Lynn.

"John Lewis was a LT under Capt Henchman in King Philip's War Aug 20, 1675. Granted land at Souhegan West, now Amherst, NH for his services which his grandson, Edmund secured in 1728....

"At time of John's THIRD marriage he was 75 years of age and his wife 41. He made his will 15 days after the third marrige. His land had been deeded to his sons two months after his second marriage."[5]

http://kristinhall.org/fambly/Marshall/ThomasMarshall.html

CHILDREN 2. i. Hannath MARSHALL Hannath was born on 7 June 1640 in Reading, Middlesex co., MA[57] and died in Lynn, Essex co., MA on 15 May 1699; she was 58[4]. Lindbberg acknowledges this child[2]. On 17d:4m(June):1659 when Hannath was 18, she married Jonathon LEWIS, in Lynn, Essex co., MA[58]. He was born in 1631 in England[4] and died in Lynn, Essex co., MA in 1710; he was 79[4].

References

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Lewis_%283%29
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lewes-105
• Information about John Lewes's surname, origin and descendants is from the genealogical research of Michael A. Lewis, 11th generation lineal male descendant of Edmond Lewes of Lynn, Massachusetts, detailed in Descendants of Edmond Lewes of Lynn, Massachusetts, Arana Gulch Press, 2011.