John Lewis of New London

John Lewis

• Birth: Nov. 1, 1606 Brenchley Tunbridge Wells Borough Kent, England
• Death: Dec. 8, 1678 North Stonington New London County Connecticut, USA

Biography

HISTORY OF NEW LONDON COUNTY, CONNECTICUT, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF ITS PIONEERS AND PROMINENT MEN. COMPILED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF D. HAMILTON HURD J. W. LEWIS & CO., PHILADELPHIA, 1882 PRESS OF J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., PHILADELPHIA [transcribed by Janece Streig link

John LEWIS died Dec. 8, 1676. The name John LEWIS is found several times repeated among the early emigrants to New England. One came over in the "Hercules" from Sandwich in 1635, with wife, Sarah, and one child, and was enrolled as from Tenterden, in Kent.2 [2. Savage. Gleaning in Mass. Hist. Coll., 3d series, vol. Viii, p. 275.] This is probably the same that appears on the list of freemen in Scituate, Mass., 1637.3 [3. Deane's Hist. Scituate, p. 304.] He afterwards disappears from the records of that town, and we suppose him to be the John LEWIS who came to New London, 1648.
John LEWIS, of New London, had a son John, who was a young man in 1670, constable in 1681, and after 1700 sergeant of the train-bands. He married Elizabeth HUNTLEY, of Lyme, where his oldest son, John (3), settled. Sergt. John LEWIS was himself instantly killed, as he sat on horseback, by the sudden fall of the limb of a tree which men were cutting, May 9, 1717.

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John Lewis is the son of George Lewis and Denice Forman from Brenchley,Kent, England. John was twice married:

1st. Sarah Mead-b29 Nov 1612-d.12 May 1657-m.21 Feb 1630/31. Married while in England after their second child was born as they arrived in the ship "Hercules" in 1635:

1. Sarah Lewis-3 Mar 1633-1650
2. John Lewis-12 Jul 1634-9 May 1717
3. Sarah II Lewis-5 Jan 1650

Sarah his wife died 12 May 1657 in Boston,Suffolk Co.,MA. where Sarah, daughter also died in 1650 and believed to be buried there, but not crtain.

John married second to Alice (Mattock) Bishop on 22 Nov 1659 in Boston and they are parents of four children born in Boston:

1. Samuel Lewis-18 Jun 1660
2. Joseph Lewis-4 Feb 1661
3. Benoni Lewis-25 Jan 1663
4. Nathaniel Lewis-5 Jul 1666-8 Jan 1680

John Lewis and his second wife are believed to be buried in Lewis Burial Ground, where seven generations of Lewis' are interned. This cemetery is located near the southern boarder of CN. and RI..

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Parents:

 George Lewis (1571 - 1631)

 Denice Forman Lewis (1579 - 1626)

Children:

 John Lewis (1634 - 1717)*

• Calculated relationship

Burial: Lewis Cemetery North Stonington New London County Connecticut, USA

GEDCOM Note

They had four children; one son who died without issue and three daughters, of whom one married a Royal and on married a Tyler. Source Link: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000175875665826label=@S256@

Does not seem to be the son of Edward Lewis

Biography

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John Lewis

• Birth: 1606 Fordwich, England
• Baptized: 01 NOV 1606
• 1st Marriage: 01 MAR 1631/32 to Sarah Mead in Tenterden, Kent, England
• Birth of Son: 1630?
• Name: John Lewis
• Immigrated: 28 MAR 1634/35 Came from Tenterden, Kent, England to Massachusetts Bay
• Note: “John Lewis of Tenterden & Sarah his wife,” along wtih “Sarah Lewes,” their child, were enrolled at Sandwich as passengers for New England on the “Hercules”
• Lived in: First Settled in Scituate, Massachusetts
• Moved to: BEF 1650 to Boston
• 2nd Marriage: 22 NOV 1659 to Alice Bishop, widow (Daughter of James Mattocks)
• Death: unknown
• Parents are George Lewis and Dennis Forman

Sarah Mead

• Birth: unknown
• Death: 12 JUL 1657 Boston, Massachusetts
• Parents are unknown

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• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Jul 14 2021, 17:10:13 UTC