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Lewes Lewes / Lewas / Lewis George LEWIS born 1571 Brenchley Kent ENG died 7/11/1631 Brenchley buried 7/11 Spouse: Dennis FOREMAN born circa 1575? christened 8/15/1579 Brenchley Kent ENG died 1/10/1625-6 Brenchley; married 5/24/1596 Brenchley Children: George born 8/31/1600
George LEWES, clothier, Plymouth, born 8/31/1600 Brenchley Kent ENG chr 8/31/1600 killed by the Indians at Blackstone's farm, Barnstable, 3/26/1676, founder of Barnstable 1639, Scituate 1636 Spouse: (1) Sarah JENKINS born Isle of Edwards ENG, married circa 1626, died MA; George married 1634 (2) Mary Fuller, Sarah forward were her children Children: George married Mary Lombard 1654 Scituate; Thomas married Mary Davis 1653 Scituate; Edward; James born 3/25/1632 married Sarah Lane 10/31/1655; John born 1637 died 1676 Rehoboth Bristol MA; Jabez; Mary born 1623 ENG married John Bryant 1643 Scituate; Sarah born 1643 Barnstable married 1st James Cobb 2nd Jonathan Sparrow; Nathaniel born 1645 Barnstable died 10/13/1683 Swansea Bristol MA; Joseph born 1647 Barnstable died 1675 Swansea married Mary Jones 1671 Scituate; Ephraim born 1641 Barnstable MA
James LEWES, Lieutenant, Barnstable Co., born 3/25/1632 Brenchley Kent ENG chr 3/25/1632 died 10/4/1713 Scituate MA Spouse: Sarah LANE married 10/31/1655 Scituate Children: Susanna married Lazarus Beal; Hannah born 1674 Barnstable married Jedediah Lombard Jr 11/8/1699 Barnstable; Joseph born 1676 married Sarah Marsh; John born 10/29/1656 married Hannah Lincoln of Hingham and had 9 children; Samuel born 4/10/1659; Sarah born 3/4/1661; James born 6/3/1664; Ebenezer born 1668; Mary born 1670; George born 1672
Susanna LEWES born 1666 Barnstable Plymouth MA Spouse: Lazarus BEAL married 2/18/1690 Barnstable (2) Benjamin Eaton 3/11/1728-9 Children: Lazarus born 10/28/1691; Susanna born 11/14/1692; Mercy born 10/20/1694 died young; Sarah born 4/4/1696; Rachel born 10/15/1697 died 10/13/1700 Hingham; Leah born 8/26/1699; Ebenezer born 7/17/1701 died 9/23/1762 Hingham married Elizabeth Low 5/21/1724; Rachel born 8/20/1703 died 11/25/1703 Hingham; Kezia born 10/19/1704 died 9/2/1705 Hingham; Obadiah born 6/5/1706 died 10/1/1723 Hingham; all born Hingham MA Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families pg 172: George from E. Greenwich ENG mc 1634 Sarah Jenkins and had Mary, Thomas, George, James, John, Joseph, Nathaniel Founders & Patriots: Lewis, George (c1600- a Mar 3 1662/3) m c 1626 Sarah Jenkins MA Amer Gen II: Lewis, George (d 1662) from East Greenwich Co Kent Eng to Plymouth MA 1630; one of the first makers of cloth at Scituate MA; a founder of Barnstable 1639 where he died; married Sarah Jenkins Mayflower Increasings pg 55: Benjamin Eaton m 2nd, 3/11/1728/9, Hingham, Susanna (LEWIS) Beal (dau of James Lewis & Sarah Lane) bc 4/1669, poss Barnstable, d 4/13/1739 Kingston "ae 70 (the same month she died)" (Susanna m 1st 2/18/1689/90, Barnstable, Lazarus Beal). Pg 26: Jonathan Sparrow m 3rd 11/23/1698 Barnstable, Sarah (Lewis) Cobb (dau of George Lewis & Sarah Jenkins) b 2/2/1643 Barnstable d 2/11/1735 92nd yr Barnstable. Sarah m 1st 12/26/1663 Barnstable, James Cobb. They had 11 children. Topographical pg 79: LEWIS, George; Greenwich Kent; Scituate; Ref Farmer Pioneers of MA pg 285: LEWIS, LEWES, George, clothier, Plymouth. Rem to Scituate; adm chh 9/20/1635. His house and that of goodman Lewis, Jr. men by Parson Lothrop as being in Sci in 1636. Rem to Barnstable. Frm 6/3/1657. Wife Mary; ch John bapt 3/11/1637; Ephraim bapt 7/25/1641; Sarah bapt 2/11/1643. Will prob 3/3/1663; wife Mary; ch Ephraim, George, Thomas, James, Edward, John, Sarah. His dau Mary m 11/14/1643 John Bryant, Jr. [Reg VI 185] Note. The id of the ch is difficult owing to the similarity of names in the several families. Vol VI pg 788: Lewis, George (d 1662) from E. Greenwich co Kent Eng to Plymouth MA 1636; one of the 1st makers of cloth at Scituate 1634; a founder of Barnstable 1639 where he d; m Sarah Jenkins m 2d Mary Fuller Gen Reg of First Settlers of NE 178: LEWIS; GEORGE, Scituate 1636, came from East-Greenwich in Kent, England, and was admitted a member of the church in Plymouth; dismissed 23 Nov 1634 and settled in Scituate, from whence he removed to Barnstable, and was killed by the Indians at Blackstone's farm, 26 March, 1676. His wife was Sarah Jenkins, whom he m in England, and his children were, 1. George; 2. Thomas; 3. Edward; 4. James, who m Sarah Lane, and had 10 children, of whom John, the eldest, was b 29 Sept 1656, m Hannah Lincoln, of Hingham, where he resided and had 9 children, the 2d of whom was Rev. Daniel Lewis, of Pembroke, Mass, b 29 Sept 1685, grad at H.C. 1707, ordained 3 Dec 1712, d 29 June 1753 ae 68, 5. John; 6. Jabez; 7. Mary; 8. Sarah. Daniel Lewis, H.C. 1734, was son of Rev. Daniel. Hon. John Lewis, of North Yarmouth ME a senator of MA was son to a brother of Rev. Daniel and d. 4 March 1803 ae 85. A. Lewis, MS Letter. Gen Dictionary of NE CD#169: LEWIS GEORGE, Plymouth, and Scituate, where he join. the ch. 20
Sept. 1635, a clothier, was from East Greenwich, in Kent, bef. 1633, and rem. to Barnstable bef. 1641, had in Eng. m. Sarah
Jenkins, by her had sev. ch. b. there, as Mary, wh. m. 14 Nov. 1643, John Bryant;
prob. George; and Thomas; perhaps Edward; Jabez, wh. d. unm.; and James, but at S. had John, b. 2, bapt. 11 Mar. 1638; and at B. had
Ephraim, 23, bapt. 25 July 1641; and Sarah, 2, bapt. 11 Feb. 1644; but we know not the date of his d. yet it was prob. aft. 1663, for his
will was brot. forward 3 Mar. 1664. It names w. Mary, s. Ephraim, George, Thomas, James, Edward, John, and d. Sarah. John was k. by
the Ind. unm. 26 Mar. 1676, under capt. Pierce. His d. Mary, wh. had m. 14 Nov. 1643 John Bryant of Scituate, and had seven ch. was d.
seven yrs. bef. her f.; and Sarah m. 26 Dec. 1663, James Cobb, and, next, 23 Nov. 1698, Jonathan Sparrow. He had, in 1658, with Richard
Foxwell, purchas. lds. at Scarborough, but both soon came back. GEORGE, Barnstable, 8. of the preced. b. in Eng. prob. m. Dec. 1654,
Mary, d. of Bernard Lumbard, had George, b. Sept. 1655; Mary, 9 May 1657; Sarah; 12 Jan. 1660; Hannah, July 1662 ; d. at 5 yrs.;
Melatiah, 13 Jan. 1661; Bathshua, Oct. 1667; Jabez, 10 June 1670; Benjamin, 22 Nov. 1671; Jonathan, 25 July 1674; John, 1 Dec. 1676;
and Nathan, 26 July 1678; and he d. 20 Mar. 1710. The Indian Attack upon Casco pg 289: Honored Mother - After my duty & my wifes presented to your selfe these may inform you of our present health, of our present being when other of our friends are by the barbarous heathen cut off from having a being in this World. The Lord of late hath renewed his witnesses against vs, & hath dealth very bitterly with vs in that we are deprived of the Societie of our nearest friends by the breaking in of the adversarie against us: On Friday last in the morning your own Son with your two Sons in Law, Anthony & Thomas Bracket & their whole families were Killed & taken by the Indians, we Know not how, tis certainly known by us that Thomas is slain & his wife & children carried away captive, & of Anthony & his familie we haue no tidings & therefore think that they might be captivated the night before because of the remoteness of their habitation from neighborhood. G Corban & all his family G Lewis & his wife, James Ross & all his family, G Durham, John Munjoy, & Daniel Wakely, Benjamin Hadwell & all his family are lost, all slain by Sun an hour high in the Morning & after. G Wallis his dwelling house & none besides his is burnt, there are of men salin 11, of women & children 23 killed & taken; we that are aliue are forced upon Mr. Andrewes his Island to Secure our own & the lines of our families. we haue but little prouision & are so few in number that we are not able to bury the dead til more strength come to us, the desire of the people to your Selfe is that you would be pleased to Speak to Mr. Munjoy & Deacon Philips that they would entreat the Governour that forthwith aid might be Sent to us either to fight the enemie out of our borders that our English Corm may be inned in wherby we may comfortably liue or remoue vs out of danger that we may prouide for our Selues elswhere, hauing no more at present but desiring your prayers to God for his preservation of vs in these times of danger, I rest Your dutifull Son from Casco-bay 14.6.76. Thaddeus Clark. remember my Loue to my sister & Genealogical& Family History of ME: George Lewes of East Greenwich in Kent was a clothier and probably followed his trade in London before coming to New England. It is quite probable that he was a member of Mr Lothrop's church in London at the time of its disruption in 1632, and he evidently emigrated shortly afterward as he was in Plymouth Massachusetts in 1633 and two years later he rejoined his former pastor in Scituate where he was admitted a freeman in 1636 37. His home in Scituate was located on Kent street, the residents of which were mostly from that county in the mother country and known as the men of Kent. In 1639 he sold his property in order to remove with Mr Lothrop and the other church members to Barnstable and in common with the rest he received land grants in the latter place. He served as surveyor of highways in 1648 and 1650 rendered jury duty in 1649 and was constable in 1651 He was an honest man and a sincere Christian whose chief desire was to live in peace with his fellowmen to avoid actions at law and to yield rather than contend with his neighbors. He died in Barnstable in 1662 or 1663. His first wife whom he married in England about 1626 was Sarah Jenkins, a sister of Edward Jenkins who was subsequently a resident of Scituate. She accompanied him to America and died in Barnstable. The maiden surname of his second wife is unknown but her given name was Mary and she was living in 1670. He was the father of eight children five of whom were probably born in England. Their names were Mary Thomas George James Edward John Ephraim and NB. These children are not given in the order of their birth. II Lieutenant James son of George and Sarah Jenkins Lewes was born in England in 1631. Although compelled to work hard from daylight to dark he nevertheless found the means of gratifying a desire for the acquisition of knowledge by devoting the long winter evenings to study under the direction of the pastor and at his majority he was well prepared for the business of life. Like his father he was both honest and industrious but unlike his progenitor he possessed the faculty of acquiring property and he became wealthy. He was made a freeman in 1658 rendered the customary jury service was for many years an officer in the local militia company and probably served in King Philip's war, was a selectman for the years 1679 81 89 90, but did not unite with the church until 1699 when he was sixty eight years old. He died October 4 1713. His will was dated May 8 1713 and proved October 17 of that year. October 31 1655 he married Sarah daughter of George Lane of Hingham. Their children all born in Barnstable were John Samuel Sarah James Ebenezer George Joseph Susannah Mary and Hannah. III Ebenezer fourth son and fifth child of Lieutenant James and Sarah Lane Lewes was born in Barnstable December 20 1666. He acquired both wealth and prominence was one of the most able business men of Barnstable in his day held various town offices and was judge of the court of common pleas. The date of his death does not appear in the records at hand In 1691 he married Anna daughter of Hon Barnabas Lothrop and on February 28 1728 he married for his second wife Rebecca Sturgis of Yarmouth. The latter died April 10 1734 aged sixty five years. His children all of his first union were Sarah Susannah James Ebenezer Hannah Lothrop George Nathaniel John David and Abigail. NE Historical & Genealogical Register 1863: GENEALOGY OF THE LEWIS FAMILY Prepared by Jon v H SHEPPAKD AM of Boston I GEORGE LEWIS came out here before 1633 from East Greenwich in Kent Eng m Sarah Jenkins of that country sister of Edward Jenkins clothier who afterwards emigrated to Plymouth Mr Lewis was dismissed from the Plymouth Church in 1634 and joined the church in Scituate as appears by the church records Sept 20 1635 where he had lands he was enrolled in the list of freemen at New Plymouth March 7 1636 and removed to Scituate where with certain freemen in 1637 he petitioned the court for more land his allotment being insufficient for his support and the petition was granted From thence he removed to Barnstable in 1640 where he resided till his death which in Farmer's Genealogical Register p 178 is stated to have been March 26 1676 when he was killed by the Indians at Blackstone farm but this is an error as the date applies to his son for he died in 1663 as his will was presented for probate at Barn stable March 3 1662 3 See NE His and Gen Register vol vi p 185 also Savage's Geneal Dictionary II 1 CHILDREN OF GEORGE LEWIS 2 Mary b about 1623 m John Bryant of Scituate Nov 14 1643 d 1656 They had seven children 3 Thomas b in England m Mary Davis June 15 1653 was one of the first settlers of Swansey and selectman there twice m 4 George b in England m Mary dau of Barnard Lombard of Scitnate December 1654 d March 20 1710 5 JAMES b 1631 in Scituate m Sarah Lane Oct 31 1655 dau of George Lane of Hingham was admitted freeman in 1658 was selectman of Barn stable 1660 1679 and 1681 Plymouth Col Records and from his military rank was called in the records Lieut Lewis There was a Select Court in each town and he was appointed one of the three justices for Barnstable d Oct 4 1713 a 82 6 John b at Scituate Oct 29 1637 m Margaret In the year 1676 the time ofthat bloody and destructive war with the Indians under King Philip he was in the battle called Pierce's fight which took place in Rehoboth near Mount Hope the residence of that celebrated Sachem Capt Michael Pierce of Scituate commanded the brave band consisting of 63 English and 20 Cape Cod Indians They were decoyed by the wily foe into an ambueb surrounded by 500 Indians and after fighting heroically were nearly all slain save only 8 English and 10 Indian allies who escaped John Lewis was slain in this battle which took place on the sabbath day March 26 1670 in his 39th year he had only one son b July 1638 7 Ephraim b at Barn stable July 23 1641 and bap 25th In Dr Stiles copy of Records of Churches of Scituate and Barnstable is the following 28 Goodman Lewis Sr joined September 20 1635 and again Ephraim son of George Lewis July 25 1644 See NE His and Gen Register vol ix p 282 PS This is named because Ephraim aud Edward were supposed by Mr Drake to be the same person The will of George Lewis exhibited Mar 3 1663 at Barnstable speaks of both lug vol vi p 185 8 Sarah b Feb 2 1643 m Dec 26 1663 1st James Cobb and 2d Jonathan Sparrow Nov 23 1698 9 Nathaniel b 1645 ra removed to Swansey where he had a son Nathaniel 1673 he d Oct 1 1683 10 Joseph b 1647 ra Mary Jones removed to Swansey and was killed by the Indians in the war June 1675 Deane's Hist of Scituate p 303 he left two children 11 Edward m Hannah Cobb May 9th 1661 |
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