John Lewis^[1]

Abt 1611 - 1657  (46 years)

• Name	John Lewis
  Birth	Abt 1611	Tenterden, Kent, England, United Kingdom   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	64F1B7933BA84613B231A3BAECD8F1DFAF8F
  Death	16 Sep 1657	Malden, Middlesex, MA, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I491	Donnelly and Dancey | Dancey_Branch
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2011

  
  

  Family 1	Margerite ....   d. 10 Apr 1649, Malden, Middlesex, MA, USA
  Children	1. John Lewis,   b. 12 Sep 1638, Malden, Middlesex, MA, USA d. Yes, date unknown   2. Joseph Lewis,   b. Abt 29 Jan 1639 OR 29 Jan 1640, New London, New London, CT, USA d. 1680, Simsbury, Hartford, CT, USA (Age 39 years)   3. Mary Lewis,   b. Abt 29 Jan 1639 OR 29 Jan 1640   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Samuel Lewis,   b. 24 Apr 1641   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Elizabeth Lewis,   b. 10 Jul 1642   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Sarah Lewis,   b. 24 Dec 1647   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Brown,   b. Abt 1630, Watertown, Middlesex, MA, USA d. 16 Sep 1657, Malden, Middlesex, MA, USA (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	10 Apr 1650	Malden, Middlesex, MA, USA   [4]
  Children	1. Hannah Lewis,   b. Malden, Middlesex, MA, USA   2. Isaac Lewis,   b. Malden, Middlesex, MA, USA   3. Abraham Lewis,   b. 10 Dec 1650, Malden, Middlesex, MA, USA d. Romney Marsh, Kent, England, United Kingdom   4. Johnathan Lewis,   b. 4 Jan 1651 OR 4 Jan 1652, Malden, Middlesex, MA, USA d. 10 Feb 1651 OR 10 Feb 1652, Malden, Middlesex, MA, USA (Age 0 years) + 5. Mary Lewis,   b. Jan 1652 OR Jan 1653, Malden, Middlesex, MA, USA d. 30 Jan 1740 OR 30 Jan 1741, Guilford, New Haven, CT, USA (Age 88 years)   6. Trial Lewis,   b. Jan 1657 OR Jan 1658, Malden, Middlesex, MA, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1611 - Tenterden, Kent, England, United Kingdom Marriage - 10 Apr 1650 - Malden, Middlesex, MA, USA Death - 16 Sep 1657 - Malden, Middlesex, MA, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  First record of him in America is Charlestown, MA in 1634, freeman in1646, m: 1st Margaret ...., d: 1649, m: 2nd 1650, Mary Brown (d/o Abraham& Lydia of Watertown. From " The Genealogy of the Descendants of Samuel Penfield" "Is said to have come from Wales in 1632, being known to his neighborsas "John, the Welshman". In John Farmer's "Genealogical Register of theFirst Settlers of New England" on p 149 is listed John Lewis ofCharlestown Mass. 1632, and one of the first settlers of Malden. "Historyof Charlestown, Mass." lists him as an inhabitant there in 1634 and asbeing admitted to the Church 10 Sept. 1644. The "History of Malden"lists John Lewis, who 'Settled on a 5 acre lot in ye common field' andgave his name to a bridge over a stream, running through his property.Lewis' bridge retained its name for many years, until brook and bridgedisappeared in development projects. The first wife of John Lewis wasMargaret ...., who died Apr. 1649. He m. (2) 10 Apr. 1650, Mary Browne,the 2nd of 6 children, b. ? Hawkedon, England, the dau. of Abraham andLydia Browne. John Lewis died in Malden 16 Sept. 1657. His wife latermarried a Mr. Cutler, as 2nd husband. This record from "Old History ofWatertown, Mass." From Charlestown Genealogies and Estates: Estate.--Had 4 acres planting ground, 1635-6. Had 10 acre lot Mysticside (1637). Possessions, 6 lots:(1) House, sw of Mill hill--N E JosephHills; S E E. Johnson; N W I. Cole; S W Crooked lane. (2) 1 acre Mysticmarshes, E of East Spring betwixt James Greene and James Matthews. (3) 1cow common. (4) 4 acres arable land--S E, Philip Drinker; S W Camb. line;N E Common; N W Thomas Squire. (5) 5 acres woods Mystic field--s,highway towards South River; N, Common; one side T Squire. (6) 23 acresWaterfield--N W Edward Johnson, John Sibley; S E Benjamin Hubbard; S W W.Dade; N E J. Woolrich.

  
  

• Sources

  [S70] CFUS. [S71] "The Dinghy", Vol 3, #6, 1/90, New England Families,William R. Cutter, V-I p23. [S72] Charlestown Genealogies and Estates. [S143] "The Dinghy", Vol 3, #1, 2/90, Charlestown Genealogies and Estates.