FATHER

Thomas Doggett

MOTHER

Isabell Martine

HUSBAND

George Lewis

CHILDREN

1. Mary Lewis
    b. 27 Dec 1625

2. George Lewis
    b. 11 Nov 1627

3. Thomas Lewis
    b. 5 Jan 1630

4. James Lewis
    b. 25 Mar 1632

5. Edward Lewis
    b. 9 May 1634 

6. John Lewis
    b. 02 March 1637

7. Ephraim Lewis
    b. 23 July 1641

8. Sarah Lewis
    b. 02 Feb 1643

Mary Doggett
by Susan Brooke
Mar 2023

Mary Doggett was baptized in Horsmonden, Kent, England on 21 Sep 1600. (1) Her father died in 1621 and she inherited £30.   She married George Lewis in Horsmonden on 1 Nov 1624. (2) They lived in Brenchley, Kent, England where her first four children were christened. (3)  George Lewis was a clothier but by 1634 they were not in a good financial place.  Mary was in Stapleburst, Kent, England when the Brenchley parish deemed she could stay in Staplehurst and receive aid there. (4)  George left for Plymouth Colony when she was about 7 or 8 months pregnant.  She gave birth to her fifth child in Stablehurst, but eventually travelled with her five children to Plymouth Colony where her sixth child was born.  Her husband died in Barnstable, MA in 1634 and she was the executor of his will.  She lived unto Jul 1676. (5)

Sources

(1) Christening Record

Mary Doggete
Christened: 21 Sep 1600 Horsmonden, Kent, England
Father: Thomas Doggete

(2) Marriage Record
George Leweis to Mary Doggat  1 Nov 1624  Horsmonden, Kent, England

(3) Christening Records for children of George and Mary Lewis

Mary Lewis  27 Dec 1625 Brenchley, Kent, England,  Father: George
George Lewis 11 Nov 1627 Brenchley, Kent, England, Father: George
Thomas Lewis 6 Jan 1729 (Thomas Lewes) Brenchley, Kent, England, Father: Gorg
James Lewis 25 Mar 1631 (James Lewes) Brenchley, Kent, England,  Father George
Edward Lewis 25 May 1634 (Edward Lews) Staplehurst, Kent, England  Parents: George and Mary Lews
John Lewis 2 Mar 1637 Scituate, Plymouth, MA (John Lewes) Father: George Lewes
Ephraim Lewis  23 Jul 1641 (Ephraim Lewes) Barnstable, Plymouth, MA   Father: George Lewes
Sarah Lewis  02 Feb 1643 (Sarah Lewes) Barnstable, Plymouth, MA  Father: George Lewes

(4) Wikitree information

The Brenchley parish disagreed, and the matter ended up in court.

At its Easter Sessions, on 15 April 1634, the court considered the case. Applying the law, the oldest child, who was older than seven, could have been sent back to Brenchley, but the wife and the younger children could be sent to the place where the “husband belonged”. The court decided that the husband had become a legitimate resident of Staplehurst and elected to ignore the age of the oldest child: “It is ordered by this court that the said Mary Lewis and her children be settled and remain in Staplehurst where they now are, and the said parishioners of Staplehurst are to see them provided for according to the law.”

(5)

The American Genealogist by Jacobus
"The 14 April 1670 list of the inhabitants of Barnstable includes Edw's Lewis, Geo, Lewis, James Lewis, John Lewis, Thos. Lewis and Widow Lewis (Frederick Freeman, The History of Cape Cod: The Annals of the Thirteen Towns of Barnstable County, 2 vols. (Boston, 1862), 2: 271).

Findagrave Record

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