FATHER

Edward Lewis

MOTHER

Hannah Cobb

WIFE

Elizabeth Huckins

CHILDREN

1. Edward Lewis
    b. 06 Sep 1697
    m. 14 May 1719 Rebecca Lathrop (Barnstable)
    d. Feb 1789 Norfolk, Litchfield, CT

2. Thankful Lewis
    b. 06 Sep  1698
    m. 3 Mar 1736 John Hall (Barnstable)
    d. 7 Apr 1782 Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA

3. John Lewis
    b. 28 April 1700
    m. 96 Oct 1726 Mary Hopkins (Harwich, Barnstable, MA)
    d. Aft. 1743 Windham, CT
    (Dismissed from Brewster Church 3 Jul 1743 to Third Church of Windham, CT)

4. Elizabeth Lewis
    b. 28 Aug 1701
    m. 2 Apr 1724 Jabez Snow (Barnstable)
    d. Aft 1760  (named in her husband's will in Barnstable)

5. James Lewis
    b. 04 June 1703
    m. 20 Apr 1742 Bethia Haddeway (Barnstable)
    d. 1761 Barnstable 
    (will written 1 Jul 1761)

6. Gershom Lewis
    b. 30 Dec 1704
    m. 17 Dec 1735 Mary Maltby (Guilford, New Haven, CT)
    d. 18 Oct 1766 Litchfield, CT

7. Shubael Lewis
    b. 29 Dec 1705
    m. 5 Jun 1735 Mary Hopkins (Harwich, Barnstable, MA)
    d. 24 Aug 1766 Stafford, CT

John Lewis
by Susan Brooke
Mar 2023

John Lewis was born 1 Jan 1666 in Barnstable, MA. (1)  He was married there to Elizabeth Huckisn by Mr Russell on 4 Jun 1695.  Hew was 29 and Elizabeth was 23.  (1)  They had seven children. John Lewis wrote his will on 5 Aug 1736naming his wife and all of his children.  His son Edward, who had "already received a considerable part of his portion," received £20.  John Lewis died 5 Mar 1738 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA at the age of 72. (3)  His will was probated 25 Apr 1739.  He had been one of the South Sea Men of 1697 because of his location near open meadow land. (4)

Sources

(1) Barnstable Town Records on Ancestry.com

(2) Barnstable Probate Records
BK 5 page 323
FHL film  904599 image 527

 Will of John Lewis  5 Aug 1736  probated 25 Apr 1739.
Dearly Beloved Wife, Elizabeth
To sons James and  Shubael his real estate
To son Edward Lewis who had already received a considerable part of his portion, £20
To son John Lewis 5s together with the privilege of using a third part of my landing place at Coopers Island, etc.
To son Grisham Lewis who had already received a considerable part of his portion. £65
To daughter Elizabeth £20
To daughter Thankful £50

Abstract taken from John Howland of the Mayflower, Volume 3 by Elizabeth Pearson White

John Lewis of Barnstable, yeoman, in his will dated 5 August 1736, probated 25 April 1739, mentioned his well-beloved wife, Elizabeth, who was given the use and improvement of the new end of his dwelling house and his two best cows, furniture, sheets, napkins, tablecoths and the use of suitable and necessary household stuff for her to keep house as long as she lived.  He directed his sons, James and Shubael, to care for the cows and to provice their mother with specific amounts of grain, beef, flax, wool and firewood at her door, annually.  All of the children except James and Shubael, had already been given most of their portions earlier, but in addition he gave £20 in money to son Edward; son John was given 5 shillings together with the privilege of using one-third of his landing place at Cooper's Island, which was to revert to James and Shubael; son Gershom received £65; daughter Elizabeth Snow was given £20; and unmarried daughter Thankful received £50 in money, a feather-bed and bedstead, a golden blanket and coverlet belonging to the nice chamber, and the liberty to live in the house with her mother as long as her mother survived, and then she was to have the chamber and privileges in the lean-to oven and the cellar, only as long as she continued unmarried, "but not to have the liberty of taking any body in to live with her."  Sons James and Shubael Lewis were bequeathed equal halves in the real estate, both woodland and upland, meadows and housing, as specified in a Deed of Gift their father had made to them 2 April 1734.  In return they were to pay all of the legacies within two years of their father's death.  James and Shubael Lewis were named as joint executors.  Witnesses were John Sturgis, Jr., Thomas Huckins and Peleg West.  The will was presented for probate and acknowledged by all three witnesses 3 August 1739.

(3) Death Record
John Lewes
5 Mar 1738
Sandwich, Barnstable, MA

(4) John Lewis was "one of the South Sea men 1697" (landowners so designated because of the location of their open meadow land). Deacon John Lewes resided at Cooper's Pond.
His will proved April 25, 1737 names his wife Elizabeth and all his children. He gives real estate to his sons James and Shubael, to Edward 20 pounds, to John 5 shillings and 1/3 of dock at Cooper's island, he having already received most of his portion; and to his son Gershom and daughters Elizabeth Snow and Thankful Lewes, legacies.

Source: "Smith with Collateral Lines" compiles by Harriet Southworth (Lewis) Barnes, 1910  pg 42

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