Individual Details
John LEWIS
(Bef 1 Nov 1606 - )
"(There was another unidentified John Lewis in Plymouth Colony too old to be a son of the above John. He was a servant of Mr. Vassall on 2 March 1646/7, was in trouble with the court on 9 June 1653, and had "departed this government" by 6 March 1654/5 [Plym. Col. Rec., 2:111, 3:36, 74].)"
and on p 28:
"(There was another John Lewis in Boston at the same time."
Events
| Birth | Bef 1 Nov 1606 | England |  | ||
| Baptism | 1 Nov 1606 | Brenchley, Kent, England |  | ||
| Miscellaneous | May 1610 | mentioned in grandmother's will | | ||
| Occupation | 1632 | butcher | | ||
| Marriage | 1 Mar 1631/32 | Tenterden, Kent, England - Sarah MEAD | | ||
| Arrival | Apr 1635 | on ship Hercules - Scituate, Plymouth, British America | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 2 Jan 1637/38 | Scituate, Plymouth, British America | | ||
| Occupation | 1640 | surveyor of highways - Scituate, Plymouth, British America | | ||
| Occupation | 1649 | kept an "ordinary" - Scituate, Plymouth, British America | | ||
| Marriage | 22 Nov 1659 | Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Alice MATTOCK | | | |
| Property | Bet 1662 and 1669 | sold several properties - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Occupation | Bet 1662 and 1669 | butcher - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America | |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah MEAD (1612 - 1657) |
| Child | Sarah LEWIS (1635 - ) |
| Child | Sarah LEWIS (1650 - ) |
| Spouse | Alice MATTOCK ( - ) |
| Child | Samuel LEWIS (1661 - ) |
| Child | Joseph LEWIS (1662 - ) |
| Child | Benoni LEWIS (1664 - ) |
| Child | Nathaniel LEWIS (1666 - ) |
| Father | George LEWIS ( - 1631) |
| Mother | Dennis FORMAN (1579 - 1625) |
| Sibling | Margery LEWIS (1597 - 1619) |
| Sibling | George LEWIS (1600 - 1663) |
| Sibling | James LEWIS (1603 - 1610) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth LEWIS (1613 - ) |
Notes
Birth
inferred from baptismMarriage
Wakefield: daughter of James Maddock. Her first husband (not Nathaniel Bishop) has not been identified.Endnotes
1. Robert S. Wakefield, "George and John Lewis of Brenchley, Kent, England, and Scituate, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, 68:269, pp 24-28 (January 1993), online archives, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/?pageName=311&volumeId=13132&filterQuery=databasename:american : viewed 14 March 2016), p. 24.
2. Robert S. Wakefield, "George and John Lewis of Brenchley, Kent, England, and Scituate, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, 68:269, pp 24-28 (January 1993), online archives, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/?pageName=311&volumeId=13132&filterQuery=databasename:american : viewed 14 March 2016), p. 24, "Margery Forman of Brenchley left a will, dated 6 May 1610 and proved 10 February 1611/2 which devised land to her daughter Denis for life and then to her three grandsons, George, James, and John Lewis. [Several others were mentioned.]".
3. Robert S. Wakefield, "George and John Lewis of Brenchley, Kent, England, and Scituate, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, 68:269, pp 24-28 (January 1993), online archives, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/?pageName=311&volumeId=13132&filterQuery=databasename:american : viewed 14 March 2016), p. 26.
4. Robert S. Wakefield, "George and John Lewis of Brenchley, Kent, England, and Scituate, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, 68:269, pp 24-28 (January 1993), online archives, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/?pageName=311&volumeId=13132&filterQuery=databasename:american : viewed 14 March 2016), p. 24, "John Lewis had married in Tenterden...and sailed to New England with his wife Sarah and daughter Sarah.".
5. Robert S. Wakefield, "George and John Lewis of Brenchley, Kent, England, and Scituate, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, 68:269, pp 24-28 (January 1993), online archives, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/?pageName=311&volumeId=13132&filterQuery=databasename:american : viewed 14 March 2016), p. 26.
6. Robert S. Wakefield, "George and John Lewis of Brenchley, Kent, England, and Scituate, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, 68:269, pp 24-28 (January 1993), online archives, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/?pageName=311&volumeId=13132&filterQuery=databasename:american : viewed 14 March 2016), p. 24, "George Lewis and John Lewis... first appeared in New England in 1635, in the town of Scituate, Massachusetts.".
7. Robert S. Wakefield, "George and John Lewis of Brenchley, Kent, England, and Scituate, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, 68:269, pp 24-28 (January 1993), online archives, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/?pageName=311&volumeId=13132&filterQuery=databasename:american : viewed 14 March 2016), p. 27, "Passengers on the Hercules from Sandwich, England to New England in April 1935 included John Lewis of Tenterden, wife Sarah and daughter Sarah (Peter Wilson Coldham, The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1660 [ Baltimore, 1987], 132).".
8. Robert S. Wakefield, "George and John Lewis of Brenchley, Kent, England, and Scituate, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, 68:269, pp 24-28 (January 1993), online archives, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/?pageName=311&volumeId=13132&filterQuery=databasename:american : viewed 14 March 2016), p. 27, "John Lewis was admitted as a freeman of Plymouth Colony on 2 January 1637/8 (Plym. Col. Recs., 1:74), and it was probably after that date that he was added to a list of freemen that had been compiled on 7 March 1636/7 (Plym. Col. Recs., 1:53).".
9. Robert S. Wakefield, "George and John Lewis of Brenchley, Kent, England, and Scituate, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, 68:269, pp 24-28 (January 1993), online archives, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/?pageName=311&volumeId=13132&filterQuery=databasename:american : viewed 14 March 2016), p. 27, "He resided in Scituate where he was a surveyor of highways 3 March 1639/40 and 2 June 1640 (Plym. Col. Recs., 1:141, 156).".
10. Robert S. Wakefield, "George and John Lewis of Brenchley, Kent, England, and Scituate, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, 68:269, pp 24-28 (January 1993), online archives, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/?pageName=311&volumeId=13132&filterQuery=databasename:american : viewed 14 March 2016), p. 27, "On 6 March 1648/9, he was granted a license to keep an ordinary at "Seteaat" (Plym. Col. Recs., 2:137).".
11. Robert S. Wakefield, "George and John Lewis of Brenchley, Kent, England, and Scituate, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, 68:269, pp 24-28 (January 1993), online archives, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/?pageName=311&volumeId=13132&filterQuery=databasename:american : viewed 14 March 2016), p. 27.
12. Robert S. Wakefield, "George and John Lewis of Brenchley, Kent, England, and Scituate, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, 68:269, pp 24-28 (January 1993), online archives, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/?pageName=311&volumeId=13132&filterQuery=databasename:american : viewed 14 March 2016), p. 28.
13. Robert S. Wakefield, "George and John Lewis of Brenchley, Kent, England, and Scituate, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, 68:269, pp 24-28 (January 1993), online archives, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/?pageName=311&volumeId=13132&filterQuery=databasename:american : viewed 14 March 2016), p. 28.