LEWES, Thomas
- Born: 1628
- Died: 18 May 1709, at age 81
 General Notes:
Birth: East Greenwich, Kent, England
Married Mary Davis 15 Jun 1653, daughter of Captain Dolar Davis and Mar gery Williard
Their Children:
James, b. March 1654
(Married Eleanor Johnson of Falmouth)
Thomas, b. Jul 1656
Mary, b. 2 Nov 1659
Samuel, b. 14 May 1662
Nathan, b. 26 July 1678
In 1668, be became an inhabitant of Succonessit (Falmouth). He received lands at Woods Hole , Little Harbor in 1677: "to be assigned equally to every purchaser according to his proportion; beginning at the south end of the Little Neck and running W. by N. to the Great Harbor. Parallel t o this were twelve other strips of land, averaging about 7 rods in width , numbered from 1 to 13, all assigned as follows: viz., to Moses Rowley, Sr., Joseph Hull, Thos. Griffin, John Robinson, Sam'l Tilly, Nathaniel Skiff, Thomas Johnson, William Gifford, Thomas Lewis, John Jenkins, Jona than Hatch Sr., William Weeks, and Thomas Ewer. There were land laid out 10 acres to a share, in Great Neck, to the same individuals." from [Fre eman] & [B.L.Williams 11-12].
"At a meeting of the proprietors of the lands at Suckanesset (Falmouth) March 19 [1700], the proprietors, by vote, made choice of Thomas Lewis to be their clerk. Thomas Lewis was an expert chirographer, a systematic registrar, and had probably long acted in the capacity which the record of this last year of the century assigns him." [Freeman:falmouth] and [ B.L.Williams 12]
Nathan married Sarah Arey, b. 1684; daughter of Thomas Arey. The childr en of Nathan and Sarah are:
HANNAH LEWIS, b. February 13, 1705/06, Mass..
DANIEL LEWIS, b. June 24, 1708, Mass..
MARY LEWIS, b. September 11, 1710, Mass..
SARAH LEWIS, b. June 24, 1713, Mass..
NATHAN LEWIS, b. October 29, 1715, Mass..
GEORGE LEWIS, b. March 18, 1718/19, Mass..
Death Notes:
Birth ABT 1628
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