Generation 1

EDMUND LEWIS (c. 1601 - 1650) of Watertown and Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts

Parents:

Edmund was born about 1601. [age 33 in 1634] He died in Jan 1650. [Ref, pp. 4-7] Edmund married Mary Unknown. [Ref, pp. 4-7] She was born about 1602. [age 32 in 1634] She died on 7 : 7 : 1658 in Lynn. [Ref, wid. Edmond]

On 10 Apr 1634 Edmund, age 33, his wife Mary, age 32, his son John, age three, and his son John, age 3/4, embarked for New England on the Elizabeth. [Ref, pp. 4-7] They settled at Watertown. [Ref, pp. 4-7] Edmund was a freeman on 24 May 1636. [Ref, pp. 4-7] He was a selectman in 1638. [Ref, pp. 4-7] The family later moved to Lynn. [Ref, pp. 4-7]

Edmund signed his will on 13 : 11 : 1650. The will and inventory, amounting to pounds 122.7.6, was brought to court by the widow Mary on 25 : 12 : 1650/1. [Ref, pp. 4-7] Edmund mentions his wife, his sons John and Thomas and five unnamed younger children. [Ref, pp. 4-7]

Children of Edmund Lewis:

1. John Lewis was born about 1631. [Three in 1634]
2. Thomas Lewis was born about 1633. He died on 26 Apr 1709 in Bristol, Rhode Island. He married Hannah Baker.
3. James Lewis was born on 15 : 11 : 1635/6 in Watertown. [Ref, pp. 4-7]
4. Nathaniel Lewis was born on 25 : 6 1639 in Watertown. [Ref, pp. 4-7]
5. Unknown Lewis was buried on 6 Nov 1642, age 20 days, in Watertown. [Ref, pp. 4-7]
6. Unknown Lewis was probably born after 1642 in Lynn and was alive on 13 : 11 : 1650. [Ref, pp. 4-7]
7. Unknown Lewis was probably born after 1642 in Lynn and was alive on 13 : 11 : 1650. [Ref, pp. 4-7]

Generation 2

THOMAS LEWIS (c. 1631 - 1709) of Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts

Parents: Edmund Lewis

Thomas Lewis was born about 1631. [3/4 in 1634] He died on 26 Apr 1709, age 76, in Bristol, Rhode Island. [Ref, p. 13] He married Hannah Baker on 11 Nov 1659. [Ref, p. 13, d. Edward and Joan]

1. Elizabeth Lewis was born on the 7 Dec 1669 in Swansea. [Ref, d. Thomas]
2. Persis Lewis was born on the 15 Jan 1671 in Swansea. [Ref, d. Thomas]
3. Samuel Lewis was born on the 23 Apr 1673 in Swansea. [Ref, d. Thomas and Hannah]
4. Hepsibah Lewis was born the 15 Nov 1674 in Swansea. [Ref, d. Thomas]
5. Joseph Lewis was born on 13 May 1677 in Swansea. He died on 27 May 1742 in Haddam. He married Elizabeth Birge.
6. Deborah Lewis was born 19 Mar 1679 in Swansea. [Ref, d. Thomas]

Generation 3

JOSEPH LEWIS (1677 - 1742) of Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut

Parents: Thomas Lewis and Hannah Baker

Joseph Lewis was born on 13 May 1677 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts. [Ref, s. Thomas][Ref, p. 14, s. Thomas and Hannah] He died on 27 May 1742, age about 65, in Haddam. [Ref] He married Elizabeth Birge. [Ref, p. 24, d. John and Sarah of Bristol]

1. Deborah Lewis was born on 16 Apr 1721 in Haddam. [Ref, p. 25] She married Daniel Clark. [Ref, p. 25]
2. John Lewis was born on 14 Apr 1723 in Haddam. [Ref, s. Joseph] He married Deborah Unknown on 21 Jun 1744 in Haddam. [Ref]
   some descendants of John Lewis

Generation 4

DEBORAH LEWIS (b. 1721)

Parents: Joseph Lewis and Elizabeth Birge

Deborah Lewis was born on 16 Apr 1721 in Haddam. [Ref, d. Joseph] She is buried in Haddam. [Ref, 3;109] She married Daniel Clark. [Ref, 3;109]

References

AmericanAncestors.org, Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.

Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, New York: Lewis Publishing co., 1911.

Lewis, George Harlan, Edmund Lewis of Lynn, Massachusetts and some of his descendants, Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 1908.

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010).