Jewett, Joseph

Capt. Joseph JEWETT Jr (1656 - 1694) and Ruth WOOD (1662 - 1734)

my 8g-grandparents

Joseph JEWETT Jr was born 1 Feb 1656 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. His parents were Joseph JEWETT Sr, and his second wife, Ann, Joseph Sr had emigrated from Bradford, West Riding, Yorkshire, England in 1638, with his first wife and child, and his older brother Maximilian. They settled in Rowley, about 20 miles north of Boston.

Joseph JEWETT Sr died, and was buried on 26 Feb 1660, when Joseph Jr had just turned 4 years old, and Joseph Jr came under the guardianship of his uncle, Maximilian JEWETT.

Ruth WOOD was born 21 Jul 1662 in Rowley, daughter of Thomas WOOD and Ann HUNT.

Joseph was called a carpenter in the Rowley records, and later a merchant. Toward the end of his short life he was known as Captain. He was a soldier in Capt. Samuel BROCKLEBANK’s Co., in King Philip’s War (1675 - 1678), and one of the few survivors of the Sudbury Massacre, having been stationed at Marlboro at that time. [GBB, pp. 189-90]

Joseph and Ruth were married on 16 Jan 1680/81 in Rowley. He was 24, already a military veteran, and she was 18. They lived in Ipswich from 1681 to 1685, where their first 4 children were born, but came back to Rowley, had 5 more children. Joseph died on 30 Oct 1694 in Rowley, at age 38, after 13 years of marriage. He was survived by 7 of his 9 children, aged 8 months to 13 years.

Ruth married (2) on 26 Oct 1696 to John LUNT, a tavern keeper in Rowley, born 22 Oct 1669 in Newbury, Essex, MA. She was 34 and he was 27. They had 4 or 5 children, in Rowley. She died on 29 Oct 1734 in Rowley, at age 72, and John died 22 Apr 1741 in Salisbury, Essex, MA, at age 71. They had been married 38 years.

Although John LUNT only outlived Ruth by less than 7 years, he remarried twice after she died. He married (2) Ann, widow of John RICHARDSON, on 18 Mar 1734/35, and (3) Mary FLANDERS on 12 Nov 1737.

For more information on Rowley and Ipswich, see my Essex Co MA page.

Descendants of Ruth WOOD

Ruth WOOD was married twice, and had several children. The first 4 were born in Ipswich, and the next 5 in Rowley. These 9 were children of Capt. Joseph JEWETT. The next 4 or 5, also born in Rowley, were children of Ruth's second husband, John LUNT. All of Ruth's children remained in northwestern MA, as far as I know.

1 Ruth WOOD b: 21 Jul 1662 in Rowley, d: 29 Oct 1734 in Rowley, age 72

+ Capt. Joseph JEWETT b: 01 Feb 1656 in Rowley, m: 16 Jan 1680/81 in Rowley, d: 30 Oct 1694 in Rowley, age 38
......2 Ruth JEWETT b: 1681 in Ipswich, Essex, MA, d: 28 Nov 1728 in Dracut, Middlesex, MA, age 47
...... + Col. Joseph VARNUM b: 15 Mar 1672 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA, m: 03 Oct 1697 in Rowley, d: 23 Dec 1749 in Dracut, Middlesex, MA, age 77
......2 Joshua JEWETT b: 26 Aug 1683 in Ipswich, Essex, MA, d: 15 Oct 1684, age 13 months
......2 Hannah Twin JEWETT b: 03 Apr 1685 in Ipswich, Essex, MA, d: 23 Nov 1685 in Ipswich, Essex, MA, age 7 months
......2 Elizabeth JEWETT b: 03 Apr 1685 in Ipswich, Essex, MA, d: 1713, age 27 or 28
......2 Joseph JEWETT b: 10 Apr 1687 in Rowley, d: 10 Aug 1747 in Rowley, age 60
...... + Mary HIBBERT b: 1690 in Rowley, m: 27 Mar 1706 in Rowley, d: 26 Jun 1732 in Rowley, age 42
...... + Mary PAYSON bapt: 25 Sep 1687 in Rowley, m: 06 Nov 1732, d: 22 Jan 1748/49, age 61+
......2 Sarah JEWETT b: 03 Feb 1689 in Rowley, d: 20 Nov 1722 in Rowley, age 33
...... + Samuel PRIME b: 29 Dec 1675 in Rowley, m: 23 Mar 1706 in Rowley, d: 04 Mar 1718 in Rowley, age 42
...... + Robert ROGERS b: 20 Feb 1682 in Ipswich, Essex, MA, m: 07 Oct 1718 in Rowley, d: 18 Apr 1723 in Rowley, age 41
......2 Priscilla JEWETT b: 01 Feb 1690 in Rowley, d: 13 Apr 1777 in Lunenburg, Worcester, MA, age 87
...... + Hilkiah BOYNTON b: 19 Nov 1687 in Rowley, m: 2 Feb 1709 in Rowley, d: 16 Nov 1745 in Lunenburg, Worcester, MA, age 67
......2 Johanna JEWETT b: 12 Apr 1693 in Rowley, d: 26 Jul 1748 in Rowley, age 55
...... + Lieut. Jonathan PICKARD b: 1687 in Rowley, m: 08 Apr 1710 in Rowley, d: 25 Jan 1734/35 in Rowley, age 47
......2 Lieut. Joshua JEWETT b: 16 Feb 1694/95 in Rowley, d: 31 Oct 1760, age 65
...... + Mary TODD b: 21 Sep 1696 in Rowley, m: 04 Apr 1715 in Rowley, d: 01 Sep 1775 in Rowley, age 78

+ John LUNT b: 22 Oct 1669 in Newbury, Essex, MA, m: 26 Oct 1696 in Rowley, d: 22 Apr 1741 in Salisbury, Essex, MA, age 71
......2 Daniel LUNT b: 16 Aug 1697 in Rowley, d: 05 Nov 1697 in Rowley, age 2 months
......2 Mary LUNT b: 09 Oct 1698 in Rowley, d: 17 Dec 1717 , age 19; unmarried
......2 Ruth LUNT b: 14 Aug 1701 in Rowley, d: 19 Sep 1732, age 31
...... + John TODD b: 16 Apr 1688, m: 25 Feb 1715/16 in Rowley, d: 1770 in MA, age 82
......2 Abigail LUNT b: 02 Jun 1703 in Rowley, d: 11 Jul 1723 in Rowley, age 20
...... + Moses BRADSTREET bapt: 27 Feb 1697/98 in Rowley, m: 10 Sep 1720 in Ipswich, Essex, MA, d: 15 Feb 1727 in Rowley, age 28 or29

1. Ruth JEWETT was born about 1681 in Ipswich, and died 28 Nov 1728 in Dracut, Middlesex, MA. She married on 3 Oct 1697 in Rowley, to Col. Joseph VARNUM, born 15 Mar 1672 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA, died 23 Dec 1749 in Dracut, Middlesex, MA. [VD, p. 117-8]

The Old Garrison House, residence of Col. Joseph VARNUM, in Dracut, MA. [VD, p. 123]

Ruth and Joseph lived in Dracut, Middlesex County, MA, where Joseph was chosen in 1721 as the first delegate to represent Dracut, at the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Later in life, Joseph married (2) on 14 Dec 1743 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA to Mary M. BARRON, born about 1680, in MA. He was 71 and she was about 63.

For brevity: Rowley is in Essex County, MA and Dracut is in Middlesex County, MA.

1 Col. Joseph VARNUM b: 15 Mar 1672 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA, d: 23 Dec 1749 in Dracut

+ Ruth JEWETT b: 1681 in Ipswich, Essex, MA, m: 03 Oct 1697 in Rowley, d: 28 Nov 1728 in Dracut
......2 Sarah VARNUM b: 14 Dec 1698 in Dracut, d: 30 Aug 1731 in Dracut
...... + Samuel PLATTS b: 30 Jan 1693/94, m: 23 Feb 1714/15 in Rowley, d: 1765 in MA
......2 Ruth VARNUM b: 05 Feb 1702/03 in Dracut, d: 11 Oct 1774 in Pepperell, Middlesex, MA
...... + James COLBURN b: 31 Jan 1689/90, m: 04 Dec 1719
......2 Mary VARNUM b: 06 Jul 1707 in Rowley, d: 17 Sep 1759 in Hudson, Middlesex, MA
...... + Abel PLATTS b: 06 Feb 1704 in Rowley, m: 21 Apr 1725 in Rowley, d: 23 Jul 1777 in Rindge, Cheshire, NH
......2 Joseph VARNUM b: 07 May 1710 in Dracut, d: 26 Aug 1783 in MA
...... + Rachel GOODHUE b: 28 Jun 1719, m: 25 May 1739 in Dracut, d: 16 Mar 1746/47
...... + Abiah MITCHELL b: 13 Jan 1727/28 in Haverhill, Essex, MA, m: 15 Aug 1747 in Dracut, d: 27 Dec 1753 in MA
...... + Anna CROSBY b: 29 Apr 1708 in Billerica, Middlesex, MA, m: 17 Jan 1761 in Dracut, d: 26 Nov 1778 in MA
......2 Major Samuel VARNUM b: 21 Feb 1714/15 in Dracut, d: 17 Apr 1797 in Kennebec, ME
...... + Mary PRIME m: 04 Jan 1736/37, d: 08 Jun 1737
...... + Hannah MITCHELL b: 21 May 1721 in Haverhill, Essex, MA, m: 26 Oct 1738 in Dracut, d: 02 Jul 1795 in Dracut
......2 Deborah VARNUM b: 31 Dec 1718 in Dracut, d: died young
......2 John VARNUM b: 08 Sep 1721 in Dracut, d: 26 Jul 1786 in Dracut
...... + Anna STANLE b: 02 Dec 1720 in Haverhill, Essex, MA, m: 28 Aug 1741 in Dracut, d: 1789 in Methuen, Essex, MA

+ Mary M. BARRON b: Abt. 1680 in MA, m: 14 Dec 1743 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA

The house that Samuel PLATTS (husband of Sarah VARNUM) inherited from his father, James PLATTS, in Rowley, "on the southerly side of Main Street, nearly opposite the southerly end of Pleasant Street." [GBB, pp. 309-10]

Major Samuel VARNUM and his 2nd wife, Hannah MITCHELL, had 12 children, in Dracut. One of the children was Joseph Bradley VARNUM, born 29 Jan 1749/50 (some records have 1750/51) in Dracut, died 11 Sep 1821 in Dracut. He married on 26 Jan 1773 in Pelham, Hillsborough, NH to Molly BUTLER, who was born 4 Jun 1750 in Pelham, and died 17 Apr 1833 in Dracut.

Joseph Bradley VARNUM had a distinguished career in the military and in politics. He was already a Captain at age 18, and commanded the militia company from Dracut in the American Revolution, He continued to rise in the ranks, eventually attaining the rank of major general in 1805. He was a member of the U.S. House from 1795 to 1811, and was Speaker of the House from 1807 to 1811. He served in the U.S. Senate from 1811 to 1817, and was the Senate's President pro tempore from 1813 to 1814.

Joseph Bradley VARNUM (1750 - 1821)

Molly (BUTLER) VARNUM (1750 - 1833)

2. Joshua JEWETT was born 26 Aug 1683 in Ipswich, and died 15 Oct 1684 in Ipswich, age 13 months. [JA, Vol. I, p. 35]

However [GBB, p. 190] says he died 15 Oct 1694, not 1684. Joshua and Ruth reused the name, as their son Joshua JEWETT was born 16 Feb 1693 [JA, Vol. I, p. 35] or 16 Feb 1694/95 [GBB, p. 190]. Records for the 2nd Joshua favor [GBB].

3. Hannah JEWETT was born 3 Apr 1685 in Ipswich, Essex, and died 23 Nov 1685 in Ipswich, age 7 months.

Hannah and Elizabeth were twins, but they were not baptized at the same time. Hannah was baptized on 26 Apr 1685, [JA, Vol. I, p. 35]

4. Elizabeth JEWETT, Hannah's twin, was born 3 Apr 1685 in Ipswich, was baptized on 10 Apr 1687, with her brother Joseph. She died in 1713, age 27 or 28. " She was of a weak mind. Her estate was settled by her brother Joseph." [JA, Vol. I, p. 35]

5. Joseph JEWETT III was born 10 Apr 1687 in Rowley, and died 10 Aug 1747 in Rowley, age 60. He married on 27 Mar 1706 in Rowley, to Mary HIBBERT, born 1690 in Rowley, died 26 Jun 1732 in Rowley.

1 Joseph JEWETT b: 10 Apr 1687 in Rowley, d: 10 Aug 1747 in Rowley, age 60

+ Mary HIBBERT b: 1690 in Rowley, m: 27 Mar 1706 in Rowley, d: 26 Jun 1732 in Rowley, age 41-2
......2 Mary JEWETT b: 22 Feb 1706/07 in Rowley, d: 17 Jun 1708 in Rowley, age 15 months; drowned
......2 Capt. George JEWETT b: 25 Jul 1708 in Rowley, d: 05 Feb 1776 in Rowley, age 67
...... + Hannah LAMBERT b: 16 Nov 1706 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA, m: 09 Jan 1728/29 in Rowley, d: 28 Sep 1799 in Rowley, age 92
......2 Capt. Nathan JEWETT b: 09 Sep 1710 in Rowley, d: 10 Feb 1762 in North Lyme, CT, age 51
...... + Deborah LORD b: Abt. 1706 in Lyme, New London, CT, m: 23 Dec 1729 in Lyme, d: 19 Nov 1777 in North Lyme, CT, age 71
......2 Josiah JEWETT b: 22 Mar 1711/12 in Rowley, d: 24 Jun 1741 in Gloucester, Essex, MA, age 29
...... + Mercy or Mary
......2 Rev. David JEWETT b: 11 Aug 1714 in Rowley, d: 17 Mar 1785 in New London, CT, age 70
...... + Patience PHILLIPS b: 1707, d: 14 Nov 1773 in New London, CT, age 66
...... + Mary b: Dec 1721, d: 18 Apr 1799, age 77
......2 Mary JEWETT b: 11 Jul 1723 in Rowley, d: 17 Nov 1812 in Essex, MA, age 89
...... + Nathaniel BROWN m: 01 Jun 1742 in Ipswich, Essex, MA
...... + Samuel ADAMS b: 06 Jun 1717 in Newbury, Essex, MA, m: 26 Nov 1747 in Newbury, Essex, MA, d: 08 May 1791 in Essex, MA, age 74
......2 Gibbons JEWETT b: 06 Apr 1729 in Rowley, d: 05 Mar 1730 in Rowley, age 11 months

+ Mary PAYSON bapt: 25 Sep 1687 in Rowley, m: 06 Nov 1732, d: 22 Jan 1748/49, age 61

Mary (HIBBERT) JEWETT was survived by her husband and 7 of her 9 children, ranging in age from 8 to 23. The 2 eldest sons both became Captains in the local militia, and the younger son was a well-known preacher. Capt. George JEWETT was made Quartermaster of Capt. John PEARSON's troop of horse on 16 May 1757. He was called "the strongest man ever known in Rowley." [JA, Vol I, p. 103]

Joseph remarried about 4 months after his 1st wife died, to Mary PAYSON. They were both 45 years of age. No children came from this union.

Biography of Rev. David JEWETT

He graduated from Harvard College in 1736, and was ordained pastor of the Second Church in New London (now Montville), Conn. Before going to New London he was employed as a missionary to the Mohegan Indians and acquired the favor of the tribe. He was their steady and constant friend, was their counseller and adviser in both temporal and spiritual matters, often preaching to them and particularly on the death of Ben Uncas (1769), who was the last Sachem of the Mohegans. ("Hist, of Conn. Indians."—Danforth.) No minister in the country stood higher among his own flock, or in the esteem of his brethren than Mr. Jewett. He was a man of dignified deportment, rigorous in discipline, but very assiduous in his calling. ("Hist, of New London, Conn."—Caulkins.)

He was a chaplain in the Army in 1756, often afterwards in the French War, and the Revolution. In the church record he says of himself, "I was recommended to this church from the Church of Christ in Rowley, the Rev. Mr. Jewett, Pastor," "My wife Patience, was recommended from the church in Salem, Mr. Fisk, Pastor."

The tradition is, that he became engaged to Miss Phillips while he was a student of theology; that he was very ill and she, being a member of the same family, nursed him so kindly and assiduously as to produce a life-long and loving attachment between them. The tradition of the origin of this attachment has been preserved in his Parish to account for him marrying a lady born with only one hand and about ten years older than himself.

His will, dated a short time before his decease, mentions: His wife Mary; son David Hibberd Jewett, and my grandchildren David, Charles, Elizabeth, and Sarah Jewett; my dear son-in-law Elisha Porter, Esq., of Hadley, and my grandchildren Samuel and Sarah Porter. He died in New London, Conn., March 17, 1785, leaving an estate amounting to £1847, 12s, 1d.

[JA, Vol. I, pp. 105-6]

6. Sarah JEWETT was born 3 Feb 1689 in Rowley, and died 20 Nov 1722. She married (1) on 23 Mar 1706 in Rowley, to Samuel PRIME, b: 29 Dec 1675 in Rowley, died 4 Mar 1718 in Rowley, and (2) on 7 Oct 1718 in Rowley, to Robert ROGERS, born 20 Feb 1682 in Ipswich and died 18 Apr 1723 in Rowley.

The 6 children of Sarah and Samuel are listed in [GBB, p. 316] and [JA, Vol. I, p. 56]. However, [VD, p. 128] has Mary PRIME, wife of Samuel VARNUM, and calls her the daughter of Samuel PRIME and Sarah JEWETT. Mary is not included in the previous lists. So there may be some mistake.

Samuel and Sarah died young (42 and 33), and I don't know of any of their children living past 57.

Information about Robert ROGERS, and the 2 children he and Sarah had in Rowley, is in [GBB, p. 316]. Also see the Robert ROGERS memorial on Find a Grave. No references are cited, but the information seems consistent with other sources.

1 Sarah JEWETT b: 03 Feb 1689 in Rowley, d: 20 Nov 1722 in Rowley, age 33

+ Samuel PRIME b: 29 Dec 1675 in Rowley, m: 23 Mar 1706 in Rowley, d: 04 Mar 1718 in Rowley, age 42
......2 infant PRIME d: 14 Jan 1706/07 in Rowley; died in infancy
......2 Samuel PRIME b: 02 Dec 1707 in Rowley, d: 09 Sep 1730 in Rowley, age 22; drowned
......2 Mark PRIME b: 30 Jul 1710 in Rowley, d: Apr 1717 in Rowley, age 6
......2 Joshua PRIME b: 28 Sep 1712 in Rowley, d: 26 Jul 1770 in Sutton, MA, age 57
...... + Mehitable PLATTS b: 11 Nov 1712 in Rowley, m: 01 Jan 1733/34 in Rowley, d: 17 Oct 1751 in Rowley, age 38
...... + Bridget HAMMOND m: 18 Jun 1752
......2 Sarah PRIME b: Feb 1715/16 in Rowley
...... + Josiah WHITE b: 14 Apr 1703 in Wenham, Essex, MA, m: 19 Dec 1732
......2 Mark PRIME bapt: 23 Mar 1717/18 in Rowley, d: 13 Aug 1719 in Rowley, age 16 months
......2 Mary PRIME d: 08 Jun 1737 ???
...... + Major Samuel VARNUM b: 21 Feb 1714/15 in Dracut, Middlesex, MA, m: 04 Jan 1736/37, d: 17 Apr 1797 in Kennebec, ME, age 82

+ Robert ROGERS b: 20 Feb 1682 in Ipswich, Essex, MA, m: 07 Oct 1718 in Rowley, d: 18 Apr 1723 in Rowley, age 41
......2 Joseph ROGERS bapt: 17 Jan 1719/20
......2 Jane ROGERS bapt: 15 Oct 1721, d: Mar 1798 in Beverly, Essex, MA, age 76
...... + Churchill KNOWLTON b: 16 Feb 1720 in Ipswich, Essex, MA, m: 04 Jul 1741 in Wenham, Essex, MA

7. Priscilla JEWETT was born on 1 Feb 1690 in Rowley, and died 13 Apr 1777 in Lunenburg, Worcester, MA. She married on 2 Feb 1709 in Rowley, to Hilkiah BOYNTON, born 19 Nov 1687 in Rowley, died 16 Nov 1745 in Lunenburg, Worcester, MA.

Hilkiah and Priscilla were my 7g-grandparents. See the Hilkiah BOYNTON page.

8. Johanna JEWETT was born 12 Apr 1693 in Rowley, died 26 Jul 1748 in Rowley. She married on 8 Apr 1710 in Rowley, to Lieut. Jonathan PICKARD, who died 12 Dec 1727 in Rowley. They had 9 children, in Rowley.

1 Johanna JEWETT b: 12 Apr 1693 in Rowley, d: 26 Jul 1748 in Rowley
+ Lieut. Jonathan PICKARD b: 1687 in Rowley, m: 08 Apr 1710 in Rowley, d: 25 Jan 1734/35 in Rowley
......2 Sarah PICKARD b: 06 Feb 1710/11 in Rowley, d: 16 Nov 1722 in Rowley
......2 Ruth PICKARD b: 13 Nov 1713 in Rowley, d: 18 Sep 1750 in Rowley
...... + Eliphalet JEWETT b: 22 Jan 1711 in Rowley, m: 27 Feb 1734/35 in Rowley, d: 30 Oct 1789 in Rowley
......2 Jonathan PICKARD b: 06 Dec 1716 in Rowley, d: 16 Feb 1765
...... + Mary HAMMOND bapt: 11 Oct 1719 in Ipswich, Essex, MA, d: 05 Aug 1748 in Rowley
...... + Mary HIBBERT b: 1718, m: 31 Oct 1751, d: 21 May 1782
......2 John PICKARD bapt: 28 Sep 1719 in Rowley, d: 12 Nov 1719 in Rowley
......2 Johanna PICKARD b: 16 Jan 1720/21 in Rowley, d: 01 Oct 1748 in Rowley
...... + Joseph BURPEE b: 25 Jul 1719 in Rowley, m: 19 Jun 1740 in Rowley, d: 05 Jan 1776 in Rowley
......2 Sarah PICKARD b: 18 May 1723 in Rowley, d: 25 Aug 1748
...... + Benjamin NOYES b: 20 Dec 1721 in Abington, Plymouth, MA, m: 01 Oct 1744 in Rowley, d: 23 Aug 1748 in MA
......2 Jane PICKARD b: 29 Apr 1725 in Rowley, d: 12 Dec 1727 in Rowley
......2 Lucy PICKARD b: 02 Oct 1728 in Rowley, d: 09 Jun 1816 in Rowley
...... + Moses BRADSTREET b: 04 Feb 1728 in Ipswich, Essex, MA, m: 12 Dec 1749 in Ipswich, Essex, MA, d: 01 Nov 1811 in Rowley
......2 Joshua PICKARD b: 27 Nov 1730 in Rowley, d: 24 Oct 1736 in Rowley

9. Joshua JEWETT was born 16 Feb 1694/95 in Rowley, and died 31 Oct 1760. His brother Joshua was born 26 Aug 1683 in Ipswich, and died 15 Oct 1684 (see above). So the parents were trying the name Joshua for the second time. Joshua himself named 3 of his sons Joshua Jr, but he outlived all 3.

Birth record for Joshua JEWETT, from Rowley Records

Joshua married on 4 Apr 1715 in Rowley, to Mary TODD, daughter of John TODD and Elizabeth BROCKLEBANK. Mary was born 21 Sep 1696 in Rowley, and died 1 Sep 1775 in Rowley. So Joshua was 20 and Mary was 18 when they married. Their house in Rowley, on the comer of Cross and Central Streets, was on the lots laid out to Francis PARRETT and John JARRET in 1643. Joshua held several offices in Rowley, including Selectman, and was ordained Deacon of the Rowley Church on 25 Oct 1760. [JA, Vol. I, pp. 57-8]

1 Lieut. Joshua JEWETT b: 16 Feb 1694/95 in Rowley, d: 31 Oct 1760, age 65
+ Mary TODD b: 21 Sep 1696 in Rowley, m: 04 Apr 1715 in Rowley, d: 01 Sep 1775 in Rowley, age 78
......2 Ruth JEWETT b: 01 Feb 1715/16 in Rowley, d: 20 Mar 1733/34 in Rowley; unmarried, age 19
......2 Joshua JEWETT bapt: 28 Dec 1718 in Rowley, d: 18 Feb 1718/19 in Rowley, age 2 months
......2 Joshua JEWETT bapt: 21 Feb 1719/20 in Rowley, d: 01 Jul 1736 in Rowley, age 16
......2 Samuel JEWETT bapt: 21 Jan 1721/22 in Rowley, d: 04 Jun 1722 in Rowley, age 5 months
......2 Samuel JEWETT bapt: 08 Aug 1725 in Rowley, d: 11 Jun 1736, age 10
......2 Thomas JEWETT bapt: 13 Oct 1728 in Rowley, d: 27 Jun 1736, age 7
......2 Mary JEWETT bapt: 03 Oct 1731 in Rowley, d: 09 Jun 1736, age 4
......2 Joshua JEWETT b: 19 Mar 1736/37 in Rowley, d: 23 Sep 1756, age 19
......2 Paul JEWETT b: 14 May 1739 in Rowley, d: 29 Aug 1828 in Rowley, age 89
...... + Jane PAYSON b: 20 May 1737 in Rowley, m: 16 Oct 1759 in Rowley, d: 29 Apr 1811 in Rowley, age 73

The story of this family is a tragic one. Joshua and Mary had 9 children, but only 1 survived past age 19. There were 2 who died in infancy, and 4 more who died between 9 Jun and 1 Jul 1736, in the "throat distemper" epidemic (possibly diphtheria). After 1736 they were left childless, but then had 2 more sons, one dying at age 19, with only Paul remaining.

Paul JEWETT was a slave owner, and a soldier in the American Revolution, a member of Capt. John NORTHEND's First Foot Co. He was a Town Clerk in 1776, Selectman for the years 1779 and 1781, and Moderator in 1809. He lived in Rowley, to the ripe age of 89, and was called "the oldest man in town." [GBB, p. 107]

10. Daniel LUNT was born 16 Aug 1697 in Rowley, and died 5 Nov 1697 in Rowley, age 2 months

11. Mary LUNT was born 9 Oct 1698 in Rowley, and died 17 Dec 1717, age 19. She was unmarried.

12. Ruth LUNT was born 14 Aug 1701 in Rowley. She married on 25 Feb 1715/16 in Rowley, to John TODD, born 16 Apr 1688. If these dates are correct, Ruth was only 14 and John was 28 when they married. They had their first child when Ruth was still just 15. [LFA, pp. 20-1]

Ruth and John had 8 children, in Rowley. The 2 youngest were twins, who died in infancy. They lost 2 others in the "throat distemper" epidemic of 1736.

1 Ruth LUNT b: 14 Aug 1701 in Rowley, d: 19 Sep 1732, age 31
+ John TODD b: 16 Apr 1688, m: 25 Feb 1715/16 in Rowley, d: 1770 in MA, age 82
......2 John TODD b: 27 Feb 1716/17 in Rowley
...... + Abigail PARSONS m: 11 Jan 1741/42
......2 Ruth TODD b: 08 Feb 1719/20 in Rowley
...... + Purchase JEWETT b: 15 Oct 1710 in Ipswich, Essex, MA, m: 28 Oct 1736 in Rowley, d: 22 Jun 1786 in Ipswich, age 75
......2 Daniel TODD b: 12 Jan 1721/22 in Rowley, d: 21 Mar 1735/36 in Rowley, age 14
......2 Mary TODD b: 05 Sep 1723 in Rowley
...... + Stephen PALMER b: 09 Sep 1720 in Rowley, m: 04 Dec 1744 in Rowley, d: 23 Jun 1811 in Rowley, age 90
......2 Elizabeth TODD b: 11 Jul 1725 in Rowley, d: 21 Jun 1736 in Rowley, age 11
......2 Thomas TODD b: 06 Dec 1728 in Rowley, d: 18 Aug 1816 in Rindge, Cheshire, NH, age 87
......+ Susanna HIBBERT b: 08 Jan 1736 in Rowley, m: 22 Mar 1753 in Rowley, d: 09 Aug 1753, age 17
......+ Elizabeth CARLTON b: 1738 in Rowley, m: 22 Oct 1754 in Bradford, Essex, MA, d: 1 Mar 1820 in Rindge, Cheshire, NH, age 81
......2 Ebenezer TODD b: 27 Aug 1731 in Rowley, d: 09 Sep 1731 in Rowley, age 13 days
......2 infant TODD b: 27 Aug 1731 in Rowley, d: 27 Aug 1731 in Rowley, died at birth

13. Abigail LUNT was born on 2 Jun 1703 in Rowley, and died 11 Jul 1723. She married on 20 Nov 1720 to Moses BRADSTREET, baptized 27 Feb 1697/98 in Rowley, and died 15 Feb 1727 in Rowley. [LFA, p. 21]

Abigail was 17 and Moses was 22 or older when they married. They both died young, about 20 and 29, and left only one child.

1 Abigail LUNT b: 02 Jun 1703 in Rowley, d: 11 Jul 1723 in Rowley, age 20
+ Moses BRADSTREET bapt: 27 Feb 1697/98 in Rowley, m: 10 Sep 1720 in Ipswich, Essex, MA, d: 15 Feb 1727 in Rowley, age 29
......2 Abigail BRADSTREET bapt: 15 Aug 1722 in Rowley
...... + Moses JEWETT m: 31 May 1741

Sources

[1830] 1830 Map of Rowley, MA.

[AA] American ancestry: : giving the name and descent, in the male line of Americans whose ancestors settled in the United States previous to... 1776.. by Thomas Patrick Hughes and Frank Munsell, Vol XI

[GBB] Early settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts : a genealogical record of the families who settled in Rowley before 1700, with several generations of their descendants (1933) by George B. Blodgette

[JA] History and genealogy of the Jewetts of America; a record of Edward Jewett, of Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and of his two emigrant sons, Deacon Maximilian and Joseph Jewett, settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts, in 1639; also of Abraham and John Jewett, early settlers of Rowley, and of the Jewetts who have settled in the United States since the year 1800 by Frederic Clarke Jewett (1908) Vol I Vol II

[LFA] Lunt : a history of the Lunt family in America (1914) by Thomas Simpson Lunt

[VD] The Varnums of Dracutt (in Massachusetts) : a history of George Varnum, his son Samuel who came to Ipswich about 1635, and grandsons Thomas, John and Joseph, who settled in Dracutt, and their descendants (1907) by John Marshall Varnum

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