Person:Edmund Lewis (5)

Edmund Lewis
b.1601
d.Bet 13 Jan 1650/51 and 12 Feb 1650/51 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (probably)
  • HEdmund Lewis1601 - 1650/51
  • WMary UnknownCal 1602 - 1658
m. Bef 1631
  1. John Lewis1630 - 1710
  2. Thomas Lewis1633 - 1709
  3. James Lewis1635/36 -
  4. Nathaniel Lewis1639 - 1683
  5. Unknown LewisCal 1642 - 1642
  6. Unknown LewisEst 1644 -
  7. Joseph Lewis1645 - 1675
Facts and Events
Name Edmund Lewis
Alt Name Edmond Lewes
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1601
Marriage Bef 1631 Englandto Mary Unknown
Residence[1] 1634 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Immigration[3] 10 Apr 1634 Ipswich, EnglandAboard the Elizabeth 1634
Other[1] 25 May 1636 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesAdmitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay.
Residence[1] 1648 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Will[3][4] 13 Jan 1650/51 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Death[1][3][4] Bet 13 Jan 1650/51 and 12 Feb 1650/51 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (probably)Between date of will and date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[1] 12 Feb 1650/51 £122 7s. 6d. (against which were debts of £7 6s. 1d.), with no real estate included.
Probate[1] 25 Feb 1650/51 Will proved.

Information about Edmond's ancestry comes from "Edmund Lewis of Lynn and some of his desc" by George Harlan Lewis. The claim is made that Edmond Lewis was the son of George Lewis of Llystalybont, Glamorgan, Wales. There is no documentation to support this claim, nor to support the claim that Edmond Lewis married Mary Carey of Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England.

Appears on the Elizabeth passenger list as "Edmond Lewis" age 33, with Marry (32), John (3) and Thomas (3/4), traveling from Suffolk to Watertown. The Elizabeth left Ipswich on April 30, 1634. In Watertown, he served as selectman in 1636 and was granted 30 acres in the "Great Dividend" on 25 Jul 1636, as well as additional smaller plots in 1637 and 1638. He eventually held six Watertown parcels. He bought 10 acres in Hampton with Henry Dow in 1644, and he was still listed "of Watertown". That land was sold in 1649, when Edmond was "of Linn."

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Lewis, Edward Simmons. The Lewis family of Wales and America, origin, ancestry and some of the descendants. The Journal of American History. (1928).
  2.   Lewis, George Harlan. Edmund Lewis of Lynn, Massachusetts : and some of his descendants. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977).
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Edmond Lewis, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011).

    MIGRATION: 1634 on the Elizabeth (on 30 April 1634, "Edmond Lewis," aged 33, "Mary his wife," aged 32, "John Lewis," aged 3, and "Thomas Lewis, aged 3 quarters," were enrolled at Ipswich as passengers for New England on the Elizabeth [Hotten 280-81]).
    FIRST RESIDENCE: Watertown. REMOVES: Lynn 1648.
    BIRTH: About 1601 (aged 33 on 30 April 1634 [Hotten 280]).
    DEATH: Between 13 January 1650[/1] (date of will) and 12 February 1650[/1] (date of inventory).

  4. 4.0 4.1 Massachusetts (Colony). Quarterly Courts (Essex County). Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911-1925, 1975)
    1:207.

    Will of Edmund Lewis of Lynn, dated 13 : 11 : 1650 [13 Jan 1650/51], proved 25 : 12 : 1650 [25 Feb 1650/51], mentions "my eldeste sone John Lewis", "the reste of my Children namly the fiue youngeste", "my sone Thomas Lewis", "wife to be my whole Executor", "Thomas Austines to be my supervisor". Inventory take 12 : 12 : 1650 [12 Feb 1650/51].

  5.   Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    3:85.

    EDMUND, Lynn, was first at Watertown, rem. a. 1643, not, as Lewis has it, 1640, came in the Elizabeth, from Ipswich 1634, aged 33, with w. Mary, 32; and two ch. John, 3 yrs. and Thomas, 9 mos. had James, b. 15 Jan. 1636; and Nathaniel, 25 Aug. 1639, b. at W. beside a ch. bur. 6 Nov. 1642, 10 days old, and had two more ch. b. at L. where he d. 1651. His will, of 18 Jan. pro. 20 Feb. 1651, names w. extrix. and s. John and Thomas. His wid. Mary d. 7 Sept. 1658.


Elizabeth (1634)
Sailed: 30 Apr 1634 from Ipswich, England under Master Willis Andres
Arrived: July? 1634 at Massachusetts Bay Colony

Passengers:
? (Full List)
John Bernard family - William Bloomfield family - Humphey Bradstreet family - John Clark - John and Anne Crosse - William Cutting - Robert and Mary Day - Anne Dorifall - John Flirmin - Henery Glouer - Robert Goodall family - Henery Gouldson family - Thomas and Susan Hastings - Rebecca Isnacke - Henery Kemball family - Richard Kemball family - Thomas and Elizabeth Kilborne - Edmond Lewis family - Isancke Mixer family - Joseph Mosse - George Munnings - Susan Munson - John Palmer - Danyell Peirce - Thurston Raynor family - Sarah Reynolds - Martha Scott - Robert Sherin - John Sherman - Thomas Skott family - Samuell Smithe family - John Spring family - Martin and Martha Underwood - Richard Woodard family -

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Other information: Passenger List


Founders of Watertown, MA

Located along the Charles River, Watertown was one of the first settlements in Massachusetts Bay Colony. After a brief stay by Roger Clapp and others who then went on to settle Dorchester. In late July 1630, Sir Richard Saltonstall led a group of about 115 households to settle at Watertown, which at the time included parts of present-day Cambridge and much of the surrounding area; the population approached Boston's in the mid 17th century. In 1632 the residents of Watertown protested against being compelled to pay a tax for the erection of a stockade fort at Cambridge; leading to the establishment of representative government in the colony.

Full list of original heads of households

See also: History of Watertown - Wikipedia entry - Richard Saltonstall on Wikipedia

Watertown Founders' Monument

Current Location: Middlesex County, Massachusetts   Parent Towns: None   Daughter Towns: Cambridge, Weston, Waltham, Belmont, Lincoln