Nehemiah2 Jewett (Joseph 101), born 6 Apr., 1643; married, in Lynn, 19 : 8 mo. 1668, Exercise, daughter of John Pierce of Lynn. He lived a short time in Lynn before joining Rowley Church, as shown by the following extract from page 88 of Rowley Church Record: "July 2, 1676 … Mr Neh Jewitt … had not procured his dismission from Lyn Church wh he had joynd many years since when he lived with his uncle Purchas at the Ironworks." His home, in Ipswich village, was the farm west of his brother Jeremiah's and divided from it by the street. He was well educated and very prominent in the affairs of Essex County; most of the wills and deeds of his townsmen from 1675 to the time of his death were drawn by him. In 1687, he is allowed to have a mill on the south side of Egypt River (Ipswich R.). From 1689 to 1709, inclusive, he was a Representative in the General Court nineteen terms, three of which he was Speaker. In 1711 and 1712 he was one of the Justices of the Court of Sessions. He died in Ipswich Village, 1 Jan., 1719/20, "aged 77 years lacking 3 months" (G. S. Rowley). His will, dated 10 Dec., 1719, mentions wife (unnamed); sons Nehemiah, Joseph, Benjamin and Daniel Dow; grandsons Benjamin, son of Benjamin Jewett; Nehemiah and Joseph, sons of Joseph Jewett; Purchase, sons of Nehemiah Jewett; Samuel, son of Thomas Varnum; Nehemiah Skillion (Essex Probate, 313:96). His widow, Exercise, died, 13 Nov., 1731.