Family:John Hewes and Mary Foote (1)

Descendants

John and Mary are the ancestors of William Howard Taft and Richard Nixon, both through daughter Elizabeth Hewes Hemingway. Mary's brother Nathaniel is the ancestor of Rutherford B. Hayes and George H.W. and George W. Bush.

1. ↑ Putnam, Eben. Lieutenant Joshua Hewes, a New England pioneer, and some of his descendants,: with materials for a genealogical history of other families of the name, and a sketch of Joseph Hewes the signer. (New York, New York: J. F. Tapley Co.], 1913)
   page 10.

   From the Shalford parish registers: '1602 John Hewes and Mary Foote weare married together the xiiijth daye of Feabruarye, anno predicto.'

2. ↑ Foote, Abram William. Foote Family: Comprising the Genealogy and History of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his Descendants; Also a Partial Record of Descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford County, Va., and John Foote of New York City. (Rutland, Vermont: Marble City Press, 1907-1932)
   2:646-47.

   'The following extracts from the Shalford Parish Registers were also sent me: ...
   John Hewes and Mary Foote were married together xiiii day of February, 1602-03.'

3. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
   51:135-36.

   The abstract of Robert Foote's will mentions "my daughter Mary Hewes" (with children) and "my son in law John Hewes of Royston".