Person:Caleb Jewett (1)

Caleb Jewett's two wives, Rebecca Cook and Faith Ripley, were first cousins.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} 228 Captain Caleb Jewett, in Jewett, Frederic Clarke. 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. (New York: Grafton Press, 1908)
   94-95.

   "228 Captain Caleb Jewett (Eleazer⁷², Jeremiah¹⁵, Joseph⁴ Edward¹), was born in Norwich, Conn., June 25, 1710. …
   
   He was one of the first settlers of Sharon, Conn., was Selectman of the town twelve years and member of the Colonial Legislature eleven sessions. There seems to be great confusion regarding the war record of Captain Jewett He was called Captain before 1764, and may have been Captain of the Minute-men of Sharon, but the Caleb Jewett who was captured at 'The Cedars' also enlisted April 1, 1782, four years after the death of Capt Jewett, and was, probably, his son Caleb.
   
   Capt Jewett died in Sharon Jan. 18, 1778. The epitaph on his grave-stone is as follows: 'Let not the dead forgotten lie | Lest we forget that we must die.'"

2. ↑ Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States. Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. (Hartford, Conn.: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, 1913)
   1:52.

   "Caleb Jewit was Born the 25^th Day of June 1710"

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Capt Caleb Jewett, in Find A Grave.