Joseph Lewis

1645 - 1675  (30 years)

• Name	Joseph Lewis
  Born	1645	Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Jun 1675	Swansea, MA
  Person ID	I79	Lewis Family Tree
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Edmund Lewis,   b. 1600, Wales ,   d. 1650, Lynn, Essex, MA  (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Mary Carey,   b. 1602, England or Wales ,   d. 7 Sep 1658, Swansea, MA  (Age 56 years)
  Married	1626	Greenwich, Kent, England
  Family ID	F21	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Jones,   b. 1654,   d. Before Apr 1720, Malden, Middlesex, MA  (Age 66 years)
  Married	13 Jun 1671	Swansea, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Joseph Lewis,   b. 6 Jun 1672, Swansea, MA ,   d. 25 Jul 1755, Wilmington, MA  (Age 83 years) + 2. Sybil Lewis,   b. 18 Mar 1674,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2023
  Family ID	F20	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  (Research):http://www.trowbridgemountain.info/edmund_lewis.html and http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr17/rr17_242.html#P79824 From Edmund Lewis of Lynn, MA by George Harlan Lewis, pages 15-16: "There is a tradition that Joseph Lewis was the first white man slain in King Philip’s War . He was killed at Swansea , June 24 , 1675. (Bodge's King Philip's War, p . 463.) A list of the slain reported by the clerk of the town at the time is: Joseph Lewis, Robert Jones, John Jones,* Nehemiah Allen, William Cobun, John Salisbury, William Salisbury, John Hall. (Plymouth Colonial Records.) 'As the inhabitants of Swansea were returning from public worship , a number of Indians who lay in ambuscade (ambush), fired upon them, killed one of their company and wounded another. They next intercepted and killed two men, who were sent for a surgeon. The same night they entered the town of Swansea and murdered six men.' (Hannah Adams' N.E. History, p. 120.) *The Joneses were relatives of Mrs. Joseph Lewis. The deaths probably occurred in the order named."