Edmund Lewis

1600 - 1650  (50 years)

• Name	Edmund Lewis
  Born	1600	Wales
  	There is no evidence to prove that Edmund/Edmond came from Wales. So, his birthplace listed here may be erroneous and it may, in fact, have been England. In addition, there is no concrete evidence that the father listed here was, in fact, Edmund's father. I have left the information here only so it has a resting place in case there comes a time when its veracity can be confirmed.
  Gender	Male
  Died	1650	Lynn, Essex, MA
  Person ID	I81	Lewis Family Tree
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	George Lewis,   b. 1580, Lystalybont, Glamorgan, Wales ,   d. 11 Jul 1631, Brenchley, Kent, England  (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Catherine Mathew,   b. 1575, England or Wales ,   d. Unknown
  Married	Abt 1599	England or Wales
  Family ID	F26	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Carey,   b. 1602, England or Wales ,   d. 7 Sep 1658, Swansea, MA  (Age 56 years)
  Married	1626	Greenwich, Kent, England
  Children	+ 1. John Lewis,   b. Before 18 July 1630, possibly Ipswich, Suffolk County, England ,   d. 1710, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 79 years)   2. Thomas Lewis,   b. Jul 1633, East Greenwich, Kent, England ,   d. 26 Apr 1709, Bristol, MA  (Age ~ 75 years)   3. James Lewis,   b. 15 Nov 1635, Watertown, Middlesex, MA ,   d. 1676  (Age 40 years)   4. Nathaniel Lewis,   b. 25 Jun 1639, Watertown, Middlesex, MA ,   d. 13 Oct 1683, Swansea, Bristol, MA  (Age 44 years)   5. Infant Lewis,   b. 17 Oct 1642, Watertown, Middlesex County, Mass ,   d. 6 Nov 1642, Watertown, Middlesex County, Mass  (Age 0 years)   6. Mary Lewis,   b. 1644, Watertown, Middlesex, MA ,   d. Unknown   7. Joseph Lewis,   b. 1645, Massachusetts ,   d. 24 Jun 1675, Swansea, MA  (Age 30 years)   8. Benjamin Lewis,   b. 1646, Massachusetts ,   d. 1700  (Age 54 years)
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2017
  Family ID	F21	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From History of Lynn, Essex County, MA, by Alonzo Lewis, page 181. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/AJA2122.0001.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext "EDMUND LEWIS - was one of the early proprietors of Watertown, and was admitted a freeman, 25 May, 1636. On the 14th of October, 1638, he was one of-the committee appointed to lay out the lands in that town. He came to Lynn in 1639, and was the first settler in Lewis street. He died in January, 1651. The name of his wife was Mary, and his children were John, Thomas, James and Nathaniel. His descendants remain. George Lewis came from East Greenwich, in the county of Kent, England. He was at Plymouth, in 1633. He removed to Scituate, and afterward to Barnstable. He married Sarah Jenkins, in England, and had nine children, of whom Joseph and John were killed by the Indians, in the war of 1675. Dr. Winslow Lewis, of Boston, descended from this family." From Searching for Edmond Lewis of Lynn 2007: "There is no evidence that Edmond Lewes of Lynn, Massachusetts was the son of George Lewis and Catherine Matthew of Llystalybont, Glamorgan, Wales. This claim was made in the book Lewis Families of Wales and America by Edward Simmons Lewis in 1928. The author did not present any evidence to document that the Edmund Lewis of Wales was the same as the Edmond Lewes who boarded the ship Elizabeth in Ipswich, Suffolk, England and sailed to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634." "There are many Lewes and Lewis families in and around Ipswich, Suffolk, England in the early 17th Century, so there is no reason to look to Wales for Edmond Lewes' origin." "There is no evidence that Edmond Lewes married Mary Carew. This is an undocumented entry in FamilySearch.org. In fact, we do not know the surname of Edmond Lewes's wife." "Edmond and Mary's oldest son John did not marry Mary Button. That was John Lewis of Westerly, Rhode Island. Edmond's son John married Hannah Marshall, Elizabeth Walker and Sarah Merriam and lived in Lynn, Massachusetts until his death in 1710."