Benjamin LEWIS

Benjamin LEWIS

Male 1667 - 1753  (86 years)

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  • Name Benjamin LEWIS  [1, 2, 3, 4
    • Benjamin's birth record I've posted below shows him born in Salem, Essex Co., while the website referenced below by Patricia Everett shows a document proclaiming him born in Lynn, Essex Co? (Salem and Lynn are 5.1 miles apart)
      Birth place (Barnstable Co.) and death year (chgd from 1752) per stephcarson 1/18/2020.

      I am currently researching this family and have posted my notes to his WikiTree profile here- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lewis-514
      Please look toward the bottom of the page where I have tying in the records that I have found.
      His birth record can be found here:
      https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97M-BSJW?wc=Q4D7-T3L%3A353349401%2C353349402%2C1006162201&cc=2061550
      (provided by Patricia Everett (49549809) 4/7/2020)
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      Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
      Name: Benjamin Lewis
      Event Type: Birth
      Event Date: 27 Apr 1667
      Event Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
      Gender: Male
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      (1)Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910
      Name: Benjamin Lewis
      Event Type: Marriage
      Event Date: 8 Sep 1702
      Event Place: Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
      Gender: Male
      Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Crow
      Spouse's Gender: Female
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      (2)Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910
      Name: Benjamin Lewes
      Event Type: Marriage
      Event Date: 2 Jun 1708
      Event Place: Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
      Event Place (Original): Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
      Gender: Male
      Spouse's Name: Hannah Hinkley
      Spouse's Gender: Female
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      (3)Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910
      Name: Benjamin Lewes
      Event Type: Marriage
      Event Date: 17 Jan 1734
      Event Place: Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
      Gender: Male
      Spouse's Name: Lydia Kellogg
      Spouse's Gender: Female

      Posted on Find A Grave maintained by: Brian DesErmia
      Originally created by Frank Grimes [1]
    Birth 27 Apr 1667  Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Birth Abt 1674  [2
    Death 6 Sep 1753  Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    Burial Westchester Cemetery, Westchester, New London Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I27585  Main Tree
    Last Modified 5 May 2022 

    Family 1 Elizabeth CROWELL,   b. 3 Aug 1682 
    Marriage 8 Sep 1702  [3
    Family ID F3446  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 May 2022 

    Family 2 Hannah HINCKLEY,   b. 15 May 1675, Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jun 1732 (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 02 Jun 1708  [1, 4
    Family ID F09442  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 May 2022 

    Family 3 Lydia BELDEN,   b. Mar 1675, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1759, Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 1734  Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F42831  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 May 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 6 Sep 1753 - Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Benjamin Lewis Headstone
    Benjamin Lewis Headstone
    Benjamin Lewis is the husband of (1) Elizabeth Crowell, (2) Hannah Hinckley and (3) Lydia Belden/Belding. He is buried in the Westchester Cemetery in Westchester, New London Co., Connecticut.

    Maintained by: Brian DesErmia
    Originally created by: Frank Grimes
    Photo added by: Bill OBrien

  • Sources 
    1. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    2. [S12659] Timothy Hopkins, The KELLOGGS in the Old World and The New.

    3. [S3602] Leonard H. Smith Jr., Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy Vol. 2 .

    4. [S4772] Revised by C.F. Swift, "Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families Being a Reprint of the AMOS OTIS PAPERS Originally Published in the Barnstable Patriot" Vol. I & II, (F.B. & F.P. Goss, Publishers and Printers 1888).

    5. [S6901] Ancestry.com: Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934.

    6. [S04348] Yates Publishing, Ancestry.com: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;).