Thomas Lewis

• General Notes
  •    1.  Edward - b. Jul. 28, 1660, Lynn, MA; d. Jul. 15, 1662, Northampton, MA.
       2. Hannah - b. 1662, Lynn, MA; d. Dec. 1717, Bristol, RI. Married George MOREY.
       3. Mary - b. 1663, Northampton, MA; d. Mar. 26, 1686, Bristol, Bristol Co., RI.
       4. Esther - b. 1665, Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA; d. Apr. 11, 1743, Bristol, RI. Married Jan. 7, 1684, Bristol, RI Jeremiah FINNEY (b. Aug. 15, 1662, Barnstable, MA; d. Feb. 8, 1748, Bristol, RI), son of John FINNEY and Elizabeth BAILEY. Children of Esther and Jeremiah FINNEY: Jeremiah died young; Mary; Hannah married Thomas DIMAN; Mehitable died young; John died young; Rebecca probably married Samuel HARRIS; Esther married Joseph JOY; Deborah; John married Mary CAMPBELL; Abigail; and Capt. Jeremiah married Elizabeth BRISTON (or BRISTOW).
       5. Thomas - b. Sep. 28, 1666, Northampton, MA; d. there Jan. 11, 1666/7.
       6. Thomas - b. Apr. 29, 1668, recorded at Lynn, Essex Co., MA; d. 1717. Will dated Oct. 12, 1717, and proved Nov. 4, 1717. A weaver, Thomas married Apr. 10, 1689/90 Elizabeth BROOKS. A Thomas LEWIS purchased land in Swansea 1715, in Rehoboth 1717, and at Metapoisset 1718 - with the identity of the purchaser not researched. Children of Thomas and Elizabeth LEWIS: Nathaniel died young; Abigail died young; Mary married Isaac CARTE; James married Hannah; Timothy married Anna; Deborah married Samuel EDDY; Samuel married Hannah; Experience married first Samuel MASON, and second Ebenezer MARTIN; Tabitha married Daniel MARTIN; and Lydia.
       7. Elizabeth -  b. Dec. 7, 1669, Swansea, MA. The 1689 Bristol, RI census included Thomas LEWIS, wife and six children. It is likely that one of the sisters, Elizabeth or Deborah, was either married or died prior to 1689.
       8. Persithe (or Persis) - b. Jun. 15, 1671, Swansea, MA; d. Jan. 14, 1743/4, Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA. Married about 1697 to Robert CUSHMAN (b. Oct. 4, 1664, Plymouth, MA; d. Sep. 7, 1757, Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA), son of Thomas CUSHMAN and Ruth HOWLAND, and grandson of Thomas CUSHMAN and Mary ALLERTON and of John HOWLAND and Elizabeth TILLEY. Robert CUSHMAN married second Prudence SHERMAN, daughter of Samuel SHERMAN and Sarah DOGGETT. Children of Persis and Robert CUSHMAN: Robert married Mercy WASHBURN; Ruth married Luke PERKINS; Abigail married John LEONARD; Hannah married Moses WASHBURN; Thomas married first Alice HAYWARD, and second Mehitable FAUNCE; Joshua married first Mary SOULE, and second Deborah FORD; and Jonathan married Susanna BENSON.
       9. Samuel -  b. Apr. 23 or 27, 1673, Swansea, MA; d. 1739, Mendham, NJ. Married Sep. 20 or 29, 1698, Woodbridge, NJ Susanna JONES (b. 1675), reported in different sources as daughter of Hezekiah JONES and of Edward JONES. Settled at Woodbridge, NJ. Children of Samuel and Susanna LEWIS: Capt. Samuel married first Effie DAVENPORT, and second Patty WELLINGTON; Susannah; Levi married Mary; Eliphalet married first Elizabeth COSAD, and second Jane DOD; Thomas married Anna DANDRIDGE (sister of Major John DANDRIDGE, the father of Martha (DANDRIDGE) CUSTIS WASHINGTON); Edward married Sarah MORRIS; Mary married Benjamin SUTTON, Jr.; Benjamin; and Ann.
      10. Hepsibah - b. Nov. 15, 1674, Swansea, MA; d. Nov. 11, 1753, Bristol, RI. Married Dec. 25, 1706, Bristol, RI James THURBER (d. Jun. 10, 1747).
      11. Joseph - b. May. 13, 1677, Swansea, MA; d. May 27, 1742, Haddam, CT. Married about 1702 Elizabeth BIRGE, daughter of John and Sarah. Children of Joseph and Elizabeth LEWIS: Sarah married Thomas BECKWITH; Elizabeth married first Hezekiah SHAILER, and second Lt. Daniel SMITH; Rebecca married Joseph LEE; Hannah married Simon ARNOLD; Deborah married Daniel CLARK; and John married Deborah.
      12. Deborah - b. Mar. 19, 1679, Swansea, MA. The 1689 Bristol, RI census included Thomas LEWIS, wife and six children. It is likely that one of the sisters, Elizabeth or Deborah, was either married or died prior to 1689.