Family of Joseph Hewitt

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1.  JOSEPH4 HEWITT  (BENJAMIN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born September 1696 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, and died 1787 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.  He married (1) MARY CHESEBROUGH October 05, 1720 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, daughter of SAMUEL CHESEBROUGH and PRISCILLA ALDEN.  She was born September 21, 1702 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, and died October 12, 1754 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.  He married (2) MEHITABLE BROWN June 04, 1755, daughter of JOHN BROWN and ELIZABETH MINOR.  She was born August 1712.

 

Notes for JOSEPH HEWITT:

DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HEWITT OF STONINGTON, CONN.. Compiled by Virginia Hewitt Watterson, 1996. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, Ut. Page 8 & 9.

     Born in Stonington, Conn. in Sept. 1696 (VR), and baptised at the 1st Congregational Church ofr Stonington, 13 Dec. 1696, son of Benjamin Hewitt & Marie Fanning; died in Stonington in 1787. Joseph married 1st, MARY CHESEBOROUGH, 5 Oct. 1720, Stonington (VR), daughter of Samuel Cheesebrough and Priscilla Alden (who was the granddaughter of Mayflower passengers John Alden and Priscille Mullins); Mary died in Stonington, 12 Oct. 1754 in her 53rd year (tombstone) and was buried in the Old Plains Cemetery at Stonington.

     Joseph married 2nd MENITABLE (BROWN) SWAN, widow of Nathaniel Swan, In North Stonington, Conn., 4 June 1755 (CR). Mehitable was born in Stonington August 1712 (VR), daughter of John Brown and Elizabeth Miner; the date of her death has not been found. Wheeler's HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONN. erroneously listed Mehelible as the wife of Joseph, Jr., her step-son, Wildey, in the CHESEBROUGH GENEALOGY correctly identified her as the 2nd wife of Joseph, the father. The son married Sarah Babcock in 1756.

     Joseph and his family resided in Stonington. He served as captain in the militia and was known as Capt. Joseph the remainder of his life. His will was written 18 Nov. 1784 and probated 2 July 1787 (Stonington Probate Records, docket #1632). Joseph provided for his wife Mehitable, his son Joseph and for his daughters, Hannah Wheeler, Prudence Lewis, and Ann Whipple. The rest of Joseph's children had predeceased their father. Grandson Josiah Grant Hewitt, son of Nathaniel, was named executor of the estate. The exact dates of joseph and Mehitable's deaths are unknown.

 

References:

Vital Records of Stonington & No. Stonington Conn.

Stonington Probate Records, LDS film #1, 032,097.

Town Records of Stonington, Conn., LDS film #1,309,872.

Records of the 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington, Conn. LDS film #5081. Cemetery Records of Stonington, LDS film #1,311,117.

Anna Chesebrough Wildey, GENEALOGY OF DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM

     CHESEBROUGH, NY; 1903, pp. 304 & 308.

Frank D. Andrews, CONN. SOLDIERS IN FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, Vineland, NJ; 1925, Vol. 2, pp. 166, 217, 220 & 226.

Records of the 1st Congregational Church of Stonington, Conn., LDS film #5614.

 

Researching this line is William Hewitt at whewitt@dcmdw.dcma.mil

 

 

More About JOSEPH HEWITT:

Christening: December 13, 1696, Road Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut

 

More About MARY CHESEBROUGH:

Burial: Old Plains Cemetery, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut

 

More About JOSEPH HEWITT and MARY CHESEBROUGH:

Marriage: October 05, 1720, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut

 

More About JOSEPH HEWITT and MEHITABLE BROWN:

Marriage: June 04, 1755

     

Children of JOSEPH HEWITT and MARY CHESEBROUGH are:

              i.   NATHANIEL5 HEWITT, b. August 11, 1721, Stonington, New London Co., CT; d. Bef. November 1784, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; m. REBECCA GRANT, 1740.

 

Notes for NATHANIEL HEWITT:

DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HEWITT OF STONINGTON, CONN.. Compiled by Virginia Hewitt Watterson, 1996. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, Ut. Page 25.

     Born in Stonington, Conn, 11 Aug 1721 (VR), son of Joseph Hewitt and Mary Chesebrough; died in Stonington before Nov 1784, when father drew up his will mentioning Nathaniel as deceased, and possibly in 1769, when the probate court ordered a judgement against Nathaniel's sons, Josiah G. and Nathaniel Hewitt, Jr., for debts their father owed (Stonington Probate Records, docket #1633). Nathaniel married REBECCA GRANT, 24 Apr 1740 (VR), at the 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington, Conn. (CR). Rebecca was born in Stonington, 20 Jun 1723 (VR), daughter of Josiah Grant and Grace Prentice; date and place of her death are unknown.

     There is very little information on these couple. Nathaniel and Rebecca lived in Stonington, Conn. where all of their children were born. They joined the 2nd Church of Christ in North Stonington on 16 Jun 1742, the same day Rebecca was baptized as an adult and their first child, Josiah Grant Hewitt was baptized. Nathaniel purchased and wold numerous pieces of property in Stonington, the last record on 19 Jun 1784.

     No probate records or cemetery records have been found for this couple.

  References:

Vital Records of Stonington and North Stonington, Conn.

Town Records of Stonington, Conn., LDS film #1,309,872

 Records of 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington, LDS film #5080.

Records of 1st Congregational Church of Stonington, LDS film #5614.

Stonington, Conn. Probate Records, LDS film #1,032,097

 Conn. Cemetery Records, LDS film #1, 311, 117 & #3139.

Stonington Land Records, Vol. 6 & 7, LDS film #5596.

James N. Arnold, VITAL RECORDS OF RHODE ISLAND, "Cowell's Spirit of '76 Index", Providence 1911, Vol. 12, p. 185.

Grant, THE GRANT FAMILY, pp. 20 & 40.

Wildey, GENEALOGY OF THE CHESEBROUGH FAMILY, pp. 308 & 324.

Wheeler, HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONN, p. 422.

 

Researching this line is William Hewitt at whewitt@dcmdw.dcma.mil

 

 

More About NATHANIEL HEWITT and REBECCA GRANT:

Marriage: 1740

 

              ii.   SAMUEL HEWITT, b. May 11, 1723, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; d. August 24, 1760; m. COMFORT BILLINGS, 1748; b. Abt. 1727.

 

Notes for SAMUEL HEWITT:

DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HEWITT OF STONINGTON, CONN.. Compiled by Virginia Hewitt Watterson, 1996. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, Ut. Page 8.

     Samuel b. 11 May 1723, Ston. (VR); d. 24 August 1760 during the French and Indian War. He enlisted 4 Apr 1760 in Capt. Christopher Palmer's co., Col. Flitch's regt.. (Andrews), Nothing further known.

 

 

More About SAMUEL HEWITT and COMFORT BILLINGS:

Marriage: 1748

 

             iii.   MARY HEWITT, b. January 20, 1725/26, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; d. Bef. November 1784; m. JOSEPH PAGE, JR.; b. Abt. 1725.

             iv.   HANNAH HEWITT, b. December 22, 1728, Stonington, New London Co., CT; m. SHEPARD WHEELER, October 18, 1751, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut1; b. February 12, 1726/27, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut2.

 

Notes for HANNAH HEWITT:

In the 1790 census for Stonington, CT., a "Hannah Wheeler" is listed on the same page as Joshua Brown (the father of Eunice, one of Hannah (Hewitt) Wheeler's grandson's (Phineas) wife. Hannah is shown as the head of household living with two other women.

 

More About HANNAH HEWITT:

Census: 1790, New London Co., CT

 

             v.   JOSEPH HEWITT, b. May 02, 1731, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; d. Aft. 1784, New York; m. SARAH BABCOCK, 1756.

 

Notes for JOSEPH HEWITT:

DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HEWITT OF STONINGTON, CONN.. Compiled by Virginia Hewitt Watterson, 1996. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, Ut. Page 26.

     Born in Stonington, Conn., 2 May 1731 (VR), son of Joseph Hewitt and Mary Chesebrough; died after 1784, when mentioned in his father's will, date and place unknown. Joseph married SARAH BABCOCK, 27 May 1756, in Voluntown, Conn. (NYB&GR). Sarah was born in North Stonington, Conn., 18 Apr 1739 (VR), daughter of Nathaniel Babcock and Sarah Billings; she died in Petersbury, Rensselaer Co., NY on 27 Aug 1792 (Brown).

     Wheeler, in the HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONN., was in error when he listed Joseph's wife as Mehitable (Brown) Swan. She was the 2nd wife of his father. During the French and Indian War, Joseph served in the Conn. militia from 10 Apr to 10 Dec 1764, in Capt. John Tyler's co., Lt. Col. Israel Putnam's regiment of Conn. troops.

     Joseph and Sarah lived in the Stonington area of Conn. until sometime before 1782, when they moved to New York and settled in Stephentown, Albany Co. (now Rensselaer Co.), NY. They were there at the time of the 1790 U.S. Census. It may be that after the death of his wife in 1792, Joseph moved to Providence, Saratoga Co., NY. No probate or cemetery records have been found for Joseph. THE NATHANIEL BABCOCK GENEALOGY, by Cyrus Henry Brown, mentions only two children belonging to Joseph and Sarah, a daughter Mary and a son Joseph. Wildey, in the GENEALOGY OF THE CHESEBROUGH FAMILY, listed 5 other children; Billings, Nathaniel, Samuel, David and Grace. No proof has been discovered to substantiate those children. The Nathaniel on the list has been confused with Nathaniel (#152), son of Nathaniel (#42), and some researchers have confused the Samuel on the list with Samuel (#190), son of Jonas Hewitt (#60).

References:

Vital Records of Stonington and North Stonington, Conn.

Stephen Babcock, BABCOCK GENEALOGY, New York City, 1903, pp. 53 & 54.

Cyrus Henry Brown, NATHANIEL BABCOCK GENEALOGY, Boston, 1909, pp. 18 & 19.

 National Archives, Rev. War Pension File #W16184.

New York Biographical and Genealogical Record, Vol. 65, p. 302 for Voluntown, Conn. marriage records.

Wildey, GENEALOGY OF THE CHESEBROUGH FAMILY, pp. 308 & 325.

Wheeler, HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONN., p. 420.

MAYFLOWER FAMILIES THROUGH FIVE GENERATIONS, Vol. III, Soule Family, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1980, p. 279.

Andrews, CONN. SOLDIERS IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, Vol. 1, p. 10 and Vol. 2, p. 366.

 

 

More About JOSEPH HEWITT and SARAH BABCOCK:

Marriage: 1756

 

             vi.   ALDEN HEWITT, b. November 15, 1734, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; d. his youth.

            vii.   PRISCILLA HEWITT, b. May 28, 1737, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; d. Bef. November 1784; m. JESSE SWAN, November 19, 1758; b. December 29, 1738.

 

More About JESSE SWAN and PRISCILLA HEWITT:

Marriage: November 19, 1758

 

           viii.   DAVID HEWITT, b. October 28, 1739, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

 

Notes for DAVID HEWITT:

DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HEWITT OF STONINGTON, CONN.. Compiled by Virginia Hewitt Watterson, 1996. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, Ut. Page 8.

     On the rolls Apr. 1759, Capt. John Stanton's co., during the French and Indian War, and again 24 March to 15 Nov. 1760. Nothing further known.

 

 

             ix.   PRUDENCE HEWITT, b. October 10, 1742, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; m. UNKNOWN LEWIS.

             x.  INFANT HEWITT, b. May 20, 1744, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; d. May 20, 1744, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

 

Notes for INFANT HEWITT:

DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HEWITT OF STONINGTON, CONN.. Compiled by Virginia Hewitt Watterson, 1996. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, Ut. Page 8.

     Who died the same day (Town Records).

 

 

             xi.   ANNA HEWITT, b. May 26, 1746, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; m. AMOS WHIPPLE, January 26, 1769, Stonington, New London Co., CT; b. March 16, 1738/39; d. April 10, 1826, Knox, New York.

 

More About AMOS WHIPPLE and ANNA HEWITT:

Marriage: January 26, 1769, Stonington, New London Co., CT

 

 

 

Endnotes

 

1.  Barbour, Lucius Barnes, Barbour Collection - Stonington Vital Records prior to 1850, Vol 3, page 186, shows "... married Mrs Hannah Hewit[t] October 18, 1751 by Rev. Joseph Fish."

2.  Barbour, Lucius Barnes, Barbour Collection - Stonington Vital Records prior to 1850, Vol 2, page 10.

3.  Richard Wheeler, History of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, CT,  (Norwich, 1875).

4.  Barbour, Lucius Barnes, Barbour Collection - Stonington Vital Records prior to 1850, Vol 3, page 186, shows "... married Mrs Hannah Hewit[t] October 18, 1751 by Rev. Joseph Fish."