George LEWIS^[1]

Abt 1600 - 1664  (~ 64 years)

• Name	George LEWIS
  Born	Abt 1600	Brenchley, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	31 Aug 1600	Brenchley, Kent, England
  Also Known As	LEWYS
  Migration	Bef 1633	E Greenwich, Kent, England
  Anecdote	20 Sep 1635	Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [2]
  	Joined Scituate church
  Freeman	3 Jan 1637	Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts
  Noteworthy	Founded Barnstable, MA
  Purchased Land	1 Jan 1638	Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Will Notes	The last Will and Testament of George Lewis, Sen'r deceased exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth; the third of March 1663 on the oath of Mr. Thomas Allin of Barnstable. In the Name of God Amen; I being in continual expectation of death; butt yett in my perfect memory and senses: I doe comitt and bequeath my sole to God whoe gave it mee and my body to the earth from whence it came; and my worldly goods I doe bequeath as followeth: Imprimis I doe give unto my wife and my son Ephraim Lewis my whole estate that shall bee left Remaining after my debts are payed; as well my lands and other Interests as alsoe all my Cattle and Chattle of goods whatsoever; and my will is further that my wife and my said son Ephraim they or either of them shall quietly enjoy the same during either her or his life time; and if either of them die the other shall enjoy it wholly during her or his life time, and after the decease of them both what shall bee then left Remaining shall be divided amongst my other five sonnes viz, my son George my son Thomas my son James my son Edward and my son John; onely my son George shall in the first place have five pounds of it and the Remainder shall be equally divided between him and them; onely I doe will That my daughter Sarah Lewis shall have alsoe an equal share in it; Item I make my wife Mary Lewis my full and onely exequitrix, to pay and Receive all my debts to order Improve and dispose of all after my decease.''
  Residence	Bef 1641	Barnstable County, Massachusetts
  Immigrant?	Y
  Died	3 Mar 1664	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I42730	Main
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	George LEWIS,   b. Abt 1575, Brenchley, Kent, England ,   d. 11 Jul 1631, Brenchley, Kent, England  (Age ~ 56 years)
  Mother	Denise FORMAN,   b. 15 Aug 1579, Brenchley, Kent, England ,   d. 10 Jan 1626, County Kent, England  (Age 46 years)
  Married	24 May 1596	Brenchley, Kent, England
  Family ID	F30136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary DOGGETT,   b. Abt 1600, Horsmonden, Kent, England ,   d. Aft 3 Jul 1676, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Married	1 Nov 1624	Horsmonden, Kent, England
  Children	+ 1. Sarah LEWIS,   b. 2 Feb 1644, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 11 Feb 1735, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age 91 years)   2. Thomas LEWIS,   b. 5 Jan 1631, Brenchley, Kent, England ,   d. 1691, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age 59 years)   3. Lt James LEWIS,   b. 25 Mar 1632, Brenchley, Kent, England ,   d. 4 Oct 1713, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age 81 years)
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F30130	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Anecdote - 20 Sep 1635 - Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Freeman - 3 Jan 1637 - Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Purchased Land - 1 Jan 1638 - Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Residence - Bef 1641 - Barnstable County, Massachusetts Died - 3 Mar 1664 - Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Sarah Jenkins was NOT his wife. Researchers have determined that this identification is incorrect, and that Mary Doggett was his wife and the mother of at least his first five children. —— George was a clothier (maker of cloth) from England. He emigrated in 1632 most likely and became a respected churchman and community leader. He is credited with being a founder of Barnstable in 1639. It is thought that he was a member of Rev. John Lathrop's church in England which was dissolved in 1632 and most of the members immigrated to the Plymouth colony at that time. He shows up in 1633 in records of that area and era. He later joined Rev. Lathrop's Church in Scituate (1636) but in 1639 they all removed to Barnstable where Rev. Lathrop founded the Congregational Church in America. https://familysearch.org/tree/person/LR7Y-PJM/details ——— COMMENTS: On 4 December 1638, "Georg[e] Lewes" was fined 3s. for non-appearance at Court [PCR 1:104]. On 5 April 1641, "[w]hereas Georg[e] Lewes attached certain corn of Thomas Roberts in the hands of Captain Standish, and neither came nor anyone for him to prosecute his suit, was nonsuited, & the corn released" [PCR 2:12]. On 8 June 1655, the "Court do allow unto George Lewis, of Barnstable, for charge and trouble about the said Anthony Gilpin [recently deceased] in his sickness and all other times, the sum of six pounds three shillings and four pence, besides ten shillings for the wintering of an heifer, and two shillings and six pence which was brought in upon account afterwards" [PCR 3:83]. The Plymouth section of the 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms includes an entry for "George Lewes," with a mark to indicate that this item was interlineated [PCR 8:188]. This item is puzzling, as George Lewis also appears in his proper place in the Barnstable section [PCR 8:193], and there is no other evidence for this or any other George Lewis in Plymouth. This may be a simple clerical error. [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S68] FULLER, Genealogy of some Descendants of Thomas Fuller of Woburn, William Hyslop Fuller, (1919). [S41] The Great Migration Study Project, Anderson, Robert Charles, Volume IV, I-L:282. [S41] The Great Migration Study Project, Anderson, Robert Charles, Volume IV, I-L.