Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

122 GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES.
indicates that it was deed of release or exchange, but there is nothing
in the terms of the sale that justifies that conclusion.*
Thomas Lewes, son of George, born in England, married June
15, 1653, Mary, daughter of Dolar Davis.
Children horn in Barnstable.
10. I. James, 31st March, 1654. (See No. 10.)
11. II. Thomas, 15th July, 1656. (See No. 11.)
12. III. Mary, 2d Nov. 1659.
13. IV. Samuel, 14th May, 1662. Samuel Lewis resided in
Falmouth—a prominent man of his time—a surveyor of lands
moderator at town meetings. Selectman, &c., &c. I do not
find that he married and had a family, neither do I find when
he died. He probably removed from Falmouth.
Benjamin, t probably a son of Thomas, married Sept. 8, 1702,
Elizabeth Crow of Yarmouth, resided in Falmouth, and had Judah,
June 4, 1703 ; Elizabeth Jan. 17, 1705. His wife Elizabeth died
March 8, 1706-7, and he married 2d June, 1708, Hannah, daugh-
ter of Ensign John Hinckley of Barnstable, and had Samuel June 4,
1709, and Bethia Feb. 11, 1710-11. After this date his name disappears.
The ages of his two wives make it probable that Benjamin
was born before 1670.
Cornelius Lewes of Falmouth, married Sarah [Green] Jan. 19,
1726-7, and had Mioajah Oct. 25, 1727 ; a daughter Feb. 25,
1729 ; Elijah, May 14, 1730. Who this Cornelius was I cannot
determine.
George Lewes, son of George, was a planter, and resided in the
East Parish in Barnstable. He was not so well educated as others
of the family, and had not the active business capacity of his brother
James or Thomas ; yet he was honest and industrious, a good neighbor,
and a worthy member of the church. His house stood on the
south side of the highway, on the lot of land recently owned by Mr.
Daniel Cobb, deceased. His houselot, containing five acres, with a
barn standing thereon, he bought Sept. 10, 1656, of Barnard and
Joshua Lumbard. It was bounded north by the highway, east by
the great lot of Thomas Lumbard, south and west by the land of
Barnard Lumbard. This was originally the land of Joshua Lum-
*In this deed he writes his name Lewee, and his son James, and Benjamin of Falmouth,
in a deed dated Oct. 17, 1700, spell their names in the same manner.
tThere is scarce room for donbt that Benjamin Lewes was a son of Thomas. I do not
give him a serial number, because there is no recorded evidence that-he was such. His
a^e, the ages of his wives, and the names of his children, indicate that he was. Thomas'
descendants appear to have removed from Falmouth betore 1720. The present families
trace their lines of descent from three if not four different branches of the Barnstable family.
1, Lothrop ; 2, Ebenezer ; 3, David ; 4, Robinson. The descendants of Nathan, Isaac
and George, who removed to Falmouth earlier, seem to have disappeared.
Truth also seems to require me to give Hannah Hinckley in marriage to Benjamin
Lewes of Falmouth instead of the man of the same name in Barnstable. Such mistakes are
unavoidable, and in this case it destroys all the pretty stories I have told of the honorable
descent of Liza Townhill the reputed witch.