Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

130 GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BAEN8TABLB FAMILIES.
married Elizabeth . He died in 1683, and his three children
are named on the Probate records.
62. I. Hannah.
63. II. George.
64. III. Samuel.
(19.) Jabez Lewes, son of George, (4) born in Barnstable
10th June, 1670, married 20th Feb. 1695, Experience Hamblin.
His son John is recorded as born in Barnstable 27th Aug. 1696.
In 1702 he had removed to Yarmouth, where he had three children
whose births are recorded, and the same were baptized in the church
at Barnstable of which his wife continued to be a member all her
long life. He had other children, Eleanor named in his will and
Jabez of Harwich, probably his son. In his will dated Jan. 19,
1737-8, proved 1738, he names his wife Experience, eldest sou
John, sons Elnathan and Antipas, and daughter Eleanor Robbins.
Jabez of Harwich died April 6, 1732, and for that reason it is probable
he is not named. Jabez the elder was not a prominent man,
though on the Probate records he is called Mr., a mark of distinction
in those days. He died in 1738, aged 68, and the widow Experience
July 26, 1766, aged 92 years and 3 months.
Children of Jabez Lewes.
65. I. John, born in Barnstable 27th Aug. 1696. (See No, 66.)
Jabez married Sarah Lincoln Feb. 27, 1723—had born in Harwich
Thomas, Dec. 22, 1724 ; Sarah, March 4, 1727-8, and perhaps
others.
Eleanor married Robbins.
66. II. Elnathan, born in Yarmouth Aug. 27, 1702. (See No.
67.
67.)
III.
68.)
Antipas, born in Yarmouth Feb. 3, 1704-5. (See No.
68. IV. Naomi, born in Yarmouth July 1, 1708, married Jesse
Lewes March 8, 1731-2.
(20.) Benj. Lewes, son of George, (4) born in Barnstable
22d Nov. 1675, married 10th Feb. 1696-7, Margaret Folland of
Yarmouth. In 1691 the town agreed to raise £30 to assist in defraying
the expense of procuring a new charter for the colony of
Plymouth. To raise this sum parcels of the common lands were
sold. George Lewes bought for £5 twelve acres of land at Crooked
Pond, of late years known as Lampson's Pond. This tract of land
he gave to his son Benjamin, who built his house thereon. It was
in a solitary spot in the midst of the forest, about equally distant
from the settlements on the north and south side of the Cape. The
great
house.
Indian trail between Hyannis and Yarmouth passed near his
In his will dated 20th May, 1725, proved April 30, 1726, he.
names his wife, sons Seth and Benjamin, and daughters Mary
Pitcher, Elizabeth and Mercy Lewes. He appoints his brother Nar