442 Lewis. 



Sept. 1736, aet. 45 yrs. A gravestone standing in the older part of 

 the Hingham cemetery gives the date of his death, with other partic- 

 ulars, as foil : — 



Erected 



In memory of IW 



Joseph Lewis who 



WAS boRN AT Barnstable 



IN New England 



July A D. 1676 and 



DIED AT Hingham August 



THE 22. 1767 IN 



THE 92" Year of 



HIS Age. 



Our Fathers where are 



they, and the prophets do 



THEy LIUE FOR EUER. 



Joseph was by occupation " trader." Selectman in 1718. Resided 

 ■on South St., West Hing. 



Ch., b. in Hing., by w. Sarah, were — 



Sarah, Dec. 15, 1703. m. Jau. 16, 1723-24, Elisha Lincoln. 



Joseph, Dec. 1, 1705, grad. at. Har. Coll. 1725. m. July 31, 1760, Han- 

 nah, dau. of Caleb Marsh. She d. 27 June, 1786, eet. 62 yrs. He d. 14 

 Jan. 1786, fet. 80 yrs. 



Thomas, Sept. 30, 1707. 



Paul, March 25, 1710. 



James, Sept. 9, 1712. m. Rogers of Mfd. He was grad. at Har. 



Coll. 1731. 



Jonathan, Dec. 3, 1714. 



Mary, Sept. 6, 1717. m. May 26, 1735, Knight Sprague. 



Ch., b. in Hing., by w. Elizabeth, were — 



viii. Elizabeth, July 14, 1719. ni. Sept. 20, 1739, David Beal, Jr. 

 9. ix. George, July 23, 1721. 



X. Hannah, May 24, 1723, d. 17 Aug. foil. 

 xi. Samuel, June 28, 1724, d. 17 Aug. 1724. 



10. xii. Samuel, Oct. 28, 1725. 



xiii. Israel, Apr. 19, 1727, d. 31 July foil. 



11. xiv. Ebenezer, July 21, 1728. 



XV. Lucy, Oct. 23, 1730, d. unm., 3 Feb. 1794. 

 xvi. Hannah,* Dec. 3, 1731, d. unm. 21 Jan. 1789. 

 xvii. Eunice, May 9, 1736, d. 17 Sept. 1744. 



* The will of Hannah Lewis, "singlewoman," dated 18 Jan. 1789, proved 31 March foil., 

 gives to Abigail Hersey, the w. of Zadock Hersey, "my riding-liood and my cambleteeii 

 gown; to my cousin Elizabeth Beal, my Bengal gown; to my cousin Rebecca Beal, my 

 round calico gown; to my cousin Hannah Lewis, my Irish cambletgown; to Susanna Beai, 

 dau. of Elijah Beal, my old calico gown ; and to Catherine Beal, her sister, my silk and 

 worsted gown. All the residue of my estate I give to my sister, Lflcy Lewis." Appoints 

 Martin Lincoln executor. 



5. John * (John ^ James ^ George ^), b. in Hing. Oct. 13, 1683. m. 

 May 2, 1716, Deborah Hawke, dau, of James and Sarah (Jacob) 

 Hawke. She was b. in Hing. Jan. 14, 1691-92, and d. of "numb 

 palsey " at the residence of her dau., Mrs. Jacob Sylvester, Scit., 15 

 ISTov. 1780, set. 89th yr. He d. suddenly of apoplexy, at the house of 

 Jabez Wilder, in Hing. 18 March, 1754, aet. 70 yrs. " Bhicksmith." 

 Constable 1719 ; selectman 1730, 1731, and 1732. Resided on the 

 paternal homestead, Main St., near Tower's Bridge. 



