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Friday, March 24, 2017

Ancestor Birthday - March 24th - Joseph Jewett 1765 - c1837


This is the day, March 24th, to celebrate the birthday of my 4th great-grandfather, Joseph Jewett. This Joseph Jewett had a 2nd great-grandfather also named Joseph Jewett, who was my 8th great-grandfather. Today's Joseph was born in 1765 in Hopkinton, New Hampshire to John and Hannah Jewett. When he was about 20, the family moved about 95 miles north to Lisbon.

A 1914 family history notes that Joseph was mentioned in the town records of Lisbon. Among these were that in 1785 his sheep mark was registered: "Hole in the left ear," and then in 1795 he was the chairman of a town meeting.

It was 10 Aug 1789 when he married Huldah Fenton from Landaff the next town to the south. They may have lived close to the line since he was recorded as of Landaff when he signed a petition for road in 1798. There are at least five children recorded at Lisbon from 1791 to 1802.
The family history lists a sixth child in Lisbon then goes on to say that the family moved to New York about 1805 and two more children were born there. Then it was about 1818 when Joseph moved to Mentor in Geauga (now Lake) County, Ohio, where he probably died around 1837.

I have some questions about the names of Joseph's children, so plan to write about that next week.

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