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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