Pane-Joyce Genealogy
George Lewis (2486) & Dennis Forman
6321. Margery Lewis. Born ca 1597 in England. Margery was baptized in Brenchley, Kent, on 4 Dec 1597.223 Margery died in England in Jun 1618. Buried on 18 Jun 1618 in Brenchley, Kent.223
6322. George Lewis. Born ca Aug 1600 in Brenchley, Kent. George was baptized in Brenchley, Kent, on 31 Aug 1600.223 George died in Barnstable, MA ca 1662.45 Occupation: clothier. Religion: joined Rev. John Lothrop’s church in Scituate, 20 Sep 1635.

George, freeman of Plymouth Colony on 3 Jan 1637 [Plym. Col. Rec., 1:48], moved to Barnstable by 1641, lived at times in Plymouth and Scituate, MA. George was among those freemen of Scituate granted land on Jan. 1, 1638, provided that they erect a ferry over the North River [Plym. Col. Rec., 1:72-3]. He was one of those Barnstable townsmen found fit to bear arms in Aug., 1643 [Plym. Col. Rec., 8:193].

    “George Lewis (clothier) was one of those dismissed from Plymouth Church in 1634, ‘in case they join in a body at Scituate.’ He had lands here [Scituate] in 1633. His house lot was on Kent street, the first south of Meeting-house lane. He came from East Greenwich in Kent. He married Sarah Jenkins in England, sister of Edward Jenkins. There is no regular record of his children: some having been born in England, others in Plymouth, others in Scituate, and two in Barnstable.”53

Check out Barbara Lewis Williams’ book 400 years with a New England Lewes/Lewis Family, published in 1990 by Gateway Press, Baltimore.

There’s an article on George Lewis in The Great Migration.14

Will: The last Will and Testament of George Lewis, Sen'r deceased exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth; the third of March 1663 on the oath of Mr. Thomas Allin of Barnstable.

In the Name of God Amen; I being in continual expectation of death; butt yett in my perfect memory and senses: I doe comitt and bequeath my sole to God whoe gave it mee and my body to the earth from whence it came; and my worldly goods I doe bequeath as followeth:

Imprimis I doe give unto my wife and my son Ephraim Lewis my whole estate that shall bee left Remaining after my debts are payed; as well my lands and other Interests as alsoe all my Cattle and Chattle of goods whatsoever; and my will is further that my wife and my said son Ephraim they or either of them shall quietly enjoy the same during either her or his life time; and if either of them die the other shall enjoy it wholly during her or his life time, and after the decease of them both what shall bee then left Remaining shall be divided amongst my other five sonnes viz, my son George my son Thomas my son James my son Edward and my son John; onely my son George shall in the first place have five pounds of it and the Remainder shall be equally divided between him and them; onely I doe will That my daughter Sarah Lewis shall have alsoe an equal share in it;

Item I make my wife Mary Lewis my full and onely exequitrix, to pay and Receive all my debts to order Improve and dispose of all after my decease.
On 1 Nov 1624 George married Mary Doggett, daughter of Thomas Doggett (ca Jan 1572/3-bef Jun 1621) & Isabel (-14 Oct 1641), in Horsmonden, Kent. Born ca Sep 1600 in Horsmonden, Kent. Mary was baptized in Horsmonden, Kent, on 21 Sep 1600. Mary died in Barnstable, MA aft 3 Jul 1676.

Although Deane53 says George married Sarah Jenkins, sister of Edward Jenkins, Wakefield223 finds no justification for that statement. George did have a wife Mary who probably was the mother of three of his children.223

Check out Gordon Lewis Remington’s article “Mary Doggett, wife of George1 Lewis of Brenchley, Kent, and Scituate, Massachusetts” that appeared in The American Genealogist, 72 (1997): 321-328.
Their children include:
17188i.
Mary Lewis (ca 1625-2 Jul 1655)
17189ii.
George Lewis (ca 1627-)
17190iii.
Thomas Lewis (ca 1630-May 1709)
17191iv.
Lieut. James Lewis (ca 1632-4 Oct 1713)
17192v.
Edward Lewis (ca 1634-29 Mar 1703)
17193vi.
John Lewis (Died unmarried) (2 Mar 1637/8-26 Mar 1676)
17194vii.
Ephraim Lewis (23 Jul 1641-aft 3 Mar 1663)
17195viii.
Sarah Lewis (2 Feb 1643/4-11 Feb 1734/5)
6323. James Lewis. Born ca 1603 in England. James was baptized in Brenchley, Kent, on 17 Apr 1603.223
6324. John Lewis. Born ca 1606 in England. John was baptized in Brenchley, Kent, on 1 Nov 1606.223 John died aft 23 Aug 1669.14 Occupation: Butcher.

John and Sarah, with their daughter Sarah, sailed on the Hercules in 1635.223

There’s an article on John Lewis in The Great Migration.14 There is no evidence that any of John’s children married or that he had grandchildren.
1 Mar 1631/2 John first married Sarah Mead, daughter of James Mead, in Tenterden, Ashford, Kent.223 Born ca 1612 in England. Sarah was baptized in Tenterden, Ashford, Kent, on 29 Nov 1612.223
Their children include:
17196i.
Sarah Lewis (Died young) (ca 1632-)
17197ii.
Sarah Lewis
On 22 Nov 1659 John second married Alice Mattock, daughter of James Mattock, in Boston, MA.223

Alice, widow Bishop.223
Their children include:
17198i.
Samuel Lewis (18 Jan 1661-)
17199ii.
Joseph Lewis (4 Feb 1662-)
17200iii.
Benoni Lewis (25 Jan 1664/5-)
17201iv.
Nathaniel Lewis (5 Jul 1666-)
6325. Elizabeth Lewis. Born ca 1613 in England. Elizabeth was baptized in Brenchley, Kent, 2 Feb 1613/4.223

No further record for Elizabeth.223
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