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Memorial and Family History of Erie County, New York
Vol. I, Biographical and Genealogical
The Genealogical Publishing Co., Buffalo; 1906-8

   [68-69]

        THE JEWETT FAMILY, for many years one of the representative
     families of Buffalo, belong to a race which traces its lineage to the
     days of the Puritan settlement of Massachusetts, and to the latter
     years of the reign of QUEEN ELIZABETH. Patriotism has been a marked
     characteristic of the family, and from the period of the Colonial
     Wars, down through the Revolution to the present time, bearers of the
     name have, by reason of military services, deserved well of their
     country.  WILLIAM JEWETT, eldest son of EDWARD of Bradford, England,
     was the father of JOSEPH JEWETT, who, with his uncles, MAXIMILIAN and
     JOSEPH, came to America from Rowley in Yorkshire, England, landing in
     Boston on the 1st day of December, 1638. They settled in Massachusetts
     Colony and were the founders of Rowley, Mass.  JOSEPH, son of JOSEPH,
     had a son, CAPT. NATHAN JEWETT, who had a son, CAPT. JOSEPH JEWETT,
     who was a hero of the Revolution.  After the siege of Boston, CAPT.
     JEWETT and his troops accompanied GEN. WASHINGTON to New York, where
     he took part in the battle of Long Island. During the engagement, COL.
     HUNTINGTON'S force was surrounded by the British, and CAPT. JEWETT
     received bayonet wounds which he survived only two days, his death
     occurring on the 29th of August, 1776.
        JOSIAH JEWETT, son of CAPT. JOSEPH, was born in Lyme, Conn., and
     removed to Moravia, Cayuga County, N. Y., in 1814.
        The first wife of DEACON JEWETT was ELIZABETH SMITH, of Durham,
     Middlesex County, Conn. Their children were: DAVID PARSONS, GEORGE
     WASHINGTON, DAVID PARSONS, ELIZA SMITH, MARTHA, JOSIAH PARSONS, SAMUEL
     PARSONS, CLARISSA, and GUERNSEY. The second wife of DEACON JOSIAH
     JEWETT was SOPHIA SKINNER, daughter of COTTON and PRUDENCE SKINNER of
     Moravia, N. Y., formerly of East Hartford, Conn.  The children were:
     SHERMAN SKINNER, JOHN COTTON, JOSEPH, CAROLINE MATILDA, CHARLES
     CARROLL, and JAMES HARVEY.

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