Edmund Lewis, of Lynn, Massachusetts, and some of his descendants
Edmund Lewis, of Lynn, Massachusetts, and some of his descendants
Edmund Lewis, of Lynn, Massachusetts, and some of his descendants
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ASD SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 9<br />
mund, secured in 1728. (Bodge's King Philip's War, p.<br />
422.) He was paid £1. 16. 0. June 24, 1676, for services<br />
in Capt. Nick Manning's Co. (N. E. Hist. Gen. Register,<br />
Vol. 42, p. 95.) He was made a freeman, April 18, 1691,<br />
<strong>and</strong> was then called " lieutenant." (N. E. Hist. Gen.<br />
Register, Vol. 5, p. 352.) He was elected a deacon in<br />
the church at a town meeting held January 8, 1692 :<br />
"That Lieut. <strong>Lewis</strong> & Lieut. Fuller should sit at table."<br />
He kept a tavern in the eastern part <strong>of</strong> Saugus, known as<br />
the " Blue Anchor," probably being the successor <strong>of</strong> <strong>his</strong><br />
father in law, Capt. Thomas Marshall, who died in 1683.<br />
T<strong>his</strong> inn was later kept by <strong>his</strong> son Thomas (9) <strong>and</strong> gr<strong>and</strong>son<br />
John (41), <strong>and</strong> is mentioned by travellers <strong>of</strong> that day.*<br />
Madam Knight in her Diary also mentions t<strong>his</strong> tavern.<br />
He died in 1710, at the age <strong>of</strong> 79 years. His willf is as<br />
follows :<br />
I John <strong>Lewis</strong> Sr. <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lynn</strong> being <strong>of</strong> sound underst<strong>and</strong>ing<br />
& memory thro the goodness <strong>of</strong> God, considering the<br />
frailty <strong>of</strong> human nature in general <strong>and</strong> my own age in<br />
particular, not knowing how soon it may please God to<br />
take me out <strong>of</strong> t<strong>his</strong> transitory life <strong>and</strong>, being desirous <strong>of</strong><br />
making allotment <strong>of</strong> my outward estate <strong>and</strong> prevent any<br />
differences which might otherwise arise after my death<br />
between my wife <strong>and</strong> my children, do make t<strong>his</strong> my<br />
last Will <strong>and</strong> Testament as followeth [commits <strong>his</strong> soul<br />
to God, <strong>and</strong> <strong>his</strong> body to the earth]. And as for that<br />
outward estate which God in <strong>his</strong> goodness hath lent unto<br />
me, I do dispose <strong>of</strong> it as hereafter is expressed. For as<br />
much as I have formerly done for my children what I judge<br />
meet, <strong>and</strong> sufficient <strong>and</strong> am now desirous according to my<br />
duty <strong>and</strong> ability to provide for y e comfortable livelyhood<br />
<strong>and</strong> subsistance <strong>of</strong> my now wife after my decease, if it be<br />
the pleasure <strong>of</strong> God that she outlive me, 1 do therefore<br />
give unto my said wife, Sarah <strong>Lewis</strong>, <strong>and</strong> my Will is that<br />
she shall receive, have <strong>and</strong> enjoy to her own absolute use<br />
<strong>and</strong> disposal, my whole Estate not formerly by me other-<br />
*Samuel Sewall writing in <strong>his</strong> Diary regarding the funeral <strong>of</strong> <strong>his</strong><br />
mother on Jany. 14, 1700-1, says, " Hired horses at Charlestown, set<br />
out about 10 o'clock in a great Fogg. Dined at <strong>Lewis</strong>' with Mr.<br />
Gushing <strong>of</strong> Salisbury. Sam <strong>and</strong> I kept on in Ipswich Rode."<br />
tEssex Co. Probate, Vol. 310, f. 242.
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