Edmund Lewis, of Lynn, Massachusetts, and some of his descendants

H EDMUND LEWIS OF LYNN,
21. ESTHER, b. 1665; m., Jan. 7, 1684, Jeremiah Finney, at Bristol,
R. I., where they had children born : (1) Mary, b. Mar. 26,
1686; (2) Hannah, b. Jan. 14, 1687-8; (3) Mehitable, b. May
8, 1689; (4) John, b. Aug. 3, and d. Oct. 23, 1690; (5) Rebec-
ca, b. Feb. 24, 1691; (6) Esther, b. May 5, 1693; (7) John, b.
April 13, 1696; (8) Abigail, b. April 17, 1697.
22. THOMAS, b. Sept. 28, 1666, at Northampton, Mass.; d. Jan. 11,
1666-7, at Northampton.
23. THOMAS, b. Apr. 29, 1668, at Lynn.
24. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 7, 1669, at Swansea.
25. PERSITHK, b. June 15, 1671, at Swansea.
26. SAMUEL, b. Apr. 23, 1673, at Swansea.
27. HEPSEBAH, b. Nov. 15, 1674, at Swansea; m., Dec. 25, 1706,
James Thurber, at Bristol, R. I. He died June 10, 1747.
She died Nov. 11, 1753, at Bristol, R. I.
28. JOSEPH, b. May 13, 1677, at Swansea.
29. DEBORAH, b. Mar. 19, 1679, at Swansea.
5. Nathaniel Lewis was born at Watertown, 25th,
6 m., 1639. Caulkins' History of New London, p. 296,
says, " Nathaniel and Joseph Lewis are names that appear
on the rate list of 1667, as partners in estate. They were
transient residents." They removed to Swansea and became
inhabitants.
At a town meeting, Dec. 1, 1669, " Nathaniel Lewis is
admitted townsman, and is to have a 12 acre lot where it
may be Judged Convenient." He was of the 3d rank Feb.
7, 1670. In the Book of Possessions his lands are recorded
on page 107, except his lot No. 85 in the sheep pasture,
alias Towoset Neck, which is recorded by a mistake with
his brother Joseph's lands on page 53. He married Mary
-, and died Oct. 13, 1683.
Children of Nathaniel and Mary
30. NATHANIEL, b. July 17, 1673; d. Aug. 20, 1676.
31. MARY, b. Dec. 4, 1677, at Lynn; m., June 10, 1693, John Cole, jr.,
in Swansea, and had born there: (1) Lewis, b. Oct. 23, 1694;
(2) Joanna, b. Feby. 20, 1686-7 ;
(3) Nathan, b. Mar. 20, 1703.
6. Joseph Lewis. There is no record of his birth.
His father died in 1650, and in 1658 his mother was taken
away, and John, his eldest brother, did not marry until the
next year (17 June, 1059), so that his childhood was not
very propitious and early in life he had to start to build
his own fortune. Being used to the water, with his brother