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

AND SOME OP HIS DESCENDANTS. 17
Children of Joseph and Mary, born in Swansea
32. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 6, 1672.
33. SYBIL, b. Mar. 18, 1674; m. in 1700, at Maiden, Samuel Howard
of Maiden, and had: (1) Samuel, b. Apr. 25, 1701;
m. July 12, 1727, Elizabeth Wayte; lived in Maiden. (2)
Joseph, b. Nov., 1702; d. May 18, 1725. (3) Mary, b. about
1708; m. Sept. 6, 1733, Thomas Mighills of Pomfret, Conn.
(4) Sybill, b. about 1712; m. Dec. 27, 1738, Reuben Darbe of
Pomfret, Conn. (5) Benjamin, b. in 1714; d. 1763; m. June
19, 1740, Abigail Walton of Reading. Settled at Maiden, and
removed to Holden, Mass., in 1749.
The following memorandum, filed in Middlesex County
Probate, file 8876, is interesting proof of the relationship
of all the parties thereto.
" Deacon Samuel Howard's mother was sister to the
deceased* by his mother's side, i. e. : Obadialrs mother
before she married his Father—married a Lewis & had 2
children. Viz :—Joseph and Sibilla, which Sibilla was
mother to the said Samuel Howard, who claims Joseph
was father to Benj m Lewis, who also claims Sibilla's children
are Samuel and Sibella. Joseph's children are Benjamin,
Joseph and Abigail."
The claims were allowed and settlement made as above.
7 John Lewis, born in Lynn, Mar. 30, 1660, was a
lieutenant, and was made a freeman Apr. 18,1691. In the
division of his father's lands he had the south half next
the sea. He died intestate about a year after his father,
and his widow Elizabeth was appointed administratrix,
June 27, 1711. The inventory of his estate, taken July
11, 1711, is as follows :
To an house, barn, & land adjoining to
about twenty acres or more, 160 00 00
To 15 acre upland & meadow in same field, 60 00 00
To 7 acres Salt Marsh, 42 00 00
To Common Lotte, 42 00 00
To Forty sheep & two swine, 10 00 00
To Cow & Tools for husbandry, 4 07 00
To Wareing Cloth & Gun, 11 11 00
*Obadiah Jenkins.