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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AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 29<br />
Dwelling House & half an acre <strong>of</strong> l<strong>and</strong> lying on the northerly<br />
side <strong>of</strong> sd Dwelling house also one half my Barn.<br />
1 give unto my three sons, Amos <strong>Lewis</strong>, Thomas <strong>Lewis</strong><br />
& Nathaniel <strong>Lewis</strong> <strong>and</strong> unto their Heirs <strong>and</strong> Assigns forever<br />
the other half <strong>of</strong> my Estate both real <strong>and</strong> personal in<br />
equal Proportion.<br />
I give <strong>and</strong> bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth John-<br />
son, the wife <strong>of</strong> Timothy Johnson, twenty four shillings<br />
yearly & every year to be paid her by my Executors out<br />
<strong>of</strong> my Estate so long as my Wife's Improvement continueth<br />
<strong>and</strong> at the end <strong>of</strong> my Wife's Improvement I Will,<br />
give & bequeath unto her children forty pounds to be<br />
paid unto her, if living, or her children if Providence so<br />
do order that she dieth before my Wife.<br />
After the Improvement <strong>of</strong> my Wife is ended, I give<br />
unto my sons Thomas & Nathaniel the west end <strong>of</strong> my<br />
House.<br />
I give <strong>and</strong> bequeath unto my three sons Amos, Thomas<br />
& Nathaniel the whole remaining part <strong>of</strong> my Estate both<br />
real <strong>and</strong> personal unto them, their Heirs <strong>and</strong> Assigns forever,<br />
to be equally divided betwixt them.<br />
Constitutes wife Elizabeth <strong>and</strong> son Amos as executors.<br />
Dec. 10, 1779, Amos <strong>Lewis</strong> (85), cordwainer, <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lynn</strong>,<br />
Elizabeth <strong>Lewis</strong>, widow, <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lynn</strong>, <strong>and</strong> Thomas <strong>Lewis</strong> (87)<br />
<strong>of</strong> Boston, cordwainer, for X 12,750 (depreciated currency)<br />
conveyed to Jacob Newhall <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lynn</strong>, a farm <strong>of</strong> 120 acres<br />
in <strong>Lynn</strong>, also two lots <strong>of</strong> salt marsh, 7 acres, <strong>and</strong> 2 lots <strong>of</strong><br />
woodl<strong>and</strong>, 5 acres. (Essex Co. Deeds, Vol. 138, f. 51.)<br />
May 16, 1777, Ephraim Rhodes <strong>and</strong> wife Mary, conveyed<br />
to Thomas (87) <strong>and</strong> Nathaniel <strong>Lewis</strong> (88) <strong>of</strong> Plymouth<br />
<strong>and</strong> Amos <strong>Lewis</strong> (85) <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lynn</strong>, 5 acres l<strong>and</strong> in<br />
<strong>Lynn</strong>. (Essex Co. Deeds, Vol. 123, f. 278.) On July 19,<br />
1777, John Batt <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lynn</strong> for £186 conveyed to Amos<br />
<strong>Lewis</strong> (85) <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lynn</strong>, <strong>and</strong> Thomas (87) <strong>and</strong> Nathaniel<br />
<strong>Lewis</strong> (88) <strong>of</strong> Plymouth, 80 acres l<strong>and</strong> in <strong>Lynn</strong>, bounded<br />
on Amos, Thomas <strong>and</strong> Nathaniel <strong>Lewis</strong> <strong>and</strong> Thomas<br />
Stocker. (Essex Co. Deeds, Vol. 123, f. 278.)<br />
Thomas <strong>Lewis</strong> married Dec. 8, 1741, in <strong>Lynn</strong>, Elizabeth<br />
Carder. He was buried in <strong>Lynn</strong>, Nov. 12, 1774.<br />
Children <strong>of</strong> Thomas <strong>and</strong> Elizabeth, born in <strong>Lynn</strong> :
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