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

66 EDMUND LEWIS OP LYNN
Children of Nathaniel and Candace, born in Swansea :
385. ANNE, b. Aug. 26, 1785.
386. CANDACE, b. June 21, 1787.
387. MARCY, b. Apr. 14, 1789.
388. NATHANIEL, b. Feb. 16, 1791.
389. HIPSEY, b. Dec. 12, 1792.
390. AMOS, b. Jan. 14, 1795.
391. MASON, b. Dec. 21, 1796.
392. JESSE, b. Oct. 20, 1798.
393. POLLE, b. Aug. 4, 1800.
394. LEDIA, b. July 4, 1804.
184 Aaron Lewis, was a private in Capt. Peleg
Peck's Co., Col. John Daggett's regiment, on the alarm at
Rhode Island, Jan. 14, 1778, and was in the same company
in the following August. On Nov. 6, 1820, the selectmen
of Dighton complained that he was spending his
fortune in drink and on Nov. 10, Ebenezer Talbot was appointed
as guardian. He married Apr. 4, 1779, Mary,
daughter of Noah Davis of Providence, R. I., who died
May 13, 1814.
Children of Aaron and Mary:
395. JOHN, b. 1780.
390. JOSEPH, b. Dec. 17, 1793.
397. MARY.
398. BETSEY, m. Henry Harrison.
185 Benjamin Lewis born in Dighton, Feb. 16,
1761, married, first, by Elder Jacob Hix, at Rehoboth,
Nov. 23, 1783, Lydia Bosworth, born Oct. 11, 1756, and
died July 29, 1795, the daughter of John and Lydia (Capron)
Bosworth. He married, second, by Elder Hix, Mar.
27, 1796, Hannah, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Rounds
of Rehoboth, born Mar. 12, 1777, and died June 29, 1853.
He died Feb. 16, 1849, on his 88th birthday. Of his re-
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markable family of eighteen children, thirteen reached the
age of 66 years or upwards and possessed a marked degree
of individuality. Most of the men were masons, and they
ably carved out their way to success in life.
Children of Benjamin and Lydia, born in Dighton :