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Landen Knox Ewing Future JFA President?

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2006 quarterly no. 2

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Officers and Directors of The Jewett Family of America, Inc.

Officers

President Alfred B. Loranz............................................................................................................... 114 West Street, Medway, MA 02053

Vice President Robert M. Jewett............................................................................................................. 625 Shultz Drive, Hamilton, OH 45013

Secretary and Treasurer John P. Jewett ........................................................................................................ 65 Hamilton Circle, Marlborough MA 01752

Historian Lee Jewett Petry...................................................................................................... 209 Marchmont Road, Knoxville, TN 37923

Editor of Publications Linda D. Remley............................................................................................................... 10746 Marclif Rd, Conifer, CO 80433

Auditor Dorothy Jewett Brigham............................................................................................................ PO Box 600 - Acton, ME 04001

Directors

Jeffrey R. Gorball (2006) ..............................................................................................1377 430th Street, Northwood IA 54049 James S. Jewett (2006) ............................................................................................2601 S. Hargreaves Ct, Spokane WA 99223 Janey Jewett Powell (2006) .........................................................................1316 NE Magnolia Street, Lees Summit MO 64086 Sarah Jewett King (2006) ...............................................................................................9601 NW 5th St, Hollywood, FL 33024 Cecilia Jewett McGehee (2006).............................................................................................. 1147 S Elm St, Ottowa, KS 66067 Natalie Jewett Bruce (2006) ........................................................................................... 18 Soundview Rd, Guilford, CT 06437 Carri A. Cole (2007) ......................................................................................................3444 Lincoln Street, Highland IN 46322 Mary Gorball (2007)...................................................................................................... 1334 Cherri Ln # 450, Ellston IA 50074 Alfred B. Loranz (2007) .................................................................................................... 114 West Street, Medway MA 02053 William W. Nash (2007)................................................................................................. RR 1 Box 1724, Friendsville PA 18818 Bernice Jewett Mansir (2007)....................................................................................115 Pine Hill Road, Monmouth ME 04259 Barbara Jewett Shaw (2007) ............................................................................................... RR 4 Box 6720, Gardiner ME 04345 John P. Jewett (2008)............................................................................................. 65 Hamilton Circle, Marlborough MA 01752 Kimberley Jewett (2008) ............................................................................................................ 189 Rt 27, Raymond NH 03077 Robert M. Jewett (2008) .................................................................................................. 25 Schultz Drive, Hamilton OH 45013 Lee Jewett Petry (2008) ........................................................................................... 209 Marchmont Road, Knoxville TN 37923 Linda D. Remley (2008) ................................................................................................... 10746 Marclif Rd, Conifer, CO 80433

Directors for Life Dorothy Jewett Brigham............................................................................................................ PO Box 600 - Acton, ME 04001 Alan D. Jewett .............................................................................................................. PO Box 486, East Sandwich, MA 02537 Theodore V. Jewett .................................................................................................... 244 Chestnut Street, Englewood NJ 07631 Dorothy Jewett Stitt (Editor of Publications, Emeritus) .......................................... 110 Upper Shawnee Ave, Easton PA 18042

(The number in parentheses is the term expiration year)

Individual Membership (including Quarterlies) $15.00; Family Membership $25.00 Life Membership $ 100.00, Life members Publication fee, $5.00/year

Published by the Jewett Family of America, Inc.

(Incorporated September 19, 1910 Box 254, Rowley MA 01969

The Jewett Family of America

Quarterly No. 2 2006

Table of Contents

Officers and Directors................................p 18 Letter from the President ...........................p 20 Russell E. Jewett Obituary.........................p 21 A letter from Robert Jewett........................p 22 Jewett Family Members.............................p 23 Potpourri ....................................................p 24 Births, Graduation......................................p 25 In Sympathy ............................................p 25,6 War and Archive Index..............................p 27 Genealogy Tip............................................p 35

Dues, Membership, Address Changes

John P. Jewett 65 Hamilton Circle Marlborough, MA 01752 JEWETTS@COMCAST.NET

Family additions, corrections, births, marriages and deaths, please forward to:

Lee Jewett Petry Jewett Family Historian 209 Marchmont Rd. Knoxville, TN 37923 JFAPETRY@NXS.NET

Information for future newsletters:

Linda Davison Remley Newsletter Editor 10746 Marclif Road Conifer, CO 80433-7735 DMRLDR@ATT.NET

Reminders

If you have not sent your annual dues to John P. Jewett, Secretary/Treasurer, please do so. This organization has so much to offer. We know you would like to continue to receive the newsletters and directories. Remember your membership is a link to “family”. Family Historian, Lee Jewett Petry will be happy to hear from you. Lee is still doing the Revolutionary War list. If you have DAR papers listing your Revolutionary War Ancestor, please forward a copy to Lee either e-mail or via U.S. Postal Service. Her addresses are listed on this page.

From the Editor’s Desk

Thank you to Harold Harper, Robert Jewett, Jessie Jewett Elliott, Susan Cameron, Dick and Pat Tobin for their contributions to this newsletter. I thoroughly enjoyed receiving your stories and pictures. In the last issue, the article by Donna Santistevan drew the attention of a member. The result was permission for the article to be printed in another newsletter. I do hope to have more stories and pictures to share in future additions of the newsletter. If I do not, I may have to share a fun adventure David and I had several years ago. Enjoy your summer, Linda

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Message from your President

I think spring has arrived in most areas of the country (except maybe our Alaska cousins). It certainly has in Massachusetts. Two weeks ago I was pleased to see the forsythia out and the daffodils are in full bloom here and at our place in Maine. Easter weekend brought nice warm weather and the spring peepers were out with a vengeance. I removed my Massachusetts Oldsmobiles from winter storage, put the top down on the 1965 442 convertible and went “cruisin” Saturday evening and Claire & I were up bright & early for a spectacular sunrise service. This past weekend, we went to our Maine home and started up the Maine Oldsmobiles and Claire got a ride in the newest one, a 1967 442 W30. I am involved in a local Oldsmobile club that is sponsoring an all Oldsmobile car show in early May at a former Oldsmobile dealer in Wellesley, MA. We are expecting 100+ cars and it should be a good time for all involved if the weather is kind to us. Hope everyone has survived the winter. I assume you have spent those long winter nights researching your Jewett Heritage and documenting it for submission to our Historian Lee Petry. She will be expecting your results shortly :-) Seriously though, I know our new Editor of Publications Linda Remley would be pleased to receive anything you think of interest for publication in the JFA Quarterly. If you see anything Jewett related in a local publication, be sure to send it to Lee and Linda. If you submit something and it is printed in the JFA quarterly, we will send you a JFA brass holiday ornament for your efforts. Claire and I are looking forward to our visit to Minnesota and Iowa in May. My sister Elaine purchased a home in Faribault, MN and we will be enjoying her hospitality with assistance from Sage and Hillory (her dog & cat respectively). Elaine is a Naturalist at the River Bend Nature Center in Faribault. We will also spend 2 nights in Clarinda, IA which claims Glen Miller as a former resident (they have a street named after him) and will spend some time researching my Loranz heritage (they didn’t name a street after us). I have a lot of family records which may be of interest to the local museum and I recently came across the deeds to the family burial plots in the local cemetery. I will fill everyone in on the results or our trip in the next quarterly. As I stated earlier, one of my goals as President of the JFA is to encourage new members, especially younger ones to join and become active in the JFA. I have several ideas in mind already but if you have any suggestions, I would be pleased to consider them. You can contact me by letter at 114 West St – Medway, MA 02053, by email at aloranz@rcn.com or by telephone at 508-561-7613. Toujours le meme,

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Russell Eldon Jewett Jewett Family of America Director for Life

Russell E. Jewett of Leominster, Massachusetts, died Friday, November 4, 2005 at Health Alliance Hospital, Leominster, after a brief illness. He was born in Clinton, Massachusetts in 1932 to the late Arthur Frederick and Margaret (McCann) Jewett. Russell attended Clinton schools, and graduated from Clinton High School in 1950. Upon graduation, he entered the United States Army and served his country during the Korean Conflict.

Mr. Jewett returned to begin a forty-four year career with the Massachusetts Electric Company, ultimately retiring in 1994.

He was a member of the United Church of Clinton. Mr. Jewett was involved in numerous clubs and civic organizations including the Clinton

Exchange Club, Clinton Turn Verein, Germantown Historical Preservation Committee and American Legion Post 50. He was a life director of the Jewett Family of America, Inc. He was an active member of the Clinton Trinity Lodge A.F. and A.M., Trinity-Natick Commandery No. 32 – Knights Templar, Leominster Royal Arch Chapter, Fitchburg and Leominster Shrine Club, and Worcester County Shrine Club. He held memberships in the Northborough Arcadia Club, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite and Aleppo Shriners, A.A.O.N. M.S. of Wilmington.

Russell is survived by one daughter, Suzanne Jewett of Clinton, Massachusetts; one son, William R, Jewett and his wife Anita Jewett of Pembroke Pines, Florida; his fiancée, Judy Flynn of Lunenburg, two brothers, Donald F. Jewett of Sterling and Alan D. Jewett of Sandwich; a sister Elinor Bettencourt of Milford, New Hampshire; one beloved granddaughter, Ashley L. Jewett of Winchendon; and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, November 9, 2005 United Church of Clinton. Burial followed at Reservoir Pines Cemetery in Clinton. Memorial contributions may be made to Boston Shriner’s Hospital for Children, 15 Blossom Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114. Lee Jewett Petry contributed the above obituary Reprinted from the Leominster Sentinel and Enterprise. Lee Jewett Petry supplied the following cluster information for Russell E. Jewett:

1519 Benjamin Jewett (1785-1873) Horace Jewett (1809-1882) Erasmus Jewett (1848-1922) Arthur Frederick Jewett (1898-1963) Russell Eldon Jewett (1932-2005)

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A Letter to the Jewett Family

March 20, 2006

Linda D. Remley, Editor The Jewett Family of America, Inc.

The last page of the 2006 Quarterly No. 1 included a Genealogical Hint article which caught

my eye and persuaded me that I might have a story to tell. By way of background, my grandfather, Dr. Frederic Albert Jewett lived at 282 Hancock

Street, Brooklyn, New York. His medical office was in his residence and he also was Brooklyn Health Commissioner. He delivered me at our apartment home in Brooklyn on September 23, 1914. Making a doctor’s visit one day, he saw a thistle growing in an adjacent lot, picked it up and said, “Bobby Burns was a good man – we’ll name him Robert”. Many years later, I tried the same approach with my own granddaughter but quickly learned that times had changed.

My dad, Albert Frederic Jewett, had the great misfortune at five days of age of losing his mother, Emma Louise Kingsbury to illness on 16 August 1876. His father married again, this time to Ella M. Cahaley on 27 April 1887. Ella Cahaley was connected to the Underhill Family which, for several years had owned Croton Point on the Hudson River. A branch of the Underhill family migrated to California by way of Maryland and Florida.

Many years later, I joined American Airlines on December 1, 1939, the day LaGuardia Field opened. On my very first vacation in 1940, I persuaded my mother, Annie Winifred Jewett, to accompany me to Los Angeles, California, where we rented an apartment on the beach at Santa Monica. My mother had gotten in touch with Edyth Hoyt Underhill, an acquaintance of my Dad’s stepmother, Ella Cahaley Jewett. Edyth Underhill persuaded her daughter, Elizabeth Wales Jewett to meet her old friend from Long Island, New York. That is how I met my future wife and enjoyed her company on a Laguna Beach party the next day, also, at mid-week, a supper at her family home and, most importantly, at the Burbank Airport (the only airport serving Los Angeles in those days) where she kissed me goodbye. In my second letter to Betty, after reaching home, I declared my love for her. She invited me back for a week at Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks in the spring. We became engaged and were married in the fall in Hollis, Queens, New York.

Although having been, physically, in each others company for only two weeks (over a fifteen month period), our marriage lasted 59 years ending with Betty’s death, asleep in her own bed on January 13, 2001.

I often ponder how I found a wife-to-be and, with her, later, acquiring a loving family of three daughters, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren, one of whom would be here today, had it not been for my Dad’s tragic loss at five days of age.

Sincerely, Robert H. Jewett 6 Mudford Avenue East Hampton, New York

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Susan Lawrence Cameron (14935)was installed as Colorado Presidentof the National Society Founders andPatriots at their annual meeting inWashington, DC. Eligibility requiresan unbroken paternal line of eitherthe applicant’s father or mothergoing back to a Founder who arrivedin the colonies between 1607 and1687. A patriot must have hadmilitary service in the years 1775 to1784. Susan is descended fromJoseph Jewett (4) Founder andpatriot Joseph Millen Jewett (747).The DFPA was organized in 1898 bythe grandniece of General GeorgeWashington, Miss EugeniaWashington.

Landen Knox Ewing From front cover

Landen Knox Ewing (Wm. Ewing, Jr, Cheryl McCarty (23433), Jessie Jewett (23406), Samuel E. (23395), Edson Asaph (7316), Samuel (4829), Philo (2791, Samuel (1386), Thomas (665), Eleazer (226), Eleazer (72), Jeremiah(15), Joseph (4), Edward (1) born March 5, 2006 in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Landen is the son of William and Lauren (Warmington) Ewing, Jr. and is the newest member of our family group. Landen's father is in the Navy stationed at Sugar Grove, West Virginia.

His Jewett family is as follows: grandparents are Wm. and Cheryl (McCarty) (23433) Ewing, Jr. and great-grandparents Jessie (Jewett) Elliott (23406) and the late Owen McCarty.

Landen is lucky to come from a family of many lines of work and high values. Many were farmers, raising Merino sheep on farms, electricians, real estate, education, retail work, and many more occupations so he can do anything he chooses. For outside activities many were pilots of their own small airplanes like his great-great grandpa Sam (23395) known as the flying driller, as he flew to his work in the oil fields. Others go boating, traveling to many areas or collect antiques; so, he will have a chance to choose any future he pleases. Yes, he could even become an athlete in sports like football, which his dad played while growing up or soccer like his cousins.

There will be a whole new world out there for Landen as he grows and discovers the world. Who knows he may end up being a space traveler, as today’s world is never ending. Jessie Jewett Elliott

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Potpourri

From Howard J. Harper Via e-mail Hello Linda: I smiled when I saw the picture of Edgar B. Jewett on the cover of the Jewett Family of America 2006 Quarterly No. 1. My mother (Mary Jewett Harper) was Edgar’s half sister, and John Cotton Jewett’s daughter by his second marriage to Margaret Odhem. So, Edgar’s father was my grandfather. As a young boy, I remember seeing a Jewett Refrigerator (ice box) on my Grandmother’s service porch. Howard J. Harper Connection: Velma H. Jewett (obituary in 2005 Quarterly No. 1), the widow of Franklin R. Jewett is connected through: #2904 George Richardson Jewett (1806/7 - ?) Franklin George Jewett (1844 - 1911) Horace Richard Jewett (1872 - ?) Franklin Richard Jewett (1908 - ?) Contributed by Lee Jewett Petry

Donations The following is a letter to Marion Emmons of Moosup, Connecticut, dated 7 February 2006. Dear Marion; On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Fletcher Memorial Library, I want to thank you for your donation of “The Jewett Family of America” volumes 3 and 4, 1995 edition. As you requested, the books are labeled in memory of Austin E. Emmons, given by you, and have been placed in the Biography Room where they will not be taken out of the Library, but will be available for reference at any time the Library is open. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Margaret A. Hoffman Treasurer FML

Queries

Does anyone have information regarding the following unconnected Jewett family member? Frederick E. Jewett of Ottawa, Illinois. His father is Sherwood Jewett, son of Harvey Lewis Jewett and Maude Belle Poole. He was born 22 August 1877 in IA, died 1964. Harvey was the son of Frank Jewett born 1846 in WI. His mother was Lucy. Last name unknown. Robert G. Jewett, born 9 August 1941, Watervliet, NY. He was the son of Raymond and Helen Jewett. Please send information to Historian Lee Jewett Petry at jfapetry@nxs.net.

From Tom Jewett, author “Failed Ambition: The Civil War Journals & Letters of the Civil Way Cavalryman Homer Harris Jewett”. I am working on a similar project for George Anson Jewett and would like to include the article titled “The Jewett Typewriter Company” reprinted from “The Developer, 1901” in the 2001 Quarterly #2. Is anyone able to give me permission to reprint this article? Does anyone have information regarding George A. Jewett? Tom Jewett okiausa@yahoo.com

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Births Graduation

William Patrick Lee Dreiband, son of Laura Anne (Young) (16467) and Eric Stefan Dreiband. He was born 10 March 2006 in Washington, DC.

Loren Cameron, son of Susan Lawrence Cameron (14935) will graduate from Smoky Hill High School, Aurora, CO, May 26, 2006. Following basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX, Loren, will enter Air Traffic Controller School.

In Sympathy Daily Times, Ottawa, Illinois, January 27, 2006 Frederick E. Jewett of Ottawa, Ill, died at the young age of 50, Wednesday 25 January 2006. The Reverend Ronald Jewett of Flint Hills Church of the Nazarene in Burlington, Iowa and the Reverend Brian Wangler of the First Church of the Nazarene officiated at the funeral. Mr. Jewett was born 224 October 1955 in Richland Center, WI to Sherwood and Bernadine Jones Jewett. He worked for U.S. Silica in Ottawa for more than 31 years. He is survived by his parents, sister, Vicki (Walter) Hanson and two brothers, Ronald (Linda) and Dennis (Debbie) of Sycamore. Idaho Statesman, Boise, Idaho, February 12, 2006 Evelyn B. Jewett passed away February 8, 2006. She was the widow of Giles DeForest Jewett, Sr. (25444). Evelyn was born in Montgomery, VT to Charles and Bettie Foote. She moved to Portland, OR in 1979 and to Boise, ID in 1996. Evelyn is survived by five sons; Donald, Roy, Giles, Jeff and Larry. She is survived by five daughters; Elaine, Sandra, Rose Marie, Cindy and Sherry. She is survived by a brother, Raymond, and a sister, Beulah Messier.

Daily Times, Watertown, NY, October 26, 2005 Robert S. Jewett (12528) died 25 October 2005 at Van Rensselaer Manor Nursing Facility, Troy, New York. He had been a resident since August 2001.Mr. Jewett entered the military in the Army Air Force in 1940. He was a World War II veteran. He was honorably discharged in 1945. He enlisted in the Air Force. He was discharged in 1956. While serving in the military, he was trained as a weatherman serving in Japan and Greenland. Mr. Jewett served in the reserves from May 1960 to October 1964/. He worked in the New York State Library in Albany until retiring. Robert enjoyed traveling, theater, cultural events and gardening. Robert was born 11 June 1915 in Redwood, New York to Morris and Clara (Scott) Jewett. He graduated from Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT. He received a Masters Degree in Library Science from Syracuse University. Survivors include his wife, Agnes, a brother, William. His close friend, Priscilla Comiskey of Troy and many nieces and nephews. US Obituary Collection. Walpole Times, Walpole, MA, Barbara (Conroy) Jewett passed away December 29, 1947. She was born in 1871 in Boston, MA and died in Temple City, CA. She was a dental hygienist. Barbara is survived by two daughters.

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In Sympathy (continued)

Norwich Bulletin, Norwich,Ct,, February 2, 2006 Herbert Bradley Scott of Pomfret passed away at Day Kimball Hospital in Putnam, 30 January 2006. Mr. Scott was born in Hampton, Ct., the son of John S. and Mary W. Scott. He graduated from Windham Trade School in Willimantic. Herbert served in the Army Air Force with the occupation forces in Japan after World War II. He was a truck driver for Sussman-Chevron Oil Company, a foreman of the Hampton Highway Department and a caretaker for Leo and Cynthia Harris of Hampton. He was a deacon at the Hampton Congregational Church and elder at the Abington Congregational Church. Herbert enjoyed playing dart baseball. He was an avid gardener, raising vegetables and flowers for family and friends. He is survived by his wife; Marion (Ellsworth) Pike Scott (17846), four adopted children and their spouses. He leaves 13 grandchildren, six great- grandchildren and nieces and nephews. The Times-Picayune, January 26, 2006 Alice Noelle Mary Toso died January 26, 2006 in New Orleans, LA. Alice was born December 23, 1905. She yearned to celebrate 100 years and did so December 2005. She was the daughter of Paul Eugene Mary, Sr. and Loretta Elizabeth Jewett Mary. She was a graduate of the New Orleans Normal School. She taught in Parish schools and local private schools. Alice married Michael Joseph Toso, Jr. She was the mother of Mary Alice McKay, Michael Joseph, Jr. and Donald Richard Toso, DDS. She is survived by sister, Loretta M. Cefalu. She is predeceased by 11 siblings. Brothers, Joseph and Aloysius died in infancy. Alice was a member of The Magna Carta Association, The Mayflower Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonial Dames, Daughters of the Confederacy and the Jewett Family of America. Her daughter Mary Alice McKay writes, “she enjoyed a long, happy life and we were blessed by it and her.”

Robert G. Jewett of Ballston Spa died March 12, 2005 at the age of 64. He was born August 9, 1941 in Watervliet. Robert was the son of the late Raymond and Helen Jewett. Following service in the U.S. Army, Robert joined Local 40, International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers. He retired in 1993. Robert was predeceased by son, John, granddaughter, Christina Jewett and brother Raymond. Survivors include his wife, Lorraine Jewett, his four children, eight grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Saratogian, Saratoga Springs, NY, March 16, 2006 Marian Newfield Jewett Cassel, widow of Clinton Arthur Jewett (24395) passed away May 7, 2003 in Davis, California. Marian was a fourth generation Californian. Her ancestors arrived in California between 1852 and 1870. Marion was born April 23, 1915 in Piedmont, California. She was the daughter of Melville and Hazel Newfield. She graduated from Sacramento High School in 1933 and attended the University of California at Berkeley. In 1936, Marion married Clinton A. Jewett. They lived in Santa Rosa where Clinton was an Assistant Farm Advisor. In 1945, they began farming near Williams, Colusa County. She was active in many local organizations. Clinton passed away in 1966 and Marion moved to Davis, CA. In 1968, She married Calvin Cassel. Marion was an accomplished family genealogist, California historian, pianist, and needle worker. She is survived by son; Gary Jewett of Williams, her daughter Linda Jewett Ashby of Sacramento and numerous grandchildren She is predeceased by her husband Calvin, and her brother, Dalton. Contributed by Lee Jewett Petry .

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Revolutionary War Jewetts Courtesy of

Lee Jewett Petry

I am hoping with the help of the members of the Jewett Family of American we can document all the Jewetts who served in the Revolutionary War. The records of many of them appear in Volumes I and II of the “History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America” although I believe that some of them may overlap.

Thank you, Lee Jewett Petry Revolutionary War Jewetts Sources: Jewett Volumes, DAR Records 561 Jewett Aaron MA Lt, Capt 1366 Jewett Aaron MA Pvt 922 Jewett Abel Sr. NH Pvt 689 Jewett Adelphus CT Cpl 9665 Jewett Amos MA Pvt 476 Jewett Andrew NH CS PS 533 Jewett Aquila MA Lt 478 Jewett Benjamin NH PS 758 Jewett Benjamin MA Drummer 10706 Jewett Benjamin MA 10707 Jewett Benjamin MA 281 Jewett Benjamin MA Pvt 760 Jewett Benjamin CT Pvt 10705 Jewett Benjamin MA 10704 Jewett Boston MA 680 Jewett Caleb CT Pvt 10709 Jewett Caleb NY 228 Jewett Caleb CT Capt 10708 Jewetts Charles MA Pvt 761 Jewett Daniel VT LT 725 Jewett Daniel MA Pvt 910 Jewett Daniel MA 1Lt 418 Jewett David MA Pvt 10712 Jewett David 10714 Jewett David MA Capt 428 Jewett David MA Lt, Capt 288 Jewett David CT Chaplain Jewett David MA Pvt, Piper 9656 Jewett David CT Capt 9684 Jewett David MA Pvt Fifer 740 Jewett David MA Pvt 512 Jewett David NH Pvt 10713 Jewett David NH Pvt 790 Jewett David Hibbard CT Dr 10710 Jewett Donald H. CT Revolutionary War Jewetts (continued)

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Sources: Jewett Volumes, DAR Records 480 Jewett Dummer MA PS 762 Jewett Ebenezer CT Pvt 346 Jewett Ebenezer Lt 751 Jewett Edmund MA Pvt 729 Jewett Edward NH Sgt 671 Jewett Elam MA Pvt 663 Jewett Eleazer CT PS 10726 Jewett Enoch MA 913/10074 Jewett Enoch MA CL 10725 Jewett Enoch MA Pvt 10720 Jewett Enos NH Pvt 1136 Jewett Epes MA Pvt 718 Jewett Ephraim MA Pvt 335 Jewett Ezekiel NH Pvt 354 Jewett Ezekiel Sr NH PS 557 Jewett Ezra MA Pvt 10728 Jewett Fred VT 285 Jewett George Capt 722 Jewett George MA Pvt 783 Jewett Gibbons CT Dr 666 Jewett Ichabod CT Pvt 10739 Jewett Isaac CT 340 Jewett Jacob NH ENS CS PS 838 Jewett Jacob NH Pvt 473 Jewett Jacob NH Pvt 10752 Jewett Jacob 10749 Jewett Jacob 828 Jewett Jacob Boynton 338 Jewett Jacob Jr NH Sgt PS 10758 Jewett James CT 10759 Jewett James NH 10753 Jewett James MA Pvt 10754 Jewett James MA Pvt 10757 Jewett James MA 10755 Jewett James MA Pvt 327 Jewett James 10207 Jewett James MA Pvt 186 Jewett James MA Pvt 10756 Jewett James NY Pvt 10769 Jewett Jedediah VT 10773 Jewett Jedediah MA 398 Stickney Jedediah MA Sgt, Capt 10772 Jewett Jedediah MA 10771 Jewett Jedediah MA 10896 Jewett Jedediah VT Pvt 511 Jewett Jedidiah NH Pvt, Cmsry 750 Jewett Jedidiah Jr MA Pvt 279 Jewett Jedidiah Sr MA CS

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Revolutionary War Jewetts (continued) Sources: Jewett Volumes, DAR Records 578 Jewett Jeremiah MA Pvt 381 Jewett Jeremiah MA PS 733 Jewett Jesse MA Pvt 478 A Jewett John NH Sol 10744 Jewit John MA Pvt 732 Jewett John MA 2Lt 10743 Juit John MA Pvt 10742 Jewet John MA Pvt 10741 Jewet John MA Cpl 728 Jewett John MA Pvt 10557 Jewett John NY 10740 Jewett John NJ Ensign 827 Jewett John Boyton 716 Jewett John Cole MA Pvt Jouett John Jr VA Capt Jouett John Sr VA PS 588 Jewett Jonathan NH Sgt 517 Jewett Jonathan MA Navy Privat 360 Jewett Jonathan NH Pvt 515 Jewett Jonathan MA Pvt 10762 Jewett Joseph MA 556 Jewett Joseph MA Pvt 726 Jewett Joseph NH Pvt 736 Jewett Joseph MA Pvt Capt 767 Jewett Joseph CT Pvt 9658 Jewett Joseph CT MA Pvt Lt Capt 484 Jewett Joseph MA Pvt 780 Jewett Joseph CT Capt 746 Jewett Joseph MA Pvt Jewett Matthew NC PS 540 Jewett Maximilian MA Pvt 10776 Jewett Maxi. MA 10777 Jewett Moses MA 497 Jewett Moses NH Pvt 646 Jewett Moses MA Capt 10779 Jewett Moses MA 1369 Jewett Moses MA Pvt 781 Jewett Nathan ? Capt? 1684 Jewett Nathan Hibbard CT Pvt 10792 Jewett Nathaniel MA 851 Jewett Nathaniel NH Pvt 10786 Jewett Nathaniel NH 124 Jewett Nathaniel NH Pvt 10789 Jewet Nathaniel MA 10788 Jewett Nathaniel 10790 Jewett Nathaniel MA 10791 Jewett Nathaniel MA

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Revolutionary War Jewetts (continued) Sources: Jewett Volumes, DAR Records 713 A Jewett Nehemiah MA Pvt 696 Jewett Nehemiah MA 10785 Juet Nehemiah MA 10784 Jewett Nehemiah Jr. MA 587 Jewett Noah NH Pvt 10798 Jewett Noah NH 10793 Jewett Noah 10794 Jewett Noah 10795 Jewett Noah 10796 Jewett Noah 10799 Jewett Noah NH 731 Jewett Oliver MA Sgt 806 Jewett Paul MA Pvt 714 Jewett Purchase Jr MA Pvt 1134 Jewett Richard Dummer MA QM 10629 Jewett Samuel MA Pvt 10802 Jewett Samuel NH 329 Jewett Samuel 1386 Jewett Samuel (Sam) VT 382 Jewett Samuel MA Pvt 836 Jewett Samuel NH Pvt 10801 Jewett Samuel NH 10800 Jewett Samuel NH 510 Jewett Samuel MA Cpl Jouett Sarah NC PS 386 Jewett Seth MA Surg 9655 Jewett Stephen MA Sgt 417 Jewett Stephen MA Sgt 585 Jewett Stephen Jr NH Sol 198 Jewett Stephen Sr NH Sol PS Jewett Thomas CT Pvt 10804 Jewett Thomas VT 665 Jewett Thomas VT 1Lt PS 10805 Jewett Thomas CT 1385 Jewett Thomas Frederick VT Pvt 9686 Jewett Timothy MA Pvt 1537/10628 Jewett William MA Pvt 10808 Jewett William RI 188 Jewett William MA CS 10812 Juett William MA 10809 Jewett William VT 10770 Jewett Zedediah VT

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National Archives General Index Revolutionary War

Note: * Indicates alternate spellings of their last name JEWET 689 Alpheus Duboy’s Regt Cpl Caleb 15 Regt Continental Troops Pvt 9684 David * 1 MA Regt Fifer 346 Ebenezer * Nichol’s Regt NH Militia Pvt 729 Edward Hale’s Regt NH Militia Sgt 1136 Epes 1 MA Regt Pvt Ezekiel Hale’s Regt NH Militia - Jedediah {Maj John Brown’s Detachment of Militia} Pvt {NH, VT and MA} 10557 John * Jacobus Swanton’s NY Regt Fifer 360 Jonathan Nichol’s Regt NH Militia Pvt Jonathan * 2 MA Regt Pvt 1684 Nathan H. Selden’s Regt CT - Phenix * 2 NJ Regt Pvt Samuel Ira Allen’s Regt VT Militia - Samuel Nichol’s Regt NH Militia Pvt Samuel Wait’s Battalion VT Militia - 585 Stephen Jr. Baldwin’s NH Regt - Thomas Latimer’s Regt of Militia - 10804 Thomas Wait’s Battalion VT Militia - William Wait’s Battalion VT Militia - JEWETT ________ NH - ________ 25th Regt (1776) CT Lt 561 Aaron Bullard’s MA Regt Capt Abel Wyman’s NH Regt Pvt Abel * 2 NH Regt Pvt 9665 Amos Gerrish’s Regt MA Militia - 758 Benjamin 9 MA Regt Drummer 10704 Boston Cogswell’s Regt MA Militia - Boston 15 MA Regt Pvt 680 Caleb 2 CT Regt Pvt 10709 Caleb 5 NY Regt Pvt Daniel Miscellaneous - 9656 David 8 Regt CT - 10712 David Capt Coffin’s Co NH - 512 David Task’s NH Regt - 346 Ebenezer * Nichol’s Regt NH Militia Lt Edward VT (Justice of the Peace) - 913/10074 Enoch NH - 10720 Enos 2 NH Regt Cpl 1136 Epes Corps of Invalids, Continental Troops -

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National Archives General Index Revolutionary War JEWETT (continued) Eps 2 MA Regt - Ezekiel Nichol’s Regt NH Militia Lt 557 Ezra Jr Bullard’s MA Regt Sgt 783 Gibbons * 17 Regt Continental Troops Surgeon Jacob NH - 338 Jacob Jr NH - 838 Jacob Nichol’s Regt NH Militia - 10759 James Wyman’s NH Regt - James {Capt John Hinkley’s Co - {1 Regt Lincoln Co MA Militia 511 Jedediah Bedel’s NH Regt Pvt 478-A John Evan’s Regt NH Militia Pvt Jona Bartlet’s Regt NH Militia Sgt Jonathan Gerrish’s MA Regt Pvt 588 Jonathan Peabody’s Regt NH State Troops Pvt Joseph {Baldwin’s Regt Artificers 2Lt {Continental Troops 556 Joseph Bullard’s MA Regt - Joseph Durkee’s Co of Matrosses CT Pvt 726 Joseph Nichol’s Regt NH Militia Pvt 736 Joseph Wood’s Regt MA Militia Pvt Joseph 3 NH Regt Pvt 780 Joseph * 8 Regt CT Capt Joshua 13 MA Regt - 497 Moses * Gilman’s Regt NH Militia Pvt Moses 9 MA Regt - 10786 Nathaniel Hale’s Regt NH Militia - 587 Noah Baldwin’s NH Regt - Noah Bartlet’s Regt NH Militia Sgt 10796 Noah Capt Coffin’s Co NH - 10795 Noah Drake’s Regt NH Militia Sgt 10794 Noah Kelley’s NH Regt - 10793 Noah Capt Wiggin’s Co NH Pvt 731 Oliver {Independent Cos of Artificers, Carpenters Sgt {and Bakers Continental Troops 806 Paul Titcomb’s MA Regt - Phenix * 1 NJ Regt Pvt Robert 5 and 11 VA Regt Ensign, 1 Lt 510 Samuel Doolittle’s MA Regt Cpl Samuel Evan’s Regt NH Militia Sgt Samuel Merrick’s Regt VT Militia - 10798 Samuel Lt Asahel Smith’s Co VT Militia - 10629 Samuel Wood’s Regt MA Militia Pvt Stephen Gerrish’s MA Regt - 1385 Thomas Merrick’s Regt VT Militia Lt Thomas Robbinson’s Regt VT Militia 2 Lt

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National Archives General Index Revolutionary War JEWETT (continued) 665 Thomas * Walbridge’s Regt VT Militia - Thos Johnson’s Regt CT Militia Pvt William 10 VA Regt - JEWETTS 922 Abel 2 NH Regt Pvt JEWET ______ Fletcher’s Regt VT Militia Pvt JEWIT _______ {8 Regt CT Militia Capt {Original filed under Jewett, Joseph Abel Lyman’s NH Regt Pvt 9684 David 1 MA Regt Fifer 790 David H. Selden’s Regt CT Surgeon Frederick Fletcher’s Regt VT Militia - 783 Gibbons * Selden’s Regt CT Surgeon Jonathan * 2 MA Regt Pvt 10753 Jonathan 3 MA Regt Pvt 497 Moses * Gilman’s Regt NH Militia Pvt Phenix * -NJ Regt Pvt Samuel Ebenezer Allen’s VT Militia - JEWITT ________ Cogswell’s Regt MA Militia Drummer Abel * 2 NH Regt Pvt 10709 Caleb * 5 NY Regt Pvt David Wingate’s Regt NH Vols Pvt Enoch Reed’s NH Regt Pvt Enoch 15 MA Regt - 10728 Fred Walbridge’s Regt VT Militia - Jacob 3d Nichol’s Regt NH Militia Pvt James 15 MA Regt - 10557 John * Graham’s Regt NY Militia Fife, Major 780 Joseph * 17 Regt Continental Troops Capt Mathew 7 VA Regt Capt Moses Corps of Artificers Continental Troops - Nathaniel 15 MA Regt - Robert 5 and 11 VA Regt Ensign, Lt 1386 Sam Walbridge’s Regt VT Militia - 665 Thomas * Walbridge’s Regt VT Militia - JOUET Phenix 1 NJ Regt Pvt

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National Archives General Index Revolutionary Way JOUETT

Matthew 7 VA Regt Capt Robert 3 and 7 VA Regt Ensign, 1Lt Robert 5 and 11 VA Regt Ensign, 1Lt JOUETTE Robert 5 and 11 VA Regt Ensign, 1Lt JOUET Robert 8 VA Regt Lt JOUITT Matthew 7 VA Regt Capt Robert 5 and 11 VA Regt Ensign, 1Lt JUET ________ NH Commissary Caleb 5 NY Regt Pvt Samuel Evan’s Regt NH Militia Sgt Samuel Warren’s 15 Regt VT Militia Sgt JUETT Caleb 1 CT Regt - Caleb 2 CT Regt Pvt David 3 NH Regt Pvt Matthew 7 VA Regt Capt Robert 5 and 11 VA Regt Ensign, 1Lt JUIT _______ 17 Regt Continental Troops Capt Caleb * 5 NY Regt Pvt Jno. General Nelson’s Corps, VA Light Dragoons – John Evan’s Regt NH Militia Pvt There are two lists of information in the above:

1. Extracted material from the Jewett volumes and Jewetts found in the DAR Patriot Index 2. National Archive Index (which turned out to be sketchy and difficult to read)

The Massachusetts Soldiers were documented in the volumes of the “Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution”. I don’t know if all of them were extracted from those volumes and I need to have someone check to be sure that our records are complete. I am sure that other states have also published documentation of the soldiers who served in the war. I am asking that members who have access to Revolutionary War information in their own states check for Jewetts (of all variant spellings) and copy their military records and forward them to me so our records will be complete. Lee Jewett Petry

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Dick and Pat Tobin began doing genealogy a number of years ago. They quickly discovered their searches would not be the usual, since their families had come from the former Eastern Bloc countries of Europe. This article is reprinted with permission of the author.

Humor, patience and tenacity Dick and Pat Tobin

After twelve years of searching and researching our ancestors, we have learned many things. Probably the most important is the spelling of names is not “carved in stone”. We are second generation Americans. Our grandparents were illiterate as most Europeans coming to America. When they arrived on the shores of this great country, they most likely reported to a naturalized citizen sitting at a desk recording names. If they had papers, they were in a foreign language. Their names were spelled phonetically as the immigrant pronounced it. An example: my grandfather was Teodor Przedzienkowski. The ship manifest at Ellis Island recorded it as Teodor Przesinkowski. He had two sisters and a brother. I am still looking for them. The problem is the spelling of the last name. It has since been Americanized to Presenkowski.

Dick had the same problem with his grandmother’s name, Maryanna Janeczko. We could not find her, but had more luck with her sister, Antonia Gasior. We tried spelling it Antonna Gasior and found her on a ships list. We did not realize it at first, but finally found two other names from the same village (Goscieradow) on the same list. And, yes, Merya Jancezko and her daughter Helena were on the list. We think the correct spelling is Marya janeczko. Without Antonna, we could not have found Marya.

Dick’s grandfather, Franciszek Tabin was recorded as Franciszek Fabin when he came to Ellis Island. We are still searching for Maryanna Kowalczyk, his maternal grandmother. We have been able to find her sisters and a brother. So we will keep looking.

The Irish side was easier to find. Cassidy and Clifford have variations, but it is easier to be creative in the possible spellings. They did come through Castle Gardens. However, there are very few records because a fire destroyed most of them. We have not found the port they sailed from in the British Isles. That is another whole mystery to solve. A trip to Ireland may be in the near future.

We learned we must have an open mind, lots of patience and a sense of humor when doing genealogy. We have found things we did not want to find and many things that surprised us. We have asked questions, that only we can guess at the answer. We thought we were at the end of one branch, only to find someone/something else popped up to pique our interest and Dick and I are at that part of the search again.

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