Thomas Hewit, Sr. (1630-1662) was born in England, the son of Thomas Huet (Hewitt) (1609-1679) and his wife Elizabeth (Chapman) Huet (1611). In 1659 in Stonington, Connecticut, Thomas married Hannah Palmer (1634-1681). Thomas Hewitt, Sr. died 1662.
Thomas Hewitt, who was a seafaring man, was the first person of the Hewitt name that made Stonington his abiding place. The first known is from the diary of Thomas Miner, Sr., who speaks of him as in command of his vessel in the Mystic river in 1656, where he was receiving the surplus of the early planters in exchange for Boston goods. In his business transactions, he made the acquaintance of Walter Palmer, whose daughter Hannah, he married April 26, 1659.
"In order to give strength to his abode for life, he bought a track of land of land on the east side of the river Mystic, which embraced the present site of Elm Grove Cemetery, in Stonington, upon which he erected a dwelling house of primitive style, pending which he continued his coasting trade, extending his business to the West Indies. During the year 1662, he purchased a cargo of meat, stock, sheep, and poultry, designed for the West Indies trade, with which he set sail for that place, expecting a pleasant voyage and successful exchange of his goods for products of those isles. Months and months passed and not tidings of him were received, and he and his crew probably lie in an ocean grave.
His children were Thomas and Benjamin. In 1670, his widow was given permissing by the General Court to marry again, and Dec. 27, 1671, she was united in marriage with Roger Sterry, who died in 1680, and she married (third) Aug. 25, 1681, John Fish." Genealogical and Bigraphical Recod, pg 466
Thomas was lost in the Atlantic Ocean somewhere between Massachusetts and the West Indies.
Thomas married Hannah Palmer, April 26, 1659.
Thomas Hewitt, who was a seafaring man, was the first person of the Hewitt name that made Stonington his abiding place. The first known is from the diary of Thomas Miner, Sr., who speaks of him as in command of his vessel in the Mystic river in 1656, where he was receiving the surplus of the early planters in exchange for Boston goods. In his business transactions, he made the acquaintance of Walter Palmer, whose daughter Hannah, he married April 26, 1659.
"In order to give strength to his abode for life, he bought a track of land of land on the east side of the river Mystic, which embraced the present site of Elm Grove Cemetery, in Stonington, upon which he erected a dwelling house of primitive style, pending which he continued his coasting trade, extending his business to the West Indies. During the year 1662, he purchased a cargo of meat, stock, sheep, and poultry, designed for the West Indies trade, with which he set sail for that place, expecting a pleasant voyage and successful exchange of his goods for products of those isles. Months and months passed and not tidings of him were received, and he and his crew probably lie in an ocean grave.
His children were Thomas and Benjamin. In 1670, his widow was given permissing by the General Court to marry again, and Dec. 27, 1671, she was united in marriage with Roger Sterry, who died in 1680, and she married (third) Aug. 25, 1681, John Fish." Genealogical and Bigraphical Recod, pg 466
Thomas was lost in the Atlantic Ocean somewhere between Massachusetts and the West Indies.
Thomas married Hannah Palmer, April 26, 1659.
Thomas Hewit, Sr. (1630-1662) was born in England, the son of Thomas Huet (Hewitt) (1609-1679) and his wife Elizabeth (Chapman) Huet (1611). In 1659 in Stonington, Connecticut, Thomas married Hannah Palmer (1634-1681). Thomas Hewitt, Sr. died 1662.
Thomas Hewitt, who was a seafaring man, was the first person of the Hewitt name that made Stonington his abiding place. The first known is from the diary of Thomas Miner, Sr., who speaks of him as in command of his vessel in the Mystic river in 1656, where he was receiving the surplus of the early planters in exchange for Boston goods. In his business transactions, he made the acquaintance of Walter Palmer, whose daughter Hannah, he married April 26, 1659.
"In order to give strength to his abode for life, he bought a track of land of land on the east side of the river Mystic, which embraced the present site of Elm Grove Cemetery, in Stonington, upon which he erected a dwelling house of primitive style, pending which he continued his coasting trade, extending his business to the West Indies. During the year 1662, he purchased a cargo of meat, stock, sheep, and poultry, designed for the West Indies trade, with which he set sail for that place, expecting a pleasant voyage and successful exchange of his goods for products of those isles. Months and months passed and not tidings of him were received, and he and his crew probably lie in an ocean grave.
His children were Thomas and Benjamin. In 1670, his widow was given permissing by the General Court to marry again, and Dec. 27, 1671, she was united in marriage with Roger Sterry, who died in 1680, and she married (third) Aug. 25, 1681, John Fish." Genealogical and Bigraphical Recod, pg 466
Thomas was lost in the Atlantic Ocean somewhere between Massachusetts and the West Indies.
Thomas married Hannah Palmer, April 26, 1659.
Thomas Hewitt, who was a seafaring man, was the first person of the Hewitt name that made Stonington his abiding place. The first known is from the diary of Thomas Miner, Sr., who speaks of him as in command of his vessel in the Mystic river in 1656, where he was receiving the surplus of the early planters in exchange for Boston goods. In his business transactions, he made the acquaintance of Walter Palmer, whose daughter Hannah, he married April 26, 1659.
"In order to give strength to his abode for life, he bought a track of land of land on the east side of the river Mystic, which embraced the present site of Elm Grove Cemetery, in Stonington, upon which he erected a dwelling house of primitive style, pending which he continued his coasting trade, extending his business to the West Indies. During the year 1662, he purchased a cargo of meat, stock, sheep, and poultry, designed for the West Indies trade, with which he set sail for that place, expecting a pleasant voyage and successful exchange of his goods for products of those isles. Months and months passed and not tidings of him were received, and he and his crew probably lie in an ocean grave.
His children were Thomas and Benjamin. In 1670, his widow was given permissing by the General Court to marry again, and Dec. 27, 1671, she was united in marriage with Roger Sterry, who died in 1680, and she married (third) Aug. 25, 1681, John Fish." Genealogical and Bigraphical Recod, pg 466
Thomas was lost in the Atlantic Ocean somewhere between Massachusetts and the West Indies.
Thomas married Hannah Palmer, April 26, 1659.
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