Person Sheet


Name James JEWETT
Birth 17 Sep 1739, Rowley, Essex, MA1751,1752
Death 5 Dec 1811, Westport, ME1753
Father James JEWETT (1721-1745)
Mother Mary PEARSON (1720-)
Spouses:
1 Alice COTHRAN
Death 13 Oct 1828
Marriage 6 Oct 1787, Edgecomb, ME
Children: John (1792-1857)
2 Elizabeth SHEPARD
Birth 10 Oct 1739, Boston, Suffolk, MA1752
Death 19 Jan 1810, Boston, Suffolk, MA1752
Marriage Apr 1760, Gloucester, MA1752
Notes for James JEWETT
1752James was a cordwainer, mariner, farmer, and merchant. He served as a soldier in the French and Indian War and performed various patriotic services for the town of Edgecomb during the American Revolution. He served the town in varying capacities from 1777 to 1803. His widow Alice ran a popular tavern at Jewett's Cove on Jeremysquam.
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