A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameJohn Hewes 13,1422
Birth1577, Royston, North Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England11
DeathJun 1621, Shalford, Braintree District, Essex, England11 Age: 44
BurialUnknown2258
FatherRoger John Hewes (1520-1611)
MotherAgnes Blakiston (1558-1608)
Spouses
Birth1585, Shalford, Braintree District, Essex, England11
Death1621, Royston, North Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England Age: 36
BurialUnknown2259
FatherRobert Foote (1553-1608)
MotherJoan Brooke (1560-1634)
Marriage14 Feb 1602, Shalford, Braintree District, Essex, England11
ChildrenElizabeth (1603-1684)
Notes for John Hewes
McCracken, George E. Nathaniel Foote's English Relatives. The American Genealogist. (1977)
53:206.
WILL:
Dated June 20, 1621; pvd Aug. 21, 1621; of Royston, chandler. Executrix wife Mary; sons: Jonathan & Joshua; daughters: Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah, Hester, Lidia & Anna. Overseers: brother Thomas Hewes & brother-in-law Joseph Foote. {Will is recorded in register Dale, quire 87, Prerogative Court of Canterbury at London} [Lt. Joshua Hewes, 1913, Eben Putnam]

John and Mary are the ancestors of William Howard Taft and Richard Nixon, both through daughter Elizabeth Hewes Hemingway. Mary's brother Nathaniel is the ancestor of Rutherford B. Hayes and George H.W. and George W. Bush.

Putnam, Eben. "Lieutenant Joshua Hewes, a New England pioneer, and some of his descendants,: with materials for a genealogical history of other families of the name, and a sketch of Joseph Hewes the signer." (New York, New York: J. F. Tapley Co.], 1913)
page 10.
From the Shalford parish registers: '1602 John Hewes and Mary Foote weare married together the xiiijth daye of Feabruarye, anno predicto.'

Foote, Abram William. "Foote Family: Comprising the Genealogy and History of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his Descendants; Also a Partial Record of Descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford County, Va., and John Foote of New York City." (Rutland, Vermont: Marble City Press, 1907-1932)
2:646-47.
'The following extracts from the Shalford Parish Registers were also sent me: ...
John Hewes and Mary Foote were married together xiiii day of February, 1602-03.'

Waters, Henry F. "Genealogical Gleanings in England" (NEHGR). New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (1883-1899)
51:135-36.
The abstract of Robert Foote's will mentions "my daughter Mary Hewes" (with children) and "my son in law John Hewes of Royston".

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