Display Patriot - P-236040

Joseph LEWIS

SAR Patriot #: P-236040

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: MA Qualifying Service: Captain

Birth: 19 Aug 1738 Dorchester / Suffolk / MA
Death: 09 Jun 1804 Dedham / Norfolk / MA

Qualifying Service Description:

He served as a 1st Lieutenant in the Company of Captain Aaron Fuller of the Dedham County Miliitia
He later served as a Captain in the 1st Regiment under Colonel William McIntash

Additional References:

Secretary of the Commonwealth, MA Soldiers and Sailors of the Rev War, MA. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co, 1901. Volume 9, pg 748

Spouse: Molly Baker
Children: Molly/Polly;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child	View Application Detail
2013-03-07	AZ	52090	George Abbott Lipphardt Sr. (170060)	Mary/Polly

Burial:

Old Village Cemetery_(C-0372447)

Location:

Dedham / Norfolk / MA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

1975090

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

23915808

Marker Type:

Marker and tombstone

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

19 Apr 2014

Comments:

Image provided with permission from Bill Boyington, Find-a-Grave member # 46800933.
Upright stone appears to be contemporary with the death of the Patriot

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Located at the intersection of Village Avenue and Court Street behind St Paul’s Episcopal Church about 50’ behind the rear fo the church

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: George Lipphardt
My fifth great grandfather, Joseph Lewis was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts on 10 August 1738.

He married Molly Baker in Dedham, Massachusetts on 27 November 1760; “Marryed by ye Revd Mr. Andrew Tyler”.

He died of apoplexy (age 66) in Dedham, Massachusetts on 09 June 1804 and is buried in the Old Village Cemetery in Dedham.

Boston Gazette; 06-11-1804 (June 11), Vol. 16, Issue 30, p.2: "at Dedham, suddenly, on Saturday morning last, Mr. Joseph Lewis, aged 66. A man eminent for his virtues; his life was a display of all those qualities which adorn the character of the christian; in him were combined the tender and affectionate husband, the kind and good parent, the amiable and sincere friend; those who were most intimately acquainted with him can best appreciate his worth. His remains were interred yesterday afternoon."

Inscribed at the bottom of his tombstone:
Here lies entombed beneath this mossy sod
An honest man, "the noblest work of God,"
In whom those beauties of a noble mind,
Faith and good works were happily combined;
A friend and comfort to the sick and poor,
Want never knocked unheeded at his door;
A tender husband, father, brother, friend, Lewis
He crowned his virtues with a pious end.

References: Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution, Vol. 9, p. 748: "Lewis, Captain
Joseph. (Dedham, Mass., 1738 Dedham, Mass.,
1804.) Lieutenant, Capt. Aaron Fuller's, Dedham, Co., Mass. Minute Men, April, 1775; Captain, 1st Dedham, Co., Col. William McIntash's (McIntosh's) Reg't., Mass. Militia, March, 1776."
In 1895, another descendent of Joseph Lewis (my 1st cousin, 4X removed) was able to prove that Joseph was a Patriot, in order to join the Sons of the Revolution organization.
Joseph is the father-in-law of 1st cousin to President John Adams.

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