HEWLETT, Jacob C^{[1, 2]}

1800 - 1879  (79 years)

• Name	HEWLETT, Jacob C
  Birth	23 Sep 1800	Cold Spring Harbor, NY   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Dec 1879	Cold Spring Harbor, NY
  Notes	From History of Queens County The subject of this memoir was born at Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., September 23d 1800, and died at the same place, December 28th 1879. His ancestors were among the earliest settlers in their respective sections. He was the lineal descendant of George Hewlett, who was actively engaged in the early settlement of the town of Hempstead, L.I. John the youngest son, from whom Jacob C. descended and who is designated as John Hewlett the first, settled at Rockaway. His wife’s name was Mary Smith. They had a son John, who in the line of descent is called John Hewlett second. He married Hannah Jackson, daughter of the second Colonel John and Elizabeth Jackson, who lived at Jerusalem, L.I. After their marriage he bought a tract of land located in East Woods (now known as Woodbury). Here he settled and remained till his death, May 5th 1790, in the 88th year of his age. His wife, Hannah J., died three years previous, viz, March 3d 1787, in the 90th year of her age. Their remains rest in a family burying ground situated on a narrow projecting mound a short distance east of the house now designated as Mount Nebo. The place is now in the possession, and the ground thus dedicated is to be the burial place, of the descendants of John Hewlett the second, who among other children left a son John, born February 17th 1731,who is designated as John Hewlett the third. He married Sarah Townsend, a daughter of Rumoan and Mary Townsend. John Hewlett the third died April 4th 1812, and his wife Sarah died September 9th 1808. They had seven children married, including Devine, who was the father of the subject of this memoir. Devine Hewlett married Annie Coles, daughter of Jacob Coles and Sarah Cock. Annie Coles, the mother of Jacob Coles Hewlett, was of the 7th generation from Robert Coles, who came from England in 1630 and settled in Massachusetts, afterward going with Roger Williams to Rhode Island, where he died about 1651. Devine and Annie Hewlett had twelve children, as follows: -Sarah, who married John Hewlett for her first husband and Singleton Mitchell for her second; -Amelia, married Thomas Coles; -Loretta, married John H. Jones; -Elizabeth, married Henry Scudder; -Martha and an infant son, died young; -Hannah, married Thomas Harrison; -Phebe, died unmarried; -John D., married first Jane P. Townsend, second Elizabeth T. Townsend; -William, unmarried; -Margaret Anne, married Edward K. Bryar; -Jacob C. Hewlett, married Elizabeth Jones. She was the daughter of John and Hannah Jones, and was born December 9th 1798, and died at Cold Spring Harbor January 13th 1869. The children of Jacob C. Hewlett were: -Mary E., who married Townsend Jones; -John D., who married Harriette A., daughter of Thomas Harrison, for his first, and Emma E., daughter of Isaac and Maria L. Labagh, for his second wife; -Sarah, who married William E. Jones; -Walter R., who married Henrietta Muhl; and -Phebe A., who married John E. Chase. The children of Walter R. Hewlett now living are -Walter J., -Phebe E., -Louis, -Robert, and -Henrietta A. The children of Townsend Jones and Mary E. Hewlett are -Townsend, who married Katharine S. Howard, and -Joshua Thomas. The children of William E. Jones and Sarah Hewlett are -Sarah E., -Florence L., and -William E. [1]
  Person ID	I1341	Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	HEWLETT, Judge Devine,   b. 5 Feb 1767   d. 23 Oct 1846, Cold Spring Harbor, NY (Age 79 years)
  Mother	COLES, Anne,   b. 23 Aug 1768, Glen Cove, Long Island, NY d. 22 Apr 1855, Cold Spring Harbor, NY (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	25 May 1786	Westbury, Nassau, New York, USA   [4, 5]
  Notes	Alternative date from Hinshaw: “Ann, dt Jacob & Sarah (Cock), b 8-22-1768; m 1788 Wm M. HEWLETT” [6]
  Family ID	F161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	JONES, Elisabeth Hewlett,   b. 9 Dec 1798   d. 13 Jan 1869, Cold Spring Harbor, NY (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	1828  [7]
  Children	1. HEWLETT, Mary   2. HEWLETT, John D   3. HEWLETT, Sarah   4. HEWLETT, Walter R   5. HEWLETT, Phebe
  Family ID	F562	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2018

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 23 Sep 1800 - Cold Spring Harbor, NY Death - 28 Dec 1879 - Cold Spring Harbor, NY  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S693] History of Queens County, New York: With Illustrations, Portraits, and Sketches of Prominent Families and Individuals, (W. W. Munsell and Company, 1882). [S704] Peter Ross, (Lewis Publishing Company, 1902), They had seven children, one of whom was Devine, father of Jacob C. [S693] History of Queens County, New York: With Illustrations, Portraits, and Sketches of Prominent Families and Individuals, (W. W. Munsell and Company, 1882), The subject of this memoir was born at Cold Sprint Harbor, N.Y., September-23d 1800, and died at the same place, December 28th 1879. [S247] Emma Hewlett, Letter from Emma Hewlett to Keziah Whitson Coles. [S704] Peter Ross, (Lewis Publishing Company, 1902), Devine Hewlett married Annie Coles, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Cock) Coles, and they became the parents of twelve children. [S405] William Wade Hinshaw, (1940, Ann Arbor, MI). [S96] Notes on Coles Family by Edna Valentine Trapnell Bruce, (Unpublished).