. History and genealogy of the Jewetts of America : a record of Edward Jewett, of Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and of his two emigrant sons, Deacon Maximilian and Joseph Jewett, settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts, in 1639; also of Abraham and John Jewett, early settlers of Rowley, and of the Jewetts who have settled in the United States since the year 1800 . er Colonies. In 1662, he was sent to England to congratulate CharlesII on his restoration, and to act as agent for the Colony. He was assistantfrom 1630 to 1679; governor from 1679 to 1686, when the charter wasannulled. He s
. History and genealogy of the Jewetts of America : a record of Edward Jewett, of Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and of his two emigrant sons, Deacon Maximilian and Joseph Jewett, settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts, in 1639; also of Abraham and John Jewett, early settlers of Rowley, and of the Jewetts who have settled in the United States since the year 1800 . er Colonies. In 1662, he was sent to England to congratulate CharlesII on his restoration, and to act as agent for the Colony. He was assistantfrom 1630 to 1679; governor from 1679 to 1686, when the charter wasannulled. He strenuously opposed the arbitrary measures of Andros, andafter his overthrow in May, 1689, was again governor until May, 1692,when, at the age of 89, he became first counsel. He was in service of thegovernment 62 years, except during the brief administrations of Dudleyand Andros. He was a popular magistrate; a man of great integrity,piety, and prudence; was opposed to the witch delusion in 1692, and livedto be the Nestor of New England. He advised the surrender of the charterof Massachusetts to Charles II, warily distrusting the ability of the Col-onists to resist. John Norton says of his wife Anne: Her breast was a brave palace, a broad street,Where all heroic, ample thoughts did nature such a tenement had other souls, to hers, dwelt in a DcjuoTiiv Dkax (Hose) .Ikwktt Eighth Generation 425 Through her mother, Abigail (Smith) Bradstreet, Mrs. Jewett wasa descendant of Major Henry Smith, who was born in Germany, Sept. 29,1738; came to America in 1747, to Pittston, Me., in 1765, and died thereDec. 12, 1827. Sept. 23, 1765, he received a deed for five acres of landon the west side of the Kennebec river, in what is now the city of Gardiner;Aug. 5, 1772, he procured 100 acres of land on the east side of the river,in Pittston, for which he paid Dr. Gardiner £66 12s 4d. The next yearhe received 60 acres in addition. This part of Pittston has always beenknow
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