Ancestry of
Amos Hewitt

(1765–1833)

Desire Howland

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• • 3rd Great-grandmother of Amos Hewitt — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 43 
  • Father:
  • John Howland 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Tilley   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1625 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 13 Oct 1683 
  • Death Location:
  • Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • John Gorham
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1643 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Children:
  
  

  Desire Gorham

  Temperance Gorham

  Elizabeth Gorham

  James Gorham

  John Gorham

  Joseph Gorham

  Jabez Gorham

  Mercy Gorham (Ahnentafel No:21 )

  Lydia Gorham

  Hannah Gorham

  Shubael Gorham

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  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1900, Vol. 54, p. 168.
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