John Alexander Hewlett (1843 - 1919)

Born 28 Jun 1843 in Abaco, Bahama Islands

Ancestors

Husband of Priscilla (Key) Hewlett — married 30 Nov 1859 in Abaco, Bahama Islands

Died 23 Oct 1919 at age 76 in Hempstead, Long Island, New York

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John Hewlett is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

John Alexander Hewlett was born 28 June 1843 in the Bahama Islands to Townsend Edmund Hewlett and Sarah Ann Key Hewlett.

He married twice: first, 30 November 1859, to Priscilla Key, daughter of Nathan Key Jr. and Charlotte Russell Key; and second, about 1865, to Susan Rocilli Weatherford Saunders, daughter of Albert Augustus Saunders and Isabella Weatherford.

John and Priscilla had two sons - John Jr. and William - but only John survived his infancy. Susan and John had children Charles Elbert, Susan Agnes, Emma, Joseph, Townsend, Minnie, and Dolly Mae Hewlett.

In 1870, John and Susan Hewlett moved with their small children to Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. John's father, Townsend, had an inheritance from his aunt; and Townsend's children were left bequests from his brothers, Divine and Charles, and sister, Martha Jane Hewlett. He was a farmer.

John A Hewlett died 23 October 1919 in Hempstead, New York and was buried at Bethpage Cemetery, Farmingdale, Nassau, County, New York. He was 76 years of age.

Sources

Dolly Mae CD, Wyannie Malone Museum, Hope Town, Abaco, Bahamas.

The Genealogy of Nathan Key, Early Settler of Abaco, Bahamas, compiled by JJ McAleer, Alice Slocum Key, and Oreste Lombardi, 2000, page 4.

University of Florida, Bahamas Collection, Marriages Index, Box 6, #3374. Marriage of Priscilla Key and John Alexander Hewlett.

New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 for John Hewlett, Roll M237, 1820-1897, Roll 327. John and Mary (Susan), and children John, Charles, and Susan Agnes Hewlett travelled to New York City from the Bahamas.

1870 United States Federal Census for John A Hewlett, New York, Queens, Oyster Bay.

"New York Naturalization Index (Soundex), 1792-1906," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8937-F9Q4-W?cc=2043782&wc=SFCT-FMS%3A1399195401 : 4 February 2015), Roll 108, H420-H450 (Hawlik, Harry-Holmiah, Jules) > image 2795 of 5235; citing NARA microfilm publication M1674 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). 1894.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSJ6-L7P : accessed 7 May 2020), John A Hewlett, Oyster Bay Township, Election District 2, Nassau, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 720, sheet 1B, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,079.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 May 2020), memorial page for John Alexander Hewlett (28 Jun 1843–23 Oct 1919), Find a Grave Memorial no. 59934351, citing Bethpage Cemetery, Farmingdale, Nassau County, New York, USA ; Maintained by DMC (contributor 47184694).

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