Elizabeth Hewitt
Lifespan: 1769 - 1842
Birth: 18 Sep 1769 in North Stonington, New London, Connecticut
Occupation: Unknown
Marriage: Walter Bacon Hewitt III
Children: Rolyna Hewitt, Cynthia Hewitt, Alexander Hewitt
Parents: Major Richard Hewitt & Experience Leeds
Death: 27 May 1842 in Greenfield Center, Saratoga, New York
Burial: Greenfield, Saratoga, New York, USA
Elizabeth Leeds Hewitt: A Life Rooted in Family and Frontier
Chapter 1: Beginnings in New England (1769–1786)
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From a Puritan village to a new nation, Susannah lived nearly a century of endurance, raising eleven children while war, wilderness, and widowhood swept around her.
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Read MoreFrank journeyed from the tenement shadows of Lowell to the mills of Maine, quietly shaping America’s industrial rise with resilience and relentless labor.
Read MoreLydia built a life of devotion and constancy on the rugged soil of Maine, nurturing her family through faith, hardship, and the quiet triumph of everyday endurance.
Read MoreFrom Plymouth’s fields to New York’s frontier, Lydia stood as the heart of her growing family, her life stitched with perseverance, faith, and motherly resolve through a nation's birth.
Read MoreJohn crossed an ocean and rebuilt a life from scratch, laying stone and raising seven children after tragedy marked his path.
Read MoreJohn left England to start anew in New London, where he married into the Palmer family and helped shape the colonial frontier.
Read MoreHannah braved the wilds of early New England through war, widowhood, and rebuilding, weaving a life of unshakable faith and quiet strength that anchored three families across generations.
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