Sarah Hewes b. Abt. 1676
Sarah Hewes was born Abt. 1676 in Boston, daughter of Joshua and Hannah (Norden) Hewes, Jr. and the younger sister of Hannah Hewes born Abt. 1674 that married Joseph Dolbeare b. Abt. 1672. Sarah Hewes married Edmund GRICE. "Sarah was a widow when she dated her Will 9 May 1740" per NEHS "Register": "Early Dolbears" (pub. July 1958) Vol. 112 pg. 179 and mentions her rights in the estate of Col. Nathaniel Norden, Esq., late of Marblehead, dec'd [Note: Mrs. Hannah (Norton) Hewes was the older sister of Nathaniel (Col.) Norden b. November 27, 1653 in Boston, son of Samuel and Joanna (Copp) Norden. Col. Nathaniel Norden married1: June 13, 1687 in Marblehead to Mary Lattimer, the earliest aristocrat of the town; who used a coat of arms and "held no great correspondence with other families". Source: Register (April 1895) Vol. 49 pg. 212. Mary Lattimer b. February 02, 1658/59 ? - d. in 1722, was the daughter of Christopher Lattimer (b. 1620 in England - d. October 05, 1690 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA - æt. abt. 70 yrs; Burial: Old Burial Hill, Marblehead, Essex Co., MA). Christopher married Abt. 1658 in Marblehead to Mary Pitts (b. 1632 in England - d. May 08, 1681 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA - æt. 49 yrs; Burial: Old Burial Hill, Marblehead, Essex Co., MA).New England Historical Society, Register "Gleanings" (Jan. 1866) Vol. 20 pg. 35, In the Marblehead churchyard (now called Old Burial Hill, Marblehead, Essex Co., MA) are two slate stones, probably brought from England with the following inscriptions: "Here lyes Buried ye Body of Mary, wife of Christopher Lattimer, aged 49 years, dec ye 8 of May, 1681"."Here lyes ye Body of Mr. Christopher Latimore, aged about 70 years, Dec October ye 5, 1690". Nathaniel (Col.) Norden married2: Abt. 1722 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA to Mary Legg b. Abt. 1679 in Marblehead, daughter of John (Capt.) Legg, Jr. (b. Abt. 1644 in Marblehead). John Jr. married Abt. 1677 in Salem to Elizabeth Peach of Salem - Capt. John died October 08, 1718 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA - æt. 74th yr.Mary married1: March 23, 1692/93 in Marblehead to Edward Brattle (b. 1670, son of Thomas (-1683) & Elizabeth Tyng (b, 1638 - d. 1682) Brattle- Edward d. 1719 Boston). Mrs. Mary (Legg) Brattle, widow married2: Abt. 1722 in Boston to Col. Nathaniel Norden who's will is dated February 16, 1724, will proved February 16, 1727. Mrs. Mary (Legg) (Brattle) Norden, widow, married3: 1728 as the 2nd wife of Edward Goffe (b. 1670 - d. 1740) of Cambridge. {Source: Register Vol. pg. 212} Col. Nathaniel Norden died abt. March 1724 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA - æt. 70 yrs., and had no recorded children.] Mrs. Sarah (Hewes) Grice, of Boston, gave one-half of her property to nephew Edmund Grice Dolbeare, a minor aged about ten, and the other half to a child of a friends (Suffolk Probate, 7647). I know there was a Edmund Grice DOLBEARE bp. June 05, 1726 in Boston, shown as a son of William (b. March 2, 1697) and Mary (Hooker) Dolbeare. For the life of me I can't figure out "Why" he would be called a "nephew" of Sarah Hewes. I hope someone can explain it.
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Re: Sarah Hewes b. Abt. 1676
John Lancy 5/28/04