Jonathan Trumbull Jr. House
Museum – Once Owned by Hewitt’s
“Each of the
families that owned the house-Trumbull, Armstrong, Babcock, Holbrook, Spencer,
Crandall, Palmer, Hewitt,
and Rockwood-brought the personal tastes and needs of their respective
generations to the house and remodeled it accordingly. The colonnade was added
and removed, front windows lowered, rooflines changed, stoves installed in
fireplaces, stairways relocated, ells enlarged, porches added, and indoor
plumbing and electricity installed.” From the web site above.
Not only did
Sprague ancestors live several generations in Lebanon, CT, but several other
Green ancestors did as well. A new
ancestor surname, Grant, merges, more than once, with Hewitt, Palmer, Wheeler,
Maine, and Sprague, and others in the small town of Lebanon, most of them
coming directly from the Stonington area.
The Grant web site is one of the best and largest I’ve seen but it is
difficult to navigate. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/r/a/Charles-Loring-Grant/GENE10-0316.html
The first Hewitt
in the Grant tree and in Lebanon was the son to Joseph Hewitt and Mary
Chesebrough, Joseph was the son of Benjamin
Hewitt Sr. and Marie Fanning. This Benjamin Sr. was the second son of Captain
Thomas Hewitt. Benjamin Jr., your direct
ancestor was Joseph’s brother.
It isn't yet clear which Hewitt owned the house. It will take a field trip to ask the question.
And… if you have ever
seen a $50 dollar bill, you’ve seen a portrait of your distant cousin Ulysses.
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