Hewitt's of White Oak and Collateral Families

Jesse Wyatt HEWELL was born on 4 Oct 1793 in Hanover, VA. Parents: Wyatt HEWELL and Frances DAVENPORT .

John Baker HEWELL was born on 9 Nov 1872. Parents: John Willis HEWELL and Sophronia E. HARP.

He married to Hattie JOHNSTON on 6 Nov 1889.

John Willis HEWELL was born on 10 May 1825 in Wilkes Co., GA. He died on 14 Apr 1901. He was buried in Shiloh Church Cemetery, Chattohoochie Co., GA. Parents: Joseph Addison HEWELL and Rebecca LIPSCOMB.

He married to Sophronia E. HARP on 31 May 1850. Children were: Frances Theresa HEWELL , Rebecca Lipscomb HEWELL, William Clay HEWELL, Charles Dixon HEWELL, John Baker HEWELL.

John Willis HEWELL was born on 9 Feb 1853. He died on 30 Oct 1854. Parents: Joseph Adkins HEWELL and Aquilla Ann Velonia DEAN.

Joseph Addison HEWELL Parents: Wyatt HEWELL and Sarah WORTHY.

He married to Rebecca LIPSCOMB . Children were: John Willis HEWELL, Joseph Adkins HEWELL.

Joseph Adkins HEWELL was born on 2 Dec 1826 in Wilkes Co., GA. He died on 24 Nov 1899. Parents: Joseph Addison HEWELL and Rebecca LIPSCOMB.

He married to Harriett E. CAVEY on 2 Dec 1847. Children were: Ellgenia H. HEWELL , Emery HEWELL.

He married to Aquilla Ann Velonia DEAN. Children were: John Willis HEWELL, Henry Thomas HEWELL, William Lipscomb HEWELL, Theresa A. M. HEWELL , Narcissa Francis HEWELL, Derilda Washington Rebecca HEWELL, Robert A. HEWELL , Lizzie HEWELL.

Lizzie HEWELL Parents: Joseph Adkins HEWELL and Aquilla Ann Velonia DEAN.

Margaret Spotswood HEWELL was born on 18 Jan 1750. Parents: Major Thomas HEWELL and Eleanor GOOCH.

She married to John WORTHY in Goochland Co., VA.

Narcissa Francis HEWELL was born on 5 Nov 1861. Parents: Joseph Adkins HEWELL and Aquilla Ann Velonia DEAN .

Rebecca Lipscomb HEWELL was born on 28 Apr 1853. She died on 27 May 1940 in Crisp Co., GA. Parents: John Willis HEWELL and Sophronia E. HARP.

She married to Julius B. SHIPP on 30 Sep 1869 in Chattahoochee, GA. Children were: Effie Leo SHIPP, Maude Eveline SHIPP, William Lovic SHIPP, Julius Hewell SHIPP, May Belle SHIPP, Mary Luela SHIPP, Carlton Clanton SHIPP, Willis Bee SHIPP, Beverly Allison SHIPP.

Robert A. HEWELL was born on 17 Jan 1867. Parents: Joseph Adkins HEWELL and Aquilla Ann Velonia DEAN.

Susan Catherine HEWELL was born on 7 Jan 1778. Parents: Wyatt HEWELL and Sarah WORTHY.

She married to Phillip DRIGGERS in 1800 in Newton Co., GA.

Susannah Harrison HEWELL was born in Jun 1748. Parents: Major Thomas HEWELL and Eleanor GOOCH.

She married to John DAVENPORT in Goochland Co., VA.

Theresa A. M. HEWELL was born on 15 Jun 1859. Parents: Joseph Adkins HEWELL and Aquilla Ann Velonia DEAN.

She married to Alvah HARP on 1 Aug 1906.

Major Thomas HEWELL was born in 1715 in Sewell's Point, VA. Parents: Major Francis EWELL and Lady Margaret SPOTSWOOD .

He married to Eleanor GOOCH in 1747 in Goochland Co., VA. Children were: Susannah Harrison HEWELL , Margaret Spotswood HEWELL, Eleanor Gooch HEWELL, Wyatt HEWELL, Elizabeth Marion HEWELL, Welthy Worthy HEWELL .

He married to Mary JOHNSTON. Children were: William Wyatt HEWELL.

Welthy Worthy HEWELL was born on 17 May 1760. Parents: Major Thomas HEWELL and Eleanor GOOCH.

She married to Thomas WORTHY in Goochland Co., VA.

William Clay HEWELL was born on 23 Aug 1855. He died on 3 May 1921. Parents: John Willis HEWELL and Sophronia E. HARP.

He married to Minnie Lee MCNAB on 27 Nov 1887.

He married to Mattie L. GLENN on 13 May 1896.

He married to Annie Willie BENTLEY on 30 Aug 1902.

William Lipscomb HEWELL was born on 2 Feb 1857. Parents: Joseph Adkins HEWELL and Aquilla Ann Velonia DEAN .

William Wyatt HEWELL was born on 1 Jun 1780 in VA. He was living in 1822 in Oglethorpe Co., GA. Parents: Wyatt HEWELL and Sarah WORTHY.

He married to Mary TUCK/TUCKER in 1822 in Hanover, VA.

He married to Catherine FUQUETTE .

William Wyatt HEWELL was born on 11 Jun 1778. Parents: Major Thomas HEWELL and Mary JOHNSTON.

He married to Susannah DAVENPORT in Louisa Co., VA.

Wyatt HEWELL was born on 15 Oct 1756 in VA. He applied for a pension in 1822 in Newton Co., GA. He died in 1842 in GA. He joined the military Revolutionary War. Wyatt Hewell served as a Private and a Sergeant in the Virginia line from Spotsylvania County. He was buried in Covington, Newton Co., GA. Parents: Major Thomas HEWELL and Eleanor GOOCH.

He married to Sarah WORTHY in 1776 in Goodland Co., VA. Children were: Susan Catherine HEWELL, William Wyatt HEWELL, Joseph Addison HEWELL.

He married to Frances DAVENPORT on 1 Jan 1791. Children were: Jesse Wyatt HEWELL.

Axson HEWIETT was born on 7 Jun 1914. He died on 9 Feb 1994. Parents: William Sidney (Putnal) HEWIETT and Callie WHATLEY .

He married to Bessie CORBETT on 12 May 1932. He was divorced from Bessie CORBETT in Dec 1933.

He married to Eva PURVIS on 16 Jul 1935. Children were: James Carl HEWIETT, Axson HEWIETT, James Earl HEWIETT, Willis Willard HEWIETT, Clarice HEWIETT, Deloris HEWIETT, Larry Alfred HEWIETT, Linda Faye HEWIETT, Lois Marie HEWIETT.

Axson HEWIETT was born in 1938 in Suwannee Co., FL. He died in 1938 in Live Oak, FL. Parents: Axson HEWIETT and Eva PURVIS.

Clarice HEWIETT (Private). Parents: Axson HEWIETT and Eva PURVIS.

Deloris HEWIETT (Private). Parents: Axson HEWIETT and Eva PURVIS.

Donald "Toy" HEWIETT (Private). Parents: Frank R. HEWIETT and F. Caroline "Carrie" ROSIER .

He married to Frances Annett REGANS on 18 Sep 1969.

He married to Sallie WALDRON on 11 Apr 1986.

Dora Estell HEWIETT was born on 25 Sep 1902. She died on 25 Mar 1979. Parents: William Sidney (Putnal) HEWIETT and Callie WHATLEY.

She married to Charles W. MOORE on 21 Sep 1920. Children were: Allene MOORE, Mason MOORE, Ralph MOORE, Oscar MOORE, Lawrence MOORE, Bernice MOORE, Albert MOORE, Calbert MOORE, Wayne MOORE, Johnnie MOORE, Evelyn Kelly MOORE, Robert Kelly MOORE.

Dorothy Gene HEWIETT (Private). Parents: Frank R. HEWIETT and F. Caroline "Carrie" ROSIER.

She married to Lonnie DUCKSWORTH on 20 Apr 1963.

Flossie June HEWIETT (Private). Parents: Frank R. HEWIETT and F. Caroline "Carrie" ROSIER.

She married to Glenn Harold LEE on 14 Jul 1961.

Flossie Mae HEWIETT (Private). Parents: Frank R. HEWIETT and F. Caroline "Carrie" ROSIER.

She married to George Benjamin Ralph HARRIS on 16 Jul 1965.

Frank Marion HEWIETT (Private). Parents: Frank R. HEWIETT and F. Caroline "Carrie" ROSIER.

He married to Mary Lee JOHNSON on 5 Jun 1954.

Frank R. HEWIETT was born on 12 Oct 1906. He died on 29 Jan 1968. Parents: William Sidney (Putnal) HEWIETT and Callie WHATLEY .

He married to F. Caroline "Carrie" ROSIER on 13 Apr 1929. Children were: Myrtice Marie HEWIETT , Frank Marion HEWIETT, Mary Magdalene HEWIETT, Myrtle Mae HEWIETT, Wesley Marvin HEWIETT, Lesley Murray HEWIETT , L. A. HEWIETT, Flossie Mae HEWIETT, Flossie June HEWIETT, Dorothy Gene HEWIETT, Winford Ashley HEWIETT , Donald "Toy" HEWIETT, Ronald "Loy" HEWIETT, James Dollan Rosier HEWIETT.

James Carl HEWIETT (Private). Parents: Axson HEWIETT and Eva PURVIS.

James Dollan Rosier HEWIETT was born on 24 Aug 1925 in Live Oak, FL. He died on 6 Nov 1969 in Lafayette Co., FL. Parents: Frank R. HEWIETT and F. Caroline "Carrie" ROSIER.

James Earl HEWIETT was born in 1939 in Suwannee Co., FL. He died in 1939 in Live Oak, FL. Parents: Axson HEWIETT and Eva PURVIS.

L. A. HEWIETT (Private). Parents: Frank R. HEWIETT and F. Caroline "Carrie" ROSIER.

He married to Geneva THURMAN on 4 Jun 1966.

Larry Alfred HEWIETT (Private). Parents: Axson HEWIETT and Eva PURVIS.

Lesley Murray HEWIETT was born on 12 Mar 1938 in Live Oak, FL. He died on 14 Aug 1986 in Madison Co., FL. Parents: Frank R. HEWIETT and F. Caroline "Carrie" ROSIER.

He married to Fannie C. WEBB on 17 Jan 1959.

Linda Faye HEWIETT (Private). Parents: Axson HEWIETT and Eva PURVIS.

Lois Marie HEWIETT (Private). Parents: Axson HEWIETT and Eva PURVIS.

Mary Magdalene HEWIETT (Private). Parents: Frank R. HEWIETT and F. Caroline "Carrie" ROSIER.

She married to Arthur Sidney ANDERSON on 26 Aug 1952.

Myrtice Marie HEWIETT was born on 25 Dec 1929 in Live Oak, FL. She died on 15 Feb 1983 in Live Oak, FL. Parents: Frank R. HEWIETT and F. Caroline "Carrie" ROSIER.

She married to James Willard HICKOX.

Myrtle Mae HEWIETT was born on 30 Jun 1935 in Live Oak, FL. She died on 2 Sep 1935 in Live Oak, FL. Parents: Frank R. HEWIETT and F. Caroline "Carrie" ROSIER.

Ronald "Loy" HEWIETT (Private). Parents: Frank R. HEWIETT and F. Caroline "Carrie" ROSIER .

He married to Lola Ann THIGPEN on 29 Mar 1968.

He married to Judie HILDRETH on 27 Sep 1968.

Wesley Marvin HEWIETT (Private). Parents: Frank R. HEWIETT and F. Caroline "Carrie" ROSIER.

He married to Virginia BATCHLOR.

He married to Ida Fillyaw CLARK on 13 May 1991.

William Sidney (Putnal) HEWIETT was born on 9 Jun 1876 in Madison Co., FL. He died on 13 May 1952 in Live Oak, FL. Parents: Hartfull PUTNAL and Caroline HEWITT.

He married to Callie WHATLEY on 26 Apr 1896 in Live Oak, FL. Children were: Dora Estell HEWIETT, Frank R. HEWIETT, Axson HEWIETT.

Willis Willard HEWIETT (Private). Parents: Axson HEWIETT and Eva PURVIS.

Winford Ashley HEWIETT (Private). Parents: Frank R. HEWIETT and F. Caroline "Carrie" ROSIER.

He married to Rebecca Jean DEASE on 15 Aug 1981.

He married to Glenna Greathouse KELLY on 29 Jun 1983.

HEWITT ⁽³⁴⁾
There are numerous records in the chronicles of Onslow Co., NC that make mention of Thomas Hewitt and separately, John Hewitt. Were they related?

Thomas Hewitt and Elizabeth Whitehurst were married about 1750 in Onslow County. Elizabeth was born there about 1733 after a group of the Whitehursts had emigrated from Princess Anne Co., Virginia. Elizabeth's parents were Goldsmith and Anne. After Goldsmith had died, Anne remarried in 1748 to John Simpson who lived on the West Bank of the Whiteoak River in Onslow County, very close to where John Hewitt was known to live by 1762.

Thomas and John most likely arrived together in Onslow County just before 1750 and probably made the West Bank of the Whiteoak River their home, near John Simpson. Thomas may have never met his father-in-law Goldsmith Whitehurst.

By the late 1750s Thomas and Elizabeth settled on Queens Creek several miles to the West of her family's Whiteoak estate.

John Simpson died in January, 1761 on his Whiteoak estate. For several of the years from 1748 until his death he served a constable for the county. Starting in 1762, John Hewitt served in that capacity. In fact, all county records of John Hewitt begin in that year. He was awarded several hundred acres of land on the Whiteoak River through land grants. In 1763, he and Richard Pitts - their children would eventually marry - posted securities to be guardians for the orphans Abram and Thomas Simpson, sons of John and Anne Simpson. To date, this is the most compelling evidence of a relationship between Thomas and John Hewitt. The Simpson boys would have been half-brothers to Thomas' wife Elizabeth. John Hewitt would have been related to them by marriage if he was related to Thomas Hewitt. But this evidence is hardly concrete. Without a doubt, John Hewitt was a friend and neighbor to John Simpson, and the widow Anne might have sought him out as a guardian to her children even if there was no kinship.

Furthermore, it is possible that John's wife Mary was somehow related to the Simpsons or Whitehursts. We don't know her maiden name, but she is likely to have already been in Onslow by the time John arrived.

Loose recollections of living family members in the 1980s say that "two brothers arrived from England about 1750." We have found no evidence to contradict this statement.

Several possibilities from where the Hewitts might have come have been researched. They are...

1) Stonington, Connecticut Hewitts
A large and established group of Hewitts were in Stonington CT in the early 17th century. Recently, [name] has published a history of that family. In brief correspondence with her, she believes that there is no connection between our families.

2) Cape May, New Jersey Hewitts
About 1755, a group of the descendants of Randall Hewitt left their New Jersey home and settled in Brunswick Co., NC, on the southeastern corner of the state. Research of family trees yielded no likely family members named Thomas or John who moved to Onslow. Further, we know that Thomas was in Onslow by 1752. A connection seems unlikely.

3) Falmouth, Massachusetts Weeks family
A researcher of the Weeks family suggested that the Hewitt might have come from Falmouth, Massachusetts with the Weeks family in the 1730s. The Weeks settled near the mouth of the Whiteoak River and founded the town of Swansboro. John Hewitt's daughter Sarah married one of these Weeks. A fairly thorough study of Falmouth records revealed no Hewitts, however.

4) Eastern Shore of Virginia
One of John Hewitts neighbors was Abel Goffigon, who is known to have moved from the Eastern Shore of Virginia about 1761. The Goffigons were allied with the Willett family in Virginia. There is likely to be some kind of connection, since either John Hewitt or his son John names a child Willett. References of Eastern Shore families do not mention the Hewitts, however.

5) York Co., VA
Records document an extended family of Hewitts in York County in the first half of the 18th century. Norma Thompkins, in her manuscript "Hewitt - Three Hundred years from Jamestown to Wyatt Switch," claims that James Hewitt of York County moved with his children James, William, Charles, Henry, John and Thomas to western North Carolina in the late 1740s. In conversations with the author, she said she discarded all the research notes and that all of the documentation is in the manuscript. The manuscript, however, is severely lacking in supporting evidence on numerous fronts. Thomas and John Hewitt of Onslow may be from this family, but certainly much more evidence is needed.

6) England
It is entirely possible that the family recollections are correct and Thomas and John Hewitt were brothers and that emigrated from England about 1750. This needs to be better researched.

Children were: Thomas HEWITT, John HEWITT.

Abram M. HEWITT⁽³⁵⁾ was born in 1812 in Jones Co., NC. Military Service records indicates birth year as 1819. He appeared on the census in 1850 in Onslow Co., NC. Census indicates birth year of "Abraham Hewitt" as 1812. He died on 9 Jan 1862 in Camp Howe, VA. Cause of death was disease. He joined the military Civil War in VA.⁽³⁶⁾ Enlisted October 4, 1861 in 3rd NC Regiment, Co. G. Parents: Rigdon HEWITT and Prudence SIMMONS.

He married to Hepsy about 1839. Children were: Caroline E. HEWITT, Rody HEWITT, Mary Jane HEWITT, Theodore F. HEWITT, Deterfenson HEWITT, Debora "Debbie" HEWITT, Victor L. HEWITT .

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