On Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 11:59:53 AM UTC-4, al...@mindspring.com wrote: > Earwarker's bio does not provide much more detail: > > https://books.google.com/books?id=RYcrLq2t-ncC&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=Dr+John+Hewitt+DD&source=bl&ots=tkg0JLXCY0&sig=johspAvze3RrjZpu0SMXky9vVIs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjsvraqPPNAhWF4yYKHX2FDnEQ6AEIJDAB#v=onepage&q=Dr%20John%20Hewitt%20DD&f=false > > Doug Smith He does clearly state that the John you are interested in was the son Thomas Hewett of Eccles according to his grave inscription. Doug Smith

On Sunday, 17 July 2016 03:29:53 UTC+10, al...@mindspring.com wrote: > He does clearly state that the John you are interested in was the son Thomas Hewett of Eccles according to his grave inscription. > > Doug Smith Is this the reference to a descendant of Dr John buried in Essex whose memorial states they were both born in Eccles? Or have I missed another reference? Thanks for taking an interest. At the moment my favourite theory is that he was born in Eccles, son of John and grandson of Thomas who was later Sir Thomas of Shireoaks. I need to find a will of a John Hewett (etc) of Lancashire who died after 1613.