When Ira Hews was born about 1796, in Lyme, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Reuben Hewes, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Gray, was 31. He married Sophia Jackson on 16 December 1824, in Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died from 21 December 1876 to 25 December 1876, in Lyme, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, and was buried in Old Lyme Cemetery, Lyme, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States.
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English: see Hughes .
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
Possible Related NamesTo the Honorable Samuel Carlton Judge of Probate of Wills --- for the County of Grafton. Representing Cyrus Hews of Lyme, that he is administrator on the estate of Reuben Hews, late of Lyme deceased, …
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