William O. Hewitt

William Hewitt is the immigrant ancestor for both the Hewitt’s and the Hewitt’s who originate from Hope, Maine. He was married to Sarah King the daughter of Benjamin King and Sarah Taylor. They were married in New Ipswich New Hampshire on February 27, 1781. There were seven children and their first child died in infancy. Their children were John (Died at 5 months old), William Jr., Samuel, Hannah, John and Benjamin. William and Samuel Hewitt changed the spelling of their names to Hewett and Hannah married Asa Payson. I descend from Benjamin Hewitt.

William’s grandson Simon Crane Hewett son of William Hewett Jr. wrote the earliest known Biography of William in 1903 at the age of 86. This two-page biography is based on family stories passed down and possibly Simon’s personal contact with his grandfather William Hewitt (Simon was only about 7 years old when William died in 1826). In this document Simon indicates that William “Hewett” was born in Warrington England in 1750 and was the son of John Hewett. That, “He was left an orphan very young, his father being dead in the house when he was born, and his mother dying three weeks after his birth.” That, ”His father keep a public house with the sign if the Ram’s Head.” That, “ His mothers name before marriage was Orritt.” And he had brothers and sisters. His brother’s names were Thomas, John, Joseph and Peter and the names of the sisters were not included.

According to this biography William’s father’s brother raised William until the age of 14 when he was bound as an apprentice to learn the weavers trade. Soon after William joined the English Army and served 6 years in England before he was shipped to America as a non commissioned officer under General Howe to help put down the rebels. Soon after arrival in Boston he deserted and went to New Ipswich, New Hampshire where he later joined the Colonial Army and fought against the British.

Williams Grandson James Henry Hobbs Hewett son of John Hewitt wrote a letter to his granddaughter Sarah H. Thompson on February 23, 1897 as follows:

“ I am glad to do what I can to aid you in the matter of family history, though I am not able to give you as full and detailed information as I wish. Your great grandfather William Hewett served as a soldier in the revolutionary war. His name was William Oritt Hewett, he was born in Warrington, Lancastershire (sic), England, where his father is said to have keep the Inn or Tavern with the sign of the Ram’s Head. Being the youngest son he was destined for the army. He served 8 years in the Kings Guard in London and in 1775 he came to Boston, a sergeant in the British Troops under Sir Wm. Howe. His sympathies were at once enlisted in the cause of the American Patriots and he very soon deserted from the British Army to join the patriot forces …”

In 1904 a Rockland Newspaper article appeared regarding the Centennial Celebration of Hope, Maine with the following comments:

“Such was Captain Hewett (William) who was born in England, but cane to Barrettstown from New Ipswich, N. H. in 1786. When he was quite young Hewett was left an orphan and went to live with an uncle who bound him out to learn the weavers trade. But being a spirited youth he enlisted in the English Army and after six years service over the water came to Boston as a commissioned officer under Gen. Howe. He soon caught the spirit of liberty in the air and in company with a comrade took French leave of the English colors and pushed north through the wilds of New Ipswich…”

From the records of Raymond Lee Hewett (1890-1972) were the following comments regarding William:

“… He stayed with his master until he was about seventeen years old and ether not liking his master or his trade, he left them both and soon after enlisted as a private in the army.

He was sent to Scotland where he remained until about 1773, when he was sent to this country and landed in Boston. He never heard from any of his relatives after he left England….”

Finally there is the following comment from the September 1886 issue of the Rockland Newspaper:

“Father Hewett was an English Soldier in the revolutionary war where he served several years; but realizing the justness of the American cause, he deserted the British Army and joined the ranks of the struggling colonies and fought bravely for the cause of the American Independence until the close of the war...”

Subsequent to these accounts of William Hewett there has been a great deal of interest in his life by several family genealogists. “William Hewett (Hewitt) 1749-1826 and His Descendants” by Evelyn Hewett is an excellent book about William Hewitt and his descendants. Considerable research by Loa Don Glade another descendant of William has also been very helpful to me. She has been successful on obtaining records of Williams’s childhood and family.

The story of William Hewitt as told in the accounts above are basically correct but have been distorted and embellished over the years. It is true that William was an orphan in Warrington, England and raised by his father’s brother. It is true that he was bound to the weavers trade at age 14. It is true he joined the English Army. It is true he came to America as an English Soldier. It is true he deserted the English Army, And it is true he joined the American Army and fought against the British during the Revolutionary war. It is not true that he achieved a rank higher than private in the English Army. It is not true that he came to America under the command of Sir William Howe and it is not true that he first landed in America at Boston.

This book is based on William Hewitt’s life as it is recorded in the public records. I have integrated Williams life story with recorded historical events, which occurred during his lifetime, and it is known he was present when they occurred. Some of the dialog described in this book is based on known customs of the times rather than actual accounts in order to make the story interesting.

James Robert Hewitt Jr.
4^th great grandson of
William Hewitt

Sources:

¹William Hewett (Hewitt) 1749-1826 and His Descendants by Evelyn Hewett
²Biography of William by Simon Crane Hewett September 8,1903

³ James Henry Hobbs Hewett Letter to Sarah H. Thompson February 23, 1897

⁴ Rockland Newspaper 1904

⁵ Raymond Lee Hewett

⁶ Rockland Newspaper September 1886

Childhood of William Hewitt

William Hewitt enlisted in the English Army on December 26, 1766 at Newcastle on Tyne¹. It was not permitted to join the Army in the 18^th century unless you had reached your 17^th birthday. So it is clear that William Hewitt was at least 17 years old at the time he enlisted and he would have had to be born prior to December 27, 1849. So by this reasoning it is clear that William was most likely born in 1749 as opposed to 1750 as stated by Simon Crane Hewett in his biography of William Hewitt.

William Hewitt’s precise date of birth cannot be determined. However, he was christened on December 17, 1749 at St Elphin’s Parrish in Warrington, Lancashire, England. He was recorded as “Son of John Hewett a Malster and his wife Hannah”². William’s father John Hewitt (an Ale housekeeper) died on October 4, 1750 and his mother Hannah Hewett (a widow) died on July 12, 1751.³ Here it seems that the bibliopegy by Simon Crane Hewett is most likely correct when he states, ”His father keep a public house with the sign if the Ram’s Head.” And the statement, “He was left an orphan very young, his father being dead in the house when he was born, and his mother dying three weeks after his birth”. These are fairly accurate statements with only slight differences in the time line.

Apparently William Hewitt had several brothers. According to the research of Loa Don H. Glade there were four brothers. Thomas b. March 26, 1741, Joseph b. September 12, 1742, John b. January 22, 1744 and Edward b. September 1, 1745.⁴So this being the case there were 5 orphans left when Hannah Hewett died. Thomas would have been 10 years old, Joseph 9, John 7, Edward 6 and William was about 18 months old. John Joseph and Edward were placed into the poor house. Presumably William was too young for the poor house. Family tradition based on Simon Crane’s statements is that William was placed with his father’s brother. The disposition of Thomas is not known⁵.

Simon Crane Hewett stated that William remained with his uncle until age 14 when he was bound to a weaver as an apprentice. In 18^th century England boys of about 13 or 14 signed indentures, (or their parent or guardian signed for them). The usual term of apprenticeship was 5 years followed by 2 years as a “journeyman”, which was really the last years of training, but he was no longer an apprentice. It was supposed to provide basic training for a skilled trade. Boys were apprenticed as grocers, bakers and other low skill jobs, which was just a form of cheap labor with little in the way of training. But leaving such abuses of the system aside, the apprenticeship scheme was part of the Industrial Revolution in the UK and most lads were apprenticed to local industries. Weaving or spinning in Lancashire, (including Warrington), coal and steel in Yorkshire and Scotland etc. Even merchant ships had to provide apprenticeships for a number of lads depending on the size of the ship.

When Boys were indentured into one of these apprenticeships the payment of stamp duty was required which created a record keeping system ( Records of the Board of Stamps, Taxes, Excise and Inland Revenue.) The creation of the IR 1 series was because a stamp duty had to be paid when indentures were signed. These records are found in Kew at the PRO, IR 1 series.

IR 1/55 covers the “Country” records, (Country in this case means not London), from 1763 to 1765. The records are not clearly divided by county but rather by ‘collections’. The one that would concern us would be in the William Pole collection and cover Liverpool and Manchester and surrounding towns. This may actually cover Lancashire but it does not say so.

A search of the William Cole collection for 1764 was conducted without success. Considering that he was born in 1749, a search of 1763 was also conducted without success. Finally, the rest of the reel of film, which was 1765 was searched and still no William Hewitt.

Apart from the tax dodgers, not everyone paid the indenture fee. This failure to find him between 1763 and 1765 is not proof that he did not serve an apprenticeship. Normally a boy’s father would ensure that the indentures were properly dealt with, otherwise there was no proof that the lad had served his apprenticeship, with consequent impairment of his employment prospects in that trade. Some indentures were legally signed without paying the stamp duty if the lad was an orphan and a dependent of the parish or otherwise in straitened circumstances. Legally it could be waived for an orphan who was supported by the parish. Parishes received charitable funds from substantial citizens, (usually given grudgingly), which were then used to feed, clothe and house the poor.

While it may seem that William was not an orphan dependent on the parish, we don’t know how committed his uncle was to his welfare. If he had passed William off as a pauper, then stamp duty would not be paid on the signed indentures and so there would be no record in IR 1. There is sufficient doubt about William’s status to wonder if he was a burden on St Elphin’s parish.

Recruiting sergeants were not allowed to take apprentices into the Army. Soldiers personal records, (of which very few have survived until after 1800), ask the question of a recruit if he was an apprentice. I was not able to find a personal record for William. William enlisted at the age of 17 and would not have been old enough to complete his apprenticeship and journeyman commitment at the time of his enlistment. SO ether he ran away from his master and lied to the recruiter or he obtained some sort of a release from his master.

We know that William enlisted at Newcastle, on Tyne, England⁶ about 100 miles from Warrington. As a general rule when a young boy enlisted in the army he did so with in a days walk of his place of abode. If one could walk 20 miles a day in dead of winter in England in 1766 it would take at least 5 days to walk from Warrington to Newcastle. So now the question is was William Hewitt really from Warrington? Did he move to Newcastle as a small boy? Was he bound to a weaver in Newcastle? Or, did he run away from his master in Warrington and go to Newcastle and lie to the recruiting sergeant?

Sources:

¹Muster Roles Kings Own 23^rdRegiment or Royal Welch Fusiliers dated October 22, 1767

²Warrington Parish St. Elphin, Lancashire, England record of Baptisms 1733-1760 vol. 9

³Bishops Transcripts St Elphins Parish Register Warrington, Lancashire, England

1596-1755 Item 7 1749-1754 Burials (FHL f#1468984).

⁴William Hewett (Hewitt) 1749-1826 by Evelyn Hewett page 6

⁵ Discoveries of the early childhood of William Hewett (Hewitt) by Loa Don H. Glade

⁶ Muster Roles Kings Own 23^rdRegiment or Royal Welch Fusiliers dated October 22, 1767

William Hewitt ~ British Soldier and Patriot

Up until now the only accounts of William's service with the British army have been written by second, third and fourth generation descendents based on tales that have been passed down from generation to generation. Based on those accounts it has been assumed that William enlisted into the British army in about 1767-68 and eventually became a Non Commissioned Officer (NCO). Family legend says that he spent time in Scotland then came back to London and shipped to America in about 1775 and landed in Boston with General Cornwallis under General Howe to put down the rebels.

Based on the above information I researched revolutionary Boston prior to the Lexington incident and determined that the following British regiments were present in Boston during that period:

First Brigade Under the command of General Percy

The Kings own 4^th Regiment of Foot
The Kings own 23^rd Royal Welch Fusiliers
The Kings Own 47^th Regiment of Foot

Second Brigade under the command of General Pigott

The Kings own 5^th Regiment of Foot
The Kings Own 38^th Regiment of Foot
The Kings Own 52^nd Regiment of foot

Third Brigade under the command of General Jones

The Kings Own 10^th Regiment of Foot
The Kings Own 43^rd Regiment of Foot
The Kings Own 59^th Regiment of Foot

Detached companies of the 18^th and 65^th Regiments were:

The Kings Own 64^th Regiment and Two Battalions of Royal Marines.

I eliminated all the regiments that had not been to Scotland prior to coming to Boston and then researched all the musters of the remaining regiments. I arranged them into the order I felt were the most likely based on where they were from in England. Then I began searching the muster rolls the 47th, 22^nd, 43^rd and 23^rdRegiments. I found a Major George Hewett who was the commanding officer of the 43^rd Regiment and I found a James Hewett but cannot recall the regiment. Both of these soldiers returned to England. Then I found William Hewitt on the muster rolls of the 23^rd Royal Welch Fusiliers. These were the only Hewitt or Hewetts in the British military in Boston in this time frame. William was the only Hewitt and he was reported as a deserter on March 7, 1775. So I found our William. Once again I note that he spelled his name Hewitt.

The 23^rd Royal Welch Fusiliers began its distinguished career when it was raised in Wales to support William III against the deposed King James in 1689 Their first active service was at the victory of Boyne in Ireland. They continued to serve in many other sieges and battles until King William was firmly established.

were garrisoned in Chatham, Kent, England in 1766 when they marched to Newcastle on Tyne, Durham England. On their march they traveled through the Midlands via Manchester near Warrington where the young 16-year-old orphan William Hewitt heard the drums and fifes and saw all these magnificent Red Coats marching by. Most Likely they camped nearby and William became fascinated by it all. In those days young lads who were 15 or 16 years old were permitted to attach themselves to a regiment for food and shelter with out pay if they agreed to enlist when they reached their 17^th birthday. These young lads never appeared on the muster rolls until they actually enlisted. Apparently William managed to get his Master to release him from indentured apprenticeship and he attached himself to the regiment. The regiment mustered in July 1766 in Newcastle and again on March 18, 1767. William does not appear on ether of these musters.

When a lad enlisted he did so for life and upon enlisting he would be paid one shilling. This was referred to as “Taking the King’s shilling”. Once a recruit took the King’s shilling he had entered into a contract. William took the King’s shilling on December 26, 1767 12 days after his 17^th birthday. Most likely he did not enlist on his birthday due to the Christmas season and this was his first opportunity to “take the Kings shilling”.

Now the 23^rd Royal Welch Fusiliers were considered an elite regiment. All of the inspection returns between 1767 and 1772 report that the regiment is commended for being “an efficient and well turned out regiment”. Most other regiments were reported as “slovenly and in need of discipline and a change of officers”.

The regiment was sent on a grand tour of Scotland and the regiment mustered on October 22, 1768 at Dundee Scotland. On this muster William first appears as having enlisted on December 26, 1767. On April 23, 1768 the regiment mustered and they were still at Dundee. William was mustered under the command of Captain Patrick Rainey. Christopher Horsefall is listed as a First Lieutenant. (The 23^rd Royal Welch Fusiliers was the only British regiment that had Second and First Lieutenants. All the other regiments had Ensigns and Lieutenants.)

The regiment moved on to Perth, Scotland and mustered on July 5, 1768. They remained there at least until January 14, 1769 and Captain Rainey and Lt. Horsefall are still William’s Officers. Some time prior to October 1769 the regiment moved on to Aberdeen, Scotland and mustered on October 18, 1769. At this Muster Captain Rainey is no longer on the roster and Captain Christopher Horsefall is listed as the commanding Officer. They mustered again on March 17, 1770 at Aberdeen with no changes. On August 10, 1770 the regiment mustered at Fort Augustus, Scotland. No changes reported.

On February 7, 1771 William is mustered as on Recruiting Duty in Manchester, Lancashire England.

On July 29, 1771 William is mustered at Chatham, Kent, England as sick. Captain Horsefall is still his commanding officer.

The Regiment was mustered at Southampton on August 20, 1772 and Captain Horsefall remains the commanding officer.

On February 25, 1773 the regiment mustered at Plymouth and William Hewitt is still with Captain Horsefall.

King George III ordered the regiment to proceed to New York in America to serve under the command of General Frederick Haldimand. On Sunday April 18, 1773 Captain Horsefall and Captain David Ferguson began loading their commands (including William Hewitt) on board the HMS Brudenell, which was anchored along with six other ships in the Catwater (the easterly inlet of the Plymouth sound.) After the ships were all loaded the HMS Brudenell, HMS Lizard, HMS Pallas, HMS Henry and two other ships proceeded out of the Catwater into the Plymouth sound where they dropped anchor again. They remained in the sound until Saturday April 24, 1773 waiting for the HMS Fox which was a large and old east Indiaman and was unable to get out of the Catwater before then. The Fox was the flagship, which carried the Commodore on board.

On Sunday April 25, 1773 at about 9AM the Fox finally came out of the Catwater and the seven transport ships weighed anchor and sailed out of the sound under fair winds. They traveled down channel continuing with fine winds and by Tuesday April 27, 1773 they had lost sight of the Lizard. As soon as they lost sight of land they found that there were great swells coming from both the west and the north caused by the winds from both directions. Although the wind was not blowing hard the ship rocked back and forth which was quit surprising to those who were not experienced at sea as they thought if the wind was not blowing too hard it would be smooth sailing. There was extreme cold weather with strong squalls and High winds and large swells until May 1, 1773. All aboard were very seasick.

By May 2 they were 600 miles from Plymouth. On May 7 there was a very strong gale, which broke some of the rigging. They lost sight of the other ships and did not see them for two days. On May 12 another gale that lasted about 8 hours caused them to have to keep the men down in the hold with the hatches shut as the gunnels were under water and the sea rolled over the decks. That evening they left the Fox and took to favorable winds for their destination as the Fox was bound for a different port in Quebec.

On May 17 they sprung their main sail and on May 18 they lost sight of the other ships altogether and sailed alone the remainder of the journey. On May 30 there was another violent gale that lasted about 24 hours when they were more or less left at the mercy of the sea.

During the voyage they rose at 7 AM They were back in bed at 10PM and one forth of the men was on watch at all times. Their births were between decks and had to be cleaned each morning then sprinkled with vinegar. All beds had to be brought up and aired as the weather permitted. The men were issued their provisions daily and they were required to wash and comb themselves each morning. Many of the men were so seasick that nothing but force would get them up and on deck. So often they had to tie a rope on those who would not come up and have the other men pull them up.

The Brudenell was a bad ship and the worst of the lot. She was the last ship to reach port arriving at the dock in New York on the June 17, 1773 the first ship arrived on June 9, 1773 and all the other ships had arrived by June 12, 1773.

The regiment mustered in New York on July 31, 1773 and William was listed, as was his Captain Christopher Horsefall. This muster roll is the only time that William’s last name is spelled different. Here it is entered as Huet. Then William Hewitt is again listed in Captain Horsefall's Company as a “casual” (Meaning sick or wounded) since December 24, 1773. On October 28, 1774 Captain Horsefall noted that he transferred William Hewitt to Captain David Ferguson’s company. On October 29, 1774 Captain David Ferguson noted that he received William Hewitt as a transfer from Captain Horsefall’s company.

On January 24, 1775 the regiment mustered for the first time in Boston and William Hewitt is entered as being in Captain David Ferguson’s company. The next muster for the regiment in Boston is on September 22, 1775. On this muster William Hewitt is listed as deserted on March 7, 1775.

On Saturday March 4, 1775 Private Rob Vaughn of the Kings Own 52^nd Regiment of Foot of the Second Brigade was apprehended at Charlestown Ferry attempting to desert. He was ordered Court Marshaled and sentenced to death.

On Sunday March 5, 1775 the annual Oration in commemoration of those who were killed by British Soldiers on March 5, 1770 in the Boston Massacre was postponed to Monday March 6, 1775.

Monday March 6 was a fairly warm day being Thermal 54°. AT 10AM at the Old South Church a large crowd of Bostonians gathered for the Oration, which was likely intended to aggravate the British troops. The British Officers saw this as a great insult and were determined to prevent any derogatory comments about the British Military by the Orator. The crowd was attended by some of the most violent men of Boston including Hancock, Adams, Church and Cooper and other selectmen. Many British Officers were also in attendance with some of their troops nearby. The Pulpit was draped in Black Cloth. Joseph Warren an Apothecary from Boston took the pulpit and delivered the Oration.

The Oratory was extremely negative towards the Military and meant to provoke resentment of the Military by the populace. The Oratory was delivered with out interruption with the exception of a few hisses from the British Officers. When the Oratory was completed San Adams rose to the pulpit and asked that the town thank Dr. Warren for his “elegant and spirited Oration” and moved that another one be delivered on the next 5^th of March to commemorate “ the bloody massacre of the 5^th of March 1770”. At this point the British Officers began to yell “Oh! Fie! Oh! Fie! And a great scuffle ensued. As every one was moving about the exclamations were mistaken for Fire! Fire! And other troops out side began yelling Fire! Fire! Coincidently the Kings Own 47^th Regiment of Foot was marching by on their return from an exercise playing their fifes and drums.

The people thought for sure they were about to be arrested and began jumping out windows and fleeing the scene. Some of the town’s people armed them selves and there was nearly a riot. The British put their troops on alert and under arms in preparation for a major uprising by the civilian population.   The following day was quiet.

Apparently William Hewitt became sympathetic to the cause of the local population. On the night of March 17, 1775 at great risk and with full knowledge that if he was apprehended he could be sentenced to death in a Courts Marshal, William Hewitt and a comrade took leave with out permission and deserted their company. They traveled in a northeasterly direction in order to get out of the Boston area. They traveled by night and received aid from a Quaker who assisted them by exchanging their uniforms for plain clothes, fed them and gave them directions for safe passage out of the area. They ended up in New Ipswich, New Hampshire. This was the home of Benjamin King his wife Sarah Taylor King and their children. (William later married their daughter Sarah in 1881). Benjamin was a Captain in Ezra Town's Company of Volunteers. William accepted employment as a farm hand and being a perfectly drilled soldier, was also employed as the drillmaster to Ezra Town’s company of the patriot volunteers. As a member of the Patriot Volunteers of New Ipswich, New Hampshire William and his future Father in Law no doubt participated in the battle with the British at Lexington-Concord and at Bunker Hill. However I cannot find any thing definitive about their participation at this time.

Legend also has it that William was present when Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga When the British surrendered and the Patriots stood at present arms as the fife and drums played Yankee Doodle for the surrendering British soldiers as they marched by. He recognized many of his former officers and felt badly for them. The story is true but it did not happen when Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga. William was not at Saratoga and his former regiment the Kings 23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers were not there as ether.

William enlisted in the First New Hampshire Regiment commanded by Joseph Cilly on February 1, 1778. He was 32 years of age and described as being 5 feet 10 and ¾ inches tall. He was a member of Captain Isaac Farwell’s 7^th Company. He went to Valley Forge and is on the April 27, 1778 pay roll at Valley Forge. Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga on October 8, 1777 three months before William enlisted.

However the tale about the surrender where the British troops were marched out to the tune of Yankee Doodle actually happened when Cornwallis surrendered at York Town on October 19. 1781 and the 23^rd Royal Welch Fusiliers were there as was William Hewitt.

As the British marched out to surrender in a meadow near the Williamsburg road their regimental Band began playing the tune “ When The King enjoys His own Again” However, a more popular version of the tune at that time was “The World Turned Upside Down”.

Lafayette noticed as the British soldiers were filing down the lane with the French soldiers on one side and the tattered American troops on the other side each British soldier had their heads turned to the French trying to ignore the raggedy Americans on the other side of the road. Lafayette then ordered his light infantry band to play and their drums and fifes began to play “Yankee Doodle” and every British soldier was forced to turn their heads and face their former American subjects.

You see The original tune "Yankee Doodle" was written by a British Army Phrygian, Dr. Richard Schuckberg during the French Indian wars and was intended as a sarcastic description of the New England Yankees because they   were perceived as inferior soldiers by the more disciplined British soldiers. So by singing or playing "Yankee Doodle" to surrendering British was a shameful ordeal for the British Soldiers to endure. The first verse of the original song went like this:

“Brother Ephraim sold his cow
And bought him a commission
And then he went to Canada
To fight for the nation;
But when Ephraim, he came home
He proved an arrant coward,
He wouldn't fight the Frenchman there
For fear of being devoured.
  Sheep's head and vinegar
Buttermilk and tansy
Boston is a Yankee town,
Sing Hey, doodle dandy.”

As the 23^rd Royal Welch Fusiliers passed by William recognized his former officers and felt bad for them.

William Hewitt married Sarah King in New Ipswich New Hampshire on February 27, 1881. Sarah was the daughter of Benjamin King who was killed in battle during the revolution. William remained in the army until he was Honorably discharged with the Badge of Merit on June 7, 1783 after 5 years of service.

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