member of the Electric Light board of Middle-
boro, and a trustee in the Middleboro Savings
Bank. Politically he is a Republican in prin-
ciple, but at local elections casts his vote inde-
pendent of party ties. He attends the Central
Congregational Church, of Middleboro.
On June 12, 1879, at Fall River, Mr. Miller
was married to Lydia Elenah Young, born in
Fall River, daughter of Benjamin T. and
Elizabeth Hathaway (Tew) Young, and
granddaughter of, John and Mary (or Polly)
(Chase) Young and Capt. Philip and Keziah
(Mason) Tew. Mrs. Miller is a member of the
Cabot Club, of Middleboro. To Mr. and Mrs.
Miller have been born two sons, namely: (1)
Theodore H., born July 3, 1885i, was educated
in the public schools and graduated from Har-
vard University in 1904, and is now secretary
and treasurer of the Taylorsville Cotton Mill
Company, of Taylorsville, N. C. ;, he married
Sarah Bruno Viele, of Salisbury, N. C. (2)
John Alden, Jr., born Feb. 11, 1888, was edu-
cated in the public and high schools of Mid-
dleboro, and graduated from the Bradford
Durfee Textile School, of Fall River, in 1911,
with the highest standard ever attained by a
student at anv of the textile schools in this
country, and received the first medal ever given
to this school by the National Association of
Cotton Manufacturers, which has set aside a
fund for this purpose.
Manchester. The Manchester family,
of which the late Mrs. Lorenzo Theodore
Miller was a member, is one of the best-known
families in Rhode Island.
(I) Thomas Manchester, the first of the
name to settle in that State, was in Ports-
mouth as early as 1655. He married Margaret
Wood, and they owned land in the town of
Tiverton, where one or more of their sons set-
tled. Their children were : Thomas, who
settled in Portsmouth; .William; John;
Stephen; Job, who settled in Dartmouth,
Mass. ; Mary, and Elizabeth.
(II) William Manchester, son of Thomas
and Margaret (Wood) Manchester, was born
in 1654. He married Mary Cook, daughter
of John and Mary (Borden) Cook. William
Manchester was made a freeman in 1675, and
was one of the first settlers of Tiverton in
1692, when the town was organized. He died
in 1718. Their children were: John, William,
Jlary, Sarah Deborah, Elizabetti, Margaret,
Amy, Susannah, Rebecca and Thomas.
(III) John Manchester, son of William,
was bom in Portsmouth, R. I. He settled in
the town of Tiverton with his father and there
married March 22, 1719, Phebe Gray. Their
children were: William, born Feb. 9, 1720;
Philip, Feb. 11, 1722; John, Feb. 12, 1724;
Mary, Jan. 23, 1726; John (2), April 17,
1728; and Isaac, June 27, 1731.
(IV) Isaac Manchester, son of John and
Phebe (Gray) Manchester, was born in Tiver-
ton June 27, 1731. He married Nov. 1, 1750,
Abigail Brown, and their children were : Phil-
ip, born Aug. 23, 1751; Sarah, Oct. 1, 1753;
Isaac, Aug. 4, 1756; Thomas, April 5, 1759;
Abraham, Aug. 8, 1761; John, July 10, 1764;
Phebe, Aug. 22, 1766; Abigail, Feb. 9, 1769.
(V) Isaac Manchester, son of Isaac and
Abigail (Brown) Manchester, was born Aug.
4, 1756. He made his home in Tiverton, where
he was a land owner. He married May 11,
1783, Alice Taber, daughter of Jacob and Su-
sannah Taber. Their children were: John,
born May 19, 1784; Susannah, March 26,
1788; Robert, April 21, 1790; and Isaac, Sept.
21, 1792.
(VI) Capt. John Manchester, son of Isaac,
was bom in Tiverton, May 19, 1784. He made
his home in Little Compton, R. I., where he
was a land owner. He was twice married,
his second wife being Lydia Seabury, whom
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he married in Little Compton. She was bom
in Little Compton July 15, 1785. They both
died in Little Compton and were buried in the
Presbyterian cemetery at Tiverton. Their
children were : Hannah, Casindey, Ursula,
William, Henry and Charles (twins) and
Ellen.
(VII) Ellen Manchester, daughter of John
and Lydia (Seabury) Manchester, was born in
Little Compton, and there married Aug. 3,
1844, Lorenzo Theodore Miller. She died in
Fall River and was buried in Oak Grove ceme-
tery.
Tew. The Tew family of southeastern Mas-
sachusetts is descended from Richard Tew, who
was a native of Maidford, Northamptonshire,
England, and was a son of Henry Tew, of
Maidford. In 1640 Richard Tew came to
New England, locating first in Portsmouth,
R. I., and in 1654 in Newport, where he spent
the remainder of his life. He died in New-
port in 1673. He was a member of the Society
of Friends, and had recorded upon the
Friends' record's his children's births. He
married in England Mary Clarke, daughter of
AVilliam Clarke, of Priors Hardwick, North-
amptonshire, and she died in 1687. Their
children were: Seaborn, born June 4, 1640, at
sea (hence her name), married Jan. 5, 1658,
Samuel Billings and (second) Owen Higgins;
Elnathan, born Oct. 15, 1644, .died in 1711
(married Nov. 3, 1664, Thomas Harris) ;
Mary, born Aug. 13, 1647, died in 1688 (mar-
ried Dec. 8, 1670, Andrew Harris) ; Henry
was born in 1654.
Henry Tew, son of Richard, was born in
Newport in 1654. He was a prominent man
in the affairs of Rhode Island, and succeeded
William Clarke as deputy governor of the
Colony. He was a man of wealth and in-
fluence and owned a large tract of real estate,
cattle, sheep, and was also a slave owner. He
died April 28, 1718. He was twice married,
first to Dorcas, who died in 1694, and second
to Sarah, who died in 1718. His children
were: Mary, born Oct. 12, 1680, died May 2,
1752, married June 10, 1703, William Peck-
ham; Henry, born in 1681, died in 1731, mar-
ried Ann Richmond; William, born in 1683,
died April 5, 1718; Richard was norn in 1684;
John is mentioned below; Elizabeth married
Sept. 17, 1712, Edward Smith, and died in
1769 ; Sarah married Sylvester Sweet ; Elisha
was born in 1691 ; Edward died Jan. 16, 1702;
Dorcas, born Sept. 26, 1796, died Feb. 5, 1715;
Paul, born in September, 1699, died May 24,
1711; Edward, born Nov. 1, 1703, died Nov.
4, 1723.
John Tew, son of Henry, was born in New-
port, R. I., and settled in the town of Dighton,
Mass., on property which was willed him by
liis father. He married Sarah Briggs, and
their children according to Dighton town rec-
ords were: William, iDorn Feb. 13, 1724;
Elisha, Oct. 15, 1725; Henry, Oct. 29, 1729;
William, Sept. 12, 1731; Dorcas, March 26,
1734.
Henry Tew, son of John, married Dec. 5,
1753, Elizabeth Hathaway, born Oct. 18, 1737.
Henry Tew, son of Henry and Elizabeth
(Hathaway), made his home in Berkley and
there engaged in farming. He was quite active
in the war of the Revolution and- participated
in that memorable conflict. He married Abi-
gail Hathaway, born Oct. 1, 1767, daughter
of Philip and Lucy (Valentine) Hathaway.
Philip Hathaway was lieutenant of the 1st
foot company of local militia in Freetown.
His children were: Philip; Hathaway; Eliza-
beth, who married Oct. 21, 1804, Joseph Dean ;
Sally, who married Nov. 16, 1803, Ichabod
Mason ; Abigail, who married Sept. 14, 1813,
Isaac Sanford.
Philip Tew, son of# Henry and Abigail
(Hathaway) Tew, was born in the town of
Berkley. He was a seafaring man and was a
sailing master. He married Keziah Mason and
their children were: Philip Mason, Elizabeth
Hathaway and Hathaway W., and maybe
others.
Elizabeth Hathaway Tew, daughter of
Philip and Keziah (Mason) Tew, was born in
Berkley, Mass. She married Benjamin T.
Young, of Fall River, son of John and Mary
(or Polly) (Chase) Young, and their children
were: Benjamin Mason, who died unmarried;
Flarriet Adeline Tew, who is still living, un-
married ; Mary Eliza, who married John
Brooks Read, and is now deceased; Amy Cook,
who married George E. Emerson, of Franklin,
Mass. ; Lydia Hathaway, who died aged two
years ; Hortense Oduska, who is a teacher in
the Harvard Grammar School, Cambridge,
Mass. ; and Lydia Elenah, who married John
A. Miller, of Middleboro.
GEORGE DANA SOULE, who for many
years has been prominently identified with the
public life of Whitman, as a member of the
board of selectmen for a period of twenty
years, for twenty-two years as secretary and
treasurer of the Whitman Cooperative Bank,
and for over a quarter of a century engaged in
the real estate and insurance business, was
SOUTHEASTEKN MASSACHUSETTS
loor
born in tlie town of Stoiighton, Norfolk Co.,
Mass., Sept. 4, 1850, a descendant of one of the
oldest families of New England.
(I) George Soule, the first of the name in
America, was, according to tradition, a French
Huguenot, wlio came to New England as one
of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims, and was a signer
of the political compact, 1620. He came to
Plymouth under the protection of Edward
Winslow, where he was allotted land, 1623,
which he sold in 1639. He removed to Dux-'
bury and was a representative in 1645. He,
(VI) Thomas Soule, son of Constant S., was
born July 1, 1788, at Duxbury, Mass., and
lived in Belchertown. He died July 23, 1819,
at the age of thirty-one years. He married
Lois Howard, of Pomfret, Conn., and had twa
children : Thomas Howard, born Feb. 22,
1810, in Enfield, Mass. ; and Stephen Dana,,
born at Belchertown Dec. 17, 1813.
(VII) Stephen Dana Soule, son of Thomas,,
was born in what is now Belchertown, Mass.,
Dec. 17, 1813, and was but six years old when
his father died. He was cared for by his
was an original proprietor of Bridgewater, . widowed mother, who was unable to allow him
and later sold his interest there. He also' extended educational advantages. With her
owned land in Dartmouth, Mass. He died in" children Mrs. Soule moved to Duxbury, where
1680. He married Mary Beckett, who died iit\ they lived with a farmer named Barker. There
1677. They became the parents of eight 'young Stephen worked at farm work until
children: Zachariah, John, Nathaniel, George, -in early manhood, when he came to the town
Patience, Elizabeth, Susanna and Mary. \\ of North Bridgewater (now Brockton), Mass.,
(II) John Soule, son of George, was bor^ip, and learned the shoemaker's trade. At that
in 1632, and died in 1707 in Duxbury, whereS occupation he worked for twenty-five years in
he made his home. He married Esther Naslf, different sections, principally in the town of
and their children were: John, who settled in
Middleboro, Mass.; Joseph; Joshua; Josiah;
Benjamin, and two daughters.
(III) Josiah Soule, son of John and Esther,
was born in 1682, in Duxbury, Mass. He mar-
ried May 23, 1704, Lydia Delano, who was
bom in 1680, and died Nov. 24, 1763. He
died June 25, 1764. Their children were:
Jonathan, born June :?3, 1705, who died April
4, 1776; Mary, born Bee. 5, 1706, who mar-
ried Jan. 2, 1733, Joshua Cushman, of Leb-
anon, Conn.; Abisha, born Nov. 25, 1708;
Micah, born April 12, 1711; Nathaniel, born
Nov. 4, 1714; and Lydia, born Oct. 2, 1719.
(IV) Micah Soule was of Duxbury, where
he was a selectman in 1777. He married May
30, 1740, Mercy Southworth, daughter of Ed.-
ward and Mary (Pabodie) Southworth, of
Duxbury, the latter a daughter of William and
Elizabeth ("Alden) Pabodie, and grand-
daughter of John Alden of the "Mayflower."
Mr." Soule died Nov. 4, 1778, aged sixty-seven
years, and his wife died in 1797. They were
Stoughton. While a resident of that town he
was appointed warden of the almshouse, a
position he held for four years. He later
moved to the town of Abington, where he filled
a like position at the Abington almshouse for
two years, after which he settled in South
Abington (now Whitman), where he spent
the remainder of his life in retirement. He
died Jan. 9, 1887, and was laid to rest in Ever-
green cemetery at Stoughton. In politics he
was a Republican. He married Tabitha
Jackson, who bore him three children : Amelia
Frances, who married Benjamin F. Wood, and
resides at Natick, Mass. ; Mary Josephine,
widow of George M. Warren, a soldier of the
Civil war; and John, who resides in Stough-
ton, Mass. Mrs. Tabitha Soule is buried in
Evergreen cemetery, Stoughton. After her
death, Mr. Soule married (second) Elizabeth
Caldwell, born in West Bridgewater, daughter
of Ebenezer and Betsey (Howard) Caldwell.
She died while visiting friends in East Bridge-
water, and was laid beside her husband in
the parents of the following children: Aphela, Evergreen cemetery, Stoughton. She attended
born in 1741; Josiah, 1742; Constant S.,
1744; Rebecca, 1750 (died Oct. 14, 1778);
Asa, 1752 (married Olive Southworth April
15, 1773); Esther, 1753; and Lydia, 1756
(died Oct. 19, 1778).
(V) Constant S. Soule, son of Micah, bom
in 1744, was drowned July 10, 1790. His
widow, Jemima, after the death of her hus-
band married (second) William Adams, of
Enfield, Conn. They kept the toll gate at
the Methodist Episcopal Church. To the sec-
ond marriage were born two children : George
iJana, mentioned below, and Herbert Caldwell,
fvho died in infancy.
(VIII) George Dana Soule was born Sept.
4. 1850, in the to\vn of Stoughton, where he
attended the public and high schools. Later
he attended French's Commercial College in
Boston, Mass. At the age of eighteen he be-
came an employee of the Southworth cotton
Belchertown, Conn., which place afterward be- mills, in Stoughton, and continued there in
came Belchertown, Massachusetts. the carding department until the early part
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of 1870, when he received appointment as sta-
tion agent at South Abington for the Old
Colony Railroad Company, and there for a
period of fourteen years he faithfully per-
formed the duties of ticket agent, freight agent
and operator. In 1883 he started into business
for himself, establishing a stationery and news
store which he conducted with fair success for
several years, during which time he started
the fire insurance business, and later took up
real estate. For the past quarter of a century
he has been successfully engaged in this work,
representing from fifteen to twenty of the larg-
est and most influential insurance companies
in the country, including the Agricultural,
Boston Insurance, Commercial Union, Conti-
nental, Hartford, New Hampshire, Norwich
Union, Security, Spring Garden and Wil-
liamsburgh City Companies; and the following
mutual insurance companies — Berkshire, Citi-
zens', Dorchester, Merchants' and Farmers',
Middlesex, Salem, Massachusetts Mutual Life,
Fidelity & Casualty, American Surety and
Metropolitan Plate Glass.
In 1889 Mr. Soule was one of the incorpo-
rators of the Whitman Cooperative Bank, of
which he is a director, and since its formation
his been the secretary and treasurer. In public
life Mr. Soule has been quite active, having
been for a number of years a member of the
Republican town committee, and was its chair-
man for several years. He also served contin-
uously for a period of twenty years as a mem-
ber of the board of selectmen of Whitman, to
which board he was first elected in 1886, in
which year the town of South Abington
changed its name to Whitman, and for several
years was chairman of the board. He also
served as a member of the board of assessors
and the board of overseers of the poor. Fra-
ternally he is a member of Puritan Lodge,
A. F. & A. M., of Whitman, having been made
a Mason at the age of twenty-one years. He
was one of the organizers of the Board of
Trade, and was its secretary for seven years,
later being president of the same. In religious
faith he is a Unitarian, and is clerk of the
First Unitarian Church of Whitman.
On Nov. 17, 1869, in North Bridge water,
Mr. Soule married Elizabeth B. Howard,
daughter of Ephraim Howard, of North
Bridgewater. She died Feb. 28, 1901, and is
buried in Colebrook cemetery. Whitman. Four
children were born to them, as follows: (1)
Lizzie Gertrude, born May 31, 1874, married
Frank C. Stetson, of Whitman, and they have
become the parents of four children, Dorothy
Elizabeth (who died in infancy), Dana Emer-
son, Robert Jackson and Theodore. (2) George
Howard, born April 14, 1876, was educated in
â– the Whitman public and high schools, and
Dean Academy, Franklin, Mass., and is now
associated with his father in business under
the name of George D. Soule & Son. He is
a member of Puritan Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
Whitman, of which he is past worshipful
master. He married June 19, 1901, Alice M.
Tyler, daughter of John Tyler, and has one
child, George Howard, Jr. (3) Marion Leslie,
born April 13, 1878, married Nahum Reed, of
Whitman, and they have one son, Howard
Clinton Reed. (4) Harrison Dana, born Sept.
26, 1888, attended the public and high schools
of Whitman, and was graduated from the
Highland Military Academy, at Worcester,
Mass., in 1907; for three years he was in the
office of the Regal Shoe Company, and is now
in the office of George D. Soule & Son; he is
also a member of Puritan Lodge, A. F. & A.
M., of Whitman.
Mr. Soule married (second) June 12, 1902,
Anna Howard Brown, of Abington, daughter
of William Brown. Mrs. Soule is also a mem-
ber of the First Unitarian Church, of Whit-
man.
ZENAS WINSLOW LEWIS, proprietor of
the Superior Polish Company, of Brockton,
manufacturer of shoe dressings and polishings
of all kinds, is one o^' the enterprising and
successful business men of that city. "Gen-
eral" Lewis, by which title he is familiarly
known, through his prominence in the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, is a native of
this Commonwealth, born June 20, 1855, in
West Dennis, Mass., son of Zenas W. and
Eunice M. (Gage) Lewis, and a descendant 6f
historic old New England ancestry. The
Lewis family history, which follows, is given
in chronological order from the first American
ancestor.
(I) George Lewes (as he spelled his name,
and which spelling was used until about 1700),
a clothier by trade, with his brother John came
from East Greenwich, in the County of Kent,
England, to America, settling first at Ply-
mouth, whence he removed to Scituate in
1631-35. In 1639, when Rev. Mr. Lothrop
moved to Barnstable with his church, he went
with him. He was admitted a freeman of the
Plymouth Colony Jan. 14, 1636-37. He mar-
ried Sarah Jenkins in England, where his first
five children were bom, namely, Mary,
Thomas, George, James and Edward. After
coming to America they had John, bom in
Scituate, and Ephraim and Sarah, born in
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
1009
Barnstable. He married (second) Mary, who
was living in 1670. He died in Barnstable
in 1662-63. From this George Lewes have
descended practically all of the name on Cape
Cod, and from him and his brother John, who
settled in Westerly, R. I., in 1661, have de-
scended a numerous posterity who have become
prominent in the various stations of life.
(II) George Lewes (2), son of George, was
a planter, and resided in the East parish of
Barnstable. He married Dec. 1, 1651, Mary,
daugiiter ci Barnard Lumbard. He died
March 20, 1709-10, aged about eighty years.
His children were: George, Mary, Sarah, Han-
nah, Melatiah, Bathshua, Jabez, Benjamin,
Jonathan, John, Nathan and Thankful.
(III) Jabez Lewes, son of George (2), was
born in Barnstable June 10, 1670, and mar-
ried Feb. 20, 1695, Experience Hamblin. In
1702 he removed to Yarmouth, where he died
in 1738, aged sixty-eight years; his widow died
in 1766, aged ninety-two years. Their chil-
dren were : John, Jabez, Eleanpr, Elnathan,
Antipas and Naomi.
(IV) Elnathan Lewis, son of Jabez, was
born in Yarmouth Aug. 27, 1702, and married
Oct. 16, 1735, Priscilla Lewes. He died
June 19, 1782, aged eighty years. He resid-
ed at West Dennis. His childreii were: Ben-
jamin, . Mary, Thankful, Priscilla, David, El-
nathan, Antipas, Naomi and John.
(V) David Lewis, son of Elnathan, was
born July 16, 1744, was of Yarmouth, and
married Nov. 24, 1774, Phebe Crowell. (It is
a peculiar coincidence that on the same page
of the records showing their marriage appears
that of another David Lewis of Barnstable and
Phebe Crowell, date July 6, 1775.) Their chil-
dren were: Susa, born July 24, 1776; Phebe,
born July 5, 1778; David, born May 22, L781 ;
Elizabeth, born April 19, 1783. After the
death of the mother of these children he mar-
ried (second) Temperance Lewis, daughter of
Lemuel Lewis, and to this union were born :
Temperance, born June 2, 1789; Priscilla,
born Jan. 24, 1791; Mary, born March 19,
1793; Sallv, born Oct. 13, 1795; and Richard,
born in 1798 or 1799.
(VI) David Lewis (2), son of David, was
born in Yarmouth, Mass., May 22, 1781, and
married (intentions published Jan. 2, 1803)
Jane Crowell, daughter of Joshua and Sally
Crowell, of Dennis. David Lewis followed
the sea during the active years of his life, and
died in West Dennis Jan. 27, 1869, in the
eighty-eighth year of his age. His wife died
Jan. 25, 1870, aged eighty-seven years, the
mother of the following children (of record as
64
born in Dennis) : Phebe, bom Dec. 11, 1803;
Oren, born Dec. 30, 1805; Sarah, born July
7, 1808; Heman, born May 7, 1812 (died
April 17, 1891); Almira, born May 31, 1816
(died Jan. 24, 1882) ; Lavina, bom Nov. 6,
1820 (died July 26, 1876) ; Mary, born Feb.
3, 1824 (died Aug. 14, 1890) ; David, born
June 30, 1826 (died Dec. 29, 1828).
(VII) Oren Lewis, eldest son of David (2),
was born Dec. 30, 1805, in West Dennis,
Mass., and married Lucretia Baker, daughter
of Barnabas Baker. Mr. Lewis was a sea
captain, engaged in the coasting trade, and
during a return voyage from the West Indies
in 1844 was strioken with yellow fever, which
caused his death, and he was buried at sea.
To Captain Lewis were born the following
children: Zenas W., who is mentioned below;
Almira, who married George Crowell, of West
Dennis; Mary, who married Barnabas Bray,
of Yarmouth; Oren, Jr., born Oct. 15, 1835,
who was a sea captain, and was drowned off
Cape Hatteras, Feb. 7, 1866 ; Barnabas, who
lost his life in the Grover disaster, at Brock-
ton, which occurred March 20, 1905; and Lu-
cretia, who died in infancy.
(VIII) Zenas Winslow Lewis, Sr., son of
Oren and Lucretia (Baker) Lewis, was bom
Nov. 27, 1830, in West Dennis, Mass. Like
his ancestors he early took to the sea, and at
the age of ten years began following a sea-
faring life. In early life he was engaged in
the coasting trade, finally attaining the rank
of captain. Later he sailed from Boston on
vessels for the foreign countries, continuing to
follow the sea until about 1879, when he re-
moved to Brockton, where he followed carpen-
tering. In 1882, upon the establishing of a
city form of government in Brockton, Captain
Lewis was the first man appointed to the regu-
lar city police force, and he continued in that
service until his last sickness, which finally
resulted in his death July 31, 1896! Frater-
nally Captain Lewis was a member of Massa-
soit Lodge, No. 69, and Nemasket Encamp-
ment, No. 44, I. 0. 0. F., and a member of
Damocles Lodge, No. 16, Knights of Pythias,
of Brockton. In political faith he was a firm
believer in the principles of the Republican
party. On Jan. 31, 1854, he was united in
marriage to Eunice M. Gage, daughter of Syl-
vanus and Mercy (Nickerson) Gage, of Yar-
mouth, Mass., and to this union were born five
children, as follows: (1) Zenas W. Lewis is
mentioned below. (2) Nathaniel A., born
Sept. 6, 1859, in Norfolk, Va., is in the em-
ploy of the Superior Polish Company. He
was formerly a shoeworker, and was employed
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at the E. B. Grover & Co. factory at the time
their plant was destroyed by fire, he and one
other employee being the only two to escape
from the finishing department. He married
Teresa Perry. (3) Sarah A., born Nov. 5,
1864, in West Dennis, Mass., is the wife of
Samuel E. Chase, and they reside in Brockton.
(4) Thankie B., born Feb. 16, 1866, in West
Dennis, married John A. Chase, of Lewiston,
Maine, and they reside in West Bridgewater,
Mass. (5) Minnie, born Aug. 23, 1867, in
West Dennis, died in infancy.
(IX) Zenas Winslow Lewis, son of Zenas W.
and Eunice M. (Gage) Lewis, was born June
20, 1855, in West Dennis, Barnstable Co.,
Mass. Until he was fourteen years of age he
attended the common schools of his native
towTi, at which age he became engaged in a
seafaring life during the summers, his winters
being occupied in attending school. At the
age of eighteen he began taking long sea voy-
ages of a year or more and visited many of the
foreign ports in the merchant trade, acting as
mate and navigator of vessels. The last year
he followed the sea he was engaged in the coast-
ing trade and met with many severe hardships.
The last vessel with which he had expected to