Show I GET GENEALOGY THE t JEWETT I LOGY L o FAMILY FA OF AMERICA Among the man many family associations which are arc to meet in tn San Francisco Jul July 28 28 at nt the exposition grounds is I tho Jewett family of or America This so society society so- so I clety Is six fifty years ears old and anel since ho tho reorganization three years ago aso has been er very active Indeed The president of oC the society George A. A Jewett Des Moines Io Iowa a Is ono One of the tho dele delegates chosen by tho the New England England Eng- Eng land and Genealogical society to represent that hat powerful organization in San Francisco at the International Genealogical Genealogical Genea Genea- 10 logical congress Mr Jewett has invited all aU of ot the New NewEn En England land society delegates to moot him himat himat himat at luncheon in the Massachusetts building building build build- ing on July 26 6 6 and 27 7 Ho He will pass through this city on his return on August August August Au Au- gust 8 with a IL portion o of the lar largo large e which is going from the cast east to this family reunion Mr 11 Jewett undoubtedly undoubtedly un un- un- un will bo be entertained while In Inthis Inthis this cU city through hr this department nt and I the society of oC Utah The story of th the J Jewett ewelt famil family taken from the Jewett Year Book 1916 1915 will Interest the tho readers of oC this department depart depart- ment as there aro are members of or that family living In Utah Pr President M ke ne Dear Kinsmen Kinsmen Kinsmen-At At your reunion In August 1312 1912 you ou did mo me the honor to choose me as president of oJ your asso asso- elation During the pa pare par year ear I r have havo studied tho question o of our 11 family history history history his his- tory more than ever before At the time you ou selected mo me as your our president president dent lent I was not positive that I was a descendant of ot either elther Maximilian or Jo Joseph Joseph Joseph Jo- Jo seph but since then I havo have traced m my line until now I know lenow that I am a descendant do- do of Maximilian ansi and am one ono of ot ye you OU u In this r research research- I have been struck with the lack of ot tangible Information man many times the tho genealogical data has hos been cr very ery short Frequently tho the maiden maid maid- en names of oC the tho mothers of ot our lino line have been lost sight Ight of ot All this fO me to realize the greater importance of or such a family association as ours and points out more mere clearly our OUI dut duty to devote a as much time as possible to research for the purpose of ot straightening straighten straighten- iner ing out all nIl doubtful lines JInes and 0 of In Instilling instilling In- In stilling into the present generation so much enthusiasm that they will to keep the history of oC their families straight ht so that future generations ma may not have the sarno troubles wo we have had It i Is astonishing how many there arc are who do not care enough about bout genealogical matters to give you ou the I dates of the tho births marriages es and deaths of ot their own tam family 11 and in reply to repeated letters have said such matters mat mat- do not Interest them In some Instances it Is la far easier fasler to gather the vital statistics of ot years oars ago than It itis la those of a few fow years back Some will proudly t tIl ll you OU that the they know when their ancestor eight or ten generations back was born when married mar mar- ned ried and when whon he be came camo to America but can tell telI you OU nothing as to the late date of or birth of ot theIr grandfather father or OJ orm m mother other I think we should get Ket a n collection of oC autographs and portraits and print them in our future year books with I historical Incidents in which members of ot the family have participated Tell Tells of Puritan Our Puritan ancestors when they thoy loft En England land seem to have o cut themselves themselves them thom selves off oft from the tho past Take tho the case caso of ot John Alden Alden name familiar to USall us usall usall all lo lu history fiction and poetry noth noth ing Is known of his forefathers and as s for tar our family we wo l know now that Edward was the father of Maximilian and Joseph Joseph Joseph Jo Jo- seph but beyond that It l Is a haze I would like to see aeo our association with such a a. large membership that we could afford to make a a. thorough search of ot tim the English records and trace our forefathers fore foro- fathers and back to the tile Norman conquest I 1 have been attempting to Increase our membership and in this I want the assistance of or every member of ot the tho as as- as I With this object In view I have had hud tho the coat arms of ot our forefathers forefathers fore fore- ore ore- fathers printed In colors and It has given S1 mo ma groat pleasure to present a copy of or this to oVer every overy one ono of oC the present members of ot tho tile association and to all new members as well Ag As 8 president of oC the Family of America It falls faIls upon me 1116 to Issue the second year book and I ask from you Ou all Its favorable ta reception Members of oC the association from Crom old Rowley Howley b by the Atlantic to to San SaIL Francisco b by the tho Pacific and those across tho the seas ens I groot you A A. JEWETT JErETT The history of or the Jowett family quiet and unpretending as it has hns al always always al- al ways been 1 Is associated with some som of ot the tho most stirring stirring- and impressive c events in modern times limes Tho The first of or I our ancestors known to ua Ut were actors In most scenes o of tho tile moving panorama o of human progress To the I En English Ush Puritans their Puritans their enemies themselves them them- selves es being tho the Judges judges arc aro to be le at attributed attributed at at- the strongest steps stops In the march of free freedom om The great principle principles prin prin- ciple of or civil and religious liberty S S 4 S were first developed and established b by their efforts cUorts and Tho colonization of or this country b by such men first t gave n e an fissured assured resting rest rest- In lag ing place for those principles upon tho earth and viewed In all its Ita bearings and RUd consequences may nay be said Bald to have o dono done more mOlO for the tho progress of ot our race In Ih th tho paths of ot true civilization than any and all other assignable causes It It I Is not necessary to recite to their d descendants the tho story of the Puritans For nearly three hundred years cars it has been the stud study of oC the tho historian of 01 tile the churchman the tho statesman and the student tho the subject of many mony long and hitter bitter controversies th the basis of or al almost almost almost al- al most numberless books of fiction and romance the theme of tho the musician anti ana tho the poet You are familiar with nIl Fill these things and also ulso with th their lr devotion to th the principles the they es espoused espoused es- es and ond labored to establish with their sacrifices fl their courage their fortitude their struggles their defeats and arid their triumphs Puritan Puritans Endured Kudu red Privations So 50 great groat were the tho privations and hardships to which they were exposed ed that they abandoned their homes In England and emigrated to America to seek liberty and peace pence on Oil tho thu Boll solitary tar shor shores of oC the new world and hero they cultivated unmolested tho the form of ot Christianity to which the they were at attached attached nt- nt and where the tile spirit of or PuritanIsm Puritan- Puritan Ism was fully expressed In its evil as aswell aswell aswell well as in Its good As they were the founders of oC the six New Ne England states It is not too much to sa say sa th that t such an achievement is amply sufficient sui- sui to show that good not evil e must have been beon tho the abiding and controlling controlling con con- trolling Influence in their lives and works without pointing out another and ond Int interesting fact that tact that their descendants descendants descendants des des- Inheriting and practicing the principles and spirit rrt of their ancestors were tho the dominating force In the settlement set set- and founding of oC other communities com corn an and states In the thc year car 1638 more moro than twenty ships shins carr carrying ln about three thousand emigrants sailed from English ports bound Lound for America and among these wa was waK the tho good ship John of or London which sailed from Hull in the autumn of that year ear and and reached reachel Boston Dc- Dc comber 1 I. That ship brought among others the company compan of oC which the tho Rov Rev Ezekiel Rogers was leader and In his company compan were Jewett and his younger brother Joseph Jewett with their wives wl and children children the tho first of ot the name to settle In this countr country Lineage Traced Thc They were the sons eons of oC Edward and Mary Mars Taylor Jewett of oC Bradford Yorkshire and the greater reater part of our family amil In this country are their thell descendants descendants descendants des des- and wo we ma may and do Indulge c without ostentation a Justifiable pride In that fact tact Bradford was early In the tho movement deeply Imbued with the tho spirit of oC Purl Puritanism tan Ism and remained loyal loal and steadfast to the thc end of the struggle that city resolutely and persistently adhering to the cause of ot parliament against the king This may have been due In a great degree to its pr proximity to Scrooby distant dis lie lie- tant only tort forty miles for fOl there Willlam Will- Will lam afterward Elder Brewster resided and there gathered the first In Independent I ent church to which John Robinson ministered the church which fled to Holland and thence sent forth tile the Pilgrims Pil PH- grims to Plymouth Maxmilian and antI Joseph Jewett with their families came to Rowley with Mr Rogers Rogers' company In tho the spring of ot 1639 and resided hero the remainder of or their lives They were men of ot at affairs but how largely larsel the they were identified In the political social and religious activities of or their time we do not know but It ItIs ItIs itis Is not too much to presume that the they were alert to the issue involved In these thesa questions and exerted considerable considerable considerable consider consider- able influence In shaping public opinion |