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LEWIN, John
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Name LEWIN, John Birth Bef 1802 Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
Gender Male Death 1868 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
Person ID I711 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father LEWIN, John, b. 1780, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. 11 Dec 1823, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
(Age 43 years) Relationship natural Mother EDGSON, Mary, b. 1782, Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire. England
d. 29 Jul 1844, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
(Age 62 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1801 Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire. England
Family ID F526 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family WADE, Maria, b. 1811, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. 1884, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
(Age 73 years) Marriage 28 Feb 1832 Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
Children 1. LEWIN, Mary Ann, b. Between 1832 and 1833, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. Between 1854 and 1855, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
(Age 22 years)2. LEWIN, Ann, b. 1832, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. Yes, date unknown3. LEWIN, John Elson, b. 1833, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. 21 Sep 1912, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
(Age 79 years)4. LEWIN, James, b. 1835, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. 1905, Downham Registration District, Norfolk
(Age 70 years)5. LEWIN, Elizabeth, b. 1838, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. 1920, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk
(Age 82 years)6. LEWIN, Judith, b. 1840, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. 1883, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
(Age 43 years)7. LEWIN, William, b. 1842, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. 1868, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
(Age 26 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]8. LEWIN, Eliza, b. 1844, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. 1890, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
(Age 46 years)9. LEWIN, Sarah Jane, b. 1847, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. 6 Feb 1923, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
(Age 76 years)Family ID F525 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes
JOHN LEWIN 1802-1868
John, son of John and Mary LEWIN, was baptised at Leverington, Cambridgeshire, in 1802.
(CFHS Baptism Index 1801-1837)
James LEWIN, John LEWIN, William LEWIN, and Robert EDGOOSE voted in 1830 (Cambridgeshire Poll Book).
John LEWIN and Maria WADE were married at St. Leonards's Church, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, on 28 February 1832. Witnesses were James LEWIN and Sarah WADE.
(email from us2@persianplace.freeserve.co.uk)
James LEWIN, John LEWIN, and William LEWIN of Leverington and Robert EDGOOSE of West Walton voted in 1835.
(Cambridgeshire Poll Book)
According to the 1841 Census he was a farmer of White Engine Common, Leverington. His wife, five children, his mother Mary LEWIN and brother James LEWIN were in the same household.
The 1841 census index:
*John LEWIN, aged 35, Leverington;
Mariah LEWIN, aged 30, Leverington;
Mary LEWIN, aged 9, Leverington;
John LEWIN, aged 8, Leverington;
James LEWIN, aged 6, Leverington;
Elizabeth LEWIN, aged 3, Leverington;
Judith LEWIN, aged 1, Leverington;
Mary LEWIN, aged 55, Leverington;
James LEWIN, aged 30; Leverington.
(HO107/78/5/4A)
In 1849 he was a beneficiary in the will of his uncle James EDGSON (qv).
The 1851 census of Leverington, Cambridgeshire:
*John LEWIN, head, aged 48, farmer of 35 acres, born at Leverington;
Maria LEWIN, wife, aged 39, born at Leverington;
Mary Ann LEWIN, daughter, aged 18, born at Leverington;
John LEWIN, son, aged 17, born at Leverington;
Judith LEWIN, daughter, aged 10, born at Leverington;
William LEWIN, son, aged 8, born atLeverington;
Eliza LEWIN, daughter, aged 6, born at Leverington;
Sarah Jane LEWIN, daughter, aged 3, born at Leverington.
(HO107/1766/85B/23)
The 1861 census of 14 Seadike Common, Leverington, Cambridgeshire:
*John LEWIN, head, aged 59, farmer of 35 acres, born at Leverington;
Maria LEWIN, wife, aged 49, born at Leverington;
John LEWIN, son, aged 26, farmer's son, agricultural labourer, born at Leverington;
Judith LEWIN, daughter, aged 21, born at Leverington;
William LEWIN, son, aged 18, agricultural labourer, born at Leverington;
Eliza LEWIN, daughter, aged 16, born at Leverington;
Sarah J. LEWIN, daughter, aged 13, born at Leverington.
(RG9/1047/107/3)
The death of a John LEWIN aged 66 was registered in 1868.
(GRO September Q 1868 Wisbech 3b 465)
(revised 08.01.2006)

