That John Jewell was the son of Wm, Jewell who removed from Cortlandt's Manor in 1760, to the farm just south of present Main St., Irvington, which was in the possession of his maternal grandfather, Capt. John Buckhout, W111. Jewell having married his daughter Elizabeth, date of Sept. 30, 1738. William Jewell, the father of John, died 17S9, aged 77 years. John Jewell married Elizabeth Eawrence, cousin of Capt. Lawrence, the gallant Commander of the ' ' Chesapeake, ' ' and had John Jewell, Jr., Martha, and other children. John Jewell, Sr., died Dec. 21, 1838, in his 93d year. John Jewell, Jr., married Martha Ferris, daughter of Capt. Oliver Ferris, and had eleven children. " Of these, Martha married Lemuel Lawrence of Dobbs Ferry. Abigail L. married Joseph Mellows, and had Geo. Mellows who married a daughter of the late Seth Bird, and had Sarah E. , the wife [of Malcolm Connell of Tarry town ; also Theodore P\ Mellows of Kensico ; Wm. Mellows of Sing Sing ; Sarah Mellows the wife of Ph H. Birdsall of Tarrytown, and Martha Ann Mellows who married Chas Reynolds of Kensico. A son George who lived at Stratford, Connecticut, left a daughter, now Mrs. Minnie Cary, of Des Moines, Iowa. Elizabeth, only daughter of John Jewell of the Revolution, married John Storm and so became the mother of the late Capt. Jacob Storm of this place.

Isaac Delameter states in his application, dated Dec. 5, 1832, that hewasin theExpeditiou to St. Johns and Canada, in Capt. AYalker's Co. ; returned with the troops so sent ; reached Newburgh where he was discharged. That some time in May, 1777, he re-enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt. William Dutcher. In the winter, 1777-8, served for three months in Capt. Gabriel Requa's Co. ; was then for a time in Capt.