This study started out to be a history of the Hewitt family of 
Amwell Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, but it has now been 
expanded to include related families. They all lived in Amwell, South 
Strabane and West (now North) Bethlehem Townships, and attended the 
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, founded 1788. The book DUTCH GLORY by 
Margaret M. Simon has provided many data.


	The writer became interested in the Hewitt family, when his Dutch 
Fork Settlement book was written. The names of Philip and Peter Hewitt 
appeared in the Leffler records. It was found that the wife of Jacob 
Leffler was their sister. Also Peter Hewitt married Jacob Leffler's 
sister. The writer also found the name HUJET in the records of the 
Reformed Church at Wolfersweiler, Saarland, where the writer's Seibert 
ancestors attended. This study has also used Huyett family histories.

	About 1774 Philip Hewitt with wife Eva Mong, Peter Hewitt with wife 
Mary Leffler, and Elizabeth Hewitt with husband Jacob Leffler came to 
Washington County. Philip and Peter settled in Amwell Township, Jacob in 
Donegal Township. They had lived earlier in Berks County, Pennsylvania 
and Washington (then Frederick) County. Maryland.

	The two brothers and their brother-in-law got farms and raised 
families. Peter died in Amwell in 1802, Philip in Canton Township in 
1823, and Elizabeth died at Corydon, Indiana a few months after Philip. 
Elizabeth's second husband was Rev. (John) Casper Simler, a Reformed 
minister, who had migrated from Switzerland. On November 5-1791 he 
preached the first sermon to the newly organized congregation of 
Bethlehem Church. In 1795 Philip Hewitt was an elder of the church, 
Peter a deacon.

	Bethlehem Lutheran Church (originally Reformed and Lutheran) is 
located on a hilltop in North Bethlehem Township. It is south of Glyde 
and about 7 miles southeast of Washington. The congregation was 
organized in 1791 with the appointment of John Stauch as pastor. 
Confirmation records begin in 1791 (May), baptisms in 1792 (February). 
Adjoining the church is a cemetery dating back to the 1790s. The 
inscriptions, older ones in German, have been published in DUTCH GLORY. 
The deed for the church was made March 29-1788. A combined school and 
church house was erected. The first log church was completed in 1797.

	Another minister associated with Bethlehem Church was (John) George 
Pfrimmer, born in Alsace 1762, died in Corydon, Indiana 1825. He lived 
in South Strabane Township 1801-05. His son George was baptized at Dutch 
Glory August 2-1802. George, Sr., who later became a United Brethren 
minister, borrowed money from Peter Hewitt and bought items at the 
estate sale. Peter Hewitt's estate papers show that he had 2 farms and 
extensive personal property. His inventory tells how a farmer lived at 
the end of the 18th century.

PHILIP HEWITT b c1741 Philadelphia d Feb 2-1823 Canton Twp, 
Washington Co, Pa - buried Hewitt cemetery - m c1771 Eva Mong 
b c1754 d Apr 16-1830 -- children named in Will Book 3, 541 
Accounts H-25-1825

1. Henry b Feb 14-1772 Washington Co, Md; confirmed Bethlhem 
Church 1791; d 1855 Boardman Twp, Mahoning Co, Ohio 
m Apr 	30-1793 Esther Simon b Feb 2-1774 d Jun 15-1856
Ch:	Gertrude 1795-, George 1796-  Margaret 1798-, Samuel
	1800-, Catharine 1802-, Mary 1804-, Elias 1806-, Eva 		
	1808 -, Susanna 1811-, Esther 1812- - left Canton Twp 1816

2. Lewis (Ludwig)bap Jul 25-1773 Washington Co, Md; confirmed
1795; d May 4-1864 Canton Twp ml 1797 Catharine Horn (daugh-
ter of Hardman Horn 1747-1811 Buffalo Twp m 1771 Elizabeth 	
Hough 1748-1823 Knox Co, Ohio) b 1778 d Feb 3-1805
m2 1805 Mary
Ch:	Mary 1798-, Isaac 1800-, John 1803-; Rachel 1806-1880, 	
	Lewis 1807-1866, Leah 1809-1877, Daniel 1813-

3. Mary b 1775; confirmed 1791; d 1829 Stark Co, Ohio m 1793
Henry Everhart 1768-1848 - he m2 Nov 22-1831 Catharine 	Hewitt 
Dager, below, 1777-1843
Ch:	John 1794-, Catharine 1796-, Susanna 1797-1881, Jacob
	1800-1829, Henry 1803-, Paul 1806-1829, Mary 1809-1853,
	Philip 1812-, Lydia 1818-, Rachel 1823- - left Somerset 1810

4. Catharine b Jun 1-1777; confirmed 1791; d 1843 Stark Co, Ohio 
m1 1796 Jacob Dager 1771-1826 W Bethlehem Twp, Washington Co 
m2 Nov 22-1831 Henry Everhart, above
Ch:	Elizabeth 1797-, Mary 1799-, Catharine 1801-, Susanna 1804-, 
	John 1805-, Isaac 1808-, Anna 1811-, Jacob 1814-

5. Margaret b 1779; confirmed 1795; d 1830 Stark Co, Ohio m 1799 
George Frank b 1779 d ?1861
Ch:	Henry 1800-, John 1802-, Jacob 1804-, John 1806-, 
	Susanna 1808-, Mary 1810-, and others - left Strabane 1812

6. Elizabeth b c1782; confirmed 1799; m 1806 Jacob Harsh 
b Sep 	10-1782 d Oct 15-1847 - Stark, then Wood Co, Ohio
Ch:	Henry 1807-, John, Eva, Joshua - left c1808

							    /Co c1810
7. Philip b Feb 4-1784, freeman 1810, living 1824 - ?to Columbiana

8. George b Nov 28-1785 d 1867 Carroll Co, Ohio m Sep 10-1810
Ann Dager b 1790 d Jun 16-1850 - to Carroll Co 1822
Ch:	Susanna 1811-, Rebecca 1813-, Joseph 1817-, Nancy c1821-

9. Magdalena b c1787; confirmed 18o4; dead 1822; m c1807 ?Wylie 
Son: John, Stark Co (Henry Everhart, guardian - there were
     Wylies in Canton Twp)

10. Susanna b 1789 d Oct 7-1818 Canton Twp

11.  Sarah b c1792; dead 1822 m c1812 Reber		/Ohio 1810) 
Daughter: Susanna died 1822 (Valentine Reber in Fairfield Co,

12. Esther b Jul 9-1795 d Jan 24-1866 Carroll Co, Ohio m Apr 18-
1820 Adam Miller (son of Jacob Miller, Jr 1762-1830 Donegal 	
Twp m 1785 Mary Leffler 1769-1839 Licking Co, Ohio - Mary's 	
mother was Elizabeth Hewitt)
Ch: 	Susanna 1821-1893, Isaac 1823-1870, Mary 1826-1865, 
	John L 1830-1856, George H 1833-


PETER HEWIT~ b c1743 Philadelphia d Nov 1802 Amwell Twp, Wash-
ington Co, Pa m c1772 Mary (Magdalena) Leffler b c1753 ?Berks Co 
owned land Trumbull Co, Ohio - children named in Orphans Court 
B-159; Accounts H-23-1806

1. Jacob b 1773: confirmed Bethlehem Church 1791; d Mar 20-1849
Amwell Twp m 1796 Elizabeth Sunedecker b 1777 d Jun 6-1860
Ch:	Henry 1797-1866, John 1799-1879, Susanna 1801-, Joseph
	1802-1867, George 1805-, Mary 1807-, Samuel 1810-, 
	Catharine 1813-, Elizabeth 1817-

2. John b 1776; confirmed 1799; m1804 Elizabeth --- left Amwell 
1819 ?to Columbiana Co, Ohio ?d 1839 Carroll Co, Ohio 	
Ch: 	Rebecca 1807-, Lydia 1808-, Elizabeth 1810-, Sarah 1813-		, 
	Samuel 1815-, Mary 1817-, and others

3. Sarah b 1779; confirmed 1791; d Jan 9-1858 W Bethlehem 
m 1799 Jacob Wonsettler b 1779 d Aug 1-1854
Ch:	Magdalena 1800-, John 1802-1860

4. Peter b 1781 d 1870 Augusta Twp, Carroll Co, Ohio; ?confirmed 
1799; m 1803 Martha (Magdalena) --- 1784-1854 - c1808 to 
Columbiana Co, Ohio
Ch:	John 1804-1834, George 1806-1831, Samuel 1808-1860, & 	others

5. Adam b Aug 6-1783; confirmed 1799; d Jan 25-1872 Cumberland 
Twp, Greene Co  Pa m 1805 Susanna Prong b Oct 8-1784 d Jan 18 -'56
Ch:	Magdalena 1806-, Elizabeth 1807-, Isaac 1809-1881, Peter 
	1811-1886, John 1813-1879, Samuel 1816-, Solomon 1817-1843, 
	Jacob 1818-, Levi 1819-, Margaret 1820-1891, George 1822- 
	1886, Jacob 1826-1887

6. Henry b Jul 26-1785; confirmed 1804; d Apr 2-1859 Aleppo Twp, 
Greene Co, Pa ml 1808 Catharine ??Wonsettler; m2 1824 
Elizabeth Simon b 1802 d Feb 27-1864
Ch:	Rachel 1809-, Jacob 1812-, Anna 1813-, Isaac 1818-1858;
	Delilah 1825-, Sarah 1827-, Rebecca 1828- Solomon 1829-
	1845, Levi 1830-, John 1832-, Peter 1834-1885, Jesse 1839-, 
	Samuel 1841-, James 1846-1863

7. Mary b 1787; confirmed 1804

8. Elizabeth b 1789; confirmed 1804; m George Simon 1784-1872
Allen Co, Ind - c1810 to Columbiana Co, Ohio

9. Margaret b 1791; confirmed 1806

10. Catharine b Feb 19-1795 m 1813 Michael Ely (son of Michael Ely 
d 1819 Buffalo Twp and Mary) b Sep 20-1789 d Jul 29-1857
Knox Co, Ohio - left 1817
Ch:	Delilah 1814-  ?Michael, Lewis 1818-, ?Henry, John 1824-, 
	Sarah 1826-1891, Jacob 1829-, Mary 1831-