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James Philip Hewlett II (1810-1878)

James Philip Hewlett II stands at the centre of this branch of the Hewlett family, his life linking the legacy of earlier generations with those who would follow. Though less prominently recorded than some of his forebears, he emerges through scattered references as a figure shaped by family, faith, and circumstance. His story is best understood not in isolation, but through the lives of those around him, his wife, his children and the wider network of kin to which he belonged.

He married Elizabeth Shackelford (1815-1906) on May 3, 1836, in Cheltenham. She is buried in the Wheatley churchyard, and is acknowledged on the tombstone of her husband, who is buried with his daughter, Sarah Secunda, in the Purton churchyard.

Together, they formed a household whose influence extended beyond its immediate circle. The lives of their children, and the paths they took, whether remaining close to home or journeying as far as the Antipodes, reflect both continuity and change within the family narrative. 

      Essays in this Family Line​​

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Children of James & Elizabeth Hewlett

Sarah Emma Hewlett

Born: June 5, 1837, in Dodbrooke, Devon.

Died: December 9, 1838, in Dodbrooke, Devon.

Esther Beuzeville (Hewlett) was present at her

birth and signed her birth certificate.

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Esther Beuzeville Hewlett

Born: January 14, 1839, in Dodbrooke, Devon.

Died: April 26, 1916, in Oxford, buried at Wheatley
Married: Edward Cox Alden (1838-1912) on July 20, 1864
d. 1916 at Oxford. 

 

Edmund Howe Hewlett

Born: October 18, 1840, in Dover, Kent.

Died: February 6, 1921, in Elmore, Victoria, Australia

Married: Lucy Sharpe(1847-1930) on September 8, 1870

in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. 

 
James Philip (III) Hewlett

Born: September 1842, in Dover, Kent.

Died: July 1858, in Watford, Hertfordshire.

16 years. Unmarried.

(See his story in the Family History Section: Hewlett) 

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Russell Beuzeville Hewlett

Born: July 20, 1846, in Dover, Kent.

Died: July 24, 1888, in South Melbourne.

Married: Jane Roberts (1847-1932) on November 28

in Birkenhead, Cheshire.

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Sarah Secunda Hewlett

Born: May 17, 1849, in Dover, Kent

Died: July 4, 1914, in Oxford, England

Unmarried. Author and Medical Missionary to India.

Buried at Purton with her father. 

 

Arnold Melvill Hewlett          

Born: November 8, 1850, in Watford, Hertfordshire

Died: January 1893 in Madagascar. Missionary.

Married: Margaret Gordon Haviland (1858-1922) of
Bournemouth, Hampshire in abt. 1886 in Madagascar,
French Territory. 

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