Born: Abt. 1720 Barnstable, Barnstable, MA

Married: 19 Feb 1747 Barnstable, Barnstable, MA

Died: Aft 1790

FATHER

John Bearse 

MOTHER

Elinor Lewis 

HUSBAND

Isaac Lewis 

CHILDREN

1. Lydia Lewis
   b. 14 Aug 1748

2. Solomon Lewis
   b. 10 April 1750

3. Lothrop Lewis
   b. 21 Dec 1757

4. Isaac Lewis
   b. 04 April 1758

5. Martha Lewis
    b. 13 July 1761
    m. 16 Sep 1780 Ebenezer Case
    d. 29 Feb 1843

6. Rebecca Lewis b. 05 April 1763

Martha Bearse
by Susan Brooke
Feb 2023

Martha Bearse was born about 1720.  She married Isaac Lewis in Barnstable on 19 Feb 1747. (1)   When her father wrote his will on 13 Jan 1759 he left a third of his estate to his dearly beloved wife and to his oldest son, the house where his son was living.  The rest was pretty much divided between his three unmarried daughters, Hannah, Mary and Dinah.  His daughters "Eleanor Logge" and "Martha Lewis" each received 20 shillings whereas his daughter Lydia Callio only received 6 shillings. (2)
Martha and her husband Isaac Lewis had 6 children all born in Barnstable.  Her husband, Isaac Lewis, was listed in the 1790 census for Barnstable with a female in his household which was probably his wife, Martha.  They were listed right next to two of their sons, Solomon and Isaac Lewis. (3)

Sources

(1) Marriage Record
Marriages by ye Rev'd Joseph Green
Isaac Lewes to Martha Berse  19 Feb 1747  Barnstable, Barnstable, MA

(2) Will of John Bearse
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Barnsrable Probate Book 12 page 13
John Bearse of Barnstable

Item: 1give to Eleanor Bearse my dearly beloved wife my best cow and one third of all my  household goods and one third of all my grain and one third of all my provisions and the use of one third of my dwelling house and one third of my barn and the use of all my real estate (excepting that i have hereafter given to my son John and his sisters) so long as she lives my widow and this I give her in Lieu of her Dower.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my son John Bearse Jr and to the heirs of body that house that he now lives in and all the land that he now lives upon that I bought of Gideon Hathaway being about thirty acres more or less with a small barn standing on said land and the field that lyes to the southard  of his house bounded as the fence now stand all round it being about six or seven acres and also that part of the rye field / so called/ that I bought of Joseph Bearse be it more or less and also the whole of my piece of meadow joining to Josiah Stamblens meadow called the hill meadow and also a piece of woodland at a place called the fish holes yt I bought of Benjamin Bearse, Sr. Deceased
Item: I give to my son John Bearse Jr all my wearing apparel my armour and one quarter of my cart and wheels
Item: I give and bequeath unto my three daughter equally viz Hannah Bearse, Mary Bearse and Dinah Bearse --- all my buildings both my dwelling house and barn and all my real Estate that I have not before given to my son etc, etc.
Item: I give to my Daughter Lydia Callio Six Shillings
Item: I give to my Daughter Eleanor Logge twenty shillings and two of my sheep
Item: I give unto my Daughter Martha Lewis twenty shillings
Item: I give unto my Daughter Mary Bearse and Dinah Bearse the letters to enable them to pay all my just bebts and legacies and funeral  charges, etc.
Lastly I constitute make and ordain my two Daughter Namely Mary Bearse and Dinah Bearse my only Sole Executors, etc.

(3) 1790 Census Barnstable

Three men named Lewis all listed right under each other
Isaac Lewis:  one male, one female  (Isaac would have been about 66)
Solomon Lewis: two males over 16, three males under 6, and four females (Solomon the son of Isaac Lewis was about 40 and had 7 children born before 1790, 4 males and 3 females)
Isaac Lewis: one male over 16, 2 males under 16 and 3 females.  (Isaac the son of Isaac Lewis was about 32)