Family register
Freeborn Garrettson Jewett
1927–2022
Own obituary (6 Dec 1927 – 24 Jun 2022): married Joan Sanford Lewis 1952 Warwick; six children named; Joan’s 2024 obituary confirms the same marriage and six children.
Also Freeborn Garrettson Jewett Jr. in some indexes; known as Garry. Parents nicknamed Mid and Misde and brothers Kirk and Frank appear in his obituary — parent/sibling edges not locked this pass (DOWNWARD only).
Facts
- Name
- Freeborn Garrettson Jewett
- Born
- 6 December 1927
- Birthplace
- Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
- Died
- 24 June 2022
- Place of death
- McLean, Virginia
- Generation
- 2
- Status
- confirmed
- Sex
- Male
Spouses
Children
Sources
- Named among the six children of Freeborn Garrettson Jewett and Joan Sanford Lewis.
He met Joan Sanford Lewis through Yale-Vassar connections, they were engaged on the porch at his beloved Pequot Yacht Club, and married in 1952 in Warwick, New York. … Together, they created a large family of six children: Lucy Lowenthal (Peter) of Bethesda, MD; Garrett Jewett of New York, NY; Sanford Jewett (Beth) of Warrenton, VA; Edward Jewett (Alexandra) of Upper Montclair, NJ; Libby Jewett (Stephen Teach) of Bethesda, MD; and Hope McKalip (Fred) of Upperville, VA.
- Joan 2024 great-grandchild list: Hope Bromley Jewett Smith.
Joan met Freeborn Garrettson “Garry” Jewett through Yale-Vassar connections, and they were married in 1952 in Warwick, beginning a long and happy marriage together, until his death in 2022. … Joan is survived by … her six children: Lucy Lowenthal … Hope McKalip …