MERCY KELLOGG {123} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7g>, dau. of Ensign Stephen {31} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j>, b. in Westfield, 30 Oct. 1709; m., as his second wife, in Westfield, 24 Dec. 1734, Rev. Judah Lewis of Colchester, b. in Falmouth, Mass., 4 June 1703, son of Benjamin Lewis, b. in Falmouth, 1675, and d. in Colchester, 6 Sept. 1753, aged 78, and Elizabeth Crowell, his first wife, b. 3 Aug., 1682, and d. in Falmouth, 8 Mar. 1706.

He d. 15 Apr. 1739; he had m. (1) Sarah Kellogg {226} <1.2b.3a.4f.5f.6b.7d>.

Rev. Judah Lewis, first pastor of the church in Westchester Parish, was graduated from Yale, 1726, M.A., 1729. He studied theology with Rev. Mr. Bulkley, and was ordained first pastor of the Second Church in Colchester (Westchester), at the time of its organization, 27 Dec. 1727. Those of his manuscript sermons, still extant, were written out in full on a half sheet of cap paper of small size, folded in 8vo. shape, but in so fine a hand as to he read with difficulty by modern eyes. There is evidence, however, that he was a good scholar and a faithful minister.

She m. (2), as his second wife, 21 Jan. 1747, David Bigelow, bap. in Hartford, 22 Sept. 1706, son of Lieut. Bigelow and Hannah ---; she d. 5 Jan. 1795; he d. 2 June 1799.

Children (by first husband, born in Westchester):

Ephraim Lewis {413} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7g.8a>, b. 4 Oct. 1735; graduated from Yale in 1758, M.A. 1761; m. 15 Aug. 1765, Lois Ransom, b. 16 Aug. 1748, in Colchester, dau. of James and Sarah (Treadway) Ransom. He was a teacher and merchant; rem. to Springfield, Vt., where he d. 18 July 1808; had two or more children.

Lydia Lewis {414} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7g.8b>, b. 21 Feb. 1737; d. 12 Sept. 1748.

Judah Lewis {415} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7g.8c>, b. 14 Mar. 1739; m. 4 Feb. 1762, Sarah Brainard, b. 30 Apr. 1744, dau. of Stephen and Susannah (Gates) Brainard of Westchester; he d. 4 July 1790; she m. (2) Henry, son of Col. Henry and Mehitable (Rowley) Champion of Westchester; he d. 24 July, 1797, aged 73; she d. 19 Jan. or 17 June 1818.

Children (by second husband, probably born in that part of Colchester that became a part of Marlboro):

Stephen Bigelow {416} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7g.8d>, b. 20 Oct. 1747; d. 13 Sept. 1748.

Stephen Bigelow {417} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7g.8e>, b. 5 June 1749; d. 5 Aug. 1751.

Moses Bigelow {418} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7g.8f>, b. 4 Oct. 1750; d. 23 Dec., same year.

Sarah Bigelow {419} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7g.8g>, b. 20 Nov. 1753.