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Christopher Columbus Gewin (b. 1660, d. 1720)

Christopher Columbus Gewin⁷⁹⁵ was born 1660 in Cornwall, England, and died 1720 in Virginia. He married Mary Harrell.

Notes for Christopher Columbus Gewin:
"At age 25 he was commissioned to transport 18 indentured servants to America. They arrived in the Colony of Virginia in 1688. He was granted 900 acres of land on 26 Apr 1704 in Nansemonde County, Virginia. He sold this land about 1731 and moved to Edgecombe County, North Carolina, where he owned land as late as 1739. He and Mary had five sons.

He was born befor 1662. He was a witness at a Quaker wedding in Nansemonde, Virginia, in 1688. He was on the 1704 tax list of Nansemonde and also in 1719-1725." from email correspondence with Janie Webb Spencer of Arlington, Texas, by William D. Lollar (lollar @gmail.com)

Children of Christopher Columbus Gewin and Mary Harrell are:

+Thomas Gewin, b. Abt. 1707, Nansemonde County, Virginia, d. Aft. 1761, Virginia.
Christopher Columbus Gewin, b. Bef. 1683, Nansemond, Virginia, d. date unknown.
Moses Gewin, b. Abt. 1707, Nansemond, Virginia, d. date unknown.
David Gewin, b. 1719, d. date unknown.
William Gewin, d. date unknown.