Birthplace and date are mentioned in the Biography of Lovina Lovelan Hewit, the wife of James' son Seth: Book of biographies; this volume contains biographical sketches of leading citizens of Rutland County,1899 Death record of James Hewitt which notes that James was a farmer and lists his birthplace as Stonington and his age at 88yrs, ? mos, 17 days

1850 Census Event Place: Pittsford, Rutland, Vermont, United States Name: James Hewitt Gender: Male Age: 79 Birth Year (Estimated): 1771 Birthplace: Connecticut Race: White House Number: 718 Schedule Type: 1850 Population Household Role Sex Age Birthplace James Hewitt Male 79 Connecticut Phebe Hewitt Female 76 New York Mahala Hewitt Female 53 Vermont Seth H Hewitt Male 38 Vermont Lovina Hewitt Female 37 Vermont Sarah Hewitt Female 11 Vermont Ruth Hewitt Female 4 Vermont Josephine Hewitt Female 0 Vermont Mitchell Shankey Male 16 Canada Household ID: 815 Line Number: 33 Affiliate Film Number: 927 Affiliate Publication Number: M432 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Digital Folder Number: 004206190 GS Film Number: 444926 Image Number: 00114 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N00992-3 "United States Census, 1850," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC2X-7D4 : 23 December 2020), James Hewitt, Pittsford, Rutland, Vermont, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publicati on (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).