About John Hewson
Lived 1744 – 1821 (aged 76–77). John Hewson was a British artist.
John Hewson (1744 – 1821) was a textile artist. He trained in a cotton-printing factory in London, but moved to the United States on the advice of his friend Benjamin Franklin, and set up a calico printing factory in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His chintzes were used in American quilts, often as the centerpiece. In November 2014, a DNA test revealed Hewson to be the paternal fifth great-grandfather of American actress and comedian Tina Fey.
He is interred at Palmer Cemetery in Philadelphia.
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Who was John Hewson?
textile artist from England
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John Hewson was born in 1744 in London.
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John Hewson died in 1821 in Kensington.
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John Hewson was an artist.
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John Hewson was British.
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