Misc. LEWIS Info

                                        by Linda Sparks Starr
                                                APR 1996

                      Augusta Co. VA LEWISes

This is not a specific line  I've  researched,  but  things  I've
copied about the family while reading the history of  the  county
or while researching other lines.   My "gut"  feeling  is,  these
people ARE NOT related in any way to the Tidewater VA LEWISes.

from _Wither's  Chronicles  of  Border  Warfare_,  by  Alex.  Scott
Withers, 1895.

     p. 4:  John LEWIS, father of Gen. Andrew, probably of  Welsh
descent, was born 1678 in County Donegal,  Ireland.   He  married
c1716 Margaret Lynn of the Lynns of Loch Lynn, Scotland.  In 1729
he killed a man of high station in a tenancy dispute. [Others  ex
plain the recently deceased landlord's son sharply raised  prices
for all tenants.]  John fled to Portugal, from whence he fled  to
America 1731.  He settled two miles  east  of  Staunton.  He  was
Col. of Augusta Co. militia as early as 1743,  presiding  Justice
1745 and high sheriff 1748.  He died 1 FEB 1762, age 84.
     He had sons "Samuel", Andrew and Charles d.  1774  at  Point
Pleasant.  In a footnote on the page with  "Samuel",  the  editor
said Wither's erred -- John Lewis HAD NO SON named  "Samuel";  he
should have said "Thomas".  (page 50)


from _Annals of Augusta Co. VA:  Supplement_, by Joseph A. Waddell,
1888, page 395:
     Col. John LEWISes children -- four sons and 2 daus;  but  he
only named Andrew and William.   His informant was the dau of Wil-
liam.
 

from Lyman Chalkley _Chronicles of Scotch-Irish Settlement in  VA_,
vol. III, page 189:
     will of John LEWIS (not dated) ...  to  wife  Margaret  Warm
Springs tract, then at her death, to son Thomas.  Will was proved
21 SEP 1790.  [Probably after death of Margaret.]


from _Settlers of the Long Grey Trail: The Valley of VA  Pioneers_,
by J. Houston Harrison, page 114:
     John Lewis (1678-1762) was a native of Ulster ...  according
to Cooke, was a member of a Huguenot father that had taken refuge
in Ulster.  Through his mother he was a  descendant  from  an  an
cient Scottish family ... [p 115] John Lewis was  of  this  faith
....[Presbyterian].

     page 141  Gen. Andrew Lewis d. 1781
     page 149:  "John Madison, the Clerk  of  the  [Augusta  Co.]
Court, and brother-in-law of Thomas Lewis ... "

from _Old Churches, Ministers and Families of VA_,  by  Bishop  Wil
liam Meade, vol. 2, page 325:

     SUGGESTS common origin with other VA LEWIS  families.   "Mr.
John Lewis of  Augusta,  came  from  the  county  of  Dublin,  in
Ireland, about the year 1720 -- his eldest son Thomas, being born
there in  1718;  some  ascribe  a  Welsh  origin,  and  others  a
Huguenot, to the family. There were three other sons of the frist
John Lewis.  The second was Andrew, the hero of  Point  Pleasant.
The third son William ..."  [I didn't copy the  next  page.   The
fourth son was Charles killed at Point Pleasant 1774.]

from _James Patton and  the  Appalachian  Colonists_,  by  Patricia
Givens Johnson (1973), page 105:
     "The CALHOUNS ... appeared  in  Augusta  Co.  in  the  early
1740s.  Being Scotch-Irish relatives of John Lewis  whose  mother
was Mary CALHOUN."

     [In her book on William Preston..., she says the PATTONS and
the PRESTONS stayed with "cousins" John  LEWIS  when  they  first
came to Augusta Co.  c1740.   William  Preston  is  a  nephew  of
Jerry's Robert Poage, whose wife was a PRESTON by almost  all  ac
counts.  I haven't found the connection; she also  reports  there
were 12 belted PRESTONS inside the walls of Londonderry 1688.  (I
think I have the year right.)]


from  _The  Tinkling  Spring:  Headwater  of  Freedom_,  by  Howard
McKnight Wilson (1954), Appendix  F,  "Record  of  Baptisms  1740
1749", page 477:  only LEWISes on list
     Andrew Lewis' son John was bapt 14 SEP 1746
                   son Samuel was bapt 18 SEP 1748

(Below probably not related to ours.)                       

Warner Hall LEWISes

from _Genealogies of VA Families_, from The  William  &  Mary  Quar
terly, vol. III,  Heale-Muscoe, pages 369-375:
    
     [Specific author of this sketch is not given.)  Tradition is
Robert Lewis d. before 30 SEP 1656, York Co., is father  of  daus
Mary and Alice and a son John.  (p370)  "I find no evidence  that
this Robert Lewis had a son John ..."
     (p370)  Maj. John Lewis, probably the LEWES who was aged  25
in 1635 "entered himself for VA in  the  Globe  of  London."   He
received  numerous  land  grants  in  New  Kent  and  surrounding
counties.
     A patent to Maj. William Lewis was in  hands  of  Maj.  John
Lewis of Warner Hall in 1717; he deeded it  to  his  son  Charles
found in Hening's Statutes, vol II, page 377.   This  Maj.  Lewis
held the title as early as 1653.

     page 371 begins a "continued" section of same article.   The
author re-states Robert Lewis of York had only two daus,  BUT  he
was "doubtless a kinsman of the LEWISes of  Warner  Hall."   Maj.
William Lewis's connection to Col. John Lewis  apparently  hinges
on ownership of plantation "Chemokins" or "Chemohocans."

     The author then says the most likely parents  of  Col.  John
Lewis of Warner Hall is John Lewis and Lydia  of  Gloucester  who
settled on Lewis' Creek, formerly Totopotomoy  Creek.   His  prob
able sons when he emigrated were:  William, Edward and  John  Jr.
William MIGHT BE the above William; Edward  settled  in  Rappahan
nock and King & Queen Cos; John Jr. granted lands in 1655 at main
swamp of Poropotank Creek.  As Mr. John Lewis he patented land in
New Kent and Goucester, both sides  above  creek.   In  1676  his
residence was near Maj. Thomas PATE's where  Bacon  encamped  and
died.

     (page 372)  "According to the tombstone of his son Col. John
Lewis, he married Isabella _____, and had issue..."  The footnote
says "It is not know (sic) how many sons John Lewis and  Isabella
his wife had."

     page 373:  "John Lewis of Warner  Hall,  son  of  Maj.  John
Lewis and Isabella, his wife, who was probably son of John  Lewis
and Lydia who first settled on Poropotank Creek in 1653 was  born
30 NOV 1669 and d. 14 NOV  1725.   He  married  Elizabeth  Warner
(1672-1719-20), dau Col. Augustine Warner and  Mildred  Read  ...
They had 14 children but only 8 names are preserved. 

[All those "preserved" were born  after  1700.   Robert  ADAMS  &
Mourning were married in 1712; if she were 16 when  she  married,
then her birth is c1696.  But if she were 20, then her  birth  is
c1692.  Mourning's probable birth  could  easily  "fit"  in  this
line.  They were living northerly of the CLARKs / JOHNSONs / MOOR-
MANs, but I think Robert will come out  of  Henrico  Co.  to  the
south for he settled in Goochland which is south of  Hanover  and
Louisa Cos.  In other words, my gut feeling is she  doesn't  come
from this line.  Besides, I think there would be a  tradition  if
she did.]


from _Southside VA  Families_,  by  John  Bennett  Boddie,  vol.  1
(1955), page 314-317:
     John Lewis rec'd land 1653 in Gloucester on Poropotank Creek
for transporting his probable sons -- Jon, Edd,  Jon  jr.  (sic).
According to his tombstone found west of the creek:
     John Lewis b. Munmoth Shire d. 21 AUG 1657, aged 63 yrs
     Children:  John Jr m. Isabella Miller, parents of the Warner
                             Hall Lewises
                William left no desc
                Edward of Old Rappah. Co. m. Mary.  Their prob
                       chn:  John, Edward, Benj,, Thomas, Edmund
                             James

 
from  "John  Lewis  (1594-1657)  of   Monmouthshire,   Eng.   and
Gloucester and New Kent Co., VA" by Malcolm H. Harris,  reprinted
in _Genealogies of VA Families_, from VA Magazine  History  &  Biog
raphy, vol. IV

     Poropotanke Creek is dividing line between Gloucester &  New
Kent Co.  It repeats the patent names transported, citing Nugent:
John, Lidia, William, Edward and John Jr.  Harris then goes  into
detail for the tombstones found at what is thought the  homeplace
for John Lewis the emigrant.

     John Jr. is the John of most patents -- including  one  adj.
George AUSTIN's line and Poropotank Swamp.  He dropped  the  'Jr"
in patents after 1657; he lived in New Kent Co., near Maj. Thomas
Pate, about two miles across the Poropotank  Creek.   His  burial
spot is not found, but a tombstone for Mrs. Isabella  Yard  (1640
1703/4) is certainly his wife who married secondly Robert Yard.

     The tombstone for son Col. John Lewis (1669-1725) at  Warner
Hall in Gloucester reads:  "Here lies ... son of John &  Isabella
Lewis ... born 30 NOV 1669  d. 14 NOV 1725.

     The tombstone for Capt. Edward Lewis (1667-1713)  was  found
at foot of Mrs. Isabella Yard's grave -- he is identified as  son
of John and Isabella.   Then John Lewis, son of  Capt.  Edward  &
Susanna d. 7 APR 1718.  His sister Mrs.  Ann  Skaife  d.  16  FEB
1716, aged 27 with her two daus nearby.  All three died FEB  1716
but only one of the girls was a few days old.

     John Lewis (169_ - 1718) prob.  married  Mildred  Washington
(1697-1747) aunt and godmother of George.  Tradition is strong in
her line that she married first a  "Mr.  Lewis"  and  then  Roger
Gregory and then ....

Kay found a surname MOURNING loosely connected to the Warner Hall
Lewises.  John Lewis  Jr.  b.  22  MAR  1702,  son  of  John  and
Elizabeth (Warner) Lewis married Frances, dau of  Henry  Fielding
of  King  and  Queen  Co.  c1719.  The  source:    (page   373-6)
Genealogies of VA Families, taken from Wm & Mary Qtrly, vol.  III
Heale-Muscoe.   [researcher Kay Baganoff] 

Page 376 in will of Richard Fielding dated 16 JUL 1666 and proved
Northumberland Co. 8 APR  1667,  he  names  his  brother  Robert,
sister Elizabeth Gwyn, brother-in-law Giles MOURNING and  Francis
MOURNING their eldest son, sister Margaret Fryer, brother Ambrose
and brother Edward.

                           Zachary LEWIS

In Kay's letter 22 JAN  1995,  she  gives  additional  daughters:
Jane LEWIS m. Robert George d. 1775.  Son Zachary married a Mary;
daughter Elizabeth married a Shackleford.  The rest of this comes
from   Sarah Anderson's _Lewises, Meriwethers & Their Kin_:

page 356, Anderson says Zachary Lewis emigrated to VA 1692; lived
in Middlesex Co. before taking up 450 acres King William  Co.  in
1694; then 500 acres in King & Queen Co. 1703.   Only  two  known
sons -- possibly a third son is Owen of Albemarle Co.
     Son John b. 1704 inherited land in Middlesex Co.
     Son Zachary Jr. b. 1702 d. 1765 Spotsylvania  Co.   He  gave
his portion of his father's estate to his  unnamed  sisters.   He
had a daughter "Mourning" b. 1734.  (p359 Anderson)


                       John Lewis of Hanover

page 129 Sarah Anderson's _Lewises, Meriwethers & Their Kin_:  John
Lewis of Henrico emigrated 1660.  Son William b. 1660 d.  24  DEC
1706 and daughter Sarah.

page 3:  John Lewis of Hanover emigrated from Wales 1640 d.  1726
VA; his will probated Hanover Co.  His fifth child, David,  lived
near Charlottesville.  David d. 1779 in Albemarle  Co.

He appears 1660; his descendants include Maj. John  of  Goochland
b. 1735; he married Mildred Lewis, daughter of  Robert  and  Jane
Meriwether.

Page 129: Children of  William b. 1660 - 1706:
     John m. WOODSON and had a Jacob
     William of Henrico -- had John b. 1735