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LEV/ISIANA
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LEWIS .'. LETTER.-^
Vol. XV, No.
(lUlLFOlD, CONN'., JULY, 1004. Terras: Oae Dollar A Year.
LEWISIANA
A MONTHLY INTER-FAMILY PAPER,
Its object is to bring all of the name of Leu-is
and their kin into mutual acquaintance and.
f riendsliip, to di.->cover for each one his Idndred
and keep him posted in regard to all their trials
and successes m life, and to record for use of
themselves and their posterity the traditions,
biography and genealogy of all the Lewises.
TERrviS.
One Dollar a year, payable on receipt of the
July number. Single ntunbers, Ten Cents each.
Remittance should be by Clieck or Express Or-
der. If P. O. Order, make payable at Guilford,
Conn. Advertising rates furiii.-hed on applica-
tion. Address all communications to the pub-
lisher,
CAELL A. LEWIS, Guilford, Conn., Box 194.
LEWISIANA is entered as second class mat-
ter at the Post Office at Guilford, Conn., and Ls
printed br The Shore Line Times Press, Guil-
ford.
IISDEX.
An Index of ill the male Lewises mentioned
in Lewis Letter and Lewisiana lia« been pre-
Eared in the form of a caixi catalosrue whic-h is
ept completed to the date of thtj latest issue.
Until some means is de\'ised bv which this can
be printe-d, the Editor will furnish these refer-
ences for any Le\^ls desired by any reader wlio
will send stamps orstamptxi e^nvtlbpe for reply
List of the Books of the Lewises.
XLX. John, 1640, Wales to Va.
XX. Levi, I7H2, Sussex-cc N. J.
XXIV. George, 1630, Eog. to Mass.
XXVI. Thomas, 1818, Va. Ky. Mo.
XXVII. Nebemiah, 1712, R. I.
XXVIII. Joseph, 1769. N. J.
XXIX. John, 1731, Amwell, N. J.
XXXI. Lewis, Llandati. 1816, Wales.
XXXIII. Edmuurl, 1634, Lyuu, Mass.
XXXIV. Richard. 1706. Providence,
XXXV. Robert, 1585, Wales to Va.
Contents for July, 1904.
Earliest Ancestors— When and Where.
Missing numbers are of Merged Books
I. Randall, 176-=^, Hopkiuton, R I.
II. Benjamin, 1670, Stratford, Conn.
III. David L., Wales to Philadelphia
IV^. Richard, 1793, Wales to N. Y.
V. Richard, Wales to R. I.
VL Joseph, 1747, R. I. to N. V.
VII. Joshaa, 1680, Wales to Conn.
VIII. John, 1661, Westerly, R. L
IX. Elisha, Litchfield, Conn.
XL George, 1733, Hopkinton, R. I.
XII. William, 1632, Farmiugtou, Ct.
XIII. John, 1635, Xew London. Conn. !
XVI. Benjamin, 1785, Wales to Wis. j
Camp Lewis at St. Louis 2
Loyal Lewis Legion 3
English Reconls 3
Genealogical Records 4
Book II. Chapter 2J1 5
** V. Chapter 11 5
" VII. Chapter 19 5
'' VIII. Chapters 455 to 458 6
" Xn. Chapters 375 to 877. .. . 6
" XIII. Chapter 84 7
" XIX. Chapter 53 7
" XXIV. Chapters 318 to 321.. 8
" XXXin. Cliap.^ers 164 and 165 13
" XXXV. Chapters 228 and 229 13
" XL Chapter 63 14
" Xm. Chapter 54 14
" XLin. Chapter 50 15
''' XLI V. Chapter 99 15
" LIIL Chapter 45 15
*' LIV. Chipters 36 and 37 16
" LIX. Chapters 34 to 37 17
" LX. Chapter 33 17
" LXXVI. Chapter 19 17
•' CXI. Chapter 8 IS
" CXIV. Chapter 12 18
'' CXV. Chapter 8 18
" CXVIII. Chapter 6 19
'• CXIX. Chapter 4 19
Record of Life 19
Notes 19
(:iip])ings 20
Queries 20
LEW ISIr\.rSA..
**Camp Lewis" at St. Louis.
By The Lewis Publishiug Compauy.
On a beautiful bill, surrouuded by
85 aciHS of park-like grounds, the
publishers of The Womau's Magazine
and the Woman's Farm Journal erected
last year the largest, most beautiful
and costly publishing plant in the
world at a cost of over half a million
dollars in cash. There is no more
beautiful building in this country.
About the building the grounds for two
th(msand feet in each direction w^re
graded, laid off in grand boulevards,
sewers and water pipes laid, the streets
and sidewalks made and over one
hundred thousand dollars spent in
landscaping and improvements making
the grandest private residence park in
the West. Here the ofiScers of the
Lewis Publishing Company are building
their beautiful homes. Houses costing
trom $30,000 to $120,000 having
already been built in this beautiful
spot. Grand trees, pure water, with
a great spring supplying the water for
drinking, while water for bathing and
other purposes, clear as crystal, has
been piped in from twenty miles away.
A perfect sewer system, electric lights,
with every part of the City of St. Louis
in easy and quick access over five lines
of street cars starting from the corner
of the grounds. The great World's
Fair but six minutes easy walk from
our building. Telegiaph and telephone
systems and our own post-office, with
uniformed carriers, a bank with
safety deposit vaults; in fact, with
every possible convenience this building
and its surrounding grounds forms the
garden spot of St. Louis.
Here under the personal direction of
Colonel Bazzacott, an Army officer of
twenty years' experience in camp life,*
and head of one of the largest Army
c intracting firms in the world, has
been erected "Camp Lewis, "(a view
of which by the courtesy of the Lewis
Publishing Co., is reproduced for
Lewisiana readers on pages 10 and 11.
The two white X marks show the en-
trance to the Fair grounds. The tall
building to the left of "Camp Lewis"
is the great office building of the Lewis
Publishing Company. Ed.) The
camp is under the strictest military
management. Day and night each
street of tents is patrolled by guards,
and Colonel Buzzacott himself is in
personal charge.
This office building of the Lewis
Publishing Co. (E. G. Lewis. Pres.
and M. G. Lewis. 2d Vice Pres.)is 135
feet in height ty 85 feet in diameter,
built of cut stone and steel, and is con-
sidered the finest building in this
country outside of the Congressional
Library. The interior decorations
alone cost over one hundred thousand
dollars. The great pressrooms, the
largest in the world, are 275 feet long
and 100 feet wide and contain one of
the finest printing establishments in
the world, having been built for cash
at a cost of over half a million dollars.
Two million complete copies of The
Woman's Magazine in its oresent size
can be printed, bound and mailed here
in eight days of eight hours. From
the front of the officja building to the
end of the pressrooms is 500 feet,
nearly one-eighth of a mile. In less
than five years, starting with nothing,
we have built up the largest publica-
tions in the world, yet the subscription
price of each paper is only 10 cents.
(Full details concerning "Camp
Lewis" and How to Make a Trip to it
are given in the little booklet of the
Lewis Publishing Co., from which the
above extracts are taken. Ed.)
Loyal Lewis Legion.
By Frank P. Lewis, Spittle, Wash.
One of the important ma:ters of
THE LEWIS LETTER,
business to come before tiie first trieu-
nial session of the Supreme Council of
the Supreme Cci-tle of L. L. L., in St.
Louis, will be the proposition to in-
corporate the Legion. Tlie writer is
of opinion that it will be both desirable
and expedient to incorporate and thus
give the society- a legal standing ; a
standing which will tend to ensure its
stability and enlarge its inSuence
All persons of the Lewis Clan and all
persons related to them by affinity or
consanguinity are invited to investi-
gate the tenets and membership of the
Lewis Society, and if found worthy
of support, apply for charter member-
ship before the first triennial conclave
in St. Louis. The Legion de-ires to
establish, at the earliest possible time,
a free university scholarship to be
awarded to some worthy boy or girl of
the blood.
Lewises Who Have Lately Obtained
Patents.
By Theo. G. Lewis, Bu^alo, X. Y.
Edward R. Lewis, Springfield, Mass.
Device for aiding combustion in
boiler furnaces.
Charles E. Lewis, East Pittsburgh,
Penn. Hydraulic valve.
Henry J. Lewis, Minneapolis, Minn.
Cigar box filler.
Joseph Lewis, Sault Ste. Marie, Can-
ada. Safety appliance for mining
hoists.
Melvin J. Lewis, Ypsilansi, Mich.
Exiension laider.
j terested in the following ac -ount of
I Madog taken from the Hisrory of
I Powj-s Fadog.
Madog d 1331 and was buried on
the feast of St. Matthias, in the norch
aisle of Gresford Church. He is rep-
resented recumbent in armour, with
the lion rampant on his shield, and
this inscription, "Hie jacet Madog ab
Llywelyn ab Gruff add." This tomb
is now placed in ihe south wall of the
church. He had by his wife An-
gharad dau. of 5 sons and 5 daus.
The sons were 1. Jeuan, 2. David
Llwj^d, 3. Howel, 4 lorwerth Goch,
5. David Fychan and the daus. were
1. Erddylad or Erminallt, 2. Gwen-
hwyfar, 3. Augharad, 4. Lleucu, 5.
Margaret.
"Rhys Sais" must now take its place
j with "the three brothers," the "Jean
Lewis" and other exploded traditions
I of Lewis origin. In succeeding issues
i Lewisiana will give some extracts
from the History of Powys Fadog
showing 12 or more generations of
ancestors of Lewises in Wales first
having the surname Lewis.
The Rhys Sais Fiction.
Several realers o: Lewisiani wrire
that notwithstanding Mr. George
Harlan Le wis's complete expo.-ure (v
p 82 Vol. XIVj of tlie fallacy of this
claim for Lewis ancestry they shall
cherish a hope of its accuracy un:il
the list of tlie ch. of Malo^ ab
Llyweljm appears. Such will be in-
English Records.
By Geo. Harlan Lewis, X. Y. City.
Robert Lewis of Mare, Y'orkshire.
had son John Lewis, who was recorder
of Lancaster, whose son Richard Lewis
m Jane Brinslej^ and was father of Sir
John Lewis, who made his will June
21, 1670 and who^-e sister Lsabella m
Nathaniel Newdigate, v last issue.
This record should interest members
of Book Vni as their ancestor may
have been of this line, both time and
place (Newport, R. L) being right.
English Records.
From Salisbur3''s Fam. Hist, and Gen.
Na hauiel Newdigate (v last issue)
had a son
L Lewis buried July 2b, 1057, St.
LtEWISIAINA.
Leonard's, East Cheap. Loudon.
Nathaniel's widow ni (2) John
Johnson. Narhaniel himself was
buried Sept. 14, 1(U>8, St. Olave s
Parish, London Bridge. His will,
dated Sept. 8, 1668, reads, "I Nathan-
iel Newdiga'e als NeA-gate of Loudon,
Merchan:; my loaing Wife, Isabella
Newgate, my full and sole Executrix,
■ — my Brother, Sir Jolm Lewis of
Ledston, in the Countie of yorke.
Edward Rumball, of the Savo}',
Haberdasher, and Edmund \yhite oi
London, Merchant, to be Overseers.
"Personal Estate to le divided in^o
three equal parts a-id one part thereof
unto said Wife, ano.her "to my lou-
iiig Sonne Nathaniel Newgate" (v
next issue) and out of the other third
part "I giue and bequeath to my
Mother Anne Newgate £20., to my
Aunt; Anne Newgate £10., to my
Brother Simon Line and his Wife
£43., and to each of his ch. now lining
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan E. Lewis,
Plainfield, N. J.
Ja-iies R. Lewis, Seattle, Wash.
John C. Lewis, Louisville Ky.
Mrs. Florence S. Lnwis Babbitt,
Ypsilanti, Mich.
Leonidas L. Lewis, El Verona, Calif.
Mrs. S. A Maxwell, Bronxville, N. Y.
Aubrey C. Lewis,
West Kingston, R. i:
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS.
Explanations, Abbreviations, Etc.
For convenience the records of the
various Lewis families are divided
in o Books and each Book into chap-
ters. At the head of each Book ap-
pears the name of the earliest known
ancestor of that family. The List
of Books is a complete index to the
Books as published to this time.
New Books will be addsd from time
£10., a pie^e, unto Edward Jackson, 1/^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^®^ branches of tlie Lewis
familv are found. As soon as Books
of New England, my Brother in Lawe,
£10., to my Brother Peter Oliver
£10. , to my said Brother Sir John
Lewis and to the said Edward Rum-
ball, and Anne (Lewis) his Wife £10.,
a piece, to Edmund White £10., and
to my Brother Henrie Haines and his
Wife, Elizabeth (Lewis) £10., apiece.
"Item — I giue all my Lands, Tene-
ments and hereditaments in New
England to my sonne Nathaniel New-
gate (V next issue) and the heires
(males) of his Bodie
Charter Members Of L. L. L.
are proved parts of others they will be
merged into the Books to which they
belong. Each name is numbered when
first printed and whenever the name
is rei)eated this number follows in
brackets. The abbreviations com-
monly used in genealogical work are
u.sed: as b. for born; d. died; m.
married; m. (1) first wife; dau.
daughter; unm. not married; v, p.
see page; etc.
Hints For Contributors.
Col. S. C. Lewis, Franklin, Penn.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Way land Lewis,
Ashaway, R. 1.
Marcus W. Lewis, Duluth, Minn.
Mrs. Julia Lewis Shay,
No. Seattle, Wash, i .such people as you think may be able
John G. Lewis, New Haven, Coim. [to complete the record but get it your-
Iii writing matter for the printer
use only one side of the sheet, note
paper preferred. * In giving dates,
give year, mouth and day whenever
known. Write all middle names in
full. Give names and addresses of
THE LEWIS UEXTTER.
self if possible and spare the editor.
Old newspaper files, tomb stones,
family Bibles and records, official
records of the town, school and
church, burial certifica*:es, county aud
probate records, old deeds and letters
are some of the more important sources
of information. Don't forget, how-
ever, the stores of information which
the old people can give — Get them in-
terested and then "pump them dry."
Most important of all, don't get dis-
couraged-yourself. How can you in-
terest others, if you j'ourself are not
alive w^ith enthusiasm?
book II.
BENJAMIN LEWIS, Stratford, Conn.
Chapter CCXI.
By W. C. Sharpe, Seymour, Conn.
Harry Lewis (343 v p 67 Vol. V) b
Aug. 24, 1798, in the northern part of
the town of Huntington, after^vard
the town of Monroe, remained in the
old homestead until his death, May
U, 1864. He m Jany 13, 1822,
Amanda Sherman, dau of Joseph
Sherman of Newton, Gfc. He was one
of the leading members of the Metho-
dist Churcb at East Village and was
liberal in its support. 11 ch b.
3100. I. Mariette. b June 29, 1823.
3101. IL Edwin, b Mar. 25, 1825, d
Nov. 27, 1832.
3102. HI. Delia, b Jany o, 1827.
3103. IV. Eliza Jane, b Aug. 15, 1828.
3104. V. Juila M. , b Aug. 1, 1830.
3105. VI. George, b (twin) Aug. 1,
1830, d Jany 5, 1847.
3106. VII. John E., b May 8, 1832.
3107. VIII. Edwin N. , b Nov. 23,
1833.
3108. IX. Laura L., b Feb. 15, 1885. j
3109. X. Elizabeth A., b Sept. 22,1837.
3099. XI. Vinie Amanda, b June 18,
1842, V last issue.
(To be continued). j
Book V.
RICHARD LEWIS, Wales to R. L
Chapter XI.
By Henry H Lewis, Carthage. N. Y.
Record of ch. of Nicholas P. (48)
and Lovina (Grems) Lewis.
Susan E {G8) d Feb. 29, 1S90, m
Jany 1, 1886, William R. Hamblin.
Harriet L. (70) m Aug. 30, 1874,
Charles Willis Hall; res. Canton, N. Y.
Elmer Simeon (77) d Nov. 30, 1897.
m June 4, 1884, Lucelia Lillian Smith.
2 ch. b.
79. I. Melvin, b July 2, 1888.
80. II. Grace Lovina, b Nov. io, 1889.
Lulu May (78) m Mar. 6, 1888,
Alvaro E. Smith; res. Canton, N. Y.
1 ch. b.
81. I. Leah Lovina, b Mar. 8, 1890.
Book VII.
JOSHUA LEWIS, Wales to Conn.
Chapter XIX.
From Report of U. S. Com. of Educa-
tion.
The gymnastic revival of 1860 may
be said to date from the meeting of
the American Institute of Instruction
at Boston in August of that year at
which meeting Diocletian Lewis (17
V p 179 Vol. VIII) commonly called
Dr. Dio Lewis, took a prominent part
in the discussion as to the expediency
of making "calisthenics and gymnas-
tics a part of school teaching." This
revival was not a thing apart, but grew
out of the crusade for popularizing
physiology and hygiene, if, indeed, it
be n»t better described as a phase or
continuation of that crusade.
It was wholly natural that Dio
Lewis should tienre in both move-
ments. He was by narure an enthu-
siast, a radical, and a free lance. He
was bom and bred at a time when ad-
vocacy of the doctrines of temperance,
antislavery, phrenology, homtropathy,
physiology, aud of educational reform
UEVVISIAIVA.
savored more or less of nltra-libera-
lism, or even of "free thiiikiug."
(To be continued).
Book VIll.
JOHN LEWIS, Westerly, R. I.
Chapter CDLV.
From Biog. Rec. of Windham co.,
Conn.
Arnold Lewis (2046 v p 180 Vol. V)
m Oct. 10, 1822. Of his ch. Gardiner
(2313 V p 7 Vol. VI) was thrown from
a horse and killed when a boy ; John
(2317) was in the nursery business at
Dighton, Mass., where he d. ; Mary
Abbie, b Nov. 28, 1888, m Elijah
Kenyon of Kenyonville, R. I., where
he was long a wealthy manufacturer
and where his sons are conducting the
extensive business he founded ; Henry
Byron (2321) supt. of repair shops of
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., Providence,
R. L: Eliza P. (2316) m Joseph R
Frye. son of John and Alice (Nichols)
Fry, whose sister, Caroline, b Oct.
15, 1829, West Greenwich, R. L, m
Joseph Allen Lewis (2314 v 162 VoL
XIV) of Willimantic, Cc, where she
still resides.
3550. IX. Mary Eliza, b Jany 13. 1S54.
3551. X. Nathan, b July 24, 1855, d
Aug. 8, 1855.
3553 XL Franklin Poole, b Aug. 17,
1856, d May 26, 1881.
3553. XII. Henry, b Oct. 6, 1860.
Chapter CDLVII.
From the Morgan Family.
Abigail Lewis (3535 v p 166 Vol.
XIV) m Jauy 19, 1800, Capt. Eneas
Morgan, b Dec. 24, 1776, Groton, Ct.,
son of Dea Shapley and Freelove
(Hurlburt) Moragn; no ch.
Chapter CDLVI.
From Yarmouth, N. S., Herald.
Nathan (3527 v p 166 Vol. XIV) d
Oct. 7, 1895, m Feb. 15, 1838, Mary
Elizabeth, dau. Capt. James Baker.
12 ch. b.
3442. I. James, b Nov. 29, 1838.
3543. II. Nancy, b Nov. 8, 1840, d
Aug. 11, 1842.
3544. III. Charles, b June 7, 1842, d
Apr. 1, 1862.
3545. IV. Annie, b Jany 12, 1844.
3546. V. Benjamin, b Nov. 28, 1845,
dSept. 24, 1846.
3547. VI. Benjamin, b Apr. 2, 1848.
3548. Vn. Josiah B., b Feb. 10, 1850.
3549. VIII. Harriet Alice, b Nov. 8,
1851, d Mar. 9, 1852.
Chapter CDL^ail.
By Eliza Maria Haynes, Bridgeport, Ct.
In a Bible once owned by Deborah
Lewis (2726 v p 68 Vol. VII) now in
the possession of her gt gr. ch. John
Lewis Haynes of Pawling, N. Y., the
birth of Sylvester Lewis (101) is given
as Dec. 4, 1725, and that of his wife
Sarah Reynolds as 'Mar. 31, 1730. The
da^es of birth of their 10 ch. are as
given on p 68 Vol. VII
Deborah (2726) d Apr 26, 1842, m
probably 1732 or 83 in R. L, Caleb
Haynes, Jr., b Jany 30, 1761, d Feb.
6, 1841, of R. I. and New Groton (now
New London), Conn. 10 ch. 9 sons
and a dau.
(To be continued).
Book XII.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Farmington, Ct.
Chapter CCCLXXV.
From St. Thomas, Canada, Journal.
Miss Ella Lewis (1854 v p 120 VoL
XIII) librarian of Aylmer Public Li-
brary is certainly to be congratulated
upon the tidy and up-to-date appear-
ance of the reading rooms and library.
The rooms are clean, airs% well venti-
lated, light and cosey. It is certainly
an inviting place for any of our
townspeople to si)end a protitable
evening. Newcomers to our hand-
II
■n-IE LEWIS LEXTTER.
I
some town should lo^e no time iu be-
comiug meuiL'ers. Abou" 5,000 vol-
umes are to be found here and all kep'
in good condition, to which are added
a number of latest books every two
months .... Aylmer is proud of her
library and the way it is conducted.
Chapter CCCLXXYI.
By Harry W. Lewis, Erie, Penn.
James Blaine Miller (1S68 v p 134
Vol. XIII) has been transferred from
the U. S. Geodic and Coast Survey
Steamer Gedney, on the Pacific coase,
to the Blake, at Baltimore, Md. The
Blake and Baohe have been thoroughly
overhauled and refitted throughout
with the latest instrumencs known to
science. They are on a five mo iths'
cruise beUveen Washingcon, D. C,
and Porto Rico and other islands of
the West Indies, taking scientific
observations for the purpose of de-
termining the variation and declina-
tion of the magnetic needle in the
mariner's compass. One of the im-
portant benefits of these obserA^ations
will be to determine the s:reng:h of
auxiliary magnets to be placad on
shipboard to counteract the effects of
the earth's magnetism and also the
great effect upon the magnet of mas-
ses of metal on the ships. No such
observations have been mads by any
nation in the past fifty years.
Miller's ability as a mathematician
is probably why he was detailed as one
of the offi3ers on this expedition.
When last heard from they were on
the west coast of Porto Rico taking ob-
servations from both land ani sea, us-
ing movable to^vers on the island.
Chapter CCCLXXVII.
From the Blake Family.
Perhaps most persons now are not
aware, that, one hundred years ago, it
was the fashion here in New England
to furnish gloves and fans to the
mourners at funerals, the expense to
come out of the estate o: the deceased
....In my examination of some old
papers I found the original bill against
Mr. Blake's estate, which is dated one
day after his deccia^^e. As acuriosicy,
I copy it entire.
The Estate of Mr. Jame^ Blake Dec'd ».
Bought of Ezekiel Le\vi:s ( 12) *
Boston, Oct.
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Book XIII.
JOHN LEWIS, New London, Conn.
Chapter LXXXEV.
By George Harlan Lewis, N. Y. City.
George Lewis (469 v p 152 Vol.
XIV) d 1868 ae. 69, m Mehitable Way
who d 1848. He res Marlow, N. H.,
and served the town several years as
selectman. He was a farmer and
wool dealer. 3 ch. b Marlow, N. H.
486. I. Charlotte, m her cousin, Dud-
ley H. Lewis (473).
487. II. Christopher, b 1825.
488. III. Mehitable.
Book XIX.
JOBN LEWIS, Wales to Va.
Chapter LIII.
From Wood's Hist. Albemarle co. , Va.
William Terrell Lewis (8 v p 42
Vol. Xni) kept a tavern on the Staun-
ton Road, about three miles west of
Charlottesville, called at first Terrell's
and subsequently Lewis's Ordinary.
He m Sarah Martin and had 11 ch.
UEWISIArVA.
All the family emigrated to N. C. aud
later he himself went to Nashville
where he d in 1802. Three of his sons
Micajah (26) Joel (28) and James (29)
were in the battle of King's Moun-
tain and Micajah (26) was killed at
Guilford O. H. A gt. gt. gr. dau.,
Mrs. Patty L. Collins has in these la-st
days been in the Dead Letter Office,
Washington, D. C, where she is held
in high repute for her marvellous skill
is deciphering bad chirography.
David (12 v p 62 Vol. IV) was a
man of great enterprise nnd ability.
He owned numerous parcels of land in
the Meachom's Depot Section and car-
ried on a brisk mercantile business in
that vicinity. He also removed to N.
C. just before the Revolution-
Book XXIV.
GEORGE LEWIS, England to Mass.
Cliapter CCCXVIII.
By Marcus W. Lewis, Duluth, Minn.
Richard (2059 v last issue) and Jane
Porter (Hatch) Lewis had o ch. b Cin-
cinnati, O.
2160. I. Harry Richard, b June 23,
1854, a lawyer, m Nov. 6, 1879,
Frances Adams.
2161. IL Laura Porter, b Sept. 13,
1857, m Oct. 31, 1894, Joseph K.
Mason, D. D., a Universalist
clergj-man, now (1903) res Chi-
cago, 111. no ch.
2129. III. Robert Fulton, b Nov. 9,
1880, a physician and surgeon,
educated at Cincinnati, O., and
Berlin, Germany; m Sept. 15,
1891, Miy Lewis (2138 v p 171
Vol. XIV).
2162. IV. Marion Snelling, b June
20, 1862; d Apr. 8, 1889, m June
4, 1884. Marion Bryce, a glass
manufacturer of Pittsburgh, Pa.
2163. V. Jenny Lucretia, b Sept. 2,
1865, m Dec. 27, 1888, Adam
Reid, a mercliant of Norwich,
Ct., no ch.
Cliapter CCCXIX.
From the Spooner Memorial.^
Albert Lewis (922 v p 24 Vol. VI) a
merchant of Cincinnati; in war of
1861-65 was Commissary, of r24th
Regt. O. V. I. and for a time was
j Division Commissary, having the rank
of Captain. He held the office of In-
spector of Internal Revenue, 1st Dist.
of Ohio, 1864-66; m (1) Mar. 17.1829,
Serena Ann Rose, dau. of Lu'-her and
Elizabe'h (Richardson) Rose; m (2)
Hannah Hunt; m (3) 1868, Lucinda
McMillen; 4 ch. b 3 by m (1) and 1 b
m (2).
2164. I. Elizabeth, b Nov. 24, 1831.
2165. II. Serena Ann.
2166. IIL Luther Rose.
2167. IV. Albert Henry, volunteer
in 5th Regt. O. V. I. ; lieutenant
in 124th Regt. O. V. L, soon re-
signed; afterAvards was Master's
Mate, Gunboat service.
(To be continued).
Chapter CCCXX.
From the Bartow Genealogy.
Rev. Wm. Henry Lewis, D. D.
(721 V p 23 Vol. XI) m 1827 Emeline
Julia Bartow, b Jany 17, 1S09, dau.
of Robert Stevenson and Susan rDun-
can) Bartow. 10 ch. b.
1346. I. Emma Bartow, b June 14,
1829, V r 136 Vol. IX.
2168. II. Harriet Jones, b Jujie 6,
1831, d Oct. 29, 1835.
2169. III. Lydia Hooper, b Jany 17,
1834.
1830. IV. Rev. John Vaughn, b Feb.
17, 1836, V p 71 Vol. Xin.
2170. V. Mary Susan, bDec. 19, 1837,
d Aug. 28, 1839.
2171. VI. Amelia, b Oct. 1, 1839.
1831. VII. Rev. Wm. Kenry, b Aug.
4, 1842.
(CoDtinaed on page 13.)
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James Allen Lewis, Los Angeles, Cal.
James Alleu Le\yis (1657. XII v p
133 Vol. XIII) b Mar. 20, 1837, Har-
borcreek, Pa. , sou of Marcus (U)38 v
p 102 Vol. XII) was ^r. sou of Zuriel,
Sr. (123G V p 54 Vol. XII) a Revolu-
tionar\- soldier. His mother, Sarah
A.llen, was a desceudjut of Colouel
Ethiin Alleu of Revolntiouar\' fame.
In the wpr of 18Gl-()5 he servt d in the
76th Rej^t. Peun. Vols., Keystone
Zouaves. He was at Hilton Head and
Morris Island, S. C , as well as other
places on the coast of North and Sonrh
Carolina with General Butler in the
James River campaign in 1864. He
was also in many enga.ijemf^nts arouul
Petersburg, Va. Three of iiis brothers
were in the service and two gave tlieir
I lives for the cause. James A. Lewis
I resides at Prosj^ct Park. Los Angeles.
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Meriwether Lewis as Pre.siaeut Jetfersou's Secretary.
By courtesy of the Lewis and Clark Journal which states in its May issue
that "May 14 will be th« 100th anniversary of the start of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition on its long overland joaruey to the Pacific. On that day at 4.
o'clock the party consisting of 45 men left their winter quarters at the mouth
of the River du Bois ( Wooa River)iiot far from St. Louis, to be gone two years
and a half, during which time they were to suffer untold hardships, but win an
empire. This will tberc^'ore be a red letter day in the history of the Xrrrh-
west. The Journal celebrates it by publishing a little known portrait of Meri-
wether Lewis as he appeared in those early days at the age of 21. The
original, by Charles de St. Meniin, a French artist, is in the possession of Dr.
Charles W. Dabney, Presidf'Ut of the University of Tennesiee, Knoxville."
(For nistory of this portrait v. p i:}0. Vol. XIII. Ed )
2172. VIII. Edgar Bartow, b July 6,
1844. d Sept. 6, 18'o3.
1829. IX. Robert Bartow, b July 10,
1846.
2173. X. Augusta Rowland, b June
1848, d Aug. 1849.
(To be continued).
Chapter CCCXXI.
From the Winslow Memorial.
Capt. Winslow Lewis ;185 v p 135
Vol. IV) d July — , 1801, when about
ten days out from Barcelona on the
Spanish main bound for Martinico.
His family thought that he d from
disease, but it is supposed by others
that he was killed by pirates. He was
one of the representatives from Well-
fleet to a county congress held at
Barnstable, Nov. 16, 1774, "to con-
sider the condition of the country;"
selectman in 1777; one of five ap-
pointed as a committee of correspon-
dence and safety in 1778 and 1779;
representative to general court in .1780 ;
"a prominent citizen, and was highly
esteemed;" m Eastham, Mass., Sept.
12, 1765. Mary Knowles, b Oct. 20,
1746, Eastham, Mass., dJany 31, 1807,
Boston, Mass., dau. of Col. Willard
and Bethiah (Atwood) Knowles of
Eastham. Of his 13 ch. lib Wellfleet
and 2 Marlboro, Mass.
(To be continued.)
Book XXXllI.
EDMUND LEWIS, Lynn, Mass.
Chapter CLXIV.
By Caroline H. Lewis, Westfield, Mass.
Ch. of Edmund (260) and Rebecca
(187 Lewis) Lewis, v last issue.
468. I. Edmund, b July 10, 1817, d
Apr. 17, 1882, unm.
469. II. Rebecca, b Dec. 2(;, 1818, d
Oct. 1, 1842, m Jesse 3 Punchard
470. III. Nathaniel, b June 28, 1821,
d Sept. 21, 1821.
471. IV. Edith Hanson, b Aug. 18,
1822, m George Whippen.
472. V. Olive Saunders, b Mar. 8,
1825, d Aug. 12, 1854, m Jesse S.
Punchard.
473. VI. Hannih Famura, b Aug. 13.
1828, d June 17, 1856 unm.
474. VII. Elizabeth Clarinda, b Oct.
13, 1830, d Feb 15., 1899, m
Ephraim G. Ricker.
475. VIII. Hepsehelih Maria, b June
1, 1833, m June 3, 1869, Chas. H.
C:irlin who d 1893.
476. IX Lucy Abbie, b May 1, 1837,
m Edward A. Dickenson, who d
Oct. — , 1889.
Chapter CLXV.
By Edward S Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
John (464 v last issue) m 1751 Mary
Gifford. He d 1773 in London; ch.
b N. Y. City.
477. I. William, b 1752.
478. II. Samuel, b Sept. 29, 1754, d
Sept. 30, 1822, m 1778, Elizabeth
Godfrey. 12 ch. b.
479. I. Samuel J. W., b 1779.
480." II. Maryana, b 1782.
III. Frederick, b 1784.
IV. Sarah, b 1786.
V. Henry, b 1788.
VI. Elizabeth, b 1790.
VIL James, b 1792.
VIII. Edw. Simmons,
IX. George, b 1798.
X. Harriet, b 1800.
XL Charles, b 1803.
Xn. William, b 1807.
481.
482.
483.
484.
485.
486.
487.
488.
489.
490.
b 1794.
Book XXXV.
ROBERT LEWIS, Wales to Virginia.
Chapter CCXXVHI.
"Where Rolls the Oregon."
From Resolutions of the Virginia
Legislature.
Whereas, It is proposed to hold in
the State of Oregon a National Ex-
position to celebrate the approaching
100th anniversary of the discovery
14
LEWISIAIVA.
and explorer ion of the great countrA'
now formiug the uorthwesc portion of
the U. S., and,
Whereas, That notable feat was
accomplished in exercise of the high-
est qualities of courage, perseverance
and intelligence of Meriwether Lewis
and William Clark, two famous sons
of Virginia, under auspices of tha^
other great Virginian, Thomas Jeffer-
son, then President of the U. S. ; and,
Whereas, It is fitting tliat Virginia
should in some way manifest her in-
terest in this commemoration of
achievements of her illustrious sons ;
now, therefore, be it
Resolved, etc., etc.
Chapter CCXXIX.
From Larned's Hist, of U. S.
American claims to that region
(Oregon country) were founded on
the fact that, while Spanish an1
English voyages had skirted the coast
in earlier times, an American ship was
the first (in 1792) to enter the CoLam-
bia; that the first exploration of the
country from the mountains to the
sea was made by Lewis and Clarke
(no "e" Ed.) in 1804-05; and that the
trading settlement of Astoria was
founded by John Jacob Astor's fur
company in 1811.
Book XL.
FRANCIS LEWIS, Wales to X. Y.
Chapter LXIII.
From Sanderson's Biog. of the Signers. }
Francis Lewis (1 v p 156 Vol. XCV)
in his employment in secret services,
and particularly in his purchases of
clothing for the army, in the importa-
tion of arms and ammunition, and in
contracting for provisions, displayed
the peculiar qualifications which
might be expected from his commercial
abilities. As a member of the com-
mittee of claims, instituted for the
purpose of putting the account.-; of the
continent in a i:)roper train of liquida-
tion and settlement, his professional
knovv ledge was equally valuable and
correct. From the same cau.^e, he vva>
an efficient member in 1775 of the
committee on the Albany treay wi^h
the s'x nations of Indians, appo.nted
to maure a plan for re-openlug the
trade with those Indians at Albany
and Sch nectady, and to devise ways
and means for procuring goods proper
for thac trade On Dec 11, 1775 he
was appointed one of a committee to
devise some mode of furnishing the
colonies with la naval armament,
and was a valuable member of the
committee of commerce. On Sept.
20, 1776, he was delegated, together
with Mr Sherman and Mr. Gerry, to
repair to headquarters near Ne^v York,
10 inquire into the state of the army
and to devise the best means of supply-
ing its wanrs. Bun ic is impossible
to enumerate the varied and valuable
duties performed by Mr. Lewis, dur-
ing the period of his service in con-
gress. On Deo 7, 1779, not long
after his retirement from that body,
he was appointed a commissioner for
the Board of Admiralty, which office
he accepted.
(To be continued).
Book XLII.
JOSEPH LEWIS, Swansea, Mass.
Chapter LIV.
From the Balch Genealogy.
Sumner W. (58 y p 59 Vol. IX)
served throughout the Civil War in
8th Vt. Inf. and rose from the ranks
to a lieutenancy. His son
Frank Balch (71) m Sept. 27, 1S8S,
Lizzie E. Dudley, b Concord, Vt.,
Apr. 30, 186G, dau. of Clarence H.
and Lucy O. (Burroughs) Dudley.
THE LCSWiS LETTER,
IS
Book XL!!!.
SAMUEL LEWIS, Somerset co , N. J.
Chapter L.
From Hisr. of Saiig:\mon co. IlL
Levi D. (30 v p 185 Vol. IX) b Aug.
26, 1801, near Morriscowu, N. J., m
there Aug. 13, 1823, Eliza Sutton, b
there Feb. 4, 1804; 6 ch. b Morris-
to^m, 1 d ae. 5 years; family moved to
Springfield IlL, iu Nov. 1835 where
2 ch. b. He was connected with his
brothers, Joseph (27) and Thomas (33)
in the boo: and shoe business for sev-
eral years. In 1849 he went to Calif.
and d there Feb. 24, 1830; she res.
with her dau., Mrs. Coon, in Spring-
field, 111. ch.
261. L William C.B.,b Sept. n, 1824
170. IL Sarah, b July 30, 1826.
262. III. MaryE., b Sept. 19, 1834.
171. IV. James S., b Feb. 10, 1837
173. V. Jolm Bergen, b Nov. 15,1843
Book XLIV
WILLIAM LEWIS, Roxbury, Mass.
Chapter XCIX.
By George Harlan Lewis, N. Y. City.
Alvan Richardson Lewis (745 v p
174 Vol. XIV') m Leominster, Mass.,
Oct. 31, 1881, Laura H. Wood, b
Westminster, Apr. 4, 1858, dau. of
Dea. Timothy D.vight and Emeline
(Clark) Wood. He was formerly Supt.
of Schools, Hopkinton, Mass., and is
now Supt. of Schools, Provincecown,
Mass. 1 ch. b.
749. I. Alvan Richardson, Jr., b June
17, 1889.
Hattie Celia Lewis (746) m
Leominster, Aug. 28, 1880, George
Wesley Spaulding, b July 23, 1856,
Keene, N. H. , son of James Franklin
and Elizabeth X Dudley) Spaulding of
Fitchburg, Mass., where they res. 1
ch. b.
750. I. Irene Maud, b Feb. 27, 1890.
In my article on Welsh Names (v p
134 Vol. XIV) should have been stated
that Lewis is the anglicised form of
the Welsh name Llovehm which
was the name of tlie last Welsh Prince
and a name as popular in Wales as
Washington in this councry.
Book LIU.
ELLIS LEWIS, Wales to Penn.
Chapter XLV.
By Alfred E. Levis, Milford, Penn.
My gr. father was Major Eli Lewis
(2 V p 155 Vol. VII) of the Pa. Militia,
Oct. 1, 1777. My father was Eli
Lewis (5) of York, Pa., whose career
is too long even to sketch here My
uncle was Ellis Lewis (7) Atcomey
General of Pa under Gov. Wolf, Judge
of Lycoming co Dist. and Lanc-iscer
CO Dist. and lastly of the Supreme
Court in 1854, closing his judicial life
as Chief Justice. Of myself (20 v p
141 Vol. V) enough to say that I
served with the "Penn. Reserves"
under Generals Meade, Reynolds and
McCall being on the .staff of the last
before Richmond in the Seven Days'
Campaign our Division being in the
Fifth Army Corps under Gen. Fitz
John Porter. I entered the service
in May 1861 as Captain of Battery E,
1st Pa. Art. and left it after Gettys-
burg in 1863 as Colonel.
Some years ago the sons of David
Lewis (76 v p 56 Vol VIII) put out a
genealogy of their immediate family
(Who can send Lewisiana a copy?)
reciting the positions held by their
own claa; the elder David (75) be-
ing Sec'y of the "Green Tree" In-
surance Co. , his son William P. (77)
an Episcopal clergyman, another Ed-
mund D. (78) a landscape painter, and
young David (76) Sec'y in 1892 of our
Society of "Sons of the Revolution"
(not the S. A. R. as printed p 115
Vol. IX). This was printed in the
Philadelphia Press and the Coat of
Arms of our branch given as "Or,
Lion Rampant in Azure."
16
L,EWISIATVA-
E5ook LIV.
EVAN LEWIS, Wales to Penn.
Chapter XXXVI.
By E. J. Lewis, Torrington, Wyo.
My ancestral line is : —
Samuel (24 v p 27 Vol. VI) d 1810,
Brownsville, Pa. ; a stone mason and
farmer; m 2 mo. 7, 1759, Catherine
Richards. His son
John (110) b 9 mo. 9, 1772, Fairfax
CO., Va. , d 9 mo. 24, 1851, Knox co ,
O., m 11 mo. 6, 1799, at Redstone.
Pa,, Hannah Roberts. He was a
tanner, carpenter and farmer; a m m
of strong characl;er and an iron w^ill;
an intense Abolitionist. His son
Jeha (111) b 2 mo. 17, 1802, Red-
stone, Pa. , d 10 mo 28, 1854, Knox
CO. , O. ; a farmer and nurseryman ; an
active Abolitionist; m Hannah
Foulke. His son
William F. (112) b 8 mo. 19, 1836,
m 3 mo. 31, 1861, Ruth Townsend; a
farmer, school teacher and Friends'
Minister. His son
Ellis Jehu (113) b 4 mo 2, 1869,
Marshall co. , Iowa, will send further
records soon; an attomey-at-law at
Torrington, Wyo.
Chapter XXXVII.
From the N. Y. Sun.
Charlton Thomas Lewis (3 v p 107
Vol. XIV) lawyer, lexicographer and
president of the New York Prison
Association, died at his home in Mor-
ristown, May 26, 1904, of meningitis.
Mr. Lewis graduated from Yale in
the famous class of '53. He was a
brother-in-law of Wayne MacVeagh,
who was a member of the same class.
At Yale he took high rank and won
several mathematical prizes. In 1861
he held the chair of mathema':ics, and
later of Greek, ia the Troy Univer-
sity, a Methodist College that ceased
to exist in 1862. He originally had
intended to be a Methodist minister.
Afterward lie entered the law office of
his father, and in 1864 he came to
this city, where he engaged in the
practice of law as the partner of Sam-
uel S. (Sunset) Cox. For many years
he was counsel for the Mutual Life
Insurance Co. He represented the
company in Germany and Austria in
the negotiations with the Governments
of those countries, and also repre-
sented the company before manj-
legislative committees.
For many years Mr. Lewis was
deeply interested in the question of
the treatment of criminals and for
nearly twenty years he was president
of the New York Prison Association.
He had written much on the subject
and had delivered many addresses ac
prison congresses in this country and
in Europe.
He was one of the revisers of Har-
pers' Latin Lexicon, which was con-
temporaneously published by the
Clarendon Press at Oxford. He was
the author of a history of Germany,
and had edited many classical works.
He was the author of "Love Letters
of Prince Bismarck," and the editor of
Harpers' ''Book of Facts."
Mr. Lewis was a director of the
Beaver and Wall Street Corporation,
Century Realty Co., Erie Canal Elec-
tric Traction Co. , International Bell
Telephone Co. , N. Y. and N. J. Ice
Lines, U. S. Mortgage and Trust Co.
and Virginia Copjoer Co. He was
counsel and direczor of the National
Mining and Exploring Co. and a
trustee of the No. American Trust Co.
Mr. Lewis was a member of the
Century-, Authors, Law, Yale, Greek
and Barnard Clubs; of the Pennsyl-
vania Society, the N. Y. Historical
Society and the American Mathemati-
cal Society. He was also a member
of the Chamber of Commerce, the
Metroix)litan Museum of Art, and of
THE LEWIS LETTER.
17
two London clubs — St. Stephen's luid
the Cobden.
Book LIX.
WILLIAM LEWIS, New Jersey.
Chapter XXXIV.
By John A. Lewis, Grand Chain, III.
Evan Lewis, (108 v p 108 Vol. X)
setted in Egmont twp. Chester co.,
Penn. and later moved to Cain twp.
He m Ann David. Of his ch.
181. I. Jeha,, b 1723, d 1804; both
he and wife are buried in the Friends-
Graveyard, Goose Creek, Bedford, Va.
Chapler XXXV.
By F. D. Lewis, Boulder, Colo.
.J elm (181) m Alice Maris of Phila-
delphia; moved to London CO., Va.,
near Fairfax, Va., early in 18th
century. 9 ch. b.
182. I. Jessie.
183. II. James.
184. m. Elijah.
185. IV. Joel, b 1755.
183. V. Evan.
187. VL Jesse.
188. VII. George.
189. VIII. Hannah.
190. IX. Ann.
Chapter XXXVI.
By Hannah A. Plummer, Glencoe, 111.
Joel (185) moved from Lynchburg,
Va., about 1812 to Highland co.,
Ohio. His dau. was my mother.
Chapter XXXVII.
By Esther B. Lewis, Richmond, Ind.
Evan (186) b 1760, d 1823, m Sarah
Tennyson, who d 1818, ae. 56. His
mother Alice Maris, b 1726, d 1820, ae
93. He had 5 ch. b.
191. I. Amos.
192. n. Je.sse b 8 mo. 24, 1803.
193. III. Abner.
194. IV. Nathan.
195. V. Enoch.
Book LX.
THOMAS LEWIS, Digliton, Mass.
Cliapter XXXIII.
From the Winslow Memorial.
Sylvester (21 v p 93 Vol. VII) a
mason, res. Digliton. Mass., and Provi-
dence, R I., where hem (1) July 8,
1833, Elizabeth Winslow, b Jany 25,
1817, d June 6, 1859, Providence, dau.
of Henry Bowers a^'id Elizabeth
(French) Winslow. Of the ch.
Elizabeth (128) b Sept. 3, 1834, d
Sept. 14. 1836, Providence, R. 1.
Sylvester (129) b Oct. 16, 1836, d
Oc^. 18, 1836, Providence, R. I.
Henry Bowers (130) b Nov. 10,
1837, m Providence, R I., by Dr.
Walcott, July 2, 1859, Marv' S. Davis,
b Dec. 14, 1836, Liverpool, Eng., dau.
of Francis and Rise (Kerrigan) Davis;
a hook binder; in 1878 foreman of the
Meth. Book Concern of N. Y. City.
6 ch. b 2 Providence, R. I., and rest
Brooklyn, N. Y.
213. I. Francis Henry, b May 15, 1S60.
214. II. Chas. Sylvester, b June 8,
1862.
309. in. Samuel Cornell, b Nov. 30,
1864 d Dec. 2, 1865.
310. IV. Waldo Stockton, b Dec. 29,
1837.
311. V. Harry Winslow, b Oct. 15,
1871.
216. VI. Ida Elizabeth,b Apr. 29,1874.
Book LXXVI.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Rhode Island.
Chapter XIX.
From the Chesebrough Family.
Record of ch. of Henry (3) and
i Molly (Chesebrough) Lewis continued
i from last issue.
Il'2. in. Henry, b July 18, ISll, d
Oct. 15, 1S36, in 25th year at Stoning-
ton, Ct.
17. IV. Benjamin F., bDec. 13, 1814,
V p 59 Vol. VII for record. Of his
j ch. Matilda Jane (78) m Feb. 3, 1864,
18
uewisiArsA,
Stephen A. Morgan; Julia A. (79) m i -20. III. Maria L., bSt-pt. lo, 1^51 v. last
(1) Charles Williams, m (2) John issue.
I
Edgecomb; John W. (82^ m Ida Fox;
Benj. F., Jr., (S3) m Oct. 23, 1873,
Phebe E. Brewster; George W. (85)
m. Sept. 17, 1892, Catherine Lahey;
Henry E. (86) m June 25, 1889, Funny
E. Brown.
Book CXI.
JOSEPH LEWIS, Monmouth, Wales.
Chapter V'lII.
From the Sharpless Faoiily.
Mary Ann Gertrude Lewis (7) d
Philadelphia, 11 mo. 13, 1873, dan.
of Dr. Elisha J. (6 v p 159 Vol XIII)
and Mary Faris (Fassitt) Lewis of
Philadelphia where she m 4 mo. 7,
*864, Wm. Henry Pancoast, A. M.,
M. D., b Philadelphia 10 mo. 13, 1834,
son of Joseph and Rebecca (Abbott)
Pancoast, a celebrated surgeon of
Philadelphia who m (2) Xew York
City, 5 mo. 15, 1878, Charlotte Ma-
tilda Robb, b Xew Orleans, 8 mo. 26,
1850, dan. of James and Louisa (Wer-
ninger) Robb of New Orleans. 6 ch.
b 4 m (1) and 2 m (2).
8. I. Joseph Lewis, b 8 mo 2., 1866,
d 9 mo. 29, 1881.
9. II. Gertrude Laurie, b 4 mo. 2,
1868.
10. III. Mary Faris b 1 mo. 23, 1870.
11. IV. Wm. Howard, b 10 mo. 24,
1873.
V. Laura Mildred, d infancy.
VI. Mary Louise,b7 mo. 16, 1880,
d 4 mo. 18, 1881.
uly IS. 1S5'
Book CXIV.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Conn, to Vt.
Chapter XII.
From the Burr Family.
Ch. of Wm. Enos (13 v p 174 Vol.
XIV) and Ruby W. (Hazen) Lewis.
29. I. Lucy A., b Feb. 19, 1847, m
Nov. 3, 1870, Joseph F. Foote.
30. II. William H.,b Jany 25, 1849.
:. 26, 18:
14, 1862,
I 31. IV. Katie D.
Aug. 17, 1858.
32. V. Charles F., b Au<
33. VI. Mary D. , b Aug.
Aug. 23, 1865.
Edward M. (26) v p 191 Vol. XIV;
b Sept. 6, 1818, m Dec. 7, 1843, Lois
J. Tildeo, b Mar. 6, 1824; merchant
and passenger and express agent for
Conn. & Pass. R. R. at Norwich, Vr.
0 ch. b.
34. I. Lyman L., b Nov. 20, 1844, m
Apr. 19, 1869, Clara Tracy Worth.
35. 11. George E., b Aug. 10, 1846.
m Mar. 8. 1875, Anna H. Dudley.
36. IIL RansonT., b Aug. 7, 1848,
m Dec. 25, 1873, Mattie A. Howard.
37. IV. Frank S. , b Oct. 27, 1852, d
Mar. 1, 1854.
38. V. Louise M., b Feb. 16, 1S57.
Book CXV.
JOHN LEWIS, Wales to Conn.
Chapter VIII.
From Who's Wlio in America.
Edwin Seelye Lewis (24) professor
of Romance language Princeton since
1898: b Amherst, Mass., July 23, 1868,
son of Edwin Rufus (14 v p 159 Vol.
XIV) and Harriet (Goodell) Lewis;
educated College de Geueve, Switzer-
land, 1878-83, graduate Wabash Col-
lege 1888, Ph. D., John Hopkins, 1892;
m Baltimore, Md., Nov. 29, 1893,
Jessie Sommerville Norris; Fellow
1890-91, assistant 1891-92 RorLian?e
Languages John Hopkins, instructor
1892-94, assist. professor 1^94-98
Romance languages Princeton; mem-
ber of Phi Beta Kappa John Hopkins,
Beta Theta Pi, Modern Lang. Asso. of
America; res. at Princeton, N. J.:
editor of Michael Strogotf (1>^93) and
La Tulipe Noire (1900) Henry Holt &
Co. Publishers; author of The Dialect
of Guernst'y (1893) priva^dy printed,
THE LEWIS LETTER.
19
also articles aud rovitnvs on philology
literature ami travel.
Record Of Life.
Book CXVIII.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Athol, Mass.
Chapter VI.
By George Harlan Lewis, N. Y. City.
Further land records concerning
William Lewis ( 2) Jr. of Athol.
Lib. 153, fol. 340. Rufus Famum,
Deaths.
In Crystal Lake, Ct., Apr. is. 1904,
Ira H. Lewis in his 92d year. He was
the head of 5 genera*: ions, leaving 4
ch., 19 gr. ch., 16 gt. gv ch. and 1 gt.
gt. gr. ch. (record later)
At Whitesboro, N. Y., May 7, 1904,
Morgan E. Lewis, ae. 83 years 10
months.
At Park Ave. Hotel, N. Y. City,
Jeweller, of Boston, to \Ym. Lewis of
Athol, yeo. for .$236.00 land in Athol, j May 6, 1904, H. Moore Lewis of Hud-
part of two lots lately owned by Jacob j son, N. Y. , in his 50th year. He was
Hapgood, laid out to the right of j a son of the late Lucius T. Lewis, a
\0 I Tx-Pnltliv r<:>>sirlAn(- nf FTnrlsnTi ^lost Of
Thomas Hapgood, 63 acres, Jany 2
1803.
Vol. 169, fol. 581. Abraham Oaks
of Athol to Wm. Lewis of Athol,
§600. 00 land in easterly part of Athol
adjoining his land on river and Hen-
shaw's laud. March 7 1807.
Vol. 169, fol. 581. Samuel Morse
of Athol to Wm. Lewis of Athol,
1155.00 land in N. E. part of Athol
bounded by Wm. Morse Jr. , Shebna
Dyer, Benj. Blanchard and Ezekiel
Ellis, formerly land of Benj. Blanch-
ard, 31 acres. April 12, 1808.
Book CXIX
VINCENT LEWIS, 1709, Virginia.
Chapter IV.
By Sarah F. (Lewis) Thrasher, Owens-
boro, Kentucky.
Record of ch. of John (16 v p 111
VoL XIV).
Catherine L. (18) m Linton Hay-
wurd; 4 ch. b.
38. I. William, m Mary Duncan of
Nelson co;, Ky. 5 ch.
II. John, had 1 son who m Jen-
nie Haywood of Nelson co. , no ch.
III. Linron, had a dau. Georgia
Maxey of Owensboro, Ky., who
has 3 sous.
39. IV. Martlia.
wealthy resident of Hudson,
his life was spent in travel abroad.
In the last few years he had made a
special study of high explosives at the
universities of Paris and Goertingen.
37.
38.
Notes.
Delayed in transmission: — J. E.
Lewis commissioned Lt. in C S. Navy
'Junior Grade) .... Thompson L.
Lewis, ho.spiral steward, U. S. Army
seriously wounded in the Philippines,
April 11, 1904 C. E. Lewis, Supt.
of Borden's Condensed Milk Co. , a
director of 1st Nat'l Bank, Dundee,
111 J. A. Lewis, dealer in Harn-
ess, Saddlery, etc.. Grand Cliain, 111.
. . . .James P. Lewis of East Chicago,
a delegate to the annual convention
of the Amalgamated As.>^o. of Iron and
Steel Workers .... James T. Lewis
counsel for the N. Y. State Med. A.sso.
Prof. W. T.Lewis of Detroit,
Mich., has closed his school for stam-
merers in t?eattle, become a Benedict,
and will locate in St. Louis. . . .Mrs.
Belle Lewis of Sigourney. la., was
acquitted Feb. 25. of murdvr of her
hubsand and will receive his life in-
surance of $2,000. . . .Manager Henry
C. Lewis of the Southern Hotel, St.
Louis, will operate the liotel after May
20
LEWIS I ANA.
1st on the Ai-neric:m plan pxchisivoly
....The Ladies' Home Journal is
printing picrures of the prettiest
children in America. In May's list
is George 0. Lewis, Jr., of Albany,
#-♦
Clippings,
Albany, March 31 — Senator Lewis
has introduced a bill to turn the canal
over to the Federal government for
the building - of a ship canal, and
another to investigate the question of
electrical towing on the canals by the
canal advisory board.
(Merton E. Lewis, senior member
of Lewis & McKay Attorneys and
Counselors of Rochester, N. Y , sou of
Charles C. Lewis, b Nov. 25, 1825,
near Manasquan, N. J. , son of Uriah
and Elizabeth (Gifford) Lewis. LTriah
Lewis, b June 2, 1781, d Feb 8, 1865,
son of Major John and Phoeb
(Brewer) Lewis, Major John Lewis,
b May 3, 1759, d Nov. 9, 1817, son of
William and Abng.iil ( ) Lewis.
Who can help? Ed.)
Probably the oldest person in the re-
publican convention (Columbus, Ind )
Thursday was John M. Lewis, Sr.,
father of the chairman. Mr. Lewis, Sr. ,
was born on a raft floating down the
Ohio river with his parents, froai
Pittsburg to Madison, April 25, 1821,
so he soon will be 83 years of age.
Mr. Lewis is still hale and hearty and
can still do a day's work. He owns
1,100 acres of farm land near Crotliers-
ville which he farms. He also prac-
tices law.
still exist. I was in Fuuchal, the
capital city, recenth-, and the Englisli
are beginning to frequent the island
in largn numbers. There are no horses
on the island, an 1 the natives employ
no wheeled vehicles. All the moving
about is done on sleds drawn by bulls.
The runners are greased to make them
glide easily over the pebble highways.
Back of this city is a mountain, and
a cog railro:^d runs to its top. The
descent is made in sleds, a distance of
two miles to the city, and guides run
the entire distance, guiding the sleds
with ropes."
"The Island of Madeira is one of tli-
most interesting portions of the \
globe," said F. B. Lewis of Chicago. \
"Little has been said and less written I
about the primeval customs of tiie '
people and the quaint manners tha*".;
Queries
To the Reader: — If you are in-
terested in this work send in your
queries for this column and help
answer those of others. Don't hesi-
tate to send your answers however
meagre they may be. Your mite
may furnish the clew which has
long been sought for in vain. For
convenience of reference these que-
ries will be numbered. Always give
number in replying.
182. Of what Book is Joseph C.
Lewus, b Kent, N. Y., Mar. 9, 1774, d
Starkey, N. Y., Apr. 18, 1848. black-
smith and farmer of Bloomiugburgh
Genoa and Starkey, X. Y. He had
by wife Hannah Boyd 10 ch. b.
I. Addison B., b Sept. 8, 1798.
II. Harry P., b June 6, 1802.
III. Sally, b June 1, 1804.
IV. Merritt C, b June 23, 180G.
V. Susan M., b Mar. 23, 1809.
VI James M. ) ^ ,. ^^,j
VII. Thomas J. ( ^
VIII. Hiram M., b Nov. 10, 1815.
IX. Marinda, b July 16, 1818.
X. Hannah, b May 13, 1S23.
(Lewisiana has a fairly complete
record of the descendants of this
family. Ed).
LEWiSlAI^A
OR THE
-^LEWIS .-. LETTER.--
Vol. XV, No. 2.
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and keep him posted in regard to all their triaL^
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IIVDEX.
An Index of all the male Lewises mentioned
in Lewis Letter and Lewisiana has been pre-
pare-d in the form of a card catalogue whfr-h is
Kept complettxi to the date of the latest i.ssue.
Until some means is devised by which this can
be printed, the Editor will furnish these ref er^
ences for any Lewis desired by any reader who
vv-ill send stamps or stamped envelope for reply.
List of the Books of the Lewises,
Earliest Ancestors— When and Where.
Missing numbers are of Merged Books.
'XXXVI. John, 1634, Maiden. Mass
XXXVII. Eiisha, 1770-1828.
XXXIX. Jesse, 1774, Hopkinton, R. I.
XL. Francis, 1713, Wales to N. Y.
XLII. Joseph, 1675, Swansea, Mass.
XLIII. Samuel, a717.N. J.
XLIV. William, 1630, Roxburv, Mass.
XLV. John, 1732, Ireland to Va.
XLVr. Thomas, 1745, New London, Ct.
XLVIL Zachary, 1692, Wales to V^a.
XLVIII. Joseph, Wales to Chicago,
XLIX. Thomas L., Wales to Ohio.
L. William, Coed, Wales.
LI. John, Holland to Mass.
LII. William. 1637, Maryland.
LIII. Ellis, 1708, Wales to Penn.
LIV. Evan, 1683, Wales to Penn.
LV. Stephen, Llanfynyd, Wales.
LVI. John, 1694, Hopkinton, R. I.
LVII. Enoch, Cheat River, Penn.
LVIII. Beuajah, 1734, Providence,
LIX. William, 1682, New Jersey.
LX. Thomas, 1760, Dighton, Mass.
LXI. The Shipbuilder, Pittsburgh, Pa.
LXII. Marshall, Binghampton, N. Y.
LXIII. Philip, N. J. to Ohio.
Contents for August, 1904.
Lewis Day, Sept. 23, 1904 22
Loyal Lewis Legion 22
English Records 23
Lewis in Wales 23
Genealogical Records 24
Book II. Chapters 212 to 215 24
" yiL Chapter 20 25
" Vlll. Chapt-rs 459 to 463 25
'' XL Chapter 61 27
*' XIL Chapters 378 to 382 27
'' XIII. Chapter 85 29
'' XXIV Ch^ipters 322 and 323. 30
'' XXXIIL Chapter 166 30
'♦ XXXV. Chapters 230 and 231 30
" XLII. Chapter 55 31
" XLIII Chapter 51 31
" XLIV. Chapter 100 31
'* XLV. Chapters 100 and 101 3 2
" LIIL Chapter 46 32
" LIV Chapter 38 33
'' LIX Chaxjter 38 33
" LXXVI Chapter 20 33
'* XCII Chripter 10 34
'' CXIV Chipter 13 34
'* CXVII. Chapter 10 3 4
" CXVIII. Chapter 7 34
" CXXI. Chapter 1 35
Rf cord of Life 35
No es 35
Clippings 36
22
UEVVISIAIVA.
Lewis Day, Sept. 23, 1904. '
By Executive Committee, Lewis Day.
All good people by the name of
Lewis are requested to joiu us in
making "Lewis Day" the greatest
family reunion that has ever taken
place. Every person who bears the
name of "Lewis" should feel a pride
in I he name which was descriljed by
Washington as "an ancient and honor-
able family of Lewis." Upon every
roll of honor, from the Declaration of
Independence to the recent war with
Spain, the name of Lewis bears an
honored place in the records of our
Nation. It should, tlierefore, be our
pleasure, as well as our duty, to do
our part towards stimulating pride in
the name, and, in so doing, encourage
those who come after us, lo show
their pride in the name by living
honorable lives. "Lewis Day" will
be one of the events of your life if
you will take part in this celebration.
Committees of Reception, Enter-
tairunent, etc., have been appointed,
and ever^'thing will be arranged for
your coLdfort while in St. Louis.
The Executive Committee recom-
mends Camp Lewis and feels under
many obligations to the Lewis Pub-
lishing Company for the generous
offer of half rates and for the good
service which will be rendered, in
looking after the comfort of our
visiting friends.
Tlie Executive Committee also
recommends that it will be advisable,
for all who can do so, to arrange to
arrive in St. Louis a day or two
before "Lewis Day," in order to be
comfortably settled and be able to at-
tend the meeting at 10 a. m. on Sep-
tember 23d, in the Lewis Building.
a meeting of the officers of the Su-
preme Castle of L. L. L. for Wednes-
day forenoon, Sept. 21, 1904. at ten
o'clock, in the R. I. State Building.
Already many Lewises are securing
tents in Lewis Group at "Camp
Le.vis" from Sept. 18th to Oct. 5th.
Among members of the Supreme Castle
who have done so are Frank P. Lewis,
Supreme Chancellor, Judge X. B.
Lewis, Supreme Herald, and Mrs.
Eugenia L. Babcock, Supreme Mar-
shall.
It is suggested that all Lewises be
presen' ed on arrival and wear a silk
badge of red, white and blue held by
a button, bearing the picture of Meri-
wether Lewis, in whose honor we
hold the celebration.
Lewis Camp is reported doing well
and to be an ideal place for "World's
Fair visitors.
Each State Society it is expected
will have a small silk Sag of our
! country and a banner with the name
I of the Stace upon it for use in Con-
' vention Hall and in Lewis Camp.
I Washington reports both secured and
i ready.
i It is certain that a large delegation
j will be present from each State.
Are you coming?
Charter Members Of L. L. L.
L. L. L. Notes
The Supreme Chancellor haa called
Rev, Wm. G. W. Lewis,
New York City.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Chester,
Westerly, R. I.
Wilbur S. Lewis, W. Seattle, Wa.sh.
Capt. Isaac N. Lewis, Ft. Casey, Wash.
Harr\- B. Lewis, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Howard T. Lewis, ^ . , t? t
. , . . r T Astiawav, R. I.
Abbie L. Lewis, \
Jolin A. Lewis, Detroit, Mich.
Arthur T. Lewis, Seattle, Wash.
Mrs. Fielding Lewis Williams,
Bristol. R. I.
THE LEWIS LETTER.
33
Harry W. Lewis,
Edward C. Lewis,
Huuter C. White.
Erie, Peiiu.
Seattle, Wash.
Providence, R. I.
English Records.
From Salisbury- 's Fam. Hist, and Gen.
Nathaniel Newgate, Jr.. (v last
issue) b 1663, m June 5, 1688, Sarah,
dau. of Simon Lynde. He received a
bequest of 5 acres of Marsh in his gr.
mother's, Anue Newgare, will (dared
Aug. 6, 1676, and witnessed by wife
of Gov. Richard Bellingham.) He
and wife are buried Newport, R. I.
Inscriptions on grave stones : —
"Here lieth interred the Body of
Nathaniel Newdigate Esq., late of
Warwick in this Colony, who was
bom in Great Britain, and died at
Warwick on the last day of January,
Auuo Domini 1746, in the 83d year
of his age. He was a noted and fa-
mous Attorney at Law in this Colony,
and acquitted himself in said Profes-
sion like an able Skilful and learned
Gentleman."
**Hic Jacet Sarali clarissima Uxor
Nathanielis ITewdigate Armigeri et
filia Simonis LjTide Nuper Boston,
Mercator. Obiit 13th die Julii Auuo
Domini 1727, Auuo Aestatis 55."
They had 3 ch. b.
I. Isabella bap. Feb. 8, 1692, m
Thomas Mumford and rem. to
Warwick.
n. Lewis, b Jany 31, 1697.
ni. John, b Dec. 1, J 700; both sons d
before their father.
Lewis in Wales.
From History of Powys Fadog.
I. Cynddelw, Lord of Llys Llivon
in Mon, Chief of One of the Noble
Tribes of Gwynedd, in the time of
Owain Gwynedd, Prince of North
Wales, who d 1169, He held his
estate in fee by attendance ar tlie
Prince's coronation, and bearing up
the riglit side of the ciuiopy over the
Prince's head when he was anointed
by the Bishop of Bangor. GtilC'i a
chevron inter three lions rampant ''>/-
IL Hwfa.
HI. Matlmsalem.
IV. Maredydd.
V. lorwerth.
VI. Gruffydd.
VII. lorwerth.
VIII. lorwertli Ddu.
IX. Howel.
X. Llywelyn.
XI. Howel.
XII. lorwerth.
XIII. Howel of Bodewryd Tref lor-
werth.
XIV. Lewys m Aunest, dau. of Wil-
liam Wood of Llangwyfan in
Anglesey; 5 sons and 5 daus.
XV. 1. Hugh Lew^-s of Llechylched,
certified his pedigree Nov. 5, 15SS.
2. Sir Edward.
3. Owen.
4. Richard,
5. Howel Lew^'s,
6. Janet m John ab William of
Tref Dolphyn.
7. Elin m Hugh ab Dafydd Mor-
gan of Towyn,
8. Jane m Owen ab Rliys Owen of
Pen Traeth.
9. Elizabeth,
10. Anne,
Our Book Table,
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Coat Armor, publislied by Fox,
Duffield & Co., N. Y. City, -<3.00
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We can best give our readers an idea
of tlie value of this work by a Lf wis
quotation or two
*' Robert Lewis (Wales), 163S. Vir-
ginia. Argent, a dragon's head and
neck, erased vert, lioldiug in the
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UE>VISIArVA.
moutli, a bloody hand, ppr. Crest — A
dragon's head and neck erased verr.
Motto — Omue solum forti imtria est."
'* Ellis Lewis, Kennett, Chester eo. ,
Peun., 1708. Or, a lion rampant
azure."
The Trail Makers, published by A.
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$1.00 net per vol. The Lewis and
Clark contains, besides a study of the
Louisiana Purchase, an explanation
and identification of the explorer's
route.
New Books will be added from time
I to time as new branches of the Lewis
family are found. As soon as Books
are proved parts of others they will be
merged into the Books to which they
belong. Each name is numbered when
first printed and when?ver the name
is relocated this number follows in
brackets. The abbreviations com-
monly used in genealogical work are
used: as b. for bom; d. died; m.
married; m. (1) first wife; dau.
daughter; uimi. not married; v. p.
see page; etc.
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and Exploration by Ripley Hitchcock,
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12 mo.[349 pages, lUus. 60 cents. This
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Putnam's Sons, New York and Lon-
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GENEALOGICAL RECORDS.
Book II.
BENJAMIN LEWIS. Stratford. Ct.
Chapter CCXII.
By W. C. Sharpe, SeN-niour, Conn.
Record of ch. of Harry (343) and
Amanda (Sherman) Lewis, v last
issue.
Mariette (3100) m David Pierce of
Roxbury, Ct.
Delia (3102) d Oxford, Ct., Dec. 14,
1895; m Charles L. Curtis.
Eliza Jane (3103) m Amos Candee
of Easton, Ct.
Julia M. (3104) m David Booth of
Huntington, Ct.
John E. (3106) din Hartford, Ct.,
July 19, 1880.
Edwin N. (3107) res. Fairfield,
Conii.
Laura L, (3108) m Benjamin Curtis
of Newtown, Ct.
Elizabeth A. (3109) m Agur Beards-
ley of Stepney, Ct.
Explanations, Abbreviations, Etc,
For convenience the records of the
various Lewis families are divided
into Books and each Book into chap-
ters. At the head of each Book ap-
pears the name of the earliest known
ancestor of that family. Tlie List
of Books is a complete index to the
Books ari published to this time, t
Chapter CCXIH.
From the Candee Genealogy'.
Eliza Jane (3103 v p o Vol. XV) m
Apr. 4, ISoT, Amos Candee. b June 8,
1834, Sourhford, Sourlibury, Cr., son
of Amos and Lydia (Piatt) Candee; a
farmer Easton, Ct. 0 ch. b.
3110. L John PL, b Apr. 4, 18o8, a
farmer.
THE LEWIS UEl^ER,
25
3111. II. Arthur L., b Aug. 2, 1859,
a teacher.
3112. Ill, Nellie L., b Apr. 27, 1861,
a teacher.
3113. IV. Flora A., b Sept. 27, 1862.
3114. V. diaries W., b June 15, 1864.
3115. VI. George A., b May 15, 1866.
Chapter CCXIV.
From the Hubbell Family.
Julia M. (3104 V p 5 Vol. XV) m
Oct. 16, 1850, David Lewis Boo^h of
Huntington, Gt , son of Orville and
Jennette (Tomlinson) Booth, ch. b.
3116. I. Edwin A., b.
3117. II. Gertrude, b.
Chapter CCXV.
From the Beach-Sauford Genealogy.
Laura (3108) m Benjamin Curtis,
ch.
3118. L Hobart H., bNov 18, 1859,
Newtown, Ct., m there Oct. 1, 1895,
Ruth Amelia Nichols, b Newtown,
Ct., Aug. 17, 1865, dau. of Philo and
Sarah Esther (Glover) Nichols. 1 ch.
b Newtown, Ct.
1. Marion Nichols, b May 14,
1897.
quick and apt in taking adviintage of
the growing interest in g\-nmastics.
He was unconventional, sympathetic,
plausible, oracular and self-sufficient;
and the time was ripe for a gym-
nasiarch of that sort. The doctrines
and methods of the Lewis gymnastics,
which were novelties and seemed
original to most of his followers and
imitators, spread rapidly over the
whole country, and, if we may credit
certain eulogists of the system, even
into "Europe, Asia, and Africa."
His skill in securing the aid and
backing of educationists and nota-
bilities contributei naturally toward
making Dio Lewis the most conspicu-
ous luminary, for a rime, in the
American gymnastical firmament, but
failed to make him a fixed star.
(To be continued.)
Book VII.
JOSHUA LEWIS, Wales to Conn.
Chapter XX.
From Report of U. S. Com. of Educa-
tion.
Before his first public appearance in
Boston, when he may be said to have
stormed the key to the situation by his
capture of the American Institute of
Instruction, Dio Lewis ( 17 v last
issue) had traveled extensively for
some years in the Southern and West-
em States as a week-day lecturer on
physiology and hygiene, and as a
Sunday orator on temperance. He
liad given some attention to physical
education, withal; and, being well i
ver.sed in the arts of the platform, was |
Book VIII.
JOHN LEWIS, Westerly, R. L
Chapter CDLIX.
From Yarmouth, N. S., Herald.
James (3442 v last issue) m July 18,
1873, Caroline Augusta Doane, dau.
of Capt, Benjamin Doane of Barring-
ton. 5 ch. b.
3554. I. LeRoy Thompson, b Jany 8,
1875.
3555. 11. Alice Cecelia, b Aug. 3,1877.
3556. III. Florence Harrington, b Feb.
12, 1880.
355 7. IV. Mary Eliza, b Jany 25,
1883.
3558, V. Howard Doane, b Aug. 7,
1889,
Benjamin (354 7) m June 3, 1870
Annie Ma.'Connell, dau. of George,
1st. 5 ch. b.
3559. I. Herbert C, b Jany 30, 1872,
m 1895, Bertha Beals. 2 ch. b
3564. L Wiimifred, b May 26,
1896.
3565. II. Et^lmundM., b June 26,
1898.
2<3
UEWISIAIVA.
3o()0. 11. Nellie M.,b May 3, 1S75.
3561. III. Frank P., b July 17, 1885.
3562. IV. Lizzie M, b May 27, 1887.
3563. V. G. Murray, b Sept. 2, 1888.
(To be coutiuued. )
Chapter CDLX.
From the Kidder Family.
James Ivers Lewis (3378 v p 132
Vol. XIII) m Dec. 17, 1868, Susan
Smith Kidder, b Nov. 19, 1843 ( v p
189 Vol. X for death. Ed.) dau. of
Edward and Ann (Potter) Kidder;
res. New London, Conn. 2 ch. b,
3566. I. Chas. Augustus, b Feb. 22,
1871.
8567. II. Annette Arden, b Oct. 6,
1880.
Chapter CDLXL
By Eliza Maria Haynes, Bridgeport,
Ct.
Record of ch. of Caleb, Jr., and
Deborah (2726 Lewis) Haynes of New
London, Ct.
3568. I. Andrew, b Apr. 25, 1785, d
Feb. 3, 1857, m (1) Phoebe Howard
who d 1834, m (2) Esther Dibble
Allen. 13 ch. b 10 by m (1) and 3 by
m(2).
I. Maria, b Jany 2, 1811, d in
Feb. 1875, m Jesse Jemiings. 2
ch. b 1. Phoebe, 2. Daniel.
II. Richard, b Mar. 2, 1812, d in
July 1889, m Sophia Jennings,
who d Mar. 1, 1899. 4 ch b. 1.
Caroline, m G. Allen, 2. Phoebe,
m H. B. Wanzer, 3. Sarah, m H.
Burbeck, 4. John Lewis, m
Estelle Mabey.
IIL Sarah, b Feb. 1, 1814, m
Clinton Augevine; no ch.
IV. William, b Apr. 22, 1816, d
1892, m (1) Jane Clinton, 10 ch.
m (1).
V. Deborah, b Feb 10, 1818, d
Jany 30, 1844, m Horatio Brill; 3
ch.
VI. Amy, b Nov. 16, is 11), d in
Feb. 1881, m Stephen Hawley;
no ch.
VII. Belden, b Mar. 16, 1822, d
Nov. 11, 1843, unm.
VIIL Mary, b Oct. 14, 1823, d
Jany 2, 1900, m Charles Meder;
4 ch.
IX Garrison b Oct. 26, 1825, m
(1) Mary Melissa Clark who d-
May 11, 1895; m (2) June 17,
1896, Eliza Maria Frazer v later.
X. Jane, b June 15, 1829, d Feb
22, 1898,m(l) Allison Duncan,
m (2) Harrison Wood. 3 ch. 1 m
(1) and 2 m (2).
XI. Deborah, b Jany 1, 1843. m
Otto Hanschild, Meriden. Ct. 2 ch.
XII. Belden (twin) b Jany 1,
1843, res. in Mich
XIII. Laura, b June 7, 1844, m
bro. of Belden's wife and res.
Mich.
Chapter CDLXII.
Here and Tliere in the Family.
Myron S. Lewis (1713) with the
El Paso Ice and Coal Co. of Colorado
Springs, Colo., has joined the Loyal
Lewis Legion.
Mary Lewis, dau. of Horace G.
(3240 V p 52 Vol. XIII) at the gradua-
tion exercises, June 22d, at the
Westerly High School had an essay on
Arminius with the salutatory*'. There
wavS but one credit difference between
the valedictorian and the saluratorian
who received .$20 and $15 in gold
respe^^tively for high stand. A year
ago at the graduation exercises at the
Guilford, Ct., Institute and High
School her cousin, Florence Beebe,
read one of the be.st, if not tlie best
essay of her class. Her subject was
The Story of the Pacific.
Mrs. Geo. H. Babcock of Plainlield,
N. J., Supreme Marshall of L. L. L.,
sailed June 22nd on the steamer Hellig
THE UEWIS LETTER,
27
Olav for Dcumark, Swedeu, Norwa}-,
Scotland and Eiig:laiid.
Stephen B. Lewis (2781) M. D., of
Evausville, Ind., ^vas clioseu ar the
recent annual election Grand Vice
Regent of the Royal Arcanum for the
State of Indiana.
Chapter CDLXIII.
From the Bliss Family.
Christopher D. Lewis (777 v p 7
Vol. VI) farmer, res. Caton, N. Y.,
m (2) Oct. 30, 1834. Juliana Murphy,
b June 19, 1810, dau. of Edsvard and
Barbara Phillips (Ward) Murphy. 4
ch. b.
3569. I. Julius M., b Newport, R. I.,
Aug. 30, 1835, m Mar. 17, 1858, Mary
Cooper; a farmer at Randalia, Iowa.
3570. II. Christopher E., b Newport,
R. I., Feb. 28. 1838. m Jany 16, 1862,
Jane O. Tburber; a farmer at Ca^on,
N. Y.
3571. III. Julia E., b Westerly, R. I.,
July 23, 1841, m Apr. 17, 1862, May-
nard W. Wolcott of Caton, N. Y.
3572. IV. Harriet L., b Caton, N. Y,,
Sept. 10, 1844, m Jany 5, 1875, George
Chumard of Caton, N. Y.
Book XI.
GEORGE LEWIS, Hopbinton, R. I.
Chapter LXL
Here and There in the Family.
The 5th annual Lewis and Coru'.ng
Reunion was held at Green Lake,
Mich., Thursday, June 23, 1904.
Among those taking part in the ex-
erci.ses were Glenn, Guy and Mj-rtle
Lewis in Music and Guy and Alden
Lewis in Recitations.
Mrs. Florence S. Babbitt, a member
of L, L. L., was elected June 16, at
the 21st annual convention, W. R. C,
Dept. of Mich, at Battle Creek. De-
partment President.
At a Conventiou at Lansing, Midi.,
June 2d, of the Pioneer Stare Society
four of tlie eight sons of Eleazer (20;
were represented: — Stanion (244 )by a
gr. dau. Mrs.- Florence Babbitt of
Y'psilanti, William (03) by a dau. Mrs.
Marv- M. Lewis Hoyt of Kalamazoo,
Hiram (249) by a dau. Mrs. George B.
Davis of Kalamazoo, and George (250)
by a dau. Mrs. Marion Gear of De-
troit. Quite a remarkable coincidence.
Book XIL
WILLIAM LEWIS, Farmington, Ct.
Chapter CCCLXXVIII.
By Sarali Lewis Worth ington, High-
land, Washington.
My gr. father Ezekiel (673 v p 134
Vol. V) lived for many years at
Geneva, N. Y. His ch. were
2057. I. Thomas had 2 ch.
2058. II. Eli Todd.
3059. III. Frederic had sons
2062. I. Edward.
2063. II. Hazen.
2060. IV. Sarah, unm.
2061. V. Martha m a Smith; a son
2064. I. Lewis.
It is nearly fifty years since I have
seen any of the family and I should
like to learn the address of any
descendant of the above.
Chapter CCCLXXIX.
From the Kelloggs.
Eli Todd Lewis (2058) a book-
binder, d Jany 3, 1843, m Batavia, N.
Y., Mar. 21, 1839, Caudace Amelia
Kellogg, b Batavia, N. Y., Aug. 14,
1818, dau. of Simeon and Phebe
(Kingsley) Kellogg; she m (2) Litch-
field, Mich., July 15, 1847, Gideon
Stoddard, a farmer of Litchfield.
3 cli. b 2 by m (1) and 1 by m (2).
2065. I. Estlier Mar>',b May 18, 1841.
2066. II. Sarah, b Apr. 16, 1843, m
Smith Worthiugton; 9 ch. b res.
Pleasiuit Prairie, Wis.
28
LrEVVlSIAIVA.
III. Willis Jesse, b Feb. la, 1854
Chapter CCCLXXX.
From Hist, of Saugamou co. , 111.
Joliu R. Lewis (1564 v p 41 Vol.
XII) studied medicine at New Haven,
CL, came West in 1831-32 and es-
tablished liimself in practice at
Carlinville, lU. ; m Nov. 16, 1835,
Farmington, Ct., Mrs. Rnth (Cramp-
ton) Stanley- who d Aug. 28, 1839,
at Carlinville, 111. He removed to
Chatham, 111., and m (2) Aug. 25,
1844, Fort Madison, Iowa, Sarah M.
Thompson of Monson, Mass. He as-
sisted in organizing the 1st Presbyte-
rian Churcli in Carlioville and was
one of the ruling Elders as long as he
lived there; was elec::ed to the same
office in the church at Chatham and
continued to discharge its duties to the
end of his life. He d Aug. 5, 1858,
in Chatham, 111., where in 187G his
widow and two sons reside.
To be continued-
Chapter CCCLXXXI.
By Harry W. Le'.vis, Erie, Penn.
Record of ch. of Zuriel (1G36) and
Rebecca (Austin) Lewis continued
from p 1G8 Vol. XIV.
1524. VIII. William H.. b Dec. 23,
1841, Girard, Penn. ; was a tin smith
and sheet metal worker at Erie, Pa. ;
traveled in the West as far as Yank-
ton, So. Da. ; res. at St. Thomas,
Canada, Erie, Pa., and removed in
1866 to Berlin, N. Y., where he car-
ried on business in Stoves. Tin and
Sheet Iron Ware and General Hard-
ware uuder the name, Potter & Lewis,
which became in 1883, Wm. IL Lewis,
and is now Lewis & Soils. He m
Feb. 14, 18G5, Theodosia B. Adams,
b Sept. 17, 1846, dau. of Isaac B. and
Eliza A. (Garlor) Adams of Janes-
ville, Mich. 4 ch. b B<^;rlin, N. Y.
1527. I. Ifhi Rebecca, b Aug. 27, 1867,
m Mar. 4, 1886, Berlin, N. Y.
Frank Jared Greene, (b July 2 (J,
1864, Berlin, N. Y., son of Wil-
liam P. and Carrie E. Lamphier)
Greene, a prosperous farmer of
Center Berlin and a member of
the Seventh Day Baptist Church
of Berlin, N. Y. states the Greene
Fam. Ed. ) 3 cli. b.
2067. I. Wm. RoUin, b July 3,
1888.
2068. IL Frank J., Jr., b May
14, 1890.
2069. Hi. Carlton Lewis, b Apr.
23, 1893.
1528. II. RoUin Frank, b Oct. 25,
1872,; junior partner of Lewis &
Sons of Berlin, N. Y., v p 181
Vol. XI; 2 ch. b 1st Jersey City,
N. J., 2d Berlin, N. Y.
1531. I. Winnie Irene, b Sept. 21,
1893.
2070. II. Norma Theo., b Nov.
28, 1895.
1529. in. William Elton, b Mar. 10,
1877, m Jany 20, 1898 1
ch. b.
2071. I. Helen Mary, b June 19,
1902.
1530. IV. Charles Henrj', b Jany 13,
1879, m in Aug. 1899 .
1525. IX. Frank Gifford, b :NLar. 10,
1844, Girard, Pena. In Aug. 1862,
enlisted in Co. D, 145th Regt. Pa.
Vols, and was killed in first battle of
Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862.
Of his company nine were never re-
covered from in front of the enemj-'s
works nor heard of.
1526. X. RoUin Crittenden, b Mar.
25, 1878, Harbor Creek, Pa., was a
natural genius and an expert pattern
maker; a graduate of a Medical Col-
lege and practiced medicine at Cleve-
land ami Cincinnati, O. ; by his own
industry' and perseverance educatetl
himself; beciime interested in patents
of his own invention; removed to
THE LEWIS LETTER.
2Q
Stamford, Cr., where his inventious
were put to practical use; represented
and managed the firm's exhibit of type
writers, automobiles and otlier useful
articles at Paris Exposition, 1900; m
(1) Apr. "^5, 1878, Cleveland, O., Ida
A., b Oct. 18, 1852, Chicoi:)ee, Mass.,
dau. of Wm. Jackson Rhodes of Welsh
birth, foreman of L. S. & M. S. R. R.
Machine Shops at Cleveland. He m
(2) in 1900 at Paris, France, an Amer-
ican lady and res. Stamford, Conn.
1 ch. b m (1) who res. with her
mother and gr. father Rhodes at
Cleveland, O.
2072. I. Lottie Wingold, b Feb. 21,
1881; is unm. and a book-keeper.
Chapter CCCLXXXII.
A Ketchum, Ida., Clipping.
Isaac Ives Lewis (1203 v p 151 Vol.
IX) one of the early settlers of
Ketchum d June 12, 1903, at the resi-
dence of his dau. in Pasadena, Calif.
He was a man of rugged, sterling
character, full of enterprise and push.
Of good habits, he set a good example
in the community where he chanced
to reside.
He was a native of Conn , but when
a small lad came West to 111. and
later went to Minn., where in the
family lot at Watertown he was
interred. In 1872 he located in Mon-
tana and came to Wood River in 1880.
He was one of the earliest settlers in
Ketchum, and did more than any
other one man in establishing and
upbuilding the town. He engaged in
mining, and owned the Elkliorn and
other properties in various parts of
this mining region. He made a great
deal of money here and put the most
of it back in the shaixi of investments.
He leaves a wife, a dau Mrs. Gates
of Pasadena, Calif., and 8 sons;
Horace C. (1208) of Ketchum, Ida,
George J. (1209) of Seattle, Wash.
(Both are charter members of L. L. L.
Ed), and Claucey M. (1211) of Macao,
China.
Clancy M. (1211) S. B. (Mass. Inst.
Tech.) College Treasurer of Canton
Christian College at Macao, China, m
May 13, 1902, at St. John's, Hong
Kong, Aurelia Venette Palmer, dau.
of Edwin Burdette and Katie Lillian
( ) Palmer of Highland Park, 111
Tlie bride a pretty and highly edu-
cated Chicago girl made the entire
trip from Chicago to Hong Kong alone
and was married within a few hours
after her arrival. A son b Macao,
China.
2073. I Palmer Gates, b Mar. 30.1904.
Book XIII.
JOHN LEWIS, New London, Conn.
Chapter LXXXV.
By Geo. Harlan Lewis, N. Y. City.
Gurden Lewis (-*70 v p 152 Vol.
XIV) m Apr. 6, 1826, Lucy Huntley
and settled on the old homestead,
caring for his parents until their
death and residing there until his
deith on May 29, 1883, or 4 ae. 79.
She d Oct. 14, 1892, ae. 85. 4 ch. b
Marlow, N. H.
489. I. Francis M., b Sept. 5, 1826.
490. II. Polly M., b Sept. 25, 1832,
d June 16, 1837.
491. III. Loins H., b May 28, 1S3.5.
492. IV. Sarah A., b June 15, 1840,
m Oct. 24, 1872, Andrew J.
Barney; res. Hillsboro Bridge, X.
H. ; no ch.
Oliver (471) when about 19 years
of age went to Taunton, Mass. , and
engaged in business and sjx'nt most of
Ills life there. He m Hannah. Hatha-
way; no ch. He d in Providence, R.
I. , several years ago.
Gilbert (472) was a successful
30
UEVVISIArVA.
teacher. He settled iu Uuity, N. H. ;
was a promiueut mau in towu and d
there; m and had 1 son.
493. I. Charles, res. Unity, N. H.
To be continued.
Book XXIV.
GEORGE LEWIS, England to Mass.
Cliapter CCCXXII.
By Marcns W. Lewis, Duluth, Minn.
Harry Richard (2160 v last issue)
and Frances (Adams) Lewis had 7 ch.
b Jamestown, N. Y.
2174. I. Frances Adams, b Aug. 18,
1880
2175. n. Richard, b Feb. 16, 1882.
2176. III. Cornelia Jane,b Dec. 30, 1883.
2177. IV. Charles Adams, b Apr. 24,
1885.
2178. V. Harry Richard, b Jany 22,
1887.
2179. VL Bryce, b Oct. 12, 1889.
2180. VIL JeniyReid, b July9, 1895.
Marion and Marion S. (2162 Lewis)
Bryce had 3 ch. b Pittsburgh, Pa.,
where all now (1903) res.
2181. I. Janet, b June 29, 1885.
2182. II. James, b Sept. 8, 1887.
2183. III. Richard Lewis, b Apr. 2,
1889.
\
Chapter CCCXXIII.
From the Winslow Memorial.
Winslow (678 v p 152 Vol. IV) m
(1) Boston, Mass., by Rev. John
Murray, m (2) 18i3, Boston, Mass.,
Martha Stinson (Phillips) Hurlburt,
b Oct. 24, 1806, dau. of James and
Mary (Tilden) Hurlburt. His son
Winslow (702 V p 184 Vol. IV) m
by Rev. Bethel Judd, an Episcopal
clergj'man at New London, Ct., Feb.
22, 1828, Emeline Richards, b Oct. 12,
1804, New London, Ct., (d Jany 5,
1859) dau of Benjamin and Marv-
(Coit) Richards of New London; he
contributed .$100 towards expense of
the publication of the Winslow
Memorial.
Book XXXIIL
EDMUND LEWIS, Lynn, Mass.
Chapter CLXVI.
B3- Edward S. Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
Edward Simmons (486 v last issue)
b Nov. 26, 1794, v p 167 Vol.* VIII for
record had 4 ch.b.
491. I. Susan Elizabeth, b 1816.
492. II. Lund Washington, b 1818.
493. III. Edw. Augustus, b 1820.
494. IV. Virginia, b 1822.
Edward Augustus (493) b Feb. 22,
1820 V p 167 Vol. VIII for record had
6 ch. b.
495. I. Walter F., b 1846.
496. II. Edw. Simmons, b 1S48.
497. in. Florence, b 1850.
498. IV. Eugene W., b 1855.
499. V. Grayson, b 1857,
500. VI. Bransford, b 1862.
Book XXXV.
ROBERT LEWIS, Wales ro Virginia.
Chapter CCXXX.
From the N. Y. Sun.
Several women prominent iu society
in Baltimore are interested in law
suits involving interests estimated at
several hundred millions of dollars,
which grew out of a ninty-nine-year
lease made by Joseph Ball of Virginia
a half-brother of Gen. George Wash-
ington's motlier.
Of these heiresses Mrs. Andrew
Reed is descended from Betty Wash-
ington Lewis and Mrs. H. Irvine
Keyser of 108 West Monument st., is
doubly a Washington, for her mother.
a Miss Lewis, who was descended
from Betty Washington Lewis, mar-
ried her cousin, who was a descendant
of John Augustine Washing con.
The principal estate involved is in
Philadelphia. This alone aggregates
many millions of dollars. Nexr in
imi^ortance is a similar claim upon
laud iu the city of Wa.shington. The
estates in Kentucky and Georgia are
THE UEVVIS LETTER,
not as valuable as these, but in area
they are much larger
Chapter UCXXXI.
From the Lewis aud Clark Journal.
May 14, the day ou which Lewis
and Clark began their march of ex-
ploration across the continent, has
been set apart as a permanent Lewis
and Clark Day in the public schools of
Nebraska. (Meriwether (64) Lewis
Ed.).
Book XLIL
JOSEPH LEWIS, Swansea Mass.
Chapter LV.
Elam Clark Lewis (293 v p 44 Vol.
XIV) b in Williamstown, Vt., Mar.
16, 1826; attended the district school,
Newbury Seminary and Black River
Academy; at the age of 23 commencad
the study of medicine but taking a
dislike to the thought of medical
practice engaged in the business of
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Glass,
etc. , which business he continued for
forty years retiring ten years ago; has
held responsible offices in both city
and county of Rutland, Vt., where he
removed in 1853; is a director of the
Rutland Co. National Bank and a
trustee of the Mar ble Savings Bank of
which he was president for thirteen
years; both of these positions he has
held for over twenty years.
Book XLIII.
SAMUEL LEWIS, Somerset co , N. J.
Chapter LI.
From Hist, of Sangamon co. 111.
Wm. C. B. (261 v last issue) went
as a musician in 111. Regt. to the
Mexican War; returned and d Oct. 6,
1847, Springfield, 111.
Sarah (170) m Springfield, 111.
Reuben Coon, b July 22, 1821, in N.
J., d Nov. 7, 1871 ; he was for several
years engaged in tlie leather trade and
the manufacture of boots and shoes;
8 ch. b Springfield, 111., (1 d \) wliere
widow and ch. res.
263. I. Levi L., b June 11, 1S49, m
Springfield, 111., Jauy 8, 1872,
Mar\' J. Tully, b Jauy 8, 1855,
Little Rock, Ark,
264. IL Ann Eliza, b July 27, 1851,
m Springfield, 111., Feb. 25, 1873,
Wm. H. Billiugtou, b Mar. 31,
1849, Shrewsbury, Eng., a R. R.
conductor; res. Springfield, 111.,
1 ch. b.
I. Lina May.
265. III. Franklin P., bMay 12, 1853.
266. IV. Charles.
267. V. Lina.
268. VI. Susan
Book XLIV
WILLIAM LEWIS, Roxbury, Mass
Chapter C.
By Geo. Harlan Lewis, N. Y. City.
Timothy Willard Le'^vis (551 v p 76
Vol. IX) m (1) int. Ang. 4, 1849
(Leicester Rec.) m Wilbraham, Mass.,
Aug. — , 1849, Abby B. Lawrence of
Wilbraham, b March — . 1825, d Feb.
17, 1852, Hopkinton, Ma^s., of
puerperal fever; m (2) Firchburg,
Mass., d Apr. 7, 1853, Mar^- Semple
Hamilton, b Jany 12, 1826. Dexter,
Me., Apr. 19, 1868, Clinton. Mass., of
blood consumption, dau. of Robert
and Mary (Semple) Hamilton of Dex-
ter, Me.; m (3) Oct. 17, 18^i8, New
Britain, Ct., Mrs, Anna Elizabeth
(Burritt) Hawks, b Mar. 23, 1829,
Milledgeville, Ga., dau of Elijah
Hinsdale and Ann Williams r Watson)
Burritt, A. M., of New Britain, Ct.
Hed«ept. 30, 1871, Sullivan Island,
S. C, of yellow fever. His widow
was a niece of Elihu Burritt, the
learned blacksmith, and m (3) a Mr.
Giddings and res. Passadeua, Calif.
2 ch. b 1 by m (1) aud 1 by m (2).
32
LEVVISIAIVA..
751. 1, Abby Eva, b Feby — , ISoZ,
Hopkintou, Mass., cl 1852, Worcester,
Mass.
752. II. Hamilton Willis, b Nov. 27,
1857, Waltham, Mass., d Feb. 9, 1898,
m Aug. 6, 1890, Louise Charlotte
White.
Book XLV.
JOHN LEWIS, Jrelaud to Virginia.
Chapter C.
By Ernest S. Lewis, M. D. , New
Orleans.
Judge Joshua (30 v p 188 Vol.
XIII) and America (Lawson) Lewis
had 10 ch. 5 b Ky. next 2 New Orleans.
420. I. John Lawson.
421. 11. Theodore,
422. III. Sidonia Pierce.
423. IV. Louisa.
424. V. Eliza.
419. VI. Algernon Sidney ) b Sept. 14,
425. VII. John Hamptlen ( 1810.
426. VIII. Geo. Washington.
427. IK. Benj. Franklin.
428. X.
b
Chapter CI.
From New Orleans Daily Picayune.
Sidney Francis Lewis (429) reap-
pointed State Engineer, son of Dr.
John Hampden Lewis and Annie E.
L. DeBritton, was born in New Or-
leans, Jany 28, 1854. He first at-
tended school at the opening of the
Civil War at Mrs. Vatinel's, a French
school still in existence on Esplanade
Avenue. At the age of 10 he entered
the higher class of the Public Gram-
mar School, on St. Philip Street, and
was graduated at the Boys' High
School in 1869 with distinction at the
age of 15.
In the fall of 1870 he matriculated
at the University of Virginia, one of
the youngest students who ever entered
the portals of this famous institution,
and in June, 1875, he was graduated
with the title degree of civil euigiieer,
having received diplomas in all the
studies of the prescribed course. Re-
turning to New Orleans during tlie
final troubles of the reconstruction
period, he j^racticed his cao?en pro-
fession under difficulties, but in 1877,
when the Democratic Part\- overthrew
the Carpet-Bag Government, and
General Francis T. NichoUs became
Governor of the State he was em-
plo3'ed in the office of the State
Engineer's Department.
Sidney F. Lewis, C. E., New Orleans.
In 1880, by resignation of the
Chief State Engineer, Major B, M.
Harrod, Mr. Lewis was promo red by
Governor L, A. Wiltz to the posi-
tion of State Engineer, which posi-
tion he has held ever since, having
been commissioned by ever^- Demo-
cratic Governor of the State of
Louisiana since 1880. By seniority
he is the oldest State engineer in the
service.
To be continued.
Book LIII.
ELLIS LEWIS, Wales to Penu.
Chapter XLVI.
Robert M. Lewis of Philadelphia,
THE UEWIS LETTER.
3d
owuer of Raceabout Holy Smoke has i
entered the yacht for tlie oceau race i
of the Brooklyn Clab for the Lipton
Cup.
Book LIV. I
EVAN LEWIS, Wales to Peiin. |
Chapter XXXVIII. !
Here and There in the Family.
Appreciative sketches of Charlton
Thomas Lewis (3 v last issue) are
noted in the Hartford, Ct., Courant
and the Yale Alumni Weekly.
Charlton M. Lewis (5 ) has a poem
The Highway in July Barper's.
Elizabeth Dike Lewis, a dau. of the
late Charlton T. Lewis, was married
to Clive Da}', professor of economics
in Yale University, at; the Lewis
residence in CoUis ave., Morristown,
N. J., on June 30, 1904, by the Rev.
Marvin R. Vincent, D. D. On ac-
count of the very recent death of Dr.
Lewis, the wedding was extremely
quiet. The bride was dressed in
white and was attended by her sister,
Margaret Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. Day
will reside in New Haven.
Madame Jemain died before the
testator.
The heirs to the estate number
about twenty. If the codicil is lield
to be valid, the testator will be con-
sidered to have died intestate, and
accordingly the estate will be divided
among the next of kin and heirs at
law. If the codicil is invalid, the four
children of Saunders Lewis are the
only beneficiaries, Dr. Morris J.
Lewis, John T. Lewis, Mrs. Bessie
L. Meade and Saunders Lewis, Jr.
Book LIX.
WILLIAM LEWIS, New Jersey.
Chapter XXXVIII.
Final argument was heard March
31, 1904, in Philadelphia, Pa., by
Joseph H. Klemmer, Register of Wills,
in the contest over the will and
codicil of Willing Francis Lewis who
d at Dieppe, France, and at the con-
clusion the Register reserved his
decision.
By the original will, Mr. Lewis left
his entire fortune, valued at ^200,000,
to his nncle, Saunders Lewis, of tliis
city with the exception of a bequest
of ^80,000 to his Parisian liousekeeper.
In the codicil executed in 1S93 the
entire estate was devised to Madame
Jemain. Both Saunders Lewis and
Book LXXVI.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Rhode Island.
Chapter XX.
From the Cliese borough Family.
Record of ch. of Henrv (8) and
Molly (Cheseborough) Lewis concluded
from last issue.
113. V. Betsey C, b Feb. 3, 1816, d
May 7, 1862, m Andrew Chesebrough,
b Sept. 15, 1810, S:onington, Ct., d
July 31, 1864, son of Zeijulou and
Hopestill (Fellows) Chesebrough; he
m (3) Dec. 30, 1863, Elizabeth Reed
of East Lyme, Ct., 7 ch. b 6m (1) and
1 m (3).
114. L Eliza A., d Sept. 33, 1839, in
her 3d mo.
115. II. Hannah Maria, d Mar. 29,
1878, m Beujamin F. Crandall.
116. III. Mary Jane, m (2d wife)
Benj. F. Crandall. 1 ch. b.
1. IdaM.
117. IV. John Fellows, b July 27,
1848, m Nov. 30, 18 71, Maria Stanton
Palmer, b Sept. 17, 1848, dau. of
Frederick and Lucy Ann (Burdick)
Palmer of Westerly, R. I. 2 ch. b
Stonington, Ct.
1. Lloyd Huntington b June 23,
1876.
2. Alma Beatrice, b Oct. 24, 1890.
118. V. George, d Aug. 1, 1876,aft. 25.
119. VI. Horace Franklin, m Mary E.
Gould.
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LEWISIAIVA.
VII. Hoix>still F., d Oct. 22, 1864, ae.
9 mouths.
Book XCIl.
ARCHELAUS LEWIS, Be^^Yick, Me.
Chapter X.
By Geo. W. Pierce, W. Baldwin, Me.
The records of the Cougregatioual
church of So. Bersvick, I am told,
contain baptism of Archelaus (1) Mar.
11, 1753, infant son of John (15) and
Sarah Lewis. Now our immediate
family (mj mother was a dau. of
Archelaus) have alwaj's spoken of
Archelaus ( 1 ) father as William (16)
a sea captain who was lost with his
vessel and all hands iu the Atlantic
Ocean in 1754. Who can help unravel
Book CXIV.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Conn, to Vt.
Chapter XIII.
From Williamstown, Ky. , Courier.
Chas. Denison Lewis, M. D. (14) was
bom in Windsor county, Yt., June 6,
1817. He cjme of good New England
stock. H's grandfather, Dr. Joseph
Lewis (3) was a soldier of the Revolu-
tion and Keturah Denison, his mother,
was a direc" descendant of George
Denison, who achieved distinction as
a soldier in the army of Cromwell.
Dr. Lewis took the degrees of A. B
and A. M. at Norwich University and
in 1842 graduated in medicine from
Dartmouth College, N. H. He began
the piacrice of his profession at Nor-
wich, but shortly thereafter in 1842,
he migrated to Kentucky and settled
in Kenton county, where he remained
until the following year, 1843, when
he located at Dr}- Ridge, where he
coutiuuou.sh' resided until liis death.
In 1847 he married Miss Caroline
Matilda Cannon, who was bom in
Bourbon county, Ky. in 1825. To
this union six children were bom,
four of whom snrv'ive, two having
died in infancy.
To be continued.
Book CXVII.
NATHAN LEWIS, Wales to Penn.
Chapter X.
From Salt Lake City Tribune.
Greeley, Colo., June 20. — Charles
Willard Lewis (29 v p 127 Vol. XIV)
D. D., president of the University of
Wyoming at Laramie, has died here
of pneumonia. He was visiting
friends here when stricken. Dr.
Lewis became president of the Uni-
versity of Wyoming last September,
coming from Moore's Hill College,
Indiana. He was born at New
Trenton, Ind., in 1860, and was
educated in the National Normal
University of Ohio, De Pauw Univer-
sity of Indiana, Moore's Hill College
and at Cambridge, Mass. He was a
lecturer of note.
Book cxvin.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Athol, :Mass.
Chapter VII.
By George Harlan Lewis, N . Y. City.
Worcester co. Deeds, Lib. 2S4 fol.
300, Dec. 8, 1829. John Lewis (3) of
Orange, Levi Lewis (5) of Royalston,
Simon Mellen and Mercy (9) Mellen of
De Calb, Lawrence co., N. Y.. Wm.
Bronsdon, Jr. and Phebe (6) Bronsdon
of Phillipston and Jonathan Kidder.
Jr , and Nancy (7) Kidder of Athol
for S500 paid by Betsey (8) Br>-ant
and Elijah L. Bryant quit claim to
Betsey (8) and h^r son Elijah L.
Bryant property of Wm. Lewis (2)
dec. as per will.
William (2) had 7 ch. b Athol,
Mass., and several other cli. d iu
infancy.
3. I. John, babt. 1793.
4. II. Abijrth.
5. III. Levi.
Tl-IE LEWIS LETTER
1573173
IS LETTER.
dS
6. IV. Phebe.
7. V. Naucy.
8. YI. Betsey.
9. VII. Mercy.
I
Book CXXI.
JOHN LEWIS, Germany to N. Y.
Chapter 1.
By Thos. D. Lewis, Fulton, N. Y.
John (1) and Rachol (Bnskirk)
Lewis bom and married in Germany
c:»me to America between 1760 and
1770 and settled in Dutchess co., N.
Y., where they lived for many years
and died. Jolm ( ' ) had a brother
Thomas (2) who res. in Kinderhook,
N. Y.
John (1) and Rachel (Baskirk)
Lewis had 6 ch. b.
3. I. Thomas.
4. II. Peter.
5. III. Jane.
6. IV. Dolly.
7. V. Rachel.
8. VI. Larry-.
I
Record Of Life.
Marriages.
In New Haven, Conn., June 15,
1904, Henry B. Lewis and Elsie A.
Hile. Mr. Lewis is in the Water st.
freight office of the Consolidated road,
and popular with all his many friends
and the bride, a favorite in her social
circle, formerly resided in Fishkill-
on-the-Hadson.
in New Orleans, La., June 28, 1904,
Peter Claiborne and Amelia Lewis.
In Shoreham, Mass., Apr. 20, 1904,
at the residenca of the bride's parents,
Mr. and Mrs.' John S. Lewis, 18,
Gerry st., by Rev. J. W. Ward of the
Methodist Clmrch C. Joseph Wing
and Emily Mfdora Lewis. The
bride was attended by her sisters,
Henrietta and Louise, and her brother,
Wm. S. Lewis, of Denver, Colo., was
best man. The happy couple will
reside at Melrose, Mass.
Deaths.
At Stamford, Comi., on June 16,
1904, Benjamin Lewis, in his SOth
year.
Trumpeter William Lewis, 45 years
of age, who has been cadet bugler at
West Point for the last fifteen years,
died suddenly June 15, 1904, of heart
failure, leaving p widow onrl six child-
ren.
In London, England, on June 2,
1904, after a short illness, Lionel B.
Lewis.
Suddenly on May 19, 1904, William
F. Lewis (1268 XXIV v p 73 Vol. IX)
of 385 Herkimer St., Brooklyn, son of
Ezra and Ann W. Lewis, in his 61st
year.
Mrs. Frances L. Lewis, who died on
May 21, 1904,{ifter an illness of eleven
days, was buried in the familv plot
in Greenwood Cemptf^ry. Mrs. Lewis
was born in New York city in 1834.
She was the widow of Thaideus L.
Lewis, who, in his day, was w< 11
known in Masonic circles, being one
of the organizers of Tyrian Lodge.
Deceased leaves three sons, Thomas J.
Lewis, Charles W. Lewis and Frank
H. Lewis.
Notes.
Flash s: — Abraham C. Lewis and dau,
Mrs. Mary Davis, attempted to cross
the Mississippi in a skiff, Mar. 24,
when the boat cajxsized and they were
rescued witli difficulty. .. .Chaplain
John Kerfoot Lewis after 7 years' ser-
vice in U. S. Navy retired Mar. 18,
1897. . . .D. J. Lewis, Jr., mechanical
engineer of So. Orange, N. J., and a
member of Amer. Society of Mechani-
cal Engineers. His family comes
from Newport, So. Wales W. G.
Lewis, a pauper broken in health, re-
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IwEWISIAIVA..
L
sidiug at the poor farm of Mouoiia
CO., Iowa, received word that a
wealthy anut iu the east liad died and
left a fortune of -$100,000 to him aud
a brotlier witli wliom lie liad lived
until the brother became too poor to
support him longer. .. .Wilmott H.
Lewis, one of N. Y. Herald's si:)ecial
correspondents in the far East had
nearly a page of war news in a recent
Sunday issue. .. .George W. Lewis,
who committed suicide at Niagara
Falls, left an estate worth §953,058,
most of it willed to his sisters, Mrs.
Julian of New York and Mrs. Gooder-
ham of Toronto. . . .Albert E. Barber,
sec'y Franklin Lodge A. F. & A. M.
and collector of Granite Council, No.
177, R. A., of Westerly, R. I., is a
descendant of John Lewis (1. VIII)
....W.Carey Lewis, barytone, at a
musical entertainmen': for the benefit
of St. Simon's Episcopal Mission, Chi-
cago.... E. I. Lewis, writes in In-
dianapolis News, a column article on
the Passing of the Water Mills; the
Old-time corn cracker of Indiana gone
with the toll-gate and well sweep. . . .
James Lewis of Pittsburgh, Pa., in-
jured in the wreck of the Colorado
flyer at Miller, Kans., Jany 31 W.
E. Lewis, Patch Grove, Wis., presi-
dent of the Corn Belt Meat Producers'
Asso. of Wis. . . . Fred G. Lewis of
Mirth, Oregon, interested iu svorkings
of L. L. L Mrs. Thomas Lewis
sec'y of C>hicago Ladies' Auxiliary of
the Cambrian Benevolent So3iety. . . .
Recent pension bills in Congress,
Francis D. Lewis, Jame.s H. Lewis,
Mary J. Lewis, and Oliver D. Lewis
....In Chicago Record-Herald prize
contests Miss Hilda Lewis, 2815 0 St.,
Washington, D. C, received 1st prize
in 461st contest and Miss Prudent ia
Lewis, 505 Capitol st , Charleston, W.
Va, meritorious mention in 4f)3d con-
test C. H. Lewis elected Repre
sentative to Geor. Legislature from
Gordon co. and his bro. E. B. Lewis
elected County Surveyor. .. .The ten
most beautiful women of Chicago
society were guests at a beaury
luncheon — one of those present was
Mrs. James H. Lewis.... In Good-
speed's Book Sliop, Boston, Mass, '208
Osceola Lesvis author of Hist, of 138tli
Regt. Penn. Vol. Inf. Norristown,
1866, p 198, §3.50.
Clippings.
Prof. E. P. Lewis of the University
of California, who has received a
grant of §500 from the Carnegie In-
stitution, has for some time been
carrying on extended researches in
the spectra of vapors and gases. He
has particularly directed his atten-
tion to gases under different physical
conditions and to mixtures of gases.
The work was done verv- inade-
quately and on a small scale three
decades ago. Professor Lewis has
gone at the task on a much more
ambitious basis, and has found his
work hindered because his appara-
tus is not good enough. With the
'S500 just appropriated he will pur-
chase large quartz prisms and lenses
from a firm in Paris. Tlie results
of his research will be published
under the auspices of the Carnegie
Institution.
F. Melville Lewis, owner and
editor of Hotel Life, a semi-monthly
magazine, Cleveland O., has in a
fesv years' time succeeded in giving
his publication widespread jxjpularity
and marked financial success. Hotel
life presents a neat, typograpliical
appearance, and it is always filled
with exceedingly- readable matter.
The illustrations are especially fine
and the entire make-up is creditable
aud praise wort liy.
I^f
OR THE
LEWIS .-. LETTER
Vol. XV, No. 3.
GUILFORD, COXX., SEPT., 1901. Terras: One Dollar .\ Year.
LEWISIANA
A MONTHLY INTER-FAMILY PAPER,
Its object is to bring all of the name of Lewis I
and tht'ir kin into mutual aoqiiaintanee and '■
friend-ship, to discover for each (nie liis Idndr^d ;
and keep him posteil in regard to all their trials
and successes in life, and to record for use of '
themselves and tlieir posterity the traditions, j
biography and genealogy of alfthe Lenvises. |
TERMS. i
One Dollar a year, payable on rei'eipt of the j
July number. Single niuubers. Ten Cents each, j
Remittance should be hj Check or Express Or- ,
der. If P. O. Order, make {payable at U-vuLford. ;
Conn. Advertising rates furnished on appUca- i
tion. Address all communications to the pub- i
lisher,
CARLL A. LEWIS, Guilford, Conn., Box 194
LEWISIANA is entered as second cla^ss mat-
ter at the Post Office at Guilf<,)rd. Conn., and is
printed by The Shore Line Times Pres.s, Guil-
ford.
liXDEX. !
An Index of nil the male Lewi.<es mentioned I
in Lew-is Letter and Lewisiana has been pre- !
pared in the form of a card catalogue wliich is
kept completKl to the date of the latent issue.
Until some means is devised by which this can
be printed, the Editor will furiiish these refer-
ences for any Lewis desirtxi by any reader who
will send stamps or stamped e'nvelope for reply
List of the Books of the Lewises,
Earliest Ancestors— When and Where.
Missing niimber.s are of Merged Books.
LXIV. Benjamia, 1729,Farmington,Ct
LXVII. David, 1800, Wales to Del.
LXVIII. Aarou, 1780, Va. to Ky.
LXIX. Henry, 176o, CnlpepDer-co., Va.
LXXI. Samuel, 1748-1822, "Plymouth.
LXXII. John, 1640, Henrico-co., Va. j
LXXIII. Thos., 1750, Buckingham, Va. |
IxXXIV. Exum, 1775, Ed^-e comb, N. C. |
LXXV. Paul, 1770. Rho^le Island. j
LXXVI. William. 1760, Rhode Island.
LXXVII. Benjamin, 1812, Oswego,
LXX VIII. George, 1640, Ca.sco Bay, Me.
LXXX. Thomas, 1630, Saco. Me. |
LXXXI. Thomas, 1668, New York City.
LXXXII. Andrew, 1776. >'e\\ Jei^tv.
LXXXIII. Alansoii, 1762, New YorL
LXXXIV. Valentine, Ulster-co., N V.
KXXXV. John, 1640, Roxbury, Mass,
LXXXVI. Israel, 1769, N. Y. City.
LXXX VII. Philip, 1650, Portsmouth.
LXXXVIII. John, 1660, Portsmouth.
XO. Elisha, 1770, Conn.
XCI. Frederick, 1760, Wales to Mass.
XCII Arehelaus, 1753, Berwick, Me.
XCIII. Charles, 1740, Virginia.
XCIV. John, 1777, Philadelphia.
XCV. William, 1735, Chtscer-co., Pa.
Contents for September, 1904.
Passing of the Blue and the Gray. 38
Charter Members of L. L, L ". . 39
Lewis in Wales 40
Genealogical Records 40
Book I. Chapter 42 41
" 11. Cnapter 216 41
" III. Chapter 5 41
" V. Chapter 12 41
" VI. Chapter 10 42
•* VIL Chapter 21 42
*' VIII Chapters 464 to 468. . . 42
" XII. Chapters 383 to 386 43
" XIIL Chapter 86 45
" XXIV Chapters 324 to 327. . .45
" XXXIIL Chapters 167 audi 'iS 47
" XXXV. Chapters 232 and 233 47
" XLII. Chapter 56 . 48
" XLIIL CMapter52 48
'• XLIV. Chapter lOl 48
" XLV. Chapter 102 49
" LIV. Chapter 39 49
'^ LIX. Chapters 39 and 40 50
" CXIV. Chapter 14 50
' ' CXX. Chapters 2 imd 3 50
" CXXI. Chapter 2 51
Record of Life 51
Notes 52
Clippings . 52
Queries 52
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LEWISIAIVA.
Lewis J3ay, St. Louis, September 23, lOO-t
THE ivxosT p»i-{.o >.ii:srE>rT lewises of the d^^'.
ALr^ WILL WISH TO >nEET THESE TWO LEWISES WHOSE EFFORTS FOR
THE STTCCESS OF LEWIS DAY HAVE BEFJ^f L^'TIRIXO.
Frank P. Lewis, Seattle, WasFr,
Chancellor of Loyal L^ewis JLegion.
Edward S. Lewis> St, Louis^ Ma,
Chairmaa of Executive Committee.
Passing of the Blue and the Gray.
From the Ohicai^a Ke?ord- Herald-
Ex (iovQTUoT Jaoies T Le^vis of
H'lscousin, who di d Aug, 4, 1904, at
his home in Columbus, that State, was
one of the five iiortheniaovemors who,
in 1883,. met in conference to discuss
the prober manner to aid the Union,
and at the close of the conference
offered Pres. Lincoln 100,000 men to
serve lOO days for guard and on "post
da:y. Tlie ex-g-overuDr had be«n an
invalid for several years, confined to
crutches,, owing to a fall he received^
but has taken part in nearly all large
Dlans for the benefit of his State. He
was born in New York in IS 19, came
West at an early a^e,. was a member
of tlie constitutional convention on
rlie admission of Wisconsin to the
Union in 1847, held a number of minor
offices, and was elected governor io
1833, He has aLvays been a Republi-
can, (A dau, ^Vlrs, F. Dudley res.
Evanstown, 111. Ed.).
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Gen, Joseph H. Lewis, a distin-
guished juri.^t and ex-Confederate
soldier, died at his home near Duvall
Station, Scott co., Ky., July 6, 1904.
Joseph Horace Lewis was bom in
Barren CO., Ky., Oct. 29, 1824. He
THE UEVVIS LETTER.
3Q
raised a regimenr and entered th ^
Civil War as a Colonel. A: the close
of the war he was a Briaradier Gen-
eral, commanding the Orplinn brigade.
After tlie war he was elecred a Circait
Judge and then served as Jnd^ie of the
Court of Appeals for 16 years. For
four years he was Chief Justice. He
lived at Fraukforfc un:il a few vears
aso, when he moved to Scott co. He
was a member of the Gosbel Reward
Commission. Burial at Glasgow, Ky.
The life of Gen. Lewis throuubour
his long career was one of distincdon.
As a soldier, statesman and jurist he
was ranked as one of the foremost of
his day. As an officer lij never
courted favor from those above him
and won his honors fairly on the field
of battle, where he appeared to un-
usual advantage. Intrepid in ever}'
act, he was criticised only for
needlessly exposing himself, and yec
his control of his men was often at-
tributed to his personal exhibitions of
daring. On the bench Gen. Lewis
served -with credit to himself and to
his constituents. His opinions were
always forcible and clear, and in his
long service as a judge he wrote many
opinions that will long be quoted.
In all that he did Gen. Lewis was
a patriot. He loved Kentucky, and
during all his career knew no higher
call than his State's need, and his
unswerving honesty and rugged nature
that cloaked a warm and generous
heart endeared him to thousands of
his fellow Kentuckians who knew him
as [a friend. The .survivors of the
Orphans' Brigade almost idolized their
General, and at the last reunion of
that famous organization Gen. Lewis
was cheered time and again, and
was compelled to make three speeches
to the men during the day. (Neither
paper ^vould loan Lewis i ana the cut
accompanying the article, Ed.)
Latest Charter Members Of L. L. L.
ReiM3rt of Supreme Herald
Editli S. Lewis, Campl'ell, Calif.
Hon, Eugene C. Lewis,
Nashville, Teun.
Mrs. R. T. Tandy,
Sifbiey F. Lewis,
Horace C. Lewis,
John S. Lew- is.
Dudley D. Lewis,
Richard A, Barret,
Myron S.Lewis, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Mrs. Wm. A. Guthrie, Dupout, lad
Charter membership roll closes on
Lewis Day, Sept. 23rd, 1904, at 3:.
Louis, Mo. Last call.
Colum'iia. Mo.
New Orle n^, La.
Ketchuni, Ida.
Nashville, Tenn.
Nashville. Tenn.
St, Louis. Mo.
Who Is He ?
By W, R. Lewis, Marshall, Mich.
Although a *'dyed in the wool''
Republican, I am interested in anyone
of our family nime — especially if r?-
spectable. So I send inclosed (th^
front pTge of Cliicago Inter Ocean
having portraits of Wm. Jennings
Bryan, Leader of the Opposition, and
CoL James Hamilton Lewis, Famous
Demo2ratic Orator). Who is Col.
James Hamilton Lewis? I fail to
fiud r.ny other mention
such paxjers as I take.
of him in
James Hamilton Lewis, who sat
with the distinguished spectators on
the platform in the Coliseum during
the Democratic Convention, -was b
Danville, Ya., May 18, ISOo, the only
child of his father (name unknown to
the writer) who was an officer under
Gen. Lee. The family removed to
Georgia residing at Augusta and
Savannah where James was admitted
to the Bar in 1884. He had received
his education at Houghton College
and the University of S'irginia. He
removed to Seattle, Wash, in the
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L,EWLSIANA.
winter of 18S5 and liis efforts to win
notoriety as a help towards success
in his cliosen profession often excited
ridicule and frequently made him the
sensation of the hour. Hence his
picture is frequently seen in the daily
paper labeled "tlie cartoonist's de-
light" and the magazine of the day
prints a sensational account of his life
ns Ainslee's a few years since ac-
companying its article with a facsimile
page of autobiography written by Mr.
Lewis himself.
The careful reader of Lewisiana
already knows the steps in his suc-
cessful career, of how he became
popular (p 111 Vol. X) of his candidacy
for political honors governor (p 95
Vol. IV) U. S. Senator (p 157 Vol.
V) how he was one of the nominees
for Vice President in 1896 (p 33 Vol.
VII) how he served as Member of Con-
gress (p 31 Vol. VIII) and how he
won his title of Colonel (p 62 Vol.
IX). That he has won success in his
profession is evident from his fame
as a trial lawyer in Washington (p
124 Vol. XI) and being coun-el in
cases involving thousands and even
millions (p 46 Vol. X) which have
caused him to visit England (p 63 Vol.
X) and France (p 47 Vol. XIV;. He
has also appeared before the U. S.
Supreme Court (p 31 Vol. XII ).
Of his family life the writer knows
nothing beyond the fact that in Nov.
1896 he m Rose Lawton Douglass of
Ga. His home is now in Chicago
where he is a prominent attorney
and at present writing (Aug. 8th)
he is in Paris in connection with
an action involving many thousand
dollars.
X. Hwlkyn.
XI. Llywelyn of Pr\saddfed.
XT I. Hugh Lewys of Prysaddfed m
Janet dau. of William Bulkeley
j ab Ricliard Bulkeley; 3 tlaos. and
j 1 son.
! XIII. 1. Elin m Owen ab John ab
I Maredydd of Ystum Cegid.
i 2. Elizabeth m John ab Owen.
! 3 Alice m John Pulesron of
Hafod y Wern
4. John Lewys of Prysaddfed m
j Elizabeth dau. of Watky-n Fychan
I ab Thomas ab Roger Fychan ab
I Roger Itruauc ab Roger Hen of
I Hergest 2 sons.
I XIV. 2. Watkyu Lewys d no ch.
j 1 . Hugh Lewys of Prysadif ed m
j Anne dau. of Sir William
I Gruffydd of Penrhyu, Knt.
j XV. William Lewi's of Prysaddfed,
in tha parish of Bodedt-yrn ; High
I Sheritf for Anglesey in 1549, 1557
aiid 1572; n^pres nted the county
in two Parliaments.
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS.
Lewis In Wales.
From History of Powys Fadog.
IX. Howel V p 23 Vol. XV (had also)
Explanations? Abbreviations, Etc.
For convenience the records of the
various Lewis families are divided
into Books and each Book into chap-
ters. At the head of each Book ap-
pears the name of the earliest known
ancestor of that family. The List-
of Books is a complete index to the
Books as published to this time.
New Books will be added from time
to time as new branches of the Lewis
family are found. As soon as Books
are proved parts of others tliey will be
merged into the Books to wliicli they
belong. Ea^h name is numbered when
first printed and whenever the name
is repeated this number follows in
brackets. The abbreviations com-
i monly used in genealogical work are
THE LEWIS LETTER.
41
used: as b. for boru; d, died; m,
married; m. (1) first wife; dan.
daugliter; uiim. not married; v. p,
see page; etc.
Book L
RANDALL LEWIS, Hopkinton, R. I.
Chapter XLU.
From Whitney's Point (N. Y.) Re-
porter.
Hon. Frank P. Lewis (39) and wife,
of Seattle, Wash., expect to come East
this August, leaving Seattle the 15th.
They will spend two weeks or so in
this section, making Lisle their head-
quarters, and then attend the Fair at
St. Louis, being there on Lewis day,
Sept. 23d.
James R. Lewis (16) is visiting his
brother, JohnS. (27) at Kinsley, Kan.,
and will also visit old home scenes in
this section and the St. Louis Fair.
Mrs. Elmer J. Lewis (51) an;l dau.
Myrtle, of Lisle are visiting her
sister in East Berkshire, N. Y.
Paul Lewis of Binghamton will
epend two or three weeks with his
cousin Lawrence Waite of Whitney's
Point.
Mrs. Earl Lewis of Maine, N. Y.,
has spent four weeks visiting in
Groton and East Lansing.
Book 11.
BENJAMIN LEWIS, Stratford, Ct.
Chapter COX VI.
By W. C. Sharpe, Seymour, Conn.
The date of the death of Ephraim
(78 V p 75 Vol. Ill) gr. father of
Harry (343 v p 5 Vol. XV) has been
found after a long search. The church
records had been burned; lie was
buried beside liis wife but no stone
had been placed at his grave ; bur a
private record of deaths gave the long
sought date — Feb. 29, 1788. He
served in the Revolution rnd the fact
has been accepted recently by tlie D.
A. R.
Everitt (223 v p 67 Vol. V) the
father of Harry (343) was one of the
first freemen of tlie town of Hunting-
ton (Apr. 13, 1789), lived on Bam Hill
in what is now Monroe and was a
selectman of the town of Huntington
in 1815. In the probate records at
Bridgeport under date of Mar. 18.
1834, the estate of Everitt Lewis was
valued at §7,524.15 including a house
at Bam Hill 8275, a house at Hunting-
ton $325 and 333 aores of laiid. Tlie
widow's dower was recorded Feb. 3,
1835, and the distribution of his estate
to his 9 ch. accepted and recorded
June 13, 1839.
Book III.
DAVID L, LEWIS, Wales to Phila-
delphia.
Chapter V.
Aimin D. Lewis (32) was elected at
the annual school meeting in Lisle,
N. Y. , a trustee for two years to suc-
ceed himself.
George W. Lewis (39) represents
all the old reliable insurance com-
panies at Lisle and Whitney's Point,
N. Y.
Book V.
RICHARD LEWIS, Wales to R. L
Chapter XII.
By Henry H. Lewis, Carthage, N. Y.
Robea (50 v p 161 Vol. XIV) d Feb.
12, 1895; m Feb. 5, 1846, Leander
Muzzy; no ch,
Cornelia E., (51) m Sept. 13, 1846,
Benjamin V. Hinds; a dau. d ae. 13
years.
Johns. (49) d Jany 27, 1902; m
Jany 14, 1847, Martlia Ford, b Oct.
20, 1826, Smyrna, N. Y., d May 3,
1902, only dau. of Elijah and Betsey
(Sykes) Ford of Smyrna and later
Great Bend, N. Y. He was b in the
town of Antwerp near Spragueville
43
L-EWISIAIVA.
and res. there for many year>. He ■ paratns or of methods of teaching,
also res, iu Champion and Rut hind i being really new. In his book he
and moved from Black River to ' borrowed lavishly from German
Watertowu where he was employed for j sources, so that his New Gymnastics
were in the main neither new nor his
own. The establishment by Dio
Lewis in 1861 of the Boston Normal
Institute for Physical Education was a
really new departure — in America —
and constituted, perhaps, the most
On Jany 14, 1897, they celebrated the | considerable and solid of Dio Lewis's
50th anniversary of their marriag-e. contributions to the cause of physical
several years by the Watertown
Spring Wagon Co. His health failing
he with his wife removed to Antwerp
to spend their remaining days with
their only dan. and among the
acquaintances of his early childliood.
For 47 3'ears they were true and
faitlrful members of the Baptist
Church. 3 ch. were left to mourn
the loss of kind and loving parents.
Book VI.
JOSEPH LEWIS, R. I. to N. Y.
Chapter X.
From the Benedict Genealog>%
Uriah B. Lewis (36 v p 30 Vol.
XIV) m July 1, 1856, Louisa M.
Benedict, b Apr. 12, 1831, dau. of
Adin "Wheeler and Anne E. (Ross)
Benedict of Huntington, Penn.
education. He is also deserving of
praise and credit for convincing the
public of the utility of "light gym-
nastics," i. e., exercises with hand
apparatus, and for his influential aid
I In popularizing gj'mnastics for school
children of both sexes.
Book Vn.
JOSHUA LEWIS, Wales to Conn.
Chapter XXI.
From Report of U. S. Com. of Educa-
tion.
Dr. Dio Lewis (17 v last issue) was
in great demand as a lecturer before
normal schools, teachers' associations
and institutes and lyceum audiences;
and his contributions to leading
periodicals were eagerly read and
favorably received. He was medical
practiouer, lecturer, editor, g>'m-
nasium manager, school commit-
teeman, teacher, hotel proprietor,
bath manager and x^reacher bj' turns.
In short, Dio Ltwis was a revivalist
and agitator and not a scientist in
any proper sense. His originality has
been mucli overrated — very few of his
inventions, either in the line of ap-
Book VHI.
JOHN LEWIS, Westerly, R. I.
Chapter CDLXIV.
Died: — ^In Cortland, N. Y., May 3,
1903, after an illness of less than a
week, of brain fever, Lnra Fancher
Husted, ae. 33, only cb. of Mrs. A.
P. Husted (48:<i v p 27 Vol. Ill) and
gr. dau. of the late Mary Lewis
Stratton (14 v p 100 Vol. II). Burial
at Marathon, N. Y. When taken sick
Miss Husted had a prevsentiment that
death would come on Saturday even-
ing as it did at 9 :40. After the dearli
of her father(v p 27 Vol. Ill) .she and
her mother came to Cortland to live.
A graduate of the Normal Schoo^
(1892) a teacher for several years, a
faithful and consistent member of
Grace Episcopal Church, she is greatly
missed by her many relatives and
friends all of whom were deeply at-
tached to her by Ikt sweet and gentle
disposition and her great devotion to
those of her family who were nearest
and dearest to her. Still greater is
the loss of the heart broken mother
whose loving companion she hiul been
THE UEWiS LETTER.
^43
for so many years.
Chapter CDLXV,
From Biog. Rec, of Wiudham co.,
Couu.
Ch. of Joseph AUeu (2314 v p 162
Vol. XIV) and Cjiroliiie (Fry) Lewis,
b 1st Dighton, Mass., rest Willimautic,
Conn.
3573. I. Cora A,, b Jany 23, 1855, m
J^ov. 5, 1879, Willimautic, Ct., Clark
Olney Terr>-, b May 5, 1848, Exeter,
R. L, son of Seth W, and Dorcas
(Crowell) Terry. He had so long
been closely identified with the
management of the extensive busi-
ness of Mr. Lewis that when tliat
gentleman died the entire charge of
the estate passed into his hands, an
arrangement that has worked to the
satisfaction of all concerned, and
which is still continued. The fine ap-
pearance of the farm and gardens
gives evidence of a master hand in
charge He is a man of the best
of habits and the soundest morals,
and his influence for good is pro-
nounced. The closest attention has
always been given by him to his
business, and he is familiar with its
every detail.
3574. IL MaryF.,b Sept. 15, 1859,
grad. Normal School, Worcester,
Mass., a successful teacher, m Oct. 24,
1889, Edward E. Johnson of White
Bear Lake, Minn. 3 ch. b.
3576. L Donald R,
3577. II. Mildred F.
3578. III. Alice E.
3575. III. Ella C, b June 24, 1861.
d ae. 3 yrs.
2587. IV. Arthur L., b Oct. 21, 1807,
m Nov. 20, 1890, Willimautic, Ct.,
Lottie E. Holt.
Vol. IV) m Dec. 2, 1873, Martha A.
Hitclicock, b Sept. 8, 1848, dau. of
George and Mary F. (Bailey)
Hitchcock. 3 cli. b Warertown, X.
Y-
3579. I. Geo. Elon, b Jany 19, 1878,
3580. IL Mabel Amelia b May 10,1S79.
3581. in. Lena M., b Sept. 16, 1881.
Chapter CDLXVII.
By Eliza Maria Haynes, Bridge port, Ct,
Record of ch. of Caleb, Jr., and
Deborah (2726 Lewis) Haynes of New
London, Ct., continued from last issue.
3582. IL Sylvester, b Oct. 21, 1787, d
Feb. 26, 1816, unm.
3583. III. Charles, b June 27, 1789,
d Sept. 30, 1871, m Polly Spauld-
ing. 4 ch. b.
3584. IV, James, b June 13, 1791, d
Jany 20, 1871, m Hannah Sheldon.
7 ch. b.
3585. V. Peleg, b Oct. 10, 1793, d
June 5, 1871, m Mary Lucas. 6
ch. b.
3580. VI. Chaancey, b Oct. 8, 1795,
d Jany 16, 1861, m widow Hol-
lister; no ch.
Cliapter CDLXVL
From tho Hitchcock Genealogy.
Elon G. Lewis (90. XXX VIII v p lO:
Chapter CDLXVIIL
From Yarmouth (N, S.) Herald.
Record of ch, of Nathan (3527 v p 6
Vol. XV) and Mary E, (Baker) Lewis.
(James should be numbered 3542 on
both p 0 and p 25, Ed.),
Annie (3545) m Oct. 24, 1871, Wil-
liam, son of Wm. J. McGill.
Marj' Eliza (3550) m Apr. 15, 1880,
Capt, Thomas R, son of Capt. Joseph
Rogers.
Henr\' (3553) m Dec, 7, 1888, Mary
Elizabeth Kelley of Dorchester, Mass.
Book Xn.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Farminutou, Ct.
Chapter CCCLXXXIII.
By Harry W. Lewis, Erie, Penn.
1 My chapter this month is one here
4-$
LiEWlSLAISA.
and there in the immediate line of tlie
family.
Asahel Bradley Davis (2015) son of
Amy Lewis (1611 v p 118 Vol. XIV)
d at his home in Sacramenro, CaL,
Jauy 26, 1904.
Edgar Allen Lewis (1855 v p 40 Vol.
XIV) of Burnet, Texas, hag a son
(2074) b Dec. 6, 1903, named for his
gr. father, Lyman Lewis (1613) dec,
of Aylmer, Ontario, Canada.
James Allen Le^vis (1657 v portrait
p 9 Vol. XV) has sold his orange and
peach grove at Prospect Park, near
Los Angeles, CaL, and returned to
San Francisco to live where his only
ch. Mrs. Byron Lick (1866 v p 133
Vol. XIII) resides.
Daniel Loomis, Jr., (v p 7 Vol.
XIII) gr. son of Samantha Lewis (1637
V p 190 Vol. XII) has been promored
from secretary and treasurer to general
manager of the Lakes Ghamplain and
George Transportation and Steamboat
Co. with headquarters at Burlingcon,
Vt. He is only 33 years old and has
worked his way up from office boy.
His brother, George Loomis, for
several years has been purser on
Steamer Mohican of the Lake George
fleet of steamers.
James Blaine Miller (v p 7 Vol.
XV) gr. son of Marcus Lewis (1038)
has been detached from Geodic Coast
Survey Steamer Blake, west coast of
Porto Rico, traveled the length of the
island to San Juan (east end by an
old French grant — ^now American — R.
R., middle or mountain division by
an American auto coach) , sailed for
New York and Washington, D. C,
where he was put in charge cf a corps
of U. S. Engineers, and sent to es-
tablish levelings and altitudes in
Minn., No. Da. and Mont., Miller
willbeonly 21 onOct. 30th, 1904.
Horatio B. l^wis (1812 for portrait
V p 151 Vol. XIII) of Le wist on,
Island of Cuba, iuiother gr. son of
Marcus Lewis (1638) reports good
progress with the 20,000 acre planta-
tion and the 80,000 acre timber lot.
Tlie saw-mill of the company is in
operation and Lewiston is growing.
His brother Hobart P. (1817 v p 69
Vol. XIII) is witli him avS secretary
and assistant. Tliese brothers re-
ceived their early training in Mich,
in the saw-mill and lumber bu-siness
as well as in general stores and sup-
plies and hence are well equipped for
this enterprise in Cuba. Horatio's
wife visited tliam in April and May
and Horatio will be home in Augnst
on business and to visit his family at
Ypsilanti, Mich., where his ch. are at;
school.
Harry W. Lewis (1659 v for portrait
p 166 Vol. XII) the ^v^iter, will at-
tend tlie G. A. R. Encampment at
Boston duriug August but as his
revised plans call for only a week's
absence he will not visii the old Lewis
homes of the family at CJlieshire,
Farmingtou, etc., as he had planned.
Chapter CCCLXXXIV.
From Hist, of Sangamon co.. 111.
John R. Lewis (1564 v last issue)
had 1 ch. by m (1) and 5 ch. by m
(2) of whom 2 d infancy.
2075. I. Charles H., b Apr. 4, 1837.
2076. IL Maria L., m Jany 1, 1874,
Dr. Charles B. Johnston a practicing
physician at Tolono, 111., where they
res.
2077. IIL John T. , b Cliatham, 111.
2078. IV. Edward V., b Chatliam, 111.
To be continued.
Chapter CCCLXXXV.
By Geo. Harlan Lewis, X. Y. City.
Suffolk CO. Probate records, File
1 1.101 give the will of Ezekiel Lewis
(12 V p 182 Vol. VI) To my wife
Abigail £1000 in bills of credit old
THE LE>VIS LETTER,
^K
tenor or equivaleut, with whole furni-
ture of the lower front chamber and
one fourth part of my wrouprht Plate
except the Chafing Dishes as also £300
per annum in old tenor bills during her
life to be paid quarterly by my
Executor, I. E. that is £75 every
quarter out of the rent and income of
my tenements in Comhill. Item : I
will and bequeath to my sm Ezekiel
Lewis (142) and his heirs forever my
House and Lands wherein I now dwell
in Cornhill St. together with the two
adjoining Tenements, where my said
son and my grandson John Edwards
dwells with mj- Brick Warehouse,
Barn and other Buildings with all my
Land appertaining to them and all
Privileges aud appurtenances thereto
belongiDg and also one pair of silver
Chafing Dishes.
The remaining part of my estate
both Real and Personal whatsoever
and wheresoever to be found, my
will is that it be divided into three
equal parts or shares and distributed
in the following manner. —
Chapter CCCLXXXVI.
From the Newell Family.
Lemuel (45) m Nov. 29, 1827, Chloe
Elizabeth Tubbs. 4 ch. b.
2079. L Electa Newell, b June 20,
1829, d Oct. 29, 1845.
2080. II. Lucy Ana, b May 8, 1831,
res. Norwich, N. Y.
2081. III. Sirah Elizabath, b Apr. 1,
1834, m Stephen Palmer; res.
Chenango Forks, N. Y.
2082. IV. Charles Lemuel, b Mar. 31,
1841, m June 14, 1871, Vashti
Edwards.
Book XIII.
JOHN LEWIS, New London, Ct.
Chapter LXXXVI.
By Geo. Harlan Lewis, N. Y. City.
Dudley H. Lewis, 473 v p 152 Vol.
XIV) res. Boston, Mass., from 1839 to
1849 when ha returned to Marlow, N.
H. , and brought a farm where he
lived until 18G5, when he removed to
the village. He served the town as
representative, selectman, treasurer
and Justic3 of the Peace. He was
killed by being thrown from a stage
coach Nov. 8, 1879, ae. 60 years. In
1842 he m his cousin Charlotte Lewis
(486 V p 7 Vol. XV). 3 daus.
494. I. Etta VV., b 1845, m Geo. H.
Messer ; res. Charlestown, N. H. ;
a son
497. I. Morris, lawyer, Boston.
495. II. Delia A., b 1851; m Chas. H.
Cook of Alstead, N. H. ; they have
a family.
496. III. Emily M., b 1854, d 1868.
Book XXIV.
GEORGE LEWIS, England to Mass.
Chapter CCCXXIV.
From the Spooner Memorial.
John Tolman Lewis (920 v p 24
Vol VI) a farmer of Green, O., m (1)
Mar. 11, 1825, Lucinda Smith; m (2)
Feb. 13, 1833, Mrs. Mary Jane
Ramsey. 3 ch. b 1 m (1) and 2 m (2).
2184. I. b andd.
2185. II. Lucinda had 1 ch. by m (1)
and m (2) Joseph Fogleman; 5 ch. b.
2186. III. Francis, b and d.
Henry (921) d May 1, 1859, afarmer
of Green, O. , then grocer in Cincinnati
and for 20 years prior to his death one
of the largest operators in provisions
and packers of pork in the West : m Feb.
10, 1830, Abigail Foster, b June 25,
1804, dau. of Samuel and Hephzibali
(Cutter) Foster. 4 ch. b.
2187. I. Jane, b Mar. 20, 1831, d
Oct. 17, 1857.
2188. n. Samuel, b May 22, 1832, d
Oc^ 11, 1859.
2189. IIL Ellen, b Nov. 4, 1836, d
Jony 21, 1867.
2190. IV Arathusa, b June 7, 1838, d
40
L-EW^ISIAIVA.
July 19, 1870.
(To be coutiuuecl.)
Chapter CCCXXV.
From the Bartow Genealogy.
Lydia Hooper (2169 v last i&sne) m
Dec. 28, 1858, Heury Clay Marvin (b
states Salisburv-"s Fam. Hist, and Gen.
Apr. 10, 1836, d Chicago, Feb. 22,
1865, son of Dan and Lucia Leonard
(Holt) Marvin; graduate 1854 Col-
nmbia College; studied law Albany
Law School. Ed.) who d Feb. 22,
1865. 2 ch. b.
2191. I. Henry Reginald,b May 31,1860
2192. n. John Lewis, b Dec. 1. 1862,
d July 8, 1870.
Amelia (2171) m June 4, 1867,
Theodore Caswell Glazier, A. B. , who
d Nov. 22, 1874. 2 ch. b.
2193. L Emma Maria, b July 1, 1870,
d Aug. 14, 1871.
2194. n. Jennie Warren, bJanv 17,1874.
Chapter CCCXXVL
By Marcus W. Lewi.?, Superior, Wis.
Charles Wesley Lewis (2097 v p
152 Vol. XIV) died at Sterling 111,
May 2, 1904.
Born in 1852 in Dearborn co. , Ind.,
he spent his boyhood on his father's
farm. When 17 years of age he re-
moved to Illinois, first to Lasalle co.,
and then in 1874 to Prophetstown,
where he resided until 1899. While
at the latter place he was employed as
master carpenter in the bridge depart-
ment of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Ry. Since 1899 he has been j
U. S. Inspector on River aud Harbor
Improvements, being emjjloyed princi-
pally at Duluth, Minn., and at various
towns aloDg the Ohio River. He ni
Aug. 8, 1875, Soplironia Miles and
leaves besides her, 3 ch. : — Mrs. Grant
Cleaveland of Ogden, Iowa, Miss
Sadie Lewis, stenographer of Duluth,
Minn., and Lowell, a son of 14 years.
Besides being a dutiful parent aud
husband, he possessed a noble char-
acter and a most genial disposirion.
The funeral services were in charge of
the Masonic Order and his remains
were interred at Riverside Cemetery,
a most beautiful tract of land over-
looking the quiet and peaceful Rock
River.
Chapter CCCXXVII.
By A. R. Lewis, Marshall. Mich.
Eber (1942 v p 171 Vol. XIII) m
Jany 12, 1838, Desmond, Mich.,
Aurilla, dau. of Wm. and Lydia
(Daggett) Streeter, b Aug. 24, 1816,
Chatham, Oncario, Canada, d Dec. 31,
1882, Taylor's Falls, Minn. He was
a merchant, postmaster and justice of
the peace at Lakeport, Mich. He d
Sept. 3, 1872, Magnolia, Wis., and is
interred in the Evansville cemetery, ch.
2195. I. Eber Brcok, b Nov. 16, 1837,
Barchville, Mich., d Oct. 16,
1856, Lakeport. Mich.
2196. II. Adelia Lorena, b Jane 7,
1840, Burchville, Mich., v next
issue for record.
2197. III. Caroline, b May 29, 1842,
d Apr. 3, 1849.
2198. IV. Priscilla, b Mar. 22, 1844,
d Nov. 19, 1848.
2199. V. Josephine, b Aug. 17, 1852,
Lakeport, Mich., m Dec. 18, 1873,
Evansville, Wis., Edgar O., son of
Jeremiah and Elizabeth (New-
begin) Ballard, b Sept. 26,
1851, Parsonsfield, Me. . a com-
mission merchant, Miuneaixjlis,
Minn. 1 ch.
2201. I. Floyd Edgar, b Jany 20,
1876, Mairnolia, Wis., where d
Mar. 9. 1876.
2200. VI. Mary Lynch (adopced 1851)
b Sept. 27, 1844, Belfast, Ireland,
m Sept. 10, 1861, Port Huron,
Mich., Joseph, son of John and
THE LEWIS LETTER.
47
1
Eliza (Doak) Steveusou, b Count}' \
Dowu, Ireland, a merchant and
later a farmer ; present address,
Blaine, Mich.
Book XXXIII.
EDMUND LEWIS, Lynn, Mass.
Chapter CLXVII.
By Edw. S. Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
In completion of my line (v p 187
Vol. XIV) I may add that
Edward Simmons (496) b Aug. 22,
1848, Richmond Mo.; m (1) Dec.
23, 1869, Julia McElkiney; m (2)
Apr. 4, 1876, Pattie Cooke; ch. 2 m
(1) and 4 m (2).
501. I. Edward M., b 1871.
502. 11. Julian, b 1872.
503. in. Watson Conke, b 1879.
504 IV. Augusta Bransfcrd, b 1881.
505. V. Edw. McElkiney, b 1884.
506. VL Pattie Marian, b 1886.
Chapter CLXVIII.
By Geo. Harlan Lewis, N. Y. City.
The following corrections for dates
on p 13 Vol. XV should be made.
Edmund (468) b July 20, 1817, d
May 5, 1878.
Nathaniel (470) b June 24, 1821, d
Sept. 1, 1821.
Edith Hanson (471) b Aug. 14, 1822.
Hannah Farnham (473) should be |
Bridget (473) b Apr. 13, 1828. j
(Another instance of the variation!
of dates in different sources. Those !
printed on p 13 were taken from the
family Bible. Ed.).
Book XXXV.
ROBERT LEWIS, Wales to Virginia. I
Chapter CCXXXII. \
From the Lewis and Clark Journal. ;
Designs are now being prepared at |
the Philadelphia mint for the souvenir j
Lewis and Clark gold dollars, with a
likeness of Meriwether Lewis on one
side and William Clark on the other, j
The first issue of 25,000 will be ready
in about two months (Sept. 1st).
Chapter CCXXXIII.
From Scribners Magazine.
For the first time since the return
of the expedition in September, 1806.
it has at last become possible, through
the discovery of the Clark- Voorhis
collection, to publish to the world
practically all of the literar>- records
now extant, of one of the most notable
enterprises in the history of civiliza-
tion .... There is certainly nowhere
obtainable a more charming picture of
man's love for man, than is revealed
both in the affectionate letters be-
tween Lewis and Clark prior to the
expedition — and herewith published
for the first time — and in the pages of
their private manuscript journals
which are soon to appear in book
form. . . .these manuscript journals
are aglow with human interest. The
quiet, even temper of the camp; the
loving consideration that each of the
two leaders felt for the other; the
magnanimity of Lewis, officially the
leader, in equally dividing every
honor with his friend and making no
move without the latter's consent ; the
poetic temperament of Lewis, who
loved flowers and animals, and in his
notes discoursed like a philosopher
who enjoyed the exercise of writing;
the rugged character of Clark, who
wrote in brief, pointed phrase, sj)elled
phonetically, capitalized chaotically
and occasionally slipped in his gram-
mar— all these and more are evident
on every page; causing the reader
deeply to admire the men, and to fol-
low them in their thrilling adventures
with the keenest sympathy and antici-
pation. We shall hereafter know
(Meriwether) Lewis and (William)
Clark and their bronzed companions
as we never knew them before.
4»
UEWISIAISA.
(The Editor fails to find either in
this interesting article or in farther
correspondence with Dr. R. G.
Thwaites that in viesv of the fact that
there were several copies of Jeffer-
son's famous letter of credit (v p 40
Vol. VI) Dr. Thwaites has any au-
thority for the statement that this
particular copj- in the Clark- Voorhis
collection was the one carried by
Meriwether Lewis throughout the
journey. )
i
Book XLll.
JOSEPH LEWIS, Swansea, Mass.
Chapter LVI.
From the Boston Evening Transcript.
*7190. 3. Lewis. Will L. L. L
kindly give his reasons for saying
that George Lewis of Barnstable,
whose will was probated in 1634, had
a son by the name of Nathaniel born
in 1645 and Joseph born in 1647? It
is true that Deane in his "Elistory of
Scituate," published in 1831, makes
that statement; but on the cmtrary
Savage in his "Genealogical Diction-
ary," published thirty years later,
said that Nathaniel and Joseph were
not George's son?. Otis, in his
"Genealogies and Notes of Barnstable
Families," said that "neither the
town records nor colony records nor
church records support, the statements
of Deane." Moreover, George Lewis,
in his will, though he names eight
children, did not mention Nathaniel
Hor Joseph.
The writer is a descendant of Joseph
Lewis (1) of Swansea, and would be
proud to be descended from George
Lewis (1. XXIV) of Barnstable, but
doesn't tliink tliere is any real
foundation for such belief. What are
the facts that support this theory'.'
Will L. L. L. please explain and
greatly oblige?
D. H. B.
(Both L. L. L. and D. H. B. are
contributors to Lewisiana and each iu
his way is trying to solve tlie puzzle
" Who was Joseph Lewis of Swansea?"
Ed.).
Book XLIU.
SAMUEL LEWI S, Somerset co , N. J.
Chapter LII.
From Hist, of Sangamon co , 111.
Mary E. (262 v p 15 Vol. XV) d
May 18, 1855, m Springfield. 111., in
1853 Thomas H. Palladay.
James S. (171) m Mar. 27, 1862,
Mary A. Smith, in Monmouth, TIL,
where they res.
John Bergen (173) m Nov. 1871,
Monmouth, 111., Eliza Smith; res.
Lenox, Iowa.
Book XLIV.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Roxbury, Mass.
Chapter CI.
By Geo. Harlan Lewis, N. Y. City.
Timothy Willard Lewis (551 v last
issue) was a clergyman of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. He was edu-
cated at Wilbraham and at Union
College, commenced preaching iu
1847. He joined N. E. conference in
1849 and was stationed at Leicester,
Mass., then to Hopkinton, 1851, Clin-
ton 1852-53; Marlboro, 1854-55;
Waltham 1856-57; Boston (Benning-
ton St.) 1858-59; Hopkinton again
1860-61; Worcester (Laurel St.) 1862-
63. He was then appointed to open
the work among the Freedmen iu So.
Carolina and Florida. For two years
he made his headquarters at Beanfort,
establishing a church there and travel-
ing extensively in Florida. He or-
ganized churches at Fernandina, St.
Augustine, Jack.'^onville and other
places. He entered Charleston, S. C,
at its first opening and organized three
M. E. Churches. When Bishop Baker
sent some one to aid him he organized
THE UEWIS UETTER-
-♦Q
churclies in the coaiitry. After the
South Carol iuii conference was or-
ganized he wa.s transferred to it and
appointed Presiding Elder of the
Charlestown district where he labored
three years. Early in his career he
became acquainted with Hon. Lee
Claflin at Hopkinton, who aided him
in his benevolent enterprises and in
Charleston he purchased the great
Centenary Church for 823,000.00 in
gold and also the Wentworth St.
Church. Being impressed with the
importance of educating the colored
people, after their emancipation, he
purchased property at Orangeburg,
with funds furnished by Lee Claflin
and founded the Claflin University.
In the midst of his usefulness he was
stricken -with yellow fever and died
Sept. 30, 1871, aged 46 years.
i the second war witli Great Britain
and participated in tlie night atra?k
: on the British on Dec. 23, 181o. His
j prominence was such that at the
' second election after the admission of
Louisiana to the Union he was placed
in the gubernatorial field against
Jacques Villere, who, owing to the
intense rivalry between the Creole
and American elements, defeated him,
but by a small majority.
Book XLV.
JOHN LEWIS, Ireland to Virginia.
Chapter ClI.
From New Orleans Daily Picayune.
Joshua Lewis (30 v last issue) was
the first of the family to come to
Louisiana. In 1796 he m America
Lawson dau. of Gen. Robert and
(Pierce) Lawson and left Va. to settle
in Ky. with his father's ( Andrew 3)
family. Practicing law, he was
elected to the State Legislature and
when Louisiana was purchased in
1803, he was sent to New Orleans by
Pres. Jefferson, together with Edward
Livingston and James Brown, to re-
ceive the purchased territory from the
French He was tlien appointed
judge of the Territory of New Orleans
and when the State was admitted into
the Union was made judge of the
First Judicial District, wliich posi-
tion he retained, filling it with dis-
tinguished ability until his death in
1833.
He served under Andrew Jackson in
Book LIV.
EVAN LEWIS, Wales to Penn.
Chapter XXXIX.
From the Jackson Family.
Joseph J. Lewis (2 v p 28 Vol. VI)
m (1) 9 mo. 23, 1827, Mary Sinton
Miner, d 10 mo. 27, 1860, dau. of
Charles and Letitia ( ) Miner (v p
107 Vol. IX) of Spring Grove, Pa. ;
m (2) 1 mo. 24, 1866, Sarah d 2 mo.
16, 1869, widow of Dr. Elbert P.
Jones of CailL; m (3) 6 mo. o, 1872,
Phebe Ann widow of James Brooks
of New Albany, lad., res. West
Chester Pa. 11 ch. b m (1).
114. I. Son, h and d 6 mo. 21, 1828.
40. II. Auna Meredith, b 6 mo. 11,
1829, V p 124 ,Vol. IX,
115. III. Letitia Miner, b 10 mo. 1,
1831.
116. IV. Charles Miner, b 10 mo. 1,
1831, d 2 mo. 22, 1832.
3, V. Charlton Thomas, b 2 mo.
25, 1834, V p 28, Vol. XL
117. VI. Josephine J., b 3 mo. 9,
1836.
118. VII. Enoch Edward, b 7 mo. 1,
1838.
119. VIII. Mary Ellen, b 12 mo. 8,
1841.
120. IX. Frederick Wm., b 9 mo. 29,
1843, d 8 mo. r,, 1844.
121. X. Alice Catharine, b 5 mo. 13,
1846.
122. XL Willie Rosalie, b 4 mo. 29,
1850.
so
LiEWISIAINA,
Book LIX.
WILLIAM LEWIS, New Jersey.
Chapter XXXIX.
By F. D. Lewis. Boulder, Colo.
Joel (185 V J) 17 Vol. XV) had 3 ch.b.
196. I. Jehu, a prominent mau amoug
the Hicksite or Reformed Quakers.
197. II. Daniel, has cli. ; res. High-
land CO., O.
19S. III. Sarah.
Chapter XL.
By John A. Lewis, Grand Chain, 111.
Amos (191 V last issue) b 3 mo. 16,
1795, Richmond, Va. , d 3 mo. 3, 1872,
Harrisburg, III., m 1 mo. 1, 1814,
Phebe Nordyke, ch. b.
199. I. Isaac.
200. II. Aquilla.
201. IIL Lemuel, b 11 mo. 28 , 1818,
New Vienna, O., d 2 mo. 10, 1891,
Carrier Mills, 111., m Hannah Hoskins.
ch. b.
202. I. John A., b 2 mo. 6, 1848, a
dealer in harness, saddlery and horse
equipments at Grand Chain, 111.
203. II. Rev. Tennyson b 1854, res.
Wabash, Ind.
Book CXIV.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Conn, to Vt.
Chapter XIV.
From the Memorial Tribute of William
Enos Lewis.
The Lewis family had been not only
respectable but prominent citizens of
Norwich, Vt., in each of the three pre-
ceding generations. Almost at its first
settlement the infant town liad received
his grandfather (Dr. Joseph 3 v p 45
Vol. XIV) then a young studenc of
medicine, who cast his lot in the
wilderness, and for nearly threescore
years was the faithful and beloved
physician of the settlers and their de-
scendants. Years later, when he had
attained such standing tliat liis stay
seemed permanent, his farher, Wil-
liam (1), followed, a man of characrer
and substance, to spend the remainder
of his days in the same community.
In the third generation, the father.
Dr. Enos (6), of the subject of this
sketch started with unusual advant-
ages ; which were, however, mor.^ than
overcome by bodily infirmity, so that
his early death left his young family
quite stripped of adventitious aid for
the life -struggle.
Book CXX.
ABIJAH PECO LEWIS. France to Me.
Chapter II.
From Hist, of Gorliam, Me.
In 1755, Abijah (1) was of Gorham,
and here on Dec. 27 of that year, m
Rebecca Melcher, dau. of Edward
Melcher who came to Gorham from
Kennebunkport about 1750. Before
the year 1775 Abijah (1) moved to
Buxton. He was a soldier in the war
of the Revolution and always claimed
that he, with Corporal Wm. Irish,
whose dau. afterwards m Peco's son,
were both engaged in the famous
battle of Bunker Hill on June 17th,
1775.
Chapter III.
From Ridlon's Saco Valley.
Abijah Lewis (1) b abt. 1730; d at
a great age in Buxton. Me., ; m Re-
becca ; came early from Lynn to
the Saco valley township called Nar-
ragansett, No. 1, and settled near the
Gorham line. (Ridlon identifies him
with Abijah (34. XXXVI) who, how-
ever, was b Sept. 9, 1717. Ed. 10 ch. b.
2. I. Abijah, b 1756.
3. II. Thomas.
4. III. Elizabeth.
5. IV. Ebenezer. / . . ,,. ,
„ ,, c? 1 'bap. Apr. 10, l/<«.
6. V . Samuel, )
7. VI. Sarah, b 1776.
8. VII. Rebecca, b Aug. 29, 1779.
9. VIII. Miriam.
THE LENVIS LETTER.
SI
10. IX. Aim.
11. X. Jane.
Book CXXI.
JOHN LEWIS, Germany to N. Y.
Chapter II.
By Thos. D. Lewis, rulrou, N. Y.
Larry Lewis (8 v lasc issue) b Aug.
«, 1791, in Ducliess co., N. Y. ; d
Mar. 23, 1S63, Shannonville, Canada;
m 1809 Kinderhook. X. Y., Ruth
Huyck, b June 11, 179-2, Adolplio^;-
town, Canada, and d Jany 16, 1861,
Shannonville, Canada, where both are
buried. 5 ch. b.
9. I. John.
10. II Jane.
11. III. Edward Huyck.
12. IV. Rachel.
13. V. Sarah.
Record Of Life.
Marriages.
In Grace Church, N. Y. City by
Bishop Greer, Apr. 6, 1904, Anna
Blakeman Lewis, dau. of Mr. and Mrs.
John V. B. Lewis of Miller Road,
Morristown, X. J., and Arthur H.
Vesey. Mrs. Lewis was Marianna
Blakeman dau. of the late Birdseye
Blakeman. one of the oldest members
of the Union League Club.
Deaths.
In Amsterdam, N. Y., Dec. 27,
1903, Walter Frye Lewis, ae. 27 of
pneumonia, a young man of strong
character and much worth who is
mourned for by a wife whom he had
married five months before; by par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H. Lewis of
Cherry Valley ; by four sisters, Mrs.
F. L. Hallock and Mrs. Henry Putnam
of Amsterdam, Mrs. Sheldon Johnson
of Brooklyn and Hilda Lewis of
Cherry Valley; and by eight brothers,
Theodore of Amsterdam, James of
Frankfort, Frank and Dayton of
Syracuse, John of Schenectady, Harry
M., Chas. H. and Chester of Clierry
Valley.
In Paris, France, at St. Joseph's
Hospital, Harry Lewis of West Day-
ton, O. , ae. 39 an American art student
attending Julien's Academy.
In Chicago, III. , at her residence
5310 LaSalle St., Apr. 5, 1904, Annie
E. Lewis ae. 63
In Marion, Ind., Mar. 30, 1904,
Carl H. Lewis, nephew of Dr. J. M.
Lewis.
Notes.
North : — T. W. Lewis of Prairie du
Chien and ex-treasurer of Cra^vford
CO., Wis-, has purchased for $22,000
the Central House at Boscobel, Wis.,
and took possession June 1st ... .A lot
of sergeants-at-arms, headed by Evaa
Lewis, the professional wrestler, were
established by the La Follette men to
prevent their opponents from taking
forcible possessions of Wisconsin
Convention Hall. . . .J. Lewis manager
of the Wright House, Alma, Mich.
. ..Jolm W. Lewis of Hammond is
negotiating for a site for a mill plant
at the mouth of irtony Creek, in the
vicinity of Black Lake, not far from
Onaway, Mich.
East: — Ella F. Lewis, Depr. In-
spector of Conn. W. K. C K.
Lewis, 5.5 W. 68th St., N. Y. City,
one of the boys and girls whose ink
fairies were not black enough to print
in the Herald . . .E. L. Lewis received
five awards for vegetables at a recenr
Regular Weekly Exhibition of the
Horticultural Society, Boston, Mass.
. . . .E. A. S. Lewis Presidential dele-
gate to Chicago for the 10th X. J.
District .... Walter S. Lewis of Wo-
burn, Mass. a student in Chemistr\'
and Dyeing at Lowell (Mass.) Textile
School.
62
L,E^^'ISIAIVA.
South:— E. G. Lewis,, Pres . of
Lewis Publi;«liiug Co., St. Louis, Mo. ^
is organizing a five million dollar
bank. . . .Congressman E. B. Lesvis of
Montezuma, Ga. , is a member of the I
important committee in congress,
banking and currency. . . .W. A. Lewis
of Howard, Texas, one of the incor-
porators of the Mutual Telephone Co.
of Texas. .. .R. W. Lewis has bought
the Commercial Hotel at Gadsden,
Ala Lewis Lumber and Manu-
facturing Co. Hattiesburg, Miss
Joseph H. Lewis of Hull, Ala. and
Ulysses Lewis of Atlanta, Ga., are
looking into L. L. L. and its objects.
West ; — Charles L. Lewis of St.
Louis, Minn., re-nominated for Su-
preme Court Justice of Minn. . . .Allen
F. Lewis of Flandreaa, S. D. was the
46th name drawn in the distribution
of lands in the Rosebud reservation
....Victor C. Lewis from August
1899 until May 1901 a private in 31st
U. S. Vols. Inf. and appointed in Sept.
1901 2d Lt. 28th Co. Coast Artillery,
who disappeared at San Francisco
Apr. 22d as his company was about to
sail for the Philippines has been
dropped from the Army Register.
Clippings.
Mr. F. Percj'A'al Lew^is, after a
pleasant journey via England, Hol-
land, the Rhine and the Hartz Moun-
tains, is studj'ing music in Leipzig,
where he is very busy with work
in pianoforte, and counterpoint. Ble
also serves the English Church in
Leipzig where he is required to play
the most elaborate Episcopal service.
He is greatly enjoying tlie musical
opix)rtunities ottered by this foreign
city.
Waterbury, mnde a most interesting
address interspersed with sallies of
wit whicli kept his auditors in rlu-
most happy humor. His talk was on
the Relation of the Layman to the
Church and his eulogy of Rev. Dr.
Rainsford, of New York under whom
he served several years as an assistant
was not only highly interesting and
eloquent but bordered at times on the
verge of broad humor.
E. M. Lewis of Moundsville, W.
Va., has been granted a patent on a
suspension and fastening device in-
tended to be used as a hanger on orna-
ments, show cards, plaques and calen-
dars that presents several novel fea-
tures, and from its adaptability to a
wide range of use, is likely to become
verj' popular.
The sijeaker of the evening, Rev.
John N. Lewis of St. John's Church
Queries.
To the Reader: — If you are inter-
ested in this work, send in your
queries for this column and help
answer those of others. Don't hesi-
tate to send your answers however
meagre they may be. Your mire may
furnish the clew which has long bei n
sought for in vain. For convenience
of reference these queries will be
numbered. Always give number in
replying.
183. Ancestry of Albert Lewis b
Huntington, Conn., Dfc 31. 1772, a
wheelwright of Stratford, Ct.,
Tunkhannock, and Pike, Pa., whsre
he d Jany 3, 1842. ch. b Stratford, Ct.
184. In July 1856 Hiram S. Lewis
entered 40 acres of land and in 1857
Mary J. Lew4s entered another 40
acre tract in same Section, Town and
Range. Land is now valuable and
they or their heirs will h am some-
thing to their advantage by writing
this office.
ANA
OR THE
LEWIS .-. LETTER.
Vol. XV, No. 4.
GUILFORD, CONN., OCT., 1904. Terms: One Dollar A Year.
LEWISIANA
A MONTHLY INTER-FAMILY PAPER.
Its object is to bring all of the name of Lewis
and their kin into mutual acquaintance and
friendship, to discover for each one his kindred
and keep nim posted in regard to all their trials
and successes in life, and to record for use of
themselves and their posterity the traditions,
biography and genealogy of all' the Lewises.
TERMS.
One Dollar a year, payable on receipt of the
July number. Single numbers. Ten Cents each.
Remittance should be by Check or Express Or-
der. If P. O. Order, make payable at Guilford,
Conn. Advertising rates furnished oh applica-
tion. Address all communications to the pub-
lisher,
CARLL A. LEWIS, Guilford, Conn., Box 194.
LEWISIANA is entered as second class mat-
ter at the Post Office at Guilford, Conn., and is
printed by The Shore Line Times Press, Guil-
ford.
IINDEX.
An Index of all the male Lewises mentioned
ib. Lewis Letter and Lewisiana has been pre-
pared in the form of a card catalogue whicn is
kept completed to the date of the latest issue.
Until some means is de\'isfd by wliich this can
be printed, the Editor will furnish these refer-
ences for any Lewis desired by any rt^der who
will send stamps or stamped envelope tor reply
List of the Books of the Lewises.
Earliest Ancestors— When and Where.
Missing numbers are of Merged Books.
XCVI. Ellis, 1730, Merion, Pa.
XCVII. Morgan, 1682, Penn.
XCVIII. Thomas, 1701, Wales to Pa.
XCIX. Josiah, 1771, Conn, to Vt.
O. James, 1710, Wales to Penn.
CI. Robert, 1635, Newbury, Mass.
CII. John, 1730, Wales to Ya.
cm. Thomas, 1795, Wales to N. Y.
CIV. William, 1777, England.
CV. Thomas, Wales to Bucks-co., Pa.
CVI. John, 1872, Eng. to Mass.
CVII. Jonas, 1688, Eng. to N. Y.
CVIII. James, 1756, Rhode Island
CIX. William, 1740, Ireland to Va.
OX. John, 1774, Berkshire, Mass.
CXI. Joseph, Monmouth, Wales.
CXII. Humphrey, Wales to New Eng.
CXIII. Samuel, Glamorgan, Wales.
CXIV. William, 1726, Conn, to Vt.
CXV. John, 1743, Wales to Ct.
CXVI. George, 1800. Eng. to Maine.
CXVII. Nathan, 1750, Wales to Pa.
CXVIII. William, 1777, Athol, Mass.
CXIX. Vincent, 1709, Virginia.
CXX. Abijah Peco, 1755, France to Me.
CXXI. John. 1760, Germany to N. Y.
I. Randall, 1765, Hopkinton, R I.
II. Benjamin, 1670, Stratford, Conn.
III. David L., Wales to Philadelphia.
IV. Richard, 1793, Wales to N. Y.
V. Richard, Wales to R. I.
VI. Joseph, 1747, R. I. to N. Y.
VII. Joshua, 1680, Wales to Conn.
VIII. John, 1661, Westerly, R. I.
IX. Elisha, Litchfield, Conn.
XI. George, 1733, Hopkinton, R. I.
XII. William, 1632, Farmington, Ct.
XIII. John, 1635, New London. Conn.
XVI. Benjamin, 1785, Wales to Wis.
XIX. John, 1640, Wales to Va.
XX. Levi, 1762, Sussex-co., N. J.
XXIV. George, 1630, Eng. to Mass.
XXVI. Thomas, 1818, Va. Ky. Mo.
XXVII. Nehemiah, 1712, R. I.
Contents for October, 1904.
Velorus C. Lewis, Los Angeles. Cal. 54
Lewis in Wales 55
Lewis Reunions 55
Recent Lewis Patents 55
Lewises at G. A. R. Encampment. .55
Genealogical Records consistiner of
one chapter in Books I, II, V. VIII,
XI, XII, XIII, XXIV, XXXV. XLII.
XLIII. XLV, LIV, LIX, LXXVI,
CXIV, CXX 56
Record of Life 66
Notes 66
(Queries 6§
^4
LEWISIANA,
I
mi^^ ^ff^W^^^>^ ^-"^-^ ^^-i^-^x^^^ ... ».^...\,', irrMiii irfiii'iif&itfr'''' mn
^^C-^^r-y^-^-^ni'^
Jeens did not teach the non-reality of tho visible nniverse, but he taught
that mind governs the human body, and this fact is admitted by all thinkers
of today; they simply disagree as to extent, anil no man living is able to
designate the extent or define the limit of such action.
From the author's Life and Health as Taught by Jesus.
I teach and practice mental therapeutics, give both present and absent
treatments, and take classes for instruction, having for more than ten years
given my entire time and euergie?
to this work.
V. C. LEWIS,
Los Angeles, Cal.
THE IwEWIS UETTTER.
SS
Lewis in Wales.
From History of Powys Fadog.
XV. William Lewys (v last issue)
m (1) Margaret, dau. of Sir Joliu
Pulestou, Kut, Chambarlain of
Gwynedd, aud Constable of Caer-
narvon Castle, m (2) Elin, dau. of
Edward ab Hugli Gwyn of Bode wry d,
descended from Gweirydd ab Rhys
Goch, Chief of One of the Noble
Tribes of Gwynedd, Argent, on a bend,
dexter sable, three leopard's facjs of
the first. He liad 2 sons and 7 daus.
by m (1) aud 1 son and 1 dau. by m (2)
XVI. 1. Hugh Lewys.
2. Richard Lewys, M. A.
3. William Lewys, M. A.
4. Jane m Owain Wood of Rhos-
mor ap Wm. Wood.
5. Elizabeth m Rhys Wynn ab
David ab Rhys ab David ab
Gwilym of Llwydiarth id
Anglesey.
6. Grace m William Hampton of
Porthail, E^q.
7. Margaret m Richard Bulkeley
ab Rowland of Porthaml.
8. Mary m William Coctmor ab
William of Coctmor, descend-
ed from larddur of Penrhyn,
Gules a chevron inter three
stag's heads caboshed argent,
attired or.
9. Annest m Dafydd ab Owain ab
Tudor of Penny njdd.
10. Gaynor m William Hampton
of HeuUys.
11. Robert Lewys of Cemlyn.
12. Margaret m Robert Pugh of
Penrhyn Creuddyn, Esq.
Lewis Reunions.
Mrs. Delia Lewis Thompson, Secre-
tary, sends notice of the Sixth Annual
Picnic of tlie Lewis Family on Satur-
day, Aug. 27, 1904, at H. M. Lewis's
Grove, Berwick, 111.
The first reunion of tlv Lewis
family in tlie last nineteen years, was
held Aug. 18, 11)04 at the cottage of
Sanford and Myron Lewis, on the
eastern shore of Lake Bonaparte, N.
Y. All of tlie six brothers and four
sisters with their families, were
iiresent. The celebration lasted all
day and well into the night, ending
with a huge boufire on a big rock
that sticks out of the water a little
wav from shore.
Recent Lewis Patents.
By Theo. G. Lewis, M. D., Buffdlo
N. Y.
Charles Lewis, Toronto, Ontario;
Extracting soluble albumeu from
milk.
Daniel M. Lewis, Waterbury, Conn. ;
Exteusion bracket.
Edgar E. Lewis, Admore, Iiid.
Ter. ; Bpttle.
Frank L. L^wis, Neche, No. Da. ;
Grain separator.
Hnrry A. Lewis, Norristown, Pa. ;
Switch.
James Lewis, Montrose, W. Va. ;
Car stake.
Lester L. Lewis, Oil City, Pa. ;
Governor valve for Gas engines.
Marvin W. Lewis, Cleveland, O. ;
Gas burner valve mechanism.
Arthur C. Lewis, San Francisco,
Cal. ; Receptacle and distributer for
liquid soap.
Lewises at tlie G. A. R. Encampment.
In the Naval Parade; — William A.
Lewis, Lieut, of Co. C, 2nd Battalion
of Naval Brigade, MVM, and Charles
Lewis, Commander Camp 91), Shelburne
Falls, Mass., Sons of Veterans.
In the G. A. R. Parade ;— David W.
Lewis, Commander Timothy Ingraham
Post 121, Hyde Park, Mass., and
Enoch T. Lewis, Commander Parker
66
I^EAVISIAIVA.
Post 123, Athol Ceuter, Mass.
No Lewis Posts wero meiitiQued.
Are tliere such and if so after whom
are thoy named? Undoubtedly other
Lewises were present but the editor
knows of only two, Hon. Nathan B.
Lewis, West Kingstou, R. I., and Harry
W. Lewis, Erie, Penn. , to whose kind-
ness he is indebted for papers giving
full details of the week's events.
in-
176
A
our
Annoying, But Alas Frequent,
Miss daroliue E. Casper writes
quiring about Amos Lewis (v p
Vol XH) who m Laura Carpenter.
letter giving all the details in
possession is sent to the only address
the letter contains — Pittsfield, Mass.,
but is returned by U. S. Postal Ser-
vice as unclaimed. Who can give
correct address?
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS.
Explanations, Abbreviations, Etc.
For convenience the records of the
various Lewis families are divided
into Books and each Book into chap-
ters. At the head of each Book ap-
pears the name of the earliest known
ancestor of that family. The List
of Books is a complete index to the
Books as published to this time.
New Books will be added from time
to time as new branches of the Lewis
family are found. As soon as Books
are proved parts of others they will be
merged into the Books to which they
belong. Each name is numbered when
first printed and whenever the name
is repeated this number follows in
brackets. The abbreviations com-
monly used in genealogical work are
used; as b for born; d died; m mar-
ried; m (1) first wife; dau. daughter
pnm, nQt married ; v p see page : etc.
Book 1.
RANDALL LEWIS, Hopkinton, R I.
Chapter XLIIL
By Frank P. Lewis, S' at tie. Wash.
Lewis Text Book No. 2 was issued
Aug. 15, 1904 and is a marked im-
provement en No. 1 of which only a
limited number of copies are left.
No. 2 treats of I. Lewis Congress; H.
Lewis Legion; IH. Lewis Catechism;
IV. Text Books; V. Publicity; and is
illustrated with cuts of Frank P.
Lewis (its author), Edward S. Lewis
of St. Louis and Captain Meriwether
Lewis, the great explorer.
Book 11.
BENJAMIN LEWIS, Stratford, Ct.
Chapter CCXVII.
By W. O. Sharpe, Seymour, Conn.
Of the ch. of Everitt (223 v last
issue)
Augur (338) m Oct.) 13, 1803,
Laurena Sherman (Southbury, Ct.
record. The Conn. Register for 1809
mentions Agur Lewis as deputy sheriff
of Fairfield Co. for Huntington. Ed.)
Charles (340) b Apr. 13, 1789, d
1862; m Oct. 24, 1843, Julia A.
Olmsted of Monroe, Ct.
Roswell (341) d 1869, Bridgeport,
Ct. ; no ch.
Ransom (342) and Nancy M. Lewis
bad 5 ch. mentioned in the distribu-
tion of his father's, Everitt (223),
estate,
Agur.
Henry B.
Silas C.
Frances.
Nancy M.
George (344) lived in N. Y. City.
Julius (345) m June 13, 1830,
Monroe, Ct., Philena Clark.
John E. (3106 v p 24 Vol. XV) son
of Harry (343) went to Paris, France
to superintend a large rubber factory
estfiblished there by Conn, parties: was
3119.
I.
3120.
IL
3121.
III
3122.
IV.
3123.
V.
THE LEWIS LETTER,
«7
there 26 years; returned about two
years before he died quite well off; m
Ellen of Campville, Ct. 2 eh. b.
3124. I. Nellie.
3125. II. Sherry (perhaps Sheridan)
Book V.
RICHARD LEWIS, Wale= to R. I.
Chapter XIII.
By Henry H. Lewis, Carthage, N. Y.
John S. (49 V last issue) and Martha
(Ford) Lewis had 3 ch. b.
82. I. Stephen Henry, b Feb. 27,
1848, m Dec. 24, 1880, Lucinda E.
Oolton. He has been in the emplo}'
of the Watertown Spring Wagon Co.,
for over twenty years and res. at 55
Huntington St., Watertown, N. Y.
83. II. Laura Martha, b July 15, 1852,
m Feb. 5, 1890, Cyrus C. Mason.
They are prosperous farmers of Ant-
werp, N. Y., 1 ch. b.
85. I. Martha Lucina, b Feb. 28,
1892.
84. III. Wilfred Elmer, b Feb. 3,
1859, d Aug. 31, 1902 m Apr. 20,
1881, Harriet E. Briggs who now res.
in N. Y. city. He was a proof reader
in. the office of the N. Y. Tribune
which position he had filled for a
number of years.
Cynthia (52 v p 165 Vol. XIV) d
Jany. 11, 1858, m Feb. 17, 1850, Wil-
liam Grems b June 25, 1826, d Feb.
—. 1900.
Book Vin.
JOHN LEWIS, Westerly, R. I.
Chapter CDLXIX.
By James H. Kelly, Rochester, N. Y.
Daniel Lewis (3587) b Apr. 12,
1788, Pet ersburgh N. Y., d June 22,
1852, Berlin, N. Y., son of Pliineas
(1203 V p 4 Vol. IV) and Hannah
(Randall) Lewis of Petersburgh, N.
Y. m Jane 11, 1809, Abigail Westcot,
b Aug. 14, 1790, Berlin, N. Y., and
d Mar. 17, 18G5, Berlin, N. Y. She
was dau. of Arnold and ElizaV)eth
(Smith) Westcot and gr. dau. of
Stukeley and Anna (Wells) Westcor,
and gt. gr. dau. of Stukeley and
Befchia (Westcot) Westcot and gt.
gt. gr. dau. of Stukeley and Priscilla
(Bennett) Westcot and gt. gt. gt. gr.
dau. of Jeremiah and Eleanor (Eng-
land) Westcot and gt. gt. gt. gt. gr.
dau. of Stukeley Westcot (1592-1677).
13 ch. b Berlin, N. Y.
3588. I. Daniel, b Apr. 4, 1810. d
Mar. 24. 1811, Berlin, N. Y.
3589. II. Philana, b Feb. 21, 1812,
d Bowen's Prairie, Jones Co. ,
Iowa, m Berlin, N. Y., by Elder
Joseph Rogers, William Ennis
Himes (d Bowen's Prairie) son of
William Himes of Berlin. N. Y.
3590. III. Nelson, b Jany. 18, 1814,
d May 25, 1860, Greenfield, Pa.,
m Apr. 7, 1838 Alfred, N. Y.,
Lydia Shaw b Sept. 24, 1815,
Stephentown, N. Y., dau. of
Anthony and Dinah Smith Shaw
of Stephentown, N. Y.
3591. IV. Asa, b Feb. 27, 1816, d
Wellsville, N. Y., m Harriet,
dau. of Barber Babcock of Berlin
and Jamestown, N. Y.
3592. V. Daniel Randall, b May 14,
1818, d Apr. 24, 1843, Berlin, N.
Y., m there 1840 :by Elder
Gifford, Albina Green, dau. of
George and Sally (Reed) Green
of Berlin, N. Y., no ch.
3593. VL Lucinda Merrilla, b Nov. 6
1820, m Caleb Carr, son of Spencer
and Zilpa (Goodrich) Carr of
Lebanon, N. Y.
3594. VIL Leonard, b Oct. 31, 1822,
d July 22, 1824, Berlin, N. Y.
3595. VIII. Elizabeth Ann, b July 2,
1825, m (1) Bur'ron Hammond
Himes, son of Solomon and Polly
(Taylor) Himes of Berlin, N. Y. ,
m (2) Oct. 24, 1878, Berlin, N.
Y., by Rev. Mumford, Otis
58
IwEWISIAISA.
Feathers, b JdIv 22, ISIO.
Graftou, N. Y., sou of Ileury aud
Sarali (Gale) Featliers of Sand
Lake, N. Y.
3596. IX. Hannah Caroline, b May
4, 1828, m Berlin, N. Y., by Elder
Isaac D. Gilford, James Ward.
3597. X. Charles, b May 22, 1830,
d July 1, 1833, Berlin, X. Y.
3598. XI. Leonard Lester, b Sept. 15,
1832; was in Co. B 125rh Regt.
N. Y. Vols. ;m Dec. 8, 1871,
Berlin, N. Y., by Rev. Wells,
Phoebe Vaa Woeart, b 1830 Still-
water, N. Y., dau. of Nicholas
and Ann (Quackenbush) Van
Woearfc of Berlin, N. Y.
3599. XII. Mary Abigail, b Dec. 4,
1835, d July 29, 1842,Berlin, N. Y.
3600. Xril. Sarah Jane, b Mar. 18,
1837, dNov. 6, 1839, Berlin, N. Y.
Book XL
GEORGE LEWIS, Hopkinton, R. I.
Chapter LXII.
By Mary M. (Lewis) Hoyt in the
Michigan Tradesman.
We were on the direct line of the
great Indian trail running from
Detroit to Grand Rapids, which
passed directly through Barry county.
But we were not long alone. The fur
trader and the sjx^culator were abroad
in the land, and to fill the increasing
demands of the weary traveler, our
little cottage of two rooms was extend-
ed, building after building, until we
occupied ''nine storieson the ground,"
seven distinct buildings in a row in the
front and two additional in the back.
They presented neither an imposing
nor graceful ap|)earance but were the
hurried creation of backwoods life,
when there was no time to waste on
architecture, symmetry or beauty.
The fame of the pla^e spread
throughout tlie countrs' and so brisk
was business at the old "Mansion
House," as it was called, that it was
no uncommon thing for one hundred
people to tarry there for anight, while
sixty teams were often stabled there
between sunset and sunrise.
The extreme ends of [the old house
were named. The one farthest north
was "Grand Rapids," and the ex-
treme south was "Kalamazoo." The
Kalamazoo was considered the "best
room" and was furnished rather
better than the others and the better
class of people occupied it generally,
bridal parties, etc. All the other
buildings have tumbled to ruin. This
building alone stands out all by itself.
It is close to the road down in the
hollow, seemingly proud of the fact
that it has survived all of the changes
of the last century and inviting
admiration and respect because of it.
If the old building could speak what
stories it could tell, what historical
information it could impart that
would be of interest and benefit to
future generations.
Book XII,
WILLIAM LEWIS. Farmington.Conn.
Chapter CCCLXXXVII.
By Harry W. Lewis, Erie, Penn.
The record of Edwin (1984 v p 24
Vol. XIV) the 7th ch. of Eliakim and
Sarah (1492 Lewis) Hough is given
in "Arthur Aylsworth and His
Descendants in America."
Edwin Hough (1984) b Stratford
Ct., July 3, 1808, m Aug. 20, 1833.
Mary Hazard Aylsworth, bQuidnesett,
No. Kingston, R. I.,Dec. 20,1814,
2nd dau. of Hazard Dyer and Anna
(Havens) Aylsworth. Edwin Hough
was an editor and publislier of news-
papers for forty years in the Stare of
New York, at Warsaw, Bar a via,
Lodi, Springville and Hornellsville.
He was the founder, fditor and pro-
prietor of the Hornellsville Tribune,
THE LEWIS LETTER.
$tQ
which paper he published twenty
years, and whicli was always Re-
publican in politics. He d at
Hornellsville. May 3, 1869, 8 ch. b.
I. Edward Hazard, b Buffalo, N. Y.,
May 3, 1836, res. Hornellsville,
II. Augustus Eli akim, b Wales, N. Y.,
Aug. 22, 1838, d Dec. 26, 1863,
Hornellsville, N. Y.,
III. Legrond Marvin, b Lodi, N. Y.,
Jany. 22, 1840, m Feb. 4, 1868,
Carrie PuUiam b Mar. 1, 1847,
dau. of John Alexander and
Angeline 'Shaw) Pulliam of
Vincennes, Ind. ; a railroad con-
ductor, res. Vincennes and later
Effingham, Ills, where they res.
in 1880 with 3 ch.
1. Edwin Elmer, b Apr. 16, 1869.
2. Anna Laura, b Oct. 10, 1870.
3. Mary Nettie, b Oct. 20, 1878.
IV. Leroj' Sunderland, b Lodi, N. Y.,
Apr. 2, 1842; enlisted in Co. D, 86th
N. Y. Vols., July 6, 1861; re-enlisted
as a veteran in Dec. 1862, and was
mustered out July 6, 1865; chief clerk
for Medical Director at Washington,
D. C, for 8 months; in the field took
part in the battles of Second Bull Ran,
Orange Grove, Fredericksburg and
ChancellorsvUe ; was with Grant's
Army in his Va. campaign and was
promoted to Quartermaster in Apr.
1865; commenced railroading in 1856;
occupied the various xxDsitions of water
boy, brakeman, fireman, yardmaster
and freight conductor ; employed suc-
cessively on the Erie, Ohio & Miss.,
Indianapolis & Cincinnati, Indian-
apolis, Bloomington & Western and
Vandalia Line R. R. In 1880 he had
occupied for 3 yeirs the position of
passeoger conductor on the C, R. I.
& P. R. R. with res. at Davenport,
Iowa; m Hornellsville, N. Y., May
28, 1868, Anna Catharine Rewalt, b
Easton, Pa., Mar. 28, 1848, dau. of
Calvin Shafner and Ellen E. (Shewell)
Resvalt of Easton, Pa.
V. Charles Franklin, b Lodi, X. Y.,
Apr. 6, 1844; was a printer from boy-
hood, except a few years employed as
a clerk and in armj' service; enlisted
in Co. D, 86th N. Y. State Vols., Aug.
13, 1862 and was in all the battles of
the Army of Potomac until wounded
May 10, 1864. at the battle of Spottayl-
vania C. H. ; was disc. July 26, 1865,
after spending about ten mouths in
hospital at Alexandria, Va. ; m Apr.
6,1872, Evelyn Emily Hunt, b Jany
20. 1854, Audover, N. Y.,dau. of
Jason Almond and Emily Eliza
(Martindale) Hunt of Andover, N.
Y. ; res. Alfred Centre, N. Y.,in 1880,
with 3 ch.
1. Jason LeGrand, b Andover,
Oct. 22, 1874.
2. Ernest LeRoy, b Hornellsville,
Dec. 20, 1877.
3. Chas. Raymond, b Alfred
Centre, Aug. 28,1879.
VI. Inez Elizabeth, b Springville,
N. Y"., Apr. 12, 1847^ where she d
Apr. 25, 1848.
VII. Daniel Ernest, b Springville, N.
Y., Mar. 17, 1849, m Mar. 19, 1875,
Louise W. Martin, b July 31, 1854,
New Liberty, Ky., dau. of Francis and
Marie Elizabeth (Moore) Martin of
CarroUton, Ky. ; he was a contractor
and engaged in supplying steam heat-
ing apparatus; [res. 1880 in Indian-
apolis, Ind. with 2 ch.
1. Edith Martin, b Dec. 17, 1875.
2. Harry L., b Sept. Il,;i877.
VIII. Millard Fillmore, b Spring-
ville, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1851; m in Nov.
1880 Bessie Harbor, dau. o: Judge
^Harbor of Trenton, Mo., res. Daven-
port, Iowa.
Book XIIL
JOHN LEWIS, New London. Conn,
Chapter LXXXVII.
By George Harlan Lewis, N. Y. City.
The record of the sisters of Dudley
60
L.E\VISIAIVA,
H. (473 V last issue) is taken from the
Sanborn Geuealo^v.
MaryE. (474 v p 152 Vol. XIV) b
Nov. 30, 1820, d July 18, 1853, m
Jnne 3, 1841, Jacob W. Sanborn, b
Unity, N.H., Oct. 25, 1813, d Feb.
11, 1897.a farmerof Claremont, N. S.,
son of Isaac and Mercy (Gale) San-
born; he, m (2) Apr. 19, 1854, Lucy
M., b Aug. 9, 1824, d May 7, 1894,
dan. of Dea. Amos Russell of Wash-
ington, N. H. 2 ch. b m (1) and 1
ch. b m (2).
498. I. Marj' J., b Apr. 11, 1842; res.
Danvers, Mass.
499. II. Lewis W. , b Jany 20, 1847;
a teacher Danvers, Mass., m Aug.
21. 1873, Sarah L. F. Holt of
Danvers, b Feb. 9, 1844. 1 ch. b.
I. L. Fred, b Jany 17, 1879.
m. Amos R., b Feb 28, 1860.
Madaline (475) is called Malinda J.
Lewis of Marlow, N. H. , b May — ,
1824, d Nov. 8, 1890, m Jany 28, 1841,
Hon. Harvey Sanborn, b Unity, N.
H., Jany 5, 1814, son of Abraham and
Polly (Odiome) Sanborn ; a farmer all
his life; still (1897) living Claremont,
N. H. on the homestead which his gr.
father took up about 1765. 3 ch. b.
500. I. Helen Maria, b Aug. 14, 1845,
m Moulton J. Oilman of Spring-
field, Mass.
501. II. PerleyL., b Sept. 7, 1851;
M. D., Bellevue Med. Coll. N. Y.
1877 ; practices Marblehead,Mass.,
m Apr. 1, 1880, Octavia V. Porter;
1 ch. b.
I. Tracy Lewis, b 1889.
502. III. Tracy Ellis, b June 16, 1853,
educated Colby Academy, Dart-
mouth Coll., Botson Univ. Law
School 1878; admitted to bar in
Wis. and So. Da. now (1897) on
his 4th term as County Judge of
Dene 1 CO. , near Clear Lake, So.
Da; m Dec. 21, 1881, Ida E.
Quimby of Lewiston, Me., b Jany
10, 1857; 3 ch. b.
I. Ethel Ida, b Dec. 11, 1882.
11. Grace Helen, b Nov. 17, 1884.
III. Harvey Warren, b Dec. 27,
1888.
Book XXIV.
GEORGE LEWIS, England to Mass.
Chapter CCCXXVIII.
From the History of Gorliam.
Col. Lothrop Lewis (484) was a man
high in the esteem of his fellow
citizens and cotemporaries; of singu-
lar purity and uprightness; of much
dignity, and of calm and well balanced
mind, and excellent judgmeoat. He
was repeatedly called upon to fill places
of public trust. His first wife d
Apr. 15, 1807, and he m (2) Apr. 19,
1810, Mrs. Mary J. Little, d May 30,
1863, ae. 88 y, 6 m, dau. of Hon.
Oliver Prescott of Groton, Mass., and
widow of John Park Little, Esq. She
was a woman of rare native gifts and
of fine culture. 10 ch. b 7 by m (I)
and 3 by m (2).
1331. I. Stephen Longfellow, b Mar.
14, 1795, d Feb. 4, 1825, m Jane
Thomas of Wayne who m (2) Samuel
Lincoln of Gorham.
2202. I. Mary, d Portland, Mar.
9, 1844, ae. 21.
2203. II. Elizabeth W., d Gorham,
July 10, 1825, ae. 2.
1332. II. Mary Longfellow, b Nov.
15, 1796, m Oct. 12, 1816, Jacob S.
Smith, (b 1786 son of Ebenezer and
Mehitabel (Sheafe) Smith of Durham
N. H. Of tbeir ch. v p 152 Vol.
IX Lothrop Lewis (1371) m Margaret
Mallett, 4 ch., Samuel Longfellow
(1372) d 1839 Ed.).
Ill to VII. On the farm formerly
owned by Col. Lewis at West Gorham
there are five graves of younger ch. of
Lothrop and Tabitlui, whod in infancy
with the exception of one ae. 8 years.
THE LEWIS LETTER.
61
1333. VIII. Amiali D., b May 30,
1811, d Oct. 4, ISll.
1334. IX. Catherine B.,b xMay 14,
1813, d Mar. 17, 1825.
1335. X. Elizabeth P., b Mar. 19,
1816, m (1) Oct. 17, 1831; m (2)
Dec. 25, 1833.
Book XXXV.
ROBERT LEWIS, Wales to Va.
Chapter CCXXXIV.
From Book Notes, Providence, R. I.
Jefferson. Thomas. President's
Message communicating Discoveries
made in exploring the Missouri, Red
River, and Washita, by Captains
Lewis and Clarke, Doctor Sibley and
Mr. Dunbar, with a statistical account
of the countries adjacent. 8 vo. , pp.
176, Washington, 1806. Price |5. 00.
The only part of this "Message" re-
printed by Richardson is Mr. Jeffer-
son's letter accompanying it, two
pages in length.
In Februar\-, 1806, President Jeffer-
son laid before Congress a most in-
teresting series of accounts concerning
the People and the natural resources
of the countries acquired by the pur-
chase of Louisiana. I give a brief
account of them in Mr. Jefferson's
own language. "In pursuance of a
measure proposed to Congress by a
message of January 18tb, 1803, and
sanctioned by their appropriation for
carrying it into execution, Captain
Meriwether Lewis, of the regiment of
Infantry, was appointed with a party
of men to explore the river Missouri
from its mouth to its source, and,
crossing the highlands by the shortest
portage, to seek the best water com-
munication, thence to the Pacific
Ocean, aud Lieut. Clarke was appoint-
ed second in command. They were
to enter into conference witli the
Indian nations on their route, with a
view to the establishment of commerce
with them. They entered the Mis-
souri May 14tli, 1804, and on the 1st
of November took up their winter
quarters near the Mandan, 1609 miles
above the mouth of the river." This
expedition seems to have been start-
ed before the territory was ceded.
The Treaty was signed 30th April,
1803; ratified by the U. S. Senate
21st October, 1803; payment fixed by
Congress 30th November, 1803;
formal posession taken 20th December,
1803.
Book XLII.
JOSEPH LEWIS, Swansea, Mass.
Chapter LVII.
From tho Boston Evening Transcript.
»7190. 3. Lewis. D. H. B. July
6, 1904. In the March number of
Lewisiana, 1903, the question was
asked: — "Who was Joseph Lewis of
Swansea?"
At that time a statement was pre-
pared giving my reasons for thinking
that he was a son of George of Barn-
stable.
Possibly I am in error, though I
think I found at that time evidence
to sustain Deane's statement. Those
notes having been mislaid, would re-
fer D. H. B. to Lewisiana for full
answer to inquiry.
L. L. L.
^As the conclusion v p 155 Vol.
XIII of that inquiry was that Joseph
and Nathaniel were sons of Edmund
(1. XXXIII) the Editor fails to see
hoNV the article can be quoted in sup-
port of the statement that Joseph was
son of George (l.XXIV). Will not
L. L. L. make careful search for those
notes as with the exception of the
mss. genealogy referred to on p 25,
of Vol. IX no evidence in support of
Deane's statement 1ms as yet been
forthcoming. Ed.).
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LEW^ISIAIVA.
Book XLIII,
SAMUEL LEWIS, Somerset co., N. J.
Chapter LIII.
From Hist, of Saiigamou co. , 111.
Susan A. (35 v p 154 Vol. IX) b
Apr. 19, 1814, New Brnnswick, N. J.,
m (1) Mar. 4, 1840. Springfield, 111.,
Henry Van Hoff, b 1804, Philadelpliia;
he was for many years engaged in the
wagon and oarriage making business
with Obed Lewis (Who was hey Ed.)
It was one of the first establishments
of the kind in Springfield, 111., where
he d Dec. 20, 1854. She m (2) Nov.
19, 1857, Rev. John G. Bergen, D.
D., b Nov. 27, 1790, Hightstown, N.
J., d Jany 17, 1872, Springfield, 111.,
son of George I. and Rebecca (Combs)
Bergen. He had m (1) Nov. 10, 1812,
Freehold, N. J. Margaretta Matilda
Henderson b Freehold, N. J., 1793 d
Oct. 18, 1853, Springfield, 111., dau.
of Dr. Thomas Henderson by whom he
had 5 ch. b Madison, N. J. (Bergen
Fam.)
Susan A. (35) had 6 ch. m (1) v p
26 Vol. X.
209. I. Mary A., b Mar. 10, 1842, d
Nov. 3, 1859.
310. II. Henry L., b Aug. 10, 1843,
m Oct. 26, 187i, Laporte, Ind.
. Anna M. Fraser, b Mar. 6, 1847,
Washington. D. C, res. Spring-
field, 111.; enlisted April 18G2 on
the first call for 75,000 men for 3
months in 7th ill. Inf. and served
full time; re-enlisted Aug. 1862
in Co. G, 114th 111. Inf. for 3
years; was commissioned 1st
Lieuc and promoted to Adjutant
of the Regt. in 1864; ser^^ed until
Aug. 1865, when he was honor-
ably discharged.
214. III. Anna, b July 9, 1845.
211. IV. Addie, b July 20, 1847, m
June 7, 1871. Mifflin Bell, b Oct.
20, 1847, Birmingliam, Pa., an
Hou^
213
212,
supt. at new Sra':e
Sprinsfield, 111.
. V. Julia A., b Aug. 26, 1849,
m Sept. 15, 1870, Albert C.
Haydeu, b Apr. 23, 1850, Sr.
Louis, Mo., a member of Lord &
Harden, china |ind glassware
merchants, Springfield, 111. 2 ch.
b.
1. William H.
2. Lewis VaoHotf.
VI. Lide J., b Feb. 9, 1851, d
Oct. 8, 1875, Sprinsfield, 111.
Book XLV.
JOHN LEWIS, Ireland to Virginia.
Chapter CIII.
From New Orleans Daily Picayune.
John Hampden Lewis (425 v p 32
Vol. XV) B. A., B. S., M. D., A. M.,
d Nov. 19, 1893, in his home in this
city, passing quietly and painlessly
from a life that for 83 years he bore
with marked credit to himself and as
a worthy scion of a historic family.
As a physician he was honored, as a
scholar he was admired, as a man he
was esteemed and loved not alone for
his accomplishments and learninsr,
but for his nobility of character and
his thorough manliness. He was
known to three generations of citizens
and the resi:)ect that his contemporaries
felt for the young practitioner grew
with the years. The present genera-
tion knows how well deser^'ed were
the thirteen years of life accorded
him beyond the allotted period of
three score and ten.
From 1839 when li3 first entered
into practice after a decade of almost
constant study of medicine until
about twenty years ago, he was among
the foremost pliysicians of this city
and section. The habits of close study
that he formed as a student never for-
sook him and throughout his long
architect and now (1876) assist. I life his spare moments were given to
THE LEWIS LETTER.
63
adding to the already great knowledge
of his cultured mind, whose capacity
seemed boundless. His love for his
chosen profession did not, however,
crowd other matters from his mind
and until the day that he was confined
to his bed by his final illness his en-
joyment of the literary masters of
Greece and Rome, together with the
thinkers of modern ages, was as keen
as when he was at college.
To be continued.
Book LIV.
EVAN LEWIS, Wales to Penn.
Chapter XL.
By E. J. Lewis, Torrington. Wyo.
The compilation of the following
records I began about five years ago
and have worked very industriously
at it ever since. The dates of mar-
riages, births and deaths are generally
obtained from Friends' records, but in
many cases it has been verj* difficult
to find the records, as so many meet-
ings have been discontinued, and the
records have been transferred from
place to plaje. Only those who have
made similar researches can realize
how much labor these few pages repre-
sent.
Evan (6) the earliest member of the
Lewis family of whom we have any
record and the only mention we find
of him is in the statement that when
an old man he accompanied his son
Henry (7) to America. No record of
his death and nothing to indicate that
he was a member of the Sosiety of
Friends.
Henry (7) was born at Narbeth, a
little market place in Pembrokeshire,
So. Wales, m 1st mo. 12, 1G09, at
Landeray, So. Wales, Margaret
Philpin or Proutherin. In the latter
part of 1081 or 1082 he with his
family came to America and settled
in Haverford Township, Chester co. ,
Pa. He was a member of the Society
of Friends and brought with liim a
certificate of membership, for himself
and family and located within the
limits of the colon}- founded by . Wil-
liam Penn. He was a carpenter by
trade and was active in church and
civil affairs. About six years after
his settlement in America he d and
was buried 6 mo. 17, 1088. 4 ch. b.
S. I. Henry, b 10 mo. 26, 1671.
123. II. Sarah, b 5 mo. 2, 1673, d
infancy.
9. III. Samuel, b 8 mo. 1, 1076;
the records of the Friends meeting at
Radnor, Pa., show that 1 mo. 9, 1698,
a committee was appointed to draw a
certificate for him, but do not state
to what meeting, if any, it wps di-
rected. It is possible, though not at
all probable, that he is the head of
Book XLIII. In such case, to agree
with other records, it would have
been necessary for him to return to
Wales for a time. It is possible that
Friends' records may yet be found
where he left his certificate.
10. IV. Elizabeth, b 12 mo. 14, 1677,
m Richard Hayes (v p 58 Vol. VII).
Jersey.
Book LIX.
WILLIAM LEWIS, New
Chapter XLI.
From the Sharpless Family.
The following copy of a letter of
William Lewis (1 v p 158 Vol. VI)
is from a somewhat indistinct
photograph of the original, said to
have been in possesion of the late Dr.
George Smith of Upper Darby whose
widow is a descendant from Ralph
Lewis (38).
(Abraliam Lewis (40 v p 108 Vol.
X) m Mary Morgan; his son Abraham
(204) m 1751 Ann Rees of Springfield
and liis son Abraham (205) m 1800
Rebecca Lawrence of Haverford and
their dau. Marj- (206) m Dr. George
64
LrBWlSlANA.
Smitli, the liistoriau of Delaware co. ,
Pa. Ed.).
Dear Brother Ralph Lewis :
My Love unto thee and all thy
family, hoping yt. thou art in good
health as I am at this present writing;
thy Brothers and thy to sisters and all
their familyes are in very good health
and doe remember their loves unto
thee and thy wife. I have received
thy letter and wee Are all very glad
to "heare of thy wellf are and prosperity.
I am of ye same Intentions as I was
before but yt. ye hindrance is still as
thou dost know as w^as before. I de-
sire to heare from thee as soon thou
hast opportunity and how doth thy
affairs Therive. I pray writ to me
what ie wanting to thee and what
Commodities is most needful! for thee,
if thou dost want any, yt. I may send
them to thee, for thy Letter was soe
short yt. thou didst ["send yt. it did
not mention nothing how ye Squeaces
went. I did expect heare from thee
concerning ^ye Lands, whether thou
hast it or not, how thou earnest into
possession of it, and concerning ye
money whether thou hast them or not.
I have Receved a letter from henry
Lewis yt. did mention yt. thou wert
not willing to content him for ye
paines he tooke in my businesse and
yt. was a great vexation of Spirit. I
doe intrate thee to doe him Satisfac-
tion and to send me notice how, &
soe doeing thou willt unlade me great
trouble; soe nothing at present but
yt. thou remember me to all my friends
in thy parts and I shall Rejoice greatly
in ye Lord to heare of thy wellfare
and prosperity. I Rest this ye xteenth
day of July 1684.
Thy ever Loveing Brother
William Lewis, from Ilan.
Thy Brother David doth Remember
himselfe to thee under the token yt.
didest promise to send Jiim a cople of
SUiues if thou cast come to them.
And thy Loveing frnd Howell
thomas and Edward Howell and Wil-
liam thomas and all ye Rest of tliy
f rinds, 1684.
Remember me to my Loveing frind
John ab Evan, for his Chilidren were
Sike and now they are well, youre
unkel thomas prichard were ded and
mary william."
Book LXXVl.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Rhode Island.
Chapter XXI.
From the Chesebrough Family.
William Lewis (12 v p 13 Vol. VII)
d in March 1879 and his wife Esther
Ann Sisson d Feb. 18. 1875.
Nathaniel (5 v p 189 Vol. VI) m
Hannah Chesebrough b Sept. 9, 1779,
d June 30,1861, dau. of Amos and
Rebecca (Chesebrough) Chesebrough;
she m (1) Mar. 2, 1802, Benjamin
Hancock who d Jany 7, 1805, in his
26th year; they res. Stonington Point,
Ct., where 3 ch. b m (1).
1. Ben j. Franklin, ) b Jany 22, 1803.
2. George, )
3. George, b Feb. 25, 1804.
Nathaniel (5) and Hannah (Chese-
brough) Lewis had 5 ch. b.
21. L Hannah, b Apr. 26, 1808, d
Feb. 5, 1863, m Dec. 12, 1830, Orrin
Doty of Sharon, Ct., a marble cutter,
b May 16, 1809, d Oct. 19, 1884,
Stonington, Ct. 4 ch. b.
120. I. Ellen, b Nov. 12, 1831, d
1833.
121. IL Charlotte Augusta, b
June 20, 1835.
122. III. Edward Warren, b July
23, 1840, m June 24, 1863, Ann
B. Abel; res. Sharon, Ct.
123. IV. Hannah, b Feb. 6, 1851,
m May 3, 1882, Solomon C. Bur-
dick; res. Westerly, R. I. 5 ch.
dy.
18. II. Simeon, b Oct. 13, 1813. d at-
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sea, unm.
19. III. Rebecca, b Dec. 12, 1815,
ni President Rogers of New London,
Ct.
124. IV. Maria, b Sept. 3, 1817.
20. V. Charlotte, b June 3, 1819; d
ae. 10 days.
Book CXIV.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Conn, to Vt.
Chapier XV.
From the Burr Family.
Record of ch. of Dr. Joseph (3 v p
126 Vol. XIV) and Experience (Burr)
concluded from p 191 Vol. XIV.
Enos (6 V p 109 Vol. XIV) (grad. at
Dartmouth Coll. (1804); wasappointed
surgeon's mate in the U. S. A. Dec.
12, 1808, and resigned on account of
ill health in Aug. 1810.
Alpha (11) m Nov. 23, 1815, Abel
Partridge; 2 ch. b.
39.1. Elizabeth, b Sept. 7,1816, d
Mar. 4, 1850, m Baxter B. Newton,
a merchant of Norwich, Vt. ; several
ch. all d y.
40. II. Lewis S., b Mar. 10, 1818, m
(1) June 16, 1846, Harriet Baxter of
Norwich, Vt., who d Aug. 25, 1854,
ae. 30; m (2) May 27, 1856, Eliza-
beth J. Woodruff; at present (1891)
res. Norwich, Vt., has held various
civil positions through life; was a
member of the State Legislature in
1852 and 1853; was Adjutant-General
of the State in 1853 and 1854; U. S.
Marshal of the State under President
Buchanan; has been nominated for
State Senator and M. C. ; was one of
the delegates at large in the National
Convention at Chicago that nominated
Gen. McClellan for the Presidency.
3 ch. b m (1) and 8 m (2) 5 sons and 3
/lane, of whom 1 dau. d infancy.
1. Lewis B., res. Yankton, Da.
2. Lizzie A., res. Athol, Mass.
3. Hattie L., res. J^orwich, Vt.
Book CXX.
ABIJAH LEWIS, France to Maine.
Chapter IV.
A Plantation Pastoral Visitation from
Ridlon's Saco Valley.
Parson Coffin illustrated the theory
that a house-going minister makes a
church-going people. Ho was accas-
tomed to make annual or semi-annual
visits to the remote neighborhoods. . . .
These visitations of the learned person
were looked forward to with great in-
terest and pleasure by those families
comprising the settlements on the west
side of the Saco River ; they were oc-
casions of social enjoyment and a break
in the monotony of daily toil which
stimulated hope and made existence
more tolerable. ... At an early hour
Monday morning the mothers, with
children in arms, began to assemble
at the house of Aunt Rachel Field to
assist in arranging the house and pre-
paring the necessary food. Some
grown-up daughters were put in charge
of the small folk, while the whist
matrons, with shirts tucked up and
arms laid bare for business, went to
work with a cheerful good will to "rid
up the house" and make all things
tidy. There was Hannah Cousins and
her next-door neighbor, Katy Lewis,
with soap, sand and scrub-cloth, who
went down upon the puncheoned floor
and scoured it unto snowy cleanness
... .Nearly all of the elderly fathers
had served in the army of the Revolu-
tion, leaving their wives and children
at home, in the midst of a howling
wilderness, in poverty and but poorly
protected. These sous of the clearing
were hard-hearted and bronzed by ex-
posure, but there was no sham about
them; they were just what they ap-
peared to be; brave, generous hearts
were biding under their homespun to
the tune of au honest purpose. Their
speech was pnclassic^l aed somewhat
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UEWISIArVA,
I
rade, bat it was not the vehicle of a
villainous soul, they "said what they
meant and meant what they said" ....
Parson Coffin, of course, was placed in
tho seat of honor at the table head, be-
ing supported on the right and left by
the two brothers, Thomas (3) and
Ebenezer (5) Lewis, both of them local
preachers, who undertook coarse work
in their line when called upon by a
gospel-hungry people..., It had long
been known from Saco to Pearsoutown
that Parson Coffin not only took kindly
to, but wag extremely fond of, such
Indian puddings as these old mothers
knew Dow to make. .. .Moreover, it
was a custom in those days to pass the
food to each guest and allow them to
appropriate as much as was deemed suffi-
cient to meet the demands of an appetite
the compass of which each was supposed
to know best. When the platter con-
taining the favorite food was held be-
fore the parson he excited no surprise
by dipping deep and long, until his
capacious pewter plate was filled to the
brim. When each had been supplied,
silence was enjoined by a sharp rap on
the table by Uncle Daniel Field, who
immediately announced: "Parson Cof-
fin will now exercise mercy." Rising
slowly from his seat, the saintly ser-
vant of the Most High raised his
spreading hands, closed his eyes, and
said an extensive and comprehendsive
grace.
Taking advantage of the moment.
Thomas Lewis quickly seized the great
spoon and transferred the minister's
pudding to his own plate, while the
younger of the assembled guests, whose
eyes had not been closed so completely
as such occasion demanded, witnessed
the amusing performance with ex-
pressions of face better imagined than
described. Just as the last portion
was disappearing from the plate of the
honored guest, he had finished his
invocation, and turning his eyes
downward cried out; "Ho; ho:
Brother Lewis, what are doing with
my pudding" "I beg a thousand
pardons, Parson Coffin," responded
Thomas, "I thought I was dipping
from the platter." This joke was well
received by all. . . .
Record Of Life.
24,
610
1904.
Gar-
Deaths,
lu Chicago, 111., July
Elizabeth Lewis, ae. 87 of
field ave.
In Chicago, July 7 or 8, 1904, John
J. Hayes, husband of Bride (Lewis)
and father of May, a native of
Limerick, Ireland.
At Bervvyu, 111., July 7, 1904, Ed-
ward W. Lew^is, b Bridgeport, Ct.,
June 5, 1835; a postal clerk on the
C , B. and Q. R. R. for nearly 25
years. Burial by the Masons at Malta,
111., where he formerly resided.
H. C. Lewis, ae. 53, a wire weaver
and a member of E. F. McDonald
Council, No. 1522, N. J., R. A., of
carcinoma of tongne. He leaves a
widow, ^I. A. Lewis.
At Hotel Spalding, N. Y. city, July
13, 1904, Dr. Samuel A. A. Lewis,
son of the late Julius and Elizabeth
\, ( — ) Lewis of Jamaica, W. I.
He was a member of Mystic Tie
Lodge, No. 272, F. and A. M.
At City Hospital, Boston, Mass.,
j July 4, 1904, David L. Lewis, ae. 39.
I InK. Y. Harbor, May 26, 1904.
Elmer Smith Lewis a native of
Cleveland, O. , and a sailor on the
Battleship Kentucky.
Notes.
Historical: — Peter Renaudet (in
the codicil of his will, dated Aug. 27,
1804) of N. Y. City "to Mrs. Sara
Lewis I bequeath my large Silver
THE L.EVV1S LETTER.
G7
brotli-spoon and [my bra?s tripod" . . . .
"diaries likB tlie Collins diary given
to the Essex (Mass.) Institute by
Alonzo Lewis" — . . . . Amon^ earl}'
(1653 to 1658) settlers of Northamp-
ton, Mass., Thomas Lewis had a House
lot 4 acres . . . . In G. W. Humphrej',
Boston, Mass., Catalogue of Books,
399. The Province of Maine, a map
by S. Lewis, 1794. Engraved by
Barker for Carey's Geography (18x14)
$1 50.
Bits for Today: — R. S. Lewis post-
master Canon City, Colo. He was
for many years connected with the
Fremoub County Bank . . . .Frank E.
Lewis of Lowell, Mass., an officer of
the North American Trust Enoch
Lewis, Police commissioner of Mt.
Vernon, N. Y Benj. Palmer
Lewis, room clerk at C. E. Hotel, St.
Louis, Mo Miller-Lewis Co., book
manufacturers and stationers of
Columbus, O E. St. Elmo Lewis
managing editor of The Book-keeper
and Business Man's Magazine....
William Lewis hall boy at the Ban-
nockburn, Fifth ave., N. Y. City. . . .
Frank W. Lewis, Pres. of Indianapolis
Foundry Co F. Lewis assistant
conservator of government forest at
Colombo, Ceylon. His portrait is in
foreground of a picture in the India
Rubber World for June R. J.
Lewis, steward at the Colonial,
Wilmington Del J. H. Lewis
represents the Tower Mfg. and Novelty
Co. 306 Broadway, N. Y. City E.
Lewis clerk of Harper House, Rock
Island, 111.
Our ladies and their doings : — Mrs.
John F. Lewis of Buffalo, N. Y., was
elected parliamentary instructor of
the Chautauqua Parliamentary Law
Club recently formed there. .. .Mrs.
H. E. Lewis of Ansonia, Ct., a
Pembroke arrival. .. .Mrs. Lizzie
Lewis of Elkton, Ky., a grip sufferer
.... An informal dance at Gleudale
Park, Spartanburg, S. C, held in
honor of Miss Susie Lewis of Clemson
College, .. .Miss Josephine Lewis of
Buffalo, N. Y., goes to the Adiron-
dacks in Sept. to join a house par^y
there and expects to do considerable
sketching preparatory to her winter's
work in her studio. .. .Mrs. Lewis
and two ch. of Springfield, Mass., are
spending the summer with Mrs. Albert
Smith of West Haven, Ct At an
entertainment in the cozy home of
Mrs. L. T. Nichols of Chester, S. C,
were Misses Margaret, Esther, Carter
Penn and Mary Picton Lewis. The
last will spend the next two years
with her aunt in Va Mrs. J. O.
Lewis of Scottsville, Va. , mother of
Mrs. Agnes Carter and gr. mother of
Claiborne Carter of Frederick.sburg,
Va Mrs. Henry Byrd Lewis of
Cleve manor, King George co , Va.
. . . .Misses Laura and Mattie Lewis of
Charleston are visiting in Columbia,
S. C Mrs. J. M. Lewis of Portland,
Me., received this telegram from her
brother, Dr. Wm. A. Harroun, of
Denver, Colo. , direct heir of an uncle
who recently died leaving him
$1,800,000. "I will not accept a cent
of the money. It is all yours. This
is final". .. .Mrs. Hirriet B. (Lewis)
Haight (V p 42 Vol. X) who was
seriously injured by falling down
stairs last April is slowly improving.
Literary: — William Allen Lewis
Jersey City, N. J., received LL. D.
from Colgate last June and W. S.
Lewis, President of Momingside
College, D. D. and LL. D. from
Cornell and Rev. Frank W. Lewis of
Clinton, La., D. D. from Washincrton
and Lee.... The Presbyterian Com-
mittee of Publication print The Life
and Letters of Robert Lewis Dabney,
a typical Virginian, b 18'20 d 1898
for 30 years head of Union Seminai>'
■i—^ y ,14
OR THE
LEWIS .'. LETTER.
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irVDEX.
An Index of all the male Lewises mentioned
in Lewis Lettei and Lewisiana has been pre-
gared in the form of a card catalogue wliicn is
ept completed to the date of tne latest issue.
Until some means is devised by wliich tliis can
be printed, the Editor will furiiish these r^f^.-r-
ences for any Lewis de-^ired by any reader who
will send stamps or stamped envelope for reply
List of the Books of the Lewises.
Earliest Ancestors — When and Where.
Missing numbers are of Merged Books.
XXYIII. Joseph. 1769, N. J.
XXIX. John, 1721, Amwell, JT. J.
XXXr. Lewis, Llaadaf^, 1816, Wales.
XXXIII. Edmand, 1634, Lynn xMass.
XXXIV. Richard, 1706, Providence.
XXXV. Robert, 1585, Wales to Va.
XXXVI. John, 163-4, Maiden. Mass.
XXXVII. Elisha, 1770-1828.
XXXIX. Jes5G, 1774. Hopkinton, R. I.
XL. Francis, 1713, Wales to N. Y.
XLIL Joseph, 1675, Swansea, Mass.
XLIII. Samuel, 1717, N. J.
XLn\ William, 1630, Roxbnry, Ma3S.
I XLV. John, 1733, Ireland to Va.
, XLVI Thomas, 1745, New London, Ot.
iXLVII. Zichary, 1692, Wales to Va.
jXLVIII Joseph, Wales to Chicaao.
IXLIX. Thomas L.. Wales to Ohio
j L. WMlliam. Coed, Wales.
LI. John, Holland to Mass.
'LII. William, 1637, Maryland.
LUl. Ellis. 1708, Wales to Penn.
|LIV. Evan, 1682, Wales to Penn.
I LV. Stephen, Llaufynyd, Wales.
I LVL Johu, 1694, Hopkinton, R. I.
I LVII Enoch, Cheat River, Penn.
! LVIII Beuajah. 1734, Providence.
LIX. William, 1682, New Jersey.
LX. Thomas, 1760, Dighton, Mass.
LXI. The Shiobailder, Pittsburgh, Pa.
LXII. Marshall, Binghamptou, N. f .
LXIII. Philip, N. J. to Ohio.
Contents for November, 1904.
Lewis Davs 70
Lewis in Wales 71
Lewis of Van 71
Genealogical Records 72
Book V Chapter 14 73
" Vni. Chapters 470 to 473 73
" XII. Chapters 388 to 390 74
'• XIII. Chapters 88 and 89 76
♦* XXIV. Chapters 329 to 332. . .77
" XXXI. Chapter 17 7S
" XXXV. Chapters 235 and 236 . 78
" XL. Chapter 64 79
" XLin. Chapter 54 79
" XLIV. Chapter 102 80
" XLV. Chapter 104 SO
** L. Chapters 22 and 23 81
" LIV. Chapters41 and 42 81
*' LVL Chapter 12 81
" LIX. Chapters 42 and 43 82
*' LXX\"L Chapter 22 82
" CXVIII. Chaprer 8 82
Record of Life 83
Notes .83
Clippings 84
Qneries 84
TO
LEWISIAIVA.
t
/
Lewis Days.
By John it. Lewis, Portland, Oregon.
We are to have a Fair of our own
the comiug year, a-j event; made pos-
sible by the courage, self sacrifice and
lofty patriotism of the illustrious
Meriwether Lewis. Nothing else
would promx)t an Amercan to do what
he did. Lewis Day here and else-
where should be great days. I shall
be glad to do what I can to make them
so.
John M. Lewis, county treasurer of
Maltnomah Co., Oregon, is sou of
James Preston Lewis, b 1830, Wabasli
THE LEWIS LETTTER.
71
Co., Ills., res. since 1852 Liuu Co.,
Oregon. His father, Fielding Lewis,
Jr., b June 27, 1811, Tazewell,
Claiboroe Co. ,Tenn., m Lncinda. dan.
of David Moore, res. Wabash Co.,
Ills., Linn Co. , Mo., and Liun Co.,
Oregon where he d in 1866. His
father, Fielding Lewis, v Query 163,
p 80, Vol. XIII, b in Va., 1767, rem.
at an early age to N. C. and thence to
Tazewell, Tenn. He d Sandlick,
Tenn., ae. 85, and was baried at Barren
Cemetery five miles west of Tazewell.
It is family tradition that his ancestors
came from Scotland. He and his wife,
Mary Gamble, had 12 ch. b.
I. William m Sarah Boyers.
II. George m Sarah Bullard.
III. Charles m Betsey dan. of David
Moore; a twin brother,
IV. Jesse m Eunice Huddleston.
V. Fielding b June 27, 1811.
VI. James m Lucinda Montgomery.
VII. Marie m Samuel Moore.
VIII. Sally m Enoch Simmons.
IX. Frances m Nathan Moore.
X. Isabel d. uam.
XL Elizabeth m Elijah Harp.
XII. Patsey m Elijah Going.
Lewis In Wales.
From History of Powys Fadog.
XV. Hu2h Lewys of LlechyLsh-»d (v p
23. VoL XV) High Sheriff for
Anglesey 1616; d 1618; m (1)
Elin d 1589 dau. of Hugh Con-
wy of Bryn Eurin and relict of
Hugh Gwyn of Bodewryd; no ch
m (2) Jare dan. of Richard White
of "The Friars," and relict of
Gruffydd Lloyd of Carne. (his
brother. )
XV. Howel Lewys, jure uxoris of
Trysglwyn; m Auue dan. and
heiress of William 3d eon of Rhys
ab leuan ab Dafydd Fyclian of
Y Ty Mawr yn y Tryeghvyn;
4 daus. and a son and heir.
XVL 1. Jane.
2. Aune.
3. Elin.
4. Margaret.
5. Howel Lewys of Trvsglwvu
m Dorothy dan. of Maurice Jones
of Weru, Penmorfa ; a dau. iiud
12 sons.
XVII. 1. Anne m. William Lfwys
of Cemlyn.
2. Maurice Lewys of Trysglwyu.
3. Lewys Powel, barri«ter-at-law.
4. John.
5. Edward Lewys of Gwandrg.
6. Hugh.
7. Owen.
8. Rowland Lewys apothecary in
London,
9. Richard.
10. Howel.
11. Pyers.
12. Robert.
13. William Lewys, D. D.
Generations of Lewis of Van.
By Geo. Harlan Lewis, N. Y. City.
I. Guathfoed.
II. Cydrich.
III. Cadivor.
IV. Meuric.
V. Ivor.
VL Ivor Bach.
VII. Griffith.
VIII. Rhys.
IX. Griffith.
X. Howel Velin.
XI. Medoc.
XIL Llewellyn.
XIII. Llewellyn Fychan.
XI V^. Reesvwya.
XV. Llewellyn Anwyl.
XVL Richard Gwyn.
XVII. Lewis.
XVin. Edward Lewis.
XIX. Thomas Lewis.
XX. Sir Edward Lewis (v p 133, Vol.
in.)
T2
L-EWISIAIVA.
Lewis Day at St. Louis.
By Edward S. Lewis. Sr. Louis, Mo.
Tlie Lewis Da}- reuuion took plac^
Sept. 23, 1904 in Camp Lewis, there
being about 175 persons present. The
meeting was opened at 10:00 A. M.
at Camp Lewis on the arrival there
of Gen. E. G. Lewis in command who
was receired with a salute of artillery.
The meeting was called to order by
the Chairman of the Executive Com-
mittee who, after a prayer by the Rev.
B. F. Lewis of Miss., welcomed the
Lewises, and then delivered an address
upon Wales, the Welsh people and
Lewis ancestors. He then introd.uced
Hon, Frank P. Lewis who presided
during the remainder of the meeting.
America was sung by the entire
audience and addresses were delivered
by Hon. F. P. Lewis of Wash., Ulysses
Lewis of Ga., Howell Lewis of Va. ,
Col. Warner Lewis of Mo., Walter
C. Le'^vis of Canada, Geo. Harlan
Lewis of N. Y., Alfred E. Lewis and
Harry W. Lewis of Penn. and Hon.
J. W. Lewis of Ky. A very interest-
ing address on Meriwether Lewis
was delivered by J. X. Baskett. Miss
Mary Lewis of Ky. sang the Holy
City and the audience the Star Spangled
Banner when adjournment was taken
until 6 :30 P. M. when a bouquet under
the auspices of the Lewis PublishiDg
Co. was given.
After the banquet a number of short
speeches were made. A photograph
of all present was taken bv flash light
in front of the Lewis Building after
which the triennial of the Loval
Lewis Legion was heUl and ten candi-
dates initiated. Tiie above is a brief I
summary of the proceedings of Lewis
Dav.
to the records of my lino (I am not
particularly interested in the others)
I would willingly contribute the ex-
pense of publishing the same." The
Editor has been making special efforts
to m^efc this demand and is happy to
announce that sufficient records in
several Books are now in sit^ht for
one or more issues.
These issues will be illustrated if
their contributors desire and will send
suitable photos for making the necessary-
cuts and will be issued for the actual
cash outlay involvv-d in the printing
the regular edition and the number of
copies desired by the contributors.
The Publisher as remuneration for
his work in the ma^i^r will demand
that these issues be paged in the
current volume of Lewisiana aad thar
a copy ha mailed to ea?h sabscriber of
the paper. Thus many of our friands
can have the satisfaction of a com-
plete pamphlet devoted to their own
line while Lewisiana columns will be
relieved from the pressure now so
heavy, of accumulated records. The
first of these special issues will be a
Lewis Day Souveair, to be issued in
about ten days. As the edition is
limited orders for extra copies should
be sent in at once.
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS.
Special and Extra Issues.
"If you would devote a wliole issue
Explanations, Abbreviations, Etc.
For convenience the records of the
various Lewis families are divided
into Books and each Book into
chapters. At the head of each Book
appears thnname of the earliest known
ancestor of that family. The List of
Books is a complete index to the Books
as published to this time. Xew Books
will be added from time to time as'
new branches of the Lewis family
are found. As soon as Books are
proved parts of others thoy will be
THE UEWIS LEXXER.
73
merged iuto the Books to wliich they
belong. Each uaine is uumbered
when first printed and whenever the
name is repeated this onmber T■ollo^ys
in brackets. The abbreviations com-
monly used in eenealogical work are
used: as b for born; d died; m
married; m (1) firsb wife: dan.
daughter; unm. not married; v. p.
see page; etc.
Book V.
RICdARD LEWIS, Wales to R. I.
Chapter XIV.
By Henry H. Lewis, Carthage, N. Y.
Cordelia M. (55 v p 165, Vol. XIV)
m Nov. 10, 1852 Emory J. Penmck,
b Feb. 28, 1832. Mr. and Mrs. Pea-
nock, though having retired from farm
life, still live upon the farm a short
distance from Great Bend, N. Y. and
while going down the western aide of
life, are still active in all good works
and the hospitality one receives, upon
entering th'3ir well kept and spacious
home, at ones endears them to the
hearts of all. Th^y ara stau ich pro-
hibitionists, true and loyal to the C3u-
vic^ions of their belief. They are
pro nin^nt in all the workings of the
church and are its most faithful and
true followers. Thej' did much in
the building of the First Methodist
Episcopal Church of Great Bend.
That they are loved and esteemed by
all was clearly demonstrated on the
evi of Nov. 10, 1902 whm om
hundred and thirty of their relatives
and invited friends met at their home
and surprised th^m it being the oOth
anniversary of their marriaae. After
an hour of social greeting the co npany
was called to order and listened to a
well planned progra:ume after which
supper was served. The presents
were many and beautiful. Of those
present a few were present at the wed-
ding Nov. 10, 1852: Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Cross (50), Wm. I. Lewis (54)
and Mrs. Prudence OUey (58).
Book VIII.
JOHN LEWIS, Westerly, R. 1.
Chapter CDLXX.
From Yarmouth, N. S. , Herald.
Samuel Sheldon Lewis (3528 v p
106, Vol XIV)d June 17,1890, m Jany.
23, 1850, Matilda Anne Kplley, d;iu of
Gapt. Silas C. Kelley, who d Feb. 10,
1897, ae. 72, 4 ch. b.
3601. I. John, bDec. 15, 1850, d Jany
23, 1851.
3602. II. Louisa Durkee, b Oct. 14,
1854, m Apr. 17, 1884, Geo
Bradford Dudman, son of Wm.
K. Dudman.
3603. III. Alexander Po^le, b May 28,
1856, m Sept. 10,1885, S. Victoire
Dudman. dau. of Wm. K. Dud-
man, 2 ch. b.
3805. I. Harold Victor, b July 3,
1888.
3606. II. Grace Sheldon, b June
16, 1890.
3604. IV. Mary Kelley, b Oct. 12,
1864, unm.
Chapter CULXXI.
By Eliza Maria Haynes, Bridgeport, Ct.
Record of ch. of Caleb, Jr., and
Deborah (2726 Lewis) Hayneg of New
London, Ct., continued from p 43,
I Vol. XV.
! 3607. VII. William Sterling, b Jany.
I 17, 1799, d Feb. 3, 1840, m (1) Eliza
; Maria Smith, m (2) Almira Betts. b
; May 6, 1804, d Sepi. 3, 1879; 6 ch. 3
i by each m
I I. Sarah b 1823, d Jany. 24, 1900,
j m. 1843, Lawrence Van Valken-
j burg who d Mar. 9, 1901 at Silver-
j ton, Oregon. 2 ch. b a dau. m
Garrison Haynes of Silverron.
II. Harriet, b 1828, d 1903 m
Gporge C.mnon of IIl-^. 4 ch b.
IIJ. Sylvester, b 1831, m Almira
74
LEVVISIAIVA.
Denham; res. Shell Rock, Iowa.
2 ch. b.
IV. John, b Sept. 9.— d Jauy.
15, 1893, m Mary Huutley ; 7 ch b.
V. Deborah, b Nov. 13, 1838, d
June 25, 1866; m Wesley Plub
bard. 1 cb. b.
VI. Eliza Maria, b Feb. 27, 1840,
m (1) Oct. 14, 1858, Stephen
Frazer, who d Nov. 4, 1888; m
(2) June 17, 1896, Garrison
Haynes, b Oct. 26, 1825, son of
Andrew and Phoebe (Howard)
Havues (v p 26, Vol. XV).
Chapter CDLXXII.
Bv James H. Kelley, Rochester, N. Y.
Ch. of Wm. Ennis and Philana
(S589 Lewis) Himes b 1st 3 Berlin,
Rens. Co. 4th Oneida Co., N. Y. , and
oth in Iowa.
3608. I. Ancelia.
3609. II. Edgar Giflford, d in the
army, unm.
3610. III. Frederick Eugene, m
Juliet Byam; res. Bowen's
Prairie, Iowa ; 4 ch. b.
1. Annie Louise.
2. Edgar GifPord.
3. Frederick Alvin.
4. William Lewis.
3611. IV. Ancelia Ciudorilla, m a
Whitney.
1. George Arthur, b abt. 1875.
3612. V. Abby Louisa, m Henry J£.
Byers;res. Monticello,Iowa,3 chb.
l: Albert Heary, b 1883.
2. Wm. Frederick, b. 1884.
3. Chas. Ch^rk, b 1885.
Chapter CDLXXIII.
From Breed Family Record.
Elias (1849 vp 101, Vol. V) and
Laura (White) Lewis had 7 cb. b.
His mother Rlioda Breed was dau. of
Joseph and Rhoda (Greene) Breed.
3613. I. Mary m Charles Hyde
(Among Lewisiana fragments is Mary
Lewis b July 11, 1831, m Charles
Uriah Hyde b Apr. 25, 1827, Dryden,
N. Y. They res. 1857 Ludlow, N. Y.
Ed.) 4 cb. b.
8620. I. Lorenzo.
3621. II. Lydia.
3622. IIL Mellissio.
3623. IV. Frank.
3614. II. Lydia.
3615. III. Fannie m Henry Metzgar ;.
4 cb. b.
3624. I. Cora.
3625. II. William.
3626. III. Ida.
3627. IV. Laura.
3616. IV. Mertilo m Bridget Carl: 1
ch. b.
3628. I. Dora Ami Eliza.
3617. V. Joseph.
3618. VI. Elias.
3619 VII. Susan.
Book XII.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Farm ington. Conn.
Chapter CCCLXXXVIII.
From Digest of Early Connecticat
Probate Recoids.
Ezekiel Lewis, Farmington, Court
Record, p 87 — Apr. 13, 1698: To
all Christian people to whom these
presents shall come: Know ye that
I, Ezekiel Lewis (12) of fifarmington,
in consideration of the fidelity and
good service, to gather wch those
sums of money and reasonable satis-
faction that I have Received from
Sampson, Negro, heretofore Servant
to my Father William Lewis (1)
deceased, and of late in my hands
and belonging unto me, until this
time, under the aforementioned con-
sideration have relinquished, acquitted
and discharged the sd. Sami)sou,Xegro,
his wifo an i Children, from mv service
and all manner of right, Claim, Chal-
lenge and demand that I ever had or
may hereafter have by virtue of any
writing or Instrument made over auto
THE LEWIS LEXTER-
7^
me or in me, I say I do set at liberty
and grant freedoms to the aforemen-
tioned Negroes from my heirs and
assign-? forever. Given under my
hand and seal this first day of August,
in the year of our Lord, 1698.
Ezekiel Lewis. L. S.
Wi*;ness: Isaac Meacham sen.,
Caleb Stanly Jr.
(Ezekiel's 1st wife, Mary Bradend Feb.
20, 1703. Ed.)
Chapter CCCLXXXIX.
By Geo. Harlan Lewis, N. Y. City.
Will of Ezekiel (12) continued from
p 45.
To my daughter Mary Thayer (136)
I give one third part thereof, i. e. to
gay: one thousand pounds, old tenor |
to herself, one thousand pounds, old
tenor to her son John Edwards and
the remainder or Residue of ye said.
Third part given as above, I give the
same -whatever it may be to my trusty
and Good Friend John Phillips, Esq.
of Boston aforesaid. In trust for her
and her son John Edwards, in case
she should have no further issue, but
if she should have a Child or Child-
ren, then to be divided equally
among them, in case of her decease,
but while she lives, my will is yt my
Friend Phillips should pay into her
hand Annually the interest or Income
of whatever shall be in his.Hauds
on her accompt, and her Receipt
shall be a full discharge for the
same. But in case her husband
shall be taken from her by Death, then
tis my Will and desire that the whole,
both Principal and Interest be by my
said Trustee paid to her for her own
use, and Benefit, within six months
after my decease.
Chapter CCCXC.
By Harry W. Lewis, Erie, Penn.
Asahel Bradley Lewis (1558 v p 190
Vol. XII) b Oct. 27, 1804, Whitehall
N. Y., d Oct. 13, 1833, St. Thomas,
Ontario, where he was buri(,'d in the
Old English Church burying ground,
where many other Lewises are buried.
He m 1827, St. Thomas, Alma Free-
man, b 1807, in Vt., who removed
with her parents in 1814 to Dunham,
Canada and to St. Thomas in 1820
where she d Aug. 25, 1831 at her dau.
Mrs. William Jackson, and is buried
beside her husband. She was a faith-
ful and consistent member of the M.
E. Church, with an abiding faith
and trust in the Lord. 3 ch. b St.
Thomas, Out.
2083. L RollinG., b 1829, d May 4,
1841.
2084. II. Adelaide, b 1831 d Oct. 6,
1865, St. Thomas, where she m
William Jackson and where 6 ch. b.
2086. I. Florence Baker, b 1855,
m 1877, St. Thomas, Edmund
Douglas Young, depot master at
Wallaceburg and Rodney, Oat. 4
oh. b Ist 2, Cayuga, 3rd, St.
Thomas, and 4th Wallaceburg, Ont.
I. Alfred Ensley, b 1878, a tele-
graph operator on Missouri Pacific
R. R. in Ark.
II. Harold Douglas, b 1880, learn-
ing a trade at Detroit Mich.
in. Alma Adelaide, b '888.
IV. Edna Florence, b 1890.
2087. II. Sarah Alma, m Wm.
Bruce Ellison, res. N. Y. City
2 ch. son and daa.
2088. III. Ellen Adelaide, m R.
H. Faircbild, res. Boise City,
Ida. and Portland, Ore. 1 son.
2089. IV. Wm. RoUin, b Oct.
14, 1860; res. St. Thomas; a dealer
in diamonds, gold watches, clocks
and all kinds of jewelry; is
official watch inspector for the
Wabash, Grand Trunk and Canada
Pacific Railroads; has a fine
home at St. Thomas ; m Jennie
76
LrEWISIAIVA.
Ratcliffe; 2 ch. b St. Thomas.
I. Adelaide, b Mar. 25, 1S94.
II. Wm. Ratcliffe b Jaiie 22, 1897.
2090. V. Anuie Lewis, m a Vase;
res. Detroit, Mich.
2091. VI. Johu E. b and d 1865.
2085. III. Asahel T. , b 1832, d Oot. 6,
1834.
Asahel Bradley Lewis (1852 v p 119
VoL XIII) b Jaly 1, 1849, lived on the
Barnabas Lewis (1240) farm in Elgin
Co., Ontario; went to Chicago in July
1891 where he is a manafaoturer of
grade window shades, bra^s rods and
pictures; 4 ch. b Canada, where
they attended school — eldest in High
School and others in Grammar School
at. Chicago.
Rollin C. (1856) b Dec. 10, 1873,
m Oct. 4, 1900, Ctiicaso, Ills., Agaes
A. dau. of Jasper T. Robertson,
formerly of Glasgow, Scotland, 2 ch. b.
2092. I. Agaes Onarlotte, b Jany. 17,
1902.
2093. 11. Jean Winifred, b June 1,
1903.
Albert B. (1857) b June 10, 1875.
Both he and Rollin C. (1856) enlisted
Apr. 26, 1898 in Co. M. Ist Regt. Ills.
Vols. Inf. serving with the oCh Array
Corps, U. S. A. during the invasion
of Cuba. They were in action before
and at the surrender of Santiago and
when war closed were mustered, out
Nov. 17, 1898.
Leonard J. (1858), b Feb. 23, 1879..
m Dec. 28, 1899. Chicago, Ills.
Fredrioa OUen, b in Holland : rem.
toSiKjkane, Wash, in Apr. 1901.1 ch. b.
2094. I. Jasper Frederick, b Jany.
28, 1904.
William C. (1859) b Oct. 31, 1882;
res. with his bro. Albert (1857) with
his parents at Chicago, Ills.
Henry Joel Lewis (1853 v p 120 VoL
XIII) had ch.
1860. I. RayE,
1861. II. Roy A.
b Nov. 6, 1895,
Little Rock, Ark. Roy A. d Oct.
12, 1898 at Carlisle, Ark., where
the other ch. were b.
1862. m. Ralph H. b Jany. 30, 1899.
1863. IV. Earl R, )
1864. V. Elva M. )
b June 29,1900.
Book XIII.
JOHN LEWIS, New London, Conn.
Chapter LXXXVIII.
By Geo. Harlan Lewis, N. Y. City.
William Lewis (484 v p 185, Vol.
XIV) b about 1821, m (2) Miss Mary
Bradford: res. Marlow, N. H. 4 ch. b
1 m (1) and 3 m (2)
503. I. dau. who m George McDuffee,
ex-mavor of Keene, N. H.
504. II. Arthur, res. Fitchburg. Mas<.
505. III. George, res. Fitchburg, Mas^.
506. IV. Fred, res. Keeoe, N. H.
Christopher (487 V p 7, Vol. XV)d
1874, ae. 49 years; m Nancy Snow. 5
ch. b Marlow, N. H.
507. I. Clarence, m Amy Campbell;
5 ch. res. Marlow, N. H.
508. II. George, m Emma King; no
ch, res. So. Ackworth, N. H. ; was
selectman at Marlow and Ack-
worth.
509. III. Edgar, m Etta Jackson; no
ch.; res. Bellows Falls, Vt.
510. IV. Oelia, m Galon Ho-ward ; res.
Alstead, N. H.
511. V. MertOQ, left home a few
years since ; res. unknown.
(Note — As these records have been
numbered consecutively the numbers
in the next chapter commence with
the close of this series of chapters. Ed.)
Chapter LXXXIX.
By Velorus C. Lewis, Los Angeles, Cal.
Cyrus (358 v p 9, Vol. XII), son of
James (353) and Phebe (Mack) Lewis,
m a Clark, ch. b Lvme, Ct.
533. I. Daniel.
534. II. Seth.
535. III. Nathan.
THE LrEVVIS LrEXTER.
77
536. IV. Nebemiah b Nov.— 1771.
537. v.* Mercy.
538. VI. Phebe.
539. V^II. Lydia.
Nehemiah (536) m Aug. 3, 1796,
Betsey Mndge, b 1772 iu Mass., d
1854, ae. 82. 9 ch. b Burlington, N. Y.,
except tne last at Marcellus, N. Y.
540. I. Abel M.,b Aug. 5,1797.
541. II. Betsey, b Aug. 20, 1799.
542. III. Nathaa, b May 5, 1801.
543. IV. Marcella, b Jany. 10, 1804.
544. V. Dianrba, b Jany. 4, 1806.
545. VI. Eli T., b May 13, 1808.
546. VII. William N., b Feb. 10, 1810.
547. VIII. fc'tephen R.,bOct. 13, 1812.
548. IX. Cyrus, b June 2, 1816, and
is still living.
15, 1871, Magnolia, Wis.
2205. 11. Burt Oren. b Stillwater,
Minn., Apr. 22, 1869, m Nov. 1,
1900, Lilly, b Feb. 23, 1S7 7, Io^va
Hill, Cal., dau. of Nathan and
Louisa (Ingersoll) Dixon.
Book XXIV.
GEORGE LEWIS, Euglaud to Mass.
Chapter CCCXXIX.
, By A. R. Lewis, Marshall, Mich.
Adelia Lorena (2196 v p 46, Vol.
XV) b June 7, 1840. Burcbville, Mich.
m (1) May 5, 1861, Lakeport, Mich.*
James Wm. b 1833, son of Joseph Y.
and Lucy (Williams) Pettys. Of him,
the War Dept. says: "Enlisted Sept.
4, 1862 in Co. C, 6th Mich. Cav.,
mastered into service as sergeant at
Grand Rapids, Mich, d in Libby
Prison, Richmoad, Va. , Jany. 3, 1864.
The widow was pensioned from the
date of the soldier's death to the date
of her remarriage when the pension was
transferred to Eber Lewis (1942) the
guardian of the minor ch." She m
(2) Nov. 6, 1866, Lakeport, Mich.
Eben Cobert Winslow, b Benezette,
Pa. June 2, 1840, sun of Eben and
Elizabeth (Swan) Winslow. He was
sergeant Co. F. 92od Ills. Vols.;
since the war a lumberman and now
postmaster at Kamish, Ida. ; 2 ch. b 1
by each m.
2204. 1. Hoyt Edgar, b Lakeport.
Mich. Jany. 24, 1862, d Sept.
Chapter CCCXXX.
From the Spooner Memorial.
Nathaniel (939, v p 91, Vol. XIV)
was in early life a mariner; made
several whaling voyages to the North
Pacific. In 1828 wa3 in Cincinnati,
where he was engaged in mercantile
business; thence went to Texas and
located at San Antonio, where he
has since lived; has been a Represen-
tative in Legislature; m (1) Letitia
Groesbeck. b Oct. 26, 1820, d Dec. 30,
1855, of Albany, N. Y. m (2) Jany. 6,
1857, Mary Josephine bSept. 15, 1825,
dau. of Autone and Elisa (Petmesser)
Lippeing of Kaiserslautern, Bavaria.
2 ch. b.
2206. I. Nathaniel, b Nov. 6, 1857.
2207. II. Daniel, b Sept. 6, 1859.
(to be continued)
Chapter CCCXXXI.
From the Winslow Memorial.
Isaiah (681 v p 168, Vol. IV) m
Charlestown, Mass., Harriet Ann
Townsend Cox, b Apr. 14, 1783,
Taunton, Mass. d Feb. 9, 1861, Boston.
Mass., dau. of L.emuel and Susanna
(Hickling) Cox. His son
Isaiah Wm. Penn (746 v p 10 Vol.
V) d Oct. 18, 1855, Boston, buried Mt.
Auburn cemetery, m Boston, by Rev.
Wm. P. H. Greenwood, Oct. 14, 1840,
Ellen Augusta Doane, dau. of Samuel
B. and Sarah (Prince) Doane of
Boston, Mass. no ch.
Chapter CCCXXXII.
By Marcus W. Lewis, Duluth, Minn.
Jonathan, (390 v p 103, Vol. XIV)
b Sept. 25, 1766, became a sailor bov
78
UEWISIAIVA.
at au early age. He followed the
sea from time to time and so well was
he liked by his employers, that he
rose by promotion to the rank of
Captain. He made trips to mnny
parts of the world, and several times
rounded the stormy Cape Horn.
Many times he has been heard to say
that "to swear like a sailor" was
almost a common adage, and he re-
solved when a youth that he would
neither swear nor get drunk and this
resoluticm he strictly kept through
all his loDg life of nearly eighty years.
He followed the sea for about forty
years, and in the meantime (1787)
was married to Hannah Hallett, and
during his life on the ocean seven
children were born to him at Barn-
stable, Mass — four boys and three
girls.
He concluded that his boys shoald
not follow the sea as he had done, so
about the year 1800 he moved with
his family to Albany Co., N. Y. where
six more children were bom. In 181G
he decided to move with his large
family to the "Far West" as the
Ohio valley was then known. Two
of the older boys — Clement and
Rodman — remained in New York
state and never lived farther west.
Jonathan took a pair of horses, a cow,
a v^ragon and his household goods,
traveled through Central New York
and western Pennsylvania to Pitts-
burg. On this journey it is said that
he lost one of his children from the
wagon, and did not miss it until he
had traveled nearly a day and that
he then went back and foand it.
At Pitt.sburg, with the help of his
boys he built a flat boat on which his
family were carried down the Oliio
river to Cincinnati. While descend-
ing the Ohio he would land his flat-
boat at night and allow liis horses
and cow to graze. From Cincinnati
he rode horseback some .30 miles to
near what is now Kelso, Dearborn
Co. Ind., where he parchased 160
acres of Government laud, payine
$1.25 jier acre. He then returned to
Cinciiuiati and with three of his
bo3's — probably Welcome, Harvey
and Richard, — and the horses, wagon,
and some bedding again went to his
farm cleared land and built a log cabin.
He then brought the remainder of his
family which he had left at Cincin-
nati.
(To be continued.)
Book XXXI.
LEWIS LEWIS, Llandaff, Wales.
Chapter XVII.
By Dr. R. G. Lewis, Cincinnati, O.
Record of ch. of Charles Barr (49 v
p 53, Vol. XIV) ani Katharv'ne (Ross)
Lewis, b Hartwell, O.
51. I Charles Barr, b Aug. 2, 1902,
d Auj?. 5. 1902.
52. II. Robert Bonsall, b Nov. 26,
1903, (Thanksgiving Day)
Born Alderson, W. Va., Tuesday
Mar. 15, 1904, Robert Bonser, (53)
son of Floyd Gilmour and Belle
Taylor (Lewis vp 58 Vol. XI) Lobban.
Born Wellsville, Kans. Tuesday,
Mar. 22, 1904, Robert Eddy son of
Robert Peel (54) and Mabel May
(Eddy) Simmons and gr. son of
Francis and Sarah Ann (55 Lewis v
p 80 Vol. Ill) Simmons.
Died Madisonville, O , July 12,
1904, Myrna Anderson (50 v p 56,
Vol. XIV) eldest ch. of Richard G.
(29 V p 91 Vol. HI) and Nancy Ann
(Jones) Lewis.
Book XXXV.
ROBERT LEWIS, Wales to Virginia-
Chapter CCXXXV.
From the Bowies and Their Kindred-
Judge George Washington Lewis
(136 V p 54 Vol. V) of Va. m Emily
^
THE LEWIS LETTER.
79
Coutee Johnston dan. of Reverdy aud
Mary Mackall (Bowie) Johnson of
Baltimore, Md. 10 ch. b.
810. I. Lorenzo m Rose McCormick,
820. I. Washington.
811. II. Esther m Samuel McCormick
831. I. Emily.
812. III. Louisa v. p 11, Vol. IX.
813. IV. Conrad.
814. V. Robert Lee.
815. VL Reverdy.
816. VII. Maud m a Whiting.
817. VIII. Wm. Traversvpll,Vol. IX.
818. IX. Ella for m V p 11, VoL IX.
819. X. Mary, d.
Chapter CCXXXVI.
• From Lewis and Clark Journal.
Those who are interested in the
mystifying personality and death of
Meriwether Lewis (64), — whose moods
of bitter melancholy as private secre-
tary to President Jefferson and later
as Governor of Louisiana Territory,
consorted so strangely with his in-
flexible earnestness of purpose and
alert masterful leadership in the great
expeditior of 1804-1806 to the Pacific,
will be glad to hearOlin D. Wheeler's
view of this dark and puzzling
problem. After adding some new
contributions to all the data so in-
dustriously gathered by Dr. Coues and
others, Mr. Wheeler comes to the con-
clusion that Captain Lewis's death
was due to murder, not suicide, on the
lonely "Natchez trace," while on
the way to President Jefferson at
Washington. In this respect Mr.
Wheeler agrees with Dr. Coues, who
has done much to remove the cloud
under which Lewis's name has rested
by the suicide theory. All the testi-
mony on both sides is carefully can-
vassed aud analyzed before this con-
clusion is reached.
"I cannot but believe," says Mr.
Wheeler "that time and the name of
Jefferson have given a fictitious
weight to tJie theory of suicide, and
that now, considering the uncertain
nature of the evidence, the time has
come to give Governor Lewis the full
aud unreserved benefit of the doubt,
and relieve his name and fame of the
imputation heretofore resting upoQ it.''
Book XL.
FRANCIS LEWIS, Signer of the De-
claration of Independence.
Chapter LXIV.
By James H. Lewis, New York City.
In support of my claim (No 2. un-
der Claimants of Kinship, p 58, Vol.
XI V^. Ed.), that my line and that of
Francis (1) Lewis are the same I sub-
mit the following letter written by
my father's own cousin. Samuel J.
Lewis (now deceased) of Goshen, N.
Y., Feb. 6, 1896.
. . . ."I had a duplicate account of the
Francis Lewis' family from the Sun-
day Herald (v Notes p 193, Vol. VI)
which is interesting. My father (56
name?) told me that at an interview
with Gov. Morgan Lewis (3), at his
city mansion in Leonard street just
west of Broadway, when the Governor
presented him with a commission in
the Governor's Guards, that he and
my father were second cousins and
that his father, Francis Lewis (1) and
my father's gr father (57 name?) were
first cousins both descending from the
Rev. William Lewis of Wales who
was beheaded by order of Bloody
Mary's minions at Llandaff, Wales,
(to be continued).
Book XLIH.
SAMUEL LEWIS, Somerset Co.. N.J.
Chapter LIV.
From Hist, of Sangamon Co., Ills.
Thomas (33 v p 27, Vol. IX > res.
New Brunswick, N. J. In .July 1836
Mr. Lewis took a trip West with tiie
so
UEWISIAINA.
I
view of selecting a future home. Af-
ter passing through lud. Ills, and Mo.
he selected Springfield, Ills, and re-
turned to X. J. for his family consist-
ing of wife and 2 ch. They started
West June 9, 1837 in company with
Mr. Lewis's two brothers John (26)
and Eliphalet C. (29) with their fam-
ilies; his sister Susan A. (35) and his
bro-in-law C. Van Nostrand in all 27
persons. They arrived in Springfield,
Aug. 1, 1837.
He had nine brothers and one sister;
his brothers all died each leaving a
widow. For several j'ears Mr. Lewis
had 9 widowed sister-in-laws and 8
are still (1876) living. His brothers
Eliphalet C. (29) and John (26) settled
in Warreu Co. , Ills, and died there.
Thomas Lewis has been an active, en-
ergetic business man all his life. Of
his ch (aiditional record v p 11 Vol.
X) 2 b New Brunswick, N. J. and 3
Springfield, 111.
Adaline (183) m Springfield, Ills.
Stephen Decatur Ayre^, b May 20,
1829, Truraansburg, N. J. (son of
states "Five Colonial Families" Jere-
miah ani Lncinda (Tremau) Ayres
Ed.) res. Cairo, Ills, and Ka-isas City.
William T. (184) m Apr. 20,
1862, Mason Co., Ills.. Sarah C.
Sprouse, b Apr. 20, 1843; res. Chilli-
cothe, Mo.
Chas. Henry (185) d Feb. 6, 1855.
Book XLIV.
WILLIAM LEWIS. Roxbary, Mass.
Chapter CH.
By Geo. Harlan Lewis, N. Y. City.
Hannah Dewmg (552 v p 76, Vol.
IX) m May 18, 1848, So. Royalston,
Mass., John Harris Howell, b Oct. 18,
1824, Mason. N. H. , son of Artc-uas
and Betsey (Swallow) Howell of Dun-
stable, Mass. They celebrated their
golden wedding in the vestry of the
M. E. Cliurch at Clinton; a long ac-
count (1 1-4 col.) is given in the local
paper of May 19, 1S9S. He is an ex-
pressman and res. So. Royalston and
since Mar. 1854, Clinton. Mass. 5 ch b.
753. I. Harris Leander, b Mar. 8,1850,
d. Mar. 12, 1850.
754. II. Willard Artemus, b Feb. 9,
1852, d Aug. 12, 1853.
755. III. xMartha Ann, b Apr. 23,1856,
res. Clinton, Mass.
756. IV. Edward Lewis, b. Feb. 3,
1858, m Emily Elvira Yates.
757. V. Artemus Henderson, b July
5, 1866, d Oct. 25, 1875, Clinton,
Mass.
Book XLV.
JOHN LEWIS, Ireland to Virginia.
Chapter CIV.
From New Orleans Daily Picayune.
Dr. John Hampden Lewis (425 v
last issue) was b in this city Sept. 14,
1810, the seventh of ten children. He
received an education befitting the
rank and intelligence of his ancestors
and matriculated in Yale College,
where he distinguished himself by his
strong mental power and force of
character. He was a leader in the
famous Conic Section revolt, which
prevented him from receiving a de-
gree (Yale conferred tbe honorary de-
gree of M. A. upon him in 18S0,when
he was seventy years of age). In
1830 he left college on account of the
death of his mother and in obedience
to the wishes of his father decided to
study medicine.
Following the winter course at
Cincinnati he returned to New Orleans
to prosecute his studies in the Charity
Hospital of which he was appointed
assistant surgeon. In 1832 he went to
Paris to complete his studies. After
spending eighteen months abroa*! he
returned to this city and graduated
in the first cla^ss from the Louisiana
Medical College. In the meantime
THE LEWIS LETTTER.
81
however, he had been in charge of a
private infirmary.
(to be concluded.)
Book L.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Coed, Wales.
Chapter XXU.
An Interesting Clipping.
In the September Centur}' is an article
by Mrs. Agues Smith Lewis, on "Hid-
den Egypt." This is the account of
adventures of the writer and her sis-
ter in search for manuscripts among
the Coptic monasteries of Egypt and
Nitria to which they were the first
women ever admitted. At the close
of the article the following appeal is
made: "Any reader of these lines
who may hrive bought antiquities in
Egypt during the last ten years is
respectfully requested to see if among
these there is a scrap of parchment
written in Palestinian Syriac — a dia-
lect spoken in Galilee during the life
of Christ and for 200 years after — the
tongue, by the way, which "bewrayed
Perer."
(This article contains a portrait of
Mrs. Lewis. Lewisiana readers will
recall that in Vol. IV appeared long
extracts from Mrs. Lewis's journals of
her visit to Mt. Sinai. Ed.)
Chapter XXIII.
From the Universal Cyclopedia.
The famous conveift of St. Catha-
rine, in whose library Mrs. Agnes
Smith Lewis discovered the oldest text
of the Syriac Gospels (in 1893) is on
the east side of the mountain (Sinai.)
Book LIV.
EVAN LEWIS, Wales to Peun
Chapter XLL
By E. J. Lewis, Torrington, Wyo.
Henr>' (8) b 10 mo. 26, 1671, d
1732 or 1733; m (1) 10 mo. 22, ir.92,
Marj' Taylor, dau. of Robert Taylor;
m (2) 1707, Catherine Bync ; he was
a man of superior iiitelligen^e, a iarin-
er, and was actively engage I in pub-
lic affairs; a member ot the Assembly
1715-18; the proprietor of a large
farm and built thereon a 1 vrge man
sion and named it "Clifton Hall", 8
ch. b m (1) and 5 ch. b m (2)
11. I. Isaac, b 3 mo. 5, 1G94.
12. II. Mary, b 2 mo. 5, 1696, d
infancy.
13. III. John, b3 mo. 23, 1697, d 1780.
14. IV. Sarah, b 10 mo. 11, 169S.
15. V. Margaret, b 9 mo. 17, 1700. m.
Isaac Price.
16. VI. Mary, b 6 mo. 16, 1702.
17. VII. Hannah, b 7 mo. 21, 1704, d
infancy.
124. Vin. Hannih, b 7 mo. 20, 1705.
125. IX. Phoebe, b 10 mo. 27, 1708.
18. X. Henry, b 10 mo. 17, 1710.
19. XL Jacob, b 2 mo. 1, 1713, d 1793.
20. XII. James, b 7 mo. 16, 1715.
21. XIIL Samuel.b 1 mo.l2,1724,d 1790
Chapter XLII.
From American Text- Books on Arith-
metic in Report of U. S. Com-
missioner of Education.
Enoch Lewis (1 v p 28 Vol. V)
wrote the Arithmetical Expositor,
which was published in Philadelphia
in 1824. The work is divided into
two parts. The fir-^t part is a small
12 mo of 167 pages, mostly problems.
Part II. contains the less useful prac-
tical rules, with their exemplications,
a general view of the theory, and in-
dications of the modes by which the
more difficalt questions in the work
are solved. Small 12 mo, pp 80.
Book LVI.
JOHN LEWIS, Horkimou, R. L
Chapter XII.
From the Boston Evening Transcript
*733S. 3. Lewis. The records of
Hopkiuton, R. I., give the marriage
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LrEW^ISIANA.
of Beujamiu Lewis, {'2) sou of Jolm
(1 V p 29, Vol. V.) to Ainie Bardick,
dau. of Ezekiel, ou Feb. 5, 1772, aud
the birth of a dau. Naucy. I can-
not identify this Jolm, whose son Ben-
jamin ^Yas born Jan. 24, 1749. The
bride was nudoabtedly Amie (4) Bur-
dick (V p 43 Vol. V) (Ezekiel 3, Hub-
bard 2, Robert 1), bom June 29,
1751. Revolutionary service should
be sought at Providence, but both
Ezekiel Burdick aud Benjamin Lewis
seem likely to have removed from
Rhode Island previous to the Revolu-
tion, as the birth of but one child is
recorded for each of them. R. G. H.
I 213. I. Sarah, ae. 21.
214. IL Esther B., ae. 19.
215. III. Jesse ae. 16.
216. IV. Seth, ae. 15.
Book LIX.
WILLIAM LEWIS, New Jersey.
Chapter XLII.
From the Sharpies s Family.
Evan Lewis (108 V p 108, Vol. X)
settled in Edgmont township, but
about 1?20 removed to Cain twp,, n^-ar
25 miles back in the woods; and on
the 22 of Feb. 1747-48, he conveyed to
certain trustees a lot of two acres up-
on which West Cain Meeting House
was soon after erected and a burying
ground established.
Samuel (43) also settled in Edg-
mont, but took up some land in Cain,
which he afterward sold to his nep-
hew, Benjamin Sharpless.
Chapter XLni.
By Esther B. Lewis, Richmond, Ind
Jesse (192 V p 17, Vol. XV) b 8 mo
24, 1803, d 10 mo. 31, 1846; m. Han-
nah Harvey. 6 ch b.
207. I. Caleb.
208. II. Amos.
209. III. Clark.
210. IV. Sarah,
211. V. Nancy.
212. VI. Lizzie m Wm. Tliorn; res.
Selma, Ohio.
Clark (209) in 1901 had 4 ch.
Book LXXVL
WILLIAM LEWIS, Rhode Island.
Chapter XXII.
From the Chesebrough Family.
Rebecca Lewis (6 v p 189, Vol. VI)
m May 18, 1799 at Stonington, Ct.
Isaac Hancock b Jany. 3, 1778, Ston-
ington, Ct. d at sea Aug. 13, 1819,
sou of Edward and Sarah (Sheffield)
Hancox; 6 ch. b Stonington, Ct.
24. I. Abigail, d. unm.
23. II. Nancy, m July 4, 1830, Ston-
ington, Ct., George Gabriel of
Boston.
125. III. Cornelia, m Charles Nash.
126. IV. Rebecca.
22. V. Isaac, b Nov. 24, 1802, d May
20, 1890, m Ann Hempstead, b
Aug. 9, 1798. Stonington, Ct., d
Mar. 5, 1896, dau. of Edward and
Mary (Crar>') Hempstead; 5 ch
1 William E. b Oct. 26, 1824.
2. Charles, b July 18, 1826.
3. Dezier, b Mar. 8, 1829.
4. Julia, b Feb. 25, 1832.
5. Mary F., b Oct. 12, 1835.
25. VI. Charles, m Almira Hempstead
dau. of Edward and Fannj' (Whit-
tlesey) Hempstead.
Book CXVIII.
WILLLIAM LEWIS, Athol. Mass.
Chapter VIII.
By Geo. Harlan Lewis, N. Y. City.
Record of ch. of John (3 v p 128 Vol.
XIV) and Sally (Wym^n) Lewis.
Sally (10) d 1848-50. Winchendon.
Mass., m Sumn-r Wyman.
Laura (11) d Oct. 1897, Dexter, N.
Y., m Edward Snyder.
George (13) m Laura Ellis; res. Win-
chendon, Mass.
Abijah (14) m a Wakefield; res.
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Winchendou, Mass.
Harriet E. (15) m (1) Michael Ger-
hard, m (2) Ephraim Davis; res.
Orauoe, Mass.
Henry A. (16) m Sept. 15, 1853,
Temple ton, Mass., Mary Jane JSoi-
cross, b Aug. 15, 1833, Templeton,
Mass , d Apr. 25, 1891, Athol, Mass.,
dan. of William and Lj^dia (Forbush)
Norcross of Templeton, Mass. 1 ch b
Athol, Mass.
19.1. OrianaL., b Sept. 30, 1856,
m. Wilson H. Lee ; res. New Haven, Ct.
Jane E. (17) d abt. 1878 Wendall,
Mass. m Elmer S. Bigelow.
John (18) m Cyntha Nonrse; res.
Athol, Mass.
Record Of Life.
Engagements.
Christine George Lewis of Phila-
delphia and Edward Fulton Oonover
of Chicago.
Jennie Fawn Lewis, dau. of John
W. Lewis, of \V. 4th st., Portsmouth,
O. and Maurice F. Knapp of Adrian,
Mich. Wedding to be held at home
of bride's uncle, Wm. P. Holmes of
Chicago.
Marriages.
In Monett, Mo., June 15, 1904,
Margaret, dau. of O. R. and Sarah
(Lewis) Kniskern of Monett, Mo., and
Rev. J. A. Deatherage, pastor of 1st.
Christian Church of Monett.
On Sept. 1, 190 1 Grace Rachel
Lewis dau. of Mrs. Washington
Lewis of Rockwell City, Iowa and
Clyde Alexander Jack, secretary of
Ft. Worth Univ., Ft. Worth, Texas.
Deaths.
In Stamford, Ct., June 16, 1904,
Benjamin Lewis, ae 79, of Bright's
disease. He went to Stamford seven-
teen years ago from New York, where
he was for many years a trucking con-
tractor, in which business he amassed
a fortune. He invested some of hia
moue}' in Stamford real estate. His
wife died tliree years ago, and his
nearest sorviving relative is a nephew,
William E., a lawyer, of Utica. Hi3
will contains bequests of ^$5,000 for the
local clmrch, 05,000 for Universalist
missions and S'2,00p to the Stamford
Children's Home.
Drowned in Lake Michigan, at
Chicago, Aug. 22, 1904, Charles E.
Lewis, ae. 29, of 443 W. 64th st.
At St. Louis, Mo. in a terrific wind
storm, Aug. 19, 1904, Joseph Lewis a
nt'wspaper carrier.
Killed by a locomotive at Dennison,
O., May 4, 1904, Emmet, ae. 8, son of
S. B. Lewis.
Suddenly in Marietta, O. Jany. (6-
10), 1904, Charles Lewis formerly
with the Marietta Shoe Co. He is
survived by a wife and child, a
brother Edward Lewis of Chillicothe,
O. and a sister Mrs. Oscar Moore of
Dayton, O.
In Chicago, Ills., July 27, 1904,
John Lewis, ae 30, of 2806 Dearborn st.
In Chicago, Ills., Aug. 27, 1904,
Eugene Lewis, ae 59, of 1467 Mich-
igan ave.
Notes.
Here and There: — W. M. Lewis, M.
D., is Disi)ensary Chief at Baltimore
Med. College D. G. Lewis Co., dry
goods, Butte City, Mont .... Thomas
Lewis, who has been with the com-
pany for thirty years, and who has been
chief road officer, will be station mas-
ter at the new station of the Indian-
apolis Traction and Terminal Co ... .
Mr. S. Campbell and wife of Broad-
way, New Haven, Conn., with Mr.
James and Miss Katherine Lewis of
London, Ky., have left for New York.
Mrs. Campbell and son, Samuel, jr.,
will spend the next two months in
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L-EWISI^r^A,
London. Tbey ^vill stop at Niagara
Falls for two days as they go south
....Hilda Lewis, res. Garrett Park,
Montgomery co., Md. . . . Frank Lewis,
Kansas City, Mo. champion wrestler
of Pacific slope. . . . Miss Martha Lewis
of Chillicothe, O. spent last July and
August in Europe .,. . Wm. H. Lewis,
supt. of motive power of Norfolk &
Western R.R., has spent 42 years in
the service working for the N.Y. Cen-
tral, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy,
Hannibal & St. Joseph, Northern Pa-
cific, Oregon Short Line. New York,
Chicago & St. Louis. He res. Colum-
bus, O.
Clippings.
Wellington, O., Sept. 15. — A mon-
umeat recently placed in the cemetery
here has raised a storm of protest be-
canse of the inscription which is upon
it. The monument was ordered by a
nephew of the de3eased lady, and it is
said that he is responsible for the epi-
taph, which follows :
Mary M. Lewis,
Born November 30, 1830.
Died June 18, 1904.
I don't care what you say,
She would have her own way.
Now she's under the sod
She must submit to God.
It is claimed that the motive of th'^'
author was not to reflect upon the
character of the departed, yet the ladies
of this place take a different view
of the matter, as shown in the follow-
ing statement appearing in the local
paper: "In justice to the one who
cannot speak for herself, we, who have
known her for many years, wish to
testify to her sterling good qualities
and kindness of heart. She sabmit-
ted herself to God years before she
was under the sod and led a consistent
Christian life."
Queries.
To the Reader : —If you are interest -
ed in this work, send in your queries
for this column and help answer those
of othf^rs. Don't hesitate to send your
answers however meagre they may be.
Your mite may furnish the clew which
has long beeu sought for in vain. For
convenience of reference these queries
will be numbered. Always give num-
ber in replying.
124. The name of the Revolution-
ary ancestor (v p 128 Vol. XI) was
Wait Lewis whose service is given p
163 Vol. VIII. p 34 Vol. XIII and p
130 Vol. V. If he was b in Newtown,
Ct. who were his parents ?
186. Wanted : -Birth record of Susan
Lewis, of Lansingburg, N. Y. She
m Isaac Royal Raymond, afterward
lived in Fort Miller, N. Y., and third
child was born in March, 1803.
Would like marriage record also. The
Mail and Express of May 17, 1902,had
a query in regard to William M. Lewis,
b 1814 Fort Miller, N. Y.. after which
his father removed to Mobile, Ala.
E. L. S.
187. My gt. gr. father (name un-
known) m in Eng. came to U. S. and
settlcdat mouth of the Rappahannoch,
rem. and d in Campbell co.,Va. .5 ch. b
I. GriflBn had 3 sons and 6 daus. of
whom
I. Charles S. moved to Henry co.
Tenn. m Patience Hurt 6 ch b of
whom Charles T., Mary J., Mrs.
Virginia Lewis Covington and J.
W. for 12 years Atty. Gen. of
Tenn. all res. in Henry co. Tenn.
II. Edcomb Serget, 3 sons and 3 daus.
III. Peter moved to Ala. was it is
understoo^i Gov. ot tliat state (Da-
vid P. Lewis, Gov. 1S72-4. In 1845
an Atty. at Moulton, Ala. Ed).
IV. Lucy K.
V. Sarah. . --.^ ,
L
ANA
OR THE
LEWIS .-. LETTER
UBWIS DAY NUMBER
! l^
i V
! V
Meriwether Lewis as Presid^ut Jefferson's Private Secretary.
By Court eey of The Le\vL>^ and Clark Journal.
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UEVVISIAIVA.
Lewis Day,
From Wheeler's Trail of Lewis and
Clark.
Little did these men think, when
thev rounded to at St. Louis, on Sep-
tember 23, 1806, that they had com
pleted the greatest exploration of
modern times, and that as its results
were to be far reaching, so were their
deeds to be treasured in the life of
the Republic which they had so faith-
fully served ; that a centurv later their
coantrymeu would still dwell upon
their thrilling acnievcment. and that
their children's children would be
proud of the distiucciou which rested
upon them because their grandsires
were among those to cross the conti-
nent with Lewis and Clark.
Story of the Day.
By Nathan B. Lewis, West Kingston,
Rhode Isiaud.
Supremo Herald of L. L. L.
I
History of the Day.
Condensed from Lewisiana.
The first suggestion of a Lewis Day
appeared in November 1901, v p 72,
Vol. XII, Lewisiana which was imme-
diately endorsed by the World's Fair
Bulletin (v p 152, Vol. XII). On Feb-
rnary 6, 1902, Hon. Edward S. Lewis
in behalf of L L. L. made a formal
request for a Lewis Day (v p 187, Vol.
XII) and Sept. 23rd was suggested.
Then on April 4th, came the call (v p
2, Vol. XIII) of L. L. L. to the Lewises
which after long and persistent efforts
by Hon. Frank P. Lewis (39 I), who
made the first suggestion, and Hon.
Edward S. Lewis (496 XXXIII), who
became the Chairman of the Executive
Committee, resulted in (v p 114 Vol.
XIII) that on January 6, 1903, E. C.
Gulp, secretary of the Committee on
Ceremonies of the World's Fair at St.
Louis, 1904, announced that the re-
quest of the Loyal Lewis Legion had
been granted and Sept. 23, 1904, the
anniversary of Lewis and Clark's re-
turn to St. Louis, would bo designated
as "Lewis Day."
Lewis Congress.
The first Levs^is Congress ever held,
met in the Recreation Pavilion at Camp
Lewis near the grounds of the World's
Fair at St. Louis, Mo , at 10 a. m.,
September 23, A. D. 1904.
The pavilion was filled with Lewises
to the number of over two hundred,
representing almost every state in the
Union. The meeting was called to
order by Hon. Edward S. Lewis, Chair-
man of the executive committee on
"Lewis Day Exercises" and Frank
P. Lewis, Esq. of Seattle, Washing-
ton was appointed chairman. Prayer
svas offered by Rev. Benj. F. Lewis of
Canton, Miss. Edward S. Lewis
briefly welcomed the Lewis clans to St.
Louis and read a carefully prepared
pappr on Walps and the characteristics
of Welsh peooles. The fact of the
Lewises all being of Welsh descent
made the subject especially interesting
and this interest was greatly enhanced
by the exhaustive treatment of the sub-
ject by the speaker.
The chairman then delivered a glow-
ing eulogy of the character and services
of Meriwether Lewis whose grave a
committee from the Loyal Lewis
Legion decorated with flags and flowers
on the day of the meeting of the Con-
gress which is the ninety-eighth an-
niversary of the return of the "Lewis
and Clark Expedition" from its trio
of exploration in the then unbroken
wilderness of the northwest.
The chairman then introduced the
eminent historian, James Nesvcon
Baskett of Mexico, Mo. who for forty
minutes held the closest attention of
the kindred of the great explorer
while he read a paper entitled, "When
THE LEWIS LETTER.
87
Natbau B Lewis, West Kiaysron, R. I.
Meriwether Lewis Came to Missonri." ( who spoko Driefly inviting all Lewises
Vividly depicting the conditions, ■ present to attend a banquet to be given
nnder which the Lewis and Clark Ex- by him for their especial benefit in the
ploration was undertaken, describing 'large dining pavilion at 6:30 p m. and
the chief characters who participated also inviting them to witness the fire
in it and eulogizing the chief of the works which he had planned for their
party and the signal success of the entertainment in the early evening,
enternrise, the speaker showed coo- I Harper Anderson. Esq., of Ivy Sta-
clnsively both his familiarity with his ; tion, Va. who is in charge of the
subject and his affectionate admiration ' Virginia exhibits at the World's Fair
of the explorers. ! and who has the distinction of being
After the applause which followed i the nearest living relative of Capt.
the termination of Mr. Baskett's read- ! Meriwether Lewis was introduced and
ing had subsided, the chainnau intro- ' greeted by the audience with manifesta-
duced Mr. Edward G. Lewis, President i tious ot great cordiality. Altera brief
of the "Lewis Publishins Company," i address he invited the Lewis Congress
the proprietor and projector of Camp
Lewis who was greeted by the audience
with enthusiastic hand-clapping and
to '^Virginia Building" on the fair
grounds to join the representatives of
tbat stale in the Virginia-Day Ex-
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L-EWISIArVA.
ercises then iu progress.
Mr. Aaderson was followed by ad-
dresses of varying length and much
interest from Frank Williams of
Oregon, George Harlan Lewis of New
York City, Judge Nathan B. Lewis of
Rhode Island, Ulysses Lewis, Esq. of
Atlanta, Ga., Harry W. Lewis of Erie,
Pa., Rev. B. F. Lewis, Canton, Miss.,
Rev. J. T.Lewis of Kentucky, Walter
C. Lewis, Esq. of Orwell. Ontario,
Canada, Alfred Lewis of Pennsylvania,
James W. Lewis, Esq. of Brandenburg,
Ky., Martrum D. Lewis of St. Louis, a
lineal descendant on his mother's side,
of Daniel Boone, Warner Lewis of
Montgomery City, Alo., a distinguish-
ed Confederate soldier, L. Howell
Lewis of Oklahoma and others.
Miss Mary C. Lewis of Brandenburg,
Ky. , added much to the interest of the
occasion by singing a solo entitled,
'*The Holy City" with piano accom-
paniment, while the audience joined in
singing at the opening and close of the
exercises "America" and "The Star
Spangled Banner."
On motion of Ulvsses Lewis, Esq., of
Atlanta, Ga., the following resolution
was adopted by a rising vote:
Resolved that this Congress of Lewises
here assembled to celebrate Lewis- Day
tender a vote of thanks to Hon. Frank
P. Lewis of Seattle. Washington, Hon.
Edward S. Lewis of St. Louis, Mo.,
Edward G. Lewis of the Lewis Pub-
lishing Company, to all the officers and
members of the Loyal Lewis Legion
and to the Editor of Lewisiana and all
others who have so faithfully labored
to bring about this meeting of Lewises
and their kindred and to the eminent
historian, James Newton Baskett of
Mexico, Mo. for his able and instruc-
tive address delivered before this meet-
ing.
Letters of regret from Col. S. C.
Lewis of Franklin, Pa., and others
wore received.
After requesting all Lewises by name
or blood to register their names in a
book which the Supreme Herald of the
Loyal Lewis Legion had there for that
purpose, the chairman declared the first
Lewis Congress adjourned.
The Banquet.
At 6:30 p. m., the bugler of Camp
Lewis sounded the assembly for the
banquet given by President Lewis of
the Lewis Publishing Company and
the Lewises to the number of over two
'jundred filed into the capacious dining
pavilion and quickly filled the seats
provided for them. After an invoca-
tion by Key. B. F. Lewis of Canton,
Miss., the diners proceeded to do ample
justice to the generous repast furnished
by their host who with bis estimable
wife was seated at the heart of the mid-
dle table.
After the repast, Hon. Edward S.
Lewis, acting as toastmaster, called
for speeches from distinauisheil repre-
sentatives of the family who generously
and eloquently responded to his invita-
tion, until it was found necessary to
close the exercises to make way for
the first regular triennial session cf
the Loyal Lewis Legion.
On leaving the dining room, by
request of their host the guests gathered
upon the front flight of steps of the
magnificent building of the publishing
company while a flash light picture
was taken of the assemblage.
Loyal Lewis Legion.
The members of the Loyal Lewis
Legion present at Camp Lewis and m
attendance at the World's Fair as-
sembled in regular triennial session in
the President's Room in the Lewis
Publishing House on September 23, A.
D. 1904, and in the year 4 L. L. L., at
9 o'clock in the evening. The ses-
THE L-EWIS LETTTER.
89
sioD was called to order by Frank P
Lewis, fc'upreme Chaucellor and the
session opened with the impressive
openiDg ceremony of the order.
The roll call by the Supreme Herald
showed the following members in at-
tendance :
No. 9, Frank P. Lewis, Supreme
Chancellor; No. 3, Nathan B Lewis,
Supreme Herald and Master of Rolls;
No. 6, Edward S. Lewis, Supreme
Deputy Herald; No. 7, Eugenia Lewis
Babcock, Supreme Marshall; No. 10,
Nettie Chester Lewis of R. I. ; No.
20, Eugenia Cole Lewis of Seattle ; No.
28, Florence Lewis Babbitt of Ypsilanti,
Mich; No. 30, Harry W. Lewis ot
Erie. Pa.; No. 36, James Randall
Lewis of Seattle; No. 41, John Street
Lewis of Kinsley, Kan. ; No. 43,
Martha Meriwether Lewis Herdman of
Morrisonville. 111.: No. 44, Ladi J.
Lewis of Adrian, Mich.; No. 50^»Ste-
phen M. Lewis of Marshall, Tex. ; No.
53, Laura M. Tandy of Columbia, Mo. :
After the transaction of certain
formal business, a class of new mem-
bers was admitted, obligated and duly
instructed in their duties and the secret
work of the Legion by the Supreme
Chancellor.
The new members admitted weie as
follows :
No. 61, Rev. Benjamin F Lewis, Can-
ton, Miss.; No. 62, Stephen A. Lewis
of New Orleans, La. ; No 66. Emma E.
Lewis of St. Louis, Mo. ; No. 64
Martha Gilmer Swann of Alden's
Bridge, La. ; No. 65, James W. Lewis
of Brandenburg, Ky. ; No. 66, Walter
J. Lewis of St. Louis, Mo. ; No 67,
Walter C. Lewis of dwell, Ontario,
Canada; No. 68, L. Howell Lewis of
Oklahoma City, O. T. ; No. H9, Edward
G. Lewis of ot. Louis, Mo. ; No. 70,
Mabel G. Lewis of St. Louis, Mo.
On motion of Nathan B Lewis,
Supreme Herald a decree was adopted
amending Article IV of the Coustitu-
tion f?o as to read as follows:
Article IV — Membership.
All worthy and well qualified men
and women over fifteen years of age,
of the ancient Lewis race and name or
related to them by blood or marriage
within nine degrees, and all such men
and women that can trace a lineal de-
scent from any person who has been a
member, may apply for membership
and, upon election and initiation shall
become members of this order.
On motion of Florence Lewis Bab-
bitt, it was decreed, that no persons
be admitted to this order as charter
members after the meeting of the
Legion to be held at Portland, Oregon,
on August 12, A. D. 1905.
On motion of the Supreme Herald it
was voted that the following matters
presented for consideration by Coun-
cilor Stephen M. Lewis be referred to
the nine councilors of the Supreme
Castle of the order with full power to
act upon, viz: A proposition for change
of badge and banner. A proposition to
reduce the fees oi membership. A nro-
position to adopt a system of life in-
surance.
On motion of Stephen M. Lewis, the
Supreme Chancellor was authorized to
appoint any officer with such title as
to him should seem fit, to represent
the order in any state or locality, to
promote its growth and confer the
secret work thereof.
It was also voted to postpone the
election of new officers to the adjourned
meeting to be held in Portland, Oregon,
Aug. 12. A. D. 1905.
On motion of Harry W. Lewis it
was voted that when this meeting is
closed it close to be re-opened on
August 12, A, D. 1905 at Portland,
Oregon.
The Session was then closed with
the impressive floor work of the order.
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LEWISIAPsA,
On the evening of September 25th,
Thomas H. Lewis of Moxahala, Ohio
filed with the Snpreme Herald at Camp
Lewis, an application for membership
and was by the Supreme Chancelor in
tho presence of seven members of the
order, daly obligated and instructed in
the secret work, and thus became the
71st member of the society.
Addresses of the Day.
The officers of L. L. L. regret that
through their failure to have a stenog-
rapher present at the meeting they are
able to print only the addresses written
for the occasion.
I Wales, and of Dnbricius, who crowned
I King Arthur. The Welsh literature
I of the 5th century used the same words
'as that of a thous.md years later. The
I literature and poetry was of a high,
I grand character, the chief character-
istics of the poetry being its svonderful
alliteration, woven around beautiful
similes and metaphors, and the total
absence of all sensualism.
The Welsh language is one of the
most copious in the world, having over
i 80,000 words. It does not, like the
English language, borrow from ail
Lewis Welsh Ancestors.
By Edward S. Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
All Lewises are presumed to be of
Welsh descent. It will therefore in-
terest all of our name, to hear some
thing of their Welsh ancestors, Wales
may be said to have become a nation
when Brutus, in dividing Britain,
gave that part between the Dee and
Severn rivers to his sou Ca-Jiber. The
nation was called Cambria, the inhabi-
tants Cambry, and the language
Camberac. The nation maintained
its individnaiity for 2700 years, keen-
ing the same country and same language
during that period, without commixion
with any other nation.
The striking characteristics of the
Welsh were their love of country, home i
and kindred; tneir pride in ancestry!
and genealogy; their determined re- i
sistance to all forms of oppression ; their
high appreciation of literature and
music, having been always in advance
of Britain in all. Lantwit, in Glamor-
ganshire was the only University town !
in Britain in the 5th century. It was !
a great educational center, and its |
reputation spread all over Europe.
It was the Alma Mater of St. Pat-
rick, of St. David, the patron saint of]
Edward S. Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
other languages. Wales is cue of the
most picturesque countries in the
world. No countrv has been the scene
of more stirring and remarkable events.
The struggle between the Saxons and
the Welsh did not terminate until the
battle of Bosworth Field, when a Prince
of Welsh blood, the grandson of Owen
Tudor won the crown of Britain and
became Henry VII. The oppo<^ition to
the Normans was bitter and deter-
mined, making a bloody record through
the centuries following the advent of
William the Conquerer. As time nas-
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91
sed on the Normau Kuigbts married
Welsh maidens, and were absorbed into
the conditions of the country.
A description of the country in tbe
i2th centnrv mentions tbe universal
love of music; of the fact tbat at the
great musical festivals of tbat time, all
the parts were suns, not, like other
countries, singing all in unison, but
showing a thorough knowledge of
harmony and counterpoint.
The harp was in general use at tbat
time and musical festivals of great
magnitude were regularly held, at-
tended by throngs from all parts of the
Principality. It is curioas to note,
that as late as 1402 a statute ;vas passed
in England forbidding marriages be-
tween the English and the Welsh. A
famous Welsh poet named Lewis, of
Coety, having married an English lady
of Cbester, was subjected to arrest and
imprisonment. In tbe 16b century
much turbulence prevailed. Religious
fervor was general. A numerous body
actively supported Non-Conformity and
fought bravely for its principles, but
their opponents outnumbered them, and
had the f^anction of tbe sovereign. In
the reign of Cbarles I the clergy were
compelled to publish tbe King's declara-
tion concerning lawful sports for Sun-
day. Many Welsh clergvmen refused
to obey the royal mandate, and their
churches were closed. Snob were tbe
conditions which prevailed in the early
years of the 17th century when emi-
gration to New England set up a steadv
etream, more than 22,000 emigrants
having sailed between 1620 and 1640
During that period many Lewises came
to America. The patriotism of tbe
Welsh has always beei proverbial.
tbere being an old saying tbat Edward
I caused all the Welsb bards to be
slain lest their patrotic songs should
stir the Welsh to renew their struggle
for independence.
It is recorded of the Ancient Welsh
that "they greatly esteemed noble
birth and generous descent." All re-
tained their genealogy and could
readily repeat the names of their an-
cestors to the sixth or seventh genera-
tion, or beyond. It is also noted tbat
in the distinctively Welsh counties of
Wales to this day, there is a compara-
tive absence of crime, which is often
a topic of comment by judges of assize
and chairmen of quarter sessions.
It is worthy of note that while tbe
conquest ot England by the Normans
was accomplished in a few years, 220
years elapsed before the whole of Walts
was placed in position of actual and
practical dependence on the English
Government. Nothing could be stated
which would better illustrate tne de-
termined character of the Welsh. A
recent book abnut Wales states that
though the working class live labarious
days, they spend their scanty hours
of leisure in the pursait of knowledge,
and their spare shillings in the pur-
chase of strange books. As an illustra-
tion of the national love of genealogy
and ancestry it is said that knowledge
of pedigrees is almost universal. A
Welshman will tell you of his collec-
tion of pedigrees at home, and offer
to show them to you, just as an
Englishman might offer to show you
his collection of pictures or photo-
graphs. It may be fairly said, in con-
clusion, that the striking character-
istics of the Welsh were Loyalty to
their nation, and a determined pur-
pose to be a free people; Love for
literature and music, Love for home
and family, pride in the family and a
deep rooted desire to preserve the fam-
ily records; which resulted in the
establishment of family names, and
in the deep interest in lineage and
pedigree.
It may be well said, that a man who
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is proad of his name, will endeavor to
live so as to keep iiis name above re-
proach, and the Lewises of this day
may honor themselves in honoring and
imitating the virtues of their Welsh
ancestors by cultivating pride in their
historic name. May Lewis Day, and
its associations, serve to stimulate us
all to increase our pride in our family
name.
Yesterday— Today— Tomorrow.
By Frank P. Lewis, Seattle, Wash.
(The conclusion of his address on
Frank P. Lewis, Seattle, Wash.
Meriwether Lewis which with this ex-
ception was delivered extempore.)
It was but yesterday that the Ameri-
can continent was a vast wilderness of
wonderful possibilities and oppressive
solitudes; it was but yesterday that
the American government was born
and became entitled to exercise sov-
ereignty over the inland empire popu-
larly known as the Louisiana Pur-
chase; it was but yesterday that our
distinauished tribesaian, the patriotic
Virginian and explorer, Captain Meri-
wether Lewis, returned to this historic,
progressive and commercial City of St.
Louis, after completing a perilous and
successful expedition of discovery
across country to the Pacific where the
grand Columbia rolls upon the bosom
of the deep; it was but yesterday that
our namesake was the governor of the
territory of the Louisiana Parchase, in
the prime of a vigorous and strenuous
life, loved and honored as the hero of
the hour.
The Meriwether Lewis Monument.
By Courtesy of The Perry Mason Co., Publish-
ers of The Youths Companion,
Boston, Mass.
To-day we in Lewis Congress as-
sembled are met to do honor to his life,
character and services; are met to pay
roval homage to his memory. To-day
his tomb in Tennessee is decorated
with flags and flowers, the worthy
offering of loving hearts upon the altar
of devotion patriotism and honor.
To-day we enjoy the benetits of his
achievements; to-day we sing his
praises and record our estimate of his
worth. He was a history maker; he
achieved honor for honor's sake bv
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which he is now remembered by the
onhoru eeneratious of his day.
May the Lewises of to-day emulate
all that was good, jast aud geuerous,
emulate the sturdy character, the
strenaoas life of our hoaored martyr
and win honor in this day and genera-
tion by which we may bo remembered
by the unborn generations of tomor-
row.
When rieriwether Lewis Came T©
flissouri.
By James Newton Baskett, Mexico, Mo.
If, in the early sprinof of 1804, we
hid. chanced to be in St. Louis, we
should have found it far differen: from
its present state. Instead of the m ighty
city, roar ng with the tread of thou-
pands, it was then hardly a village —
scarcely more than a settle nent, or a
straggling line of wooden houses along
the margin of the Mississippi. It hid
been a point of note ever since Pierre
Laclede hid come up from the settle-
ments below in 1764, but it was over-
shadowed to within a short tine pre-
vious, by the greater importance of St.
Genevieve, on this side, and of Kas-
kaskia on the other, while above it St.
Charles was claiming almost equal
importance. Four years after the
settling of the French emigran!:s here,
the pla^e came under the sluggish rule
of the Spaaish; and, although the ler
ritory had changed hands twice be-
tween that date and the time of our
visit, it was under Spanish rule still.
Then the prestige of the valley here-
about was on the eastern side, where
the energetic British had made Cahokia
a point of intere.st ; but the Virginians,
under George Rogers Clark had made
this American ground, and in all the
sense of tlie phrase, it was American
ground yet. For more than a hundred
years, tha rich me idows and swales
over there have been known as the
"American Bottom," in distinction
from the French territory on this side.
For some time tlie French had been
concentrating here from two centers
of civilization, or better, r)erhaps,
from t\vo different and distant settle-
ments. First fro)!i the region of the
Great Lakes, French voyageurs and
fur traders had forged a path almost
directly westward till they had cut
the course of that migbtj' stream which
came from the west, and heard from
the aborigines on its bauks far up there
great things of its origin in the moun-
tains. At first these pioneers obtained
their supplies from, and shipped their
pelts to the points from which they
had come out, which were either
higher up on the Mississippi Valley
or in the basin of the Lakes ; but when,
from the center at New Orleans, there
had come up a colony and built a vil-
lage here where we now stand, not
far below the junction of the two
great rivers, the easy going voyageur
preferred to launch his canoe in the
turbid Missouri at his feet, and float
down to this new metropolis, for sup-
plies and trade.
Into this new region beyond the
river a third civilization had not yet
forced itself. For years before our
visit, the descendants of the cavalier
had swarmed over the gaps of the
Alleghanies. dropped the flat -bottomed
barge into the waters of the Ohio, and
had settled along its banks. From
this fringe of western migrants, others
had gone on further still, but the
wave of emigration had rebounded at
the bank of the great river, or passed
it only in the dash of the trader or
trapper under the encouragement of
Spain. To the onward, westward trend
of American civilization — to the slow
and solid and irresistible movement
of the American home — the Mississippi
stood yet a barrier.
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THE LEWIS LETTER.
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It was a motley throug, as Irviug
has well shown, that denizened the
slope of the west bauk of that stream
about the time of our supjiosed visit.
Here were the real settlers, the bulk
of the aristocracy of the city then —
the descendauts of the earlier French
gentry from below ; and here were the
few encumbents of the Spanish govern-
ment, more recently come. The Cana-
dian waterman was here, clad in furs,
and the frontiersman from Virginia
or Kentucky was couspicuoas in buck-
skin, while the shrewd merchants from
the further American east or the dis-
tant British north were the only hints
of commercial solidity. The beggiug
Kickapoo, aad the shying savage of the
further Missouri, who had followed the
tradi?r in, filled out the picture, giving
it the atmosphere of the border in a
greater d-gree still. But it was on
the verge of a change, which should
amoaut to a peaceful revolution, and
evt^n as we stroll about, tbe forces of
progress are marshalling their hosts.
Let us suppose that we have become
weary of this salmagundi of the peo-
ples, as we may so easily do today,
but, before we depart, we feel that we
should like to glauce into the mouth
of this other great river which comes
in from the west just a few miles
northward. We shall have to take
horse or canoa, to view it, unless we
walk — and that is scarcely, practicable.
No iro 1 rails striped the way then as
now, and Fulton, by three years, had
not yet perfected his steamboat- away
yonder on the Hudson. But for a few
pennies or a pielt — perhaps for a few
fathoms of blue bead-; on a string, or
for a "few fingers" of rum — we may
engage a voyageur or an Indian to row
ua up.
As we come into the mud-ladeu car-
rent of the new river where it cuts
the other and clnarer one, we naturally
turn our eyes eastward to see how far
it projects itself toward the eastern
bank, when our surprise is great to
note over there, at the mouth of
another little river, a party of soldiers
and civilians drilling, as if war were
immediate. When we listen we can
hear good homelike — if ever so homely
— English, spoken— perhaps, in the
broad vowels and slurred consonants of
Virginia and Kentucky.
With a curiosity- whicli would be
almost compelling, we might land,
and, as we should tread the black mud.
there would, in all probability come
forward the leader ; for few men were
more hospitable than he. He would
be dark-haired, smooth-faced, well
featured, and young even to our aston-
ishment. Perhaps if we had asked
how old the man was who was auto-
crat over this little company, he would
have told us that he was yet some
months under thirty, having been born
at Charlottesville, Virginia, Aug. 18th,
1774, and named Meriwether Lewis.
Further inquiry, if we should dare
still to look into a face like that one
and ask questions, would reveal that
he had been a captain in the U S.
army in early life and had helped
Washington put down the " Whiskey
Rebellion:" that in later years he had
been the most intimate associate and
private secretary of Jefferson, and from
childho )d had been tliat man's per-
sonal frieni and adoairer.
Doubtless by this time another
captain would have come forward, and
t»ave been introducjd as Captain Wil-
liam Clark. He would have been of
fairer complexion, but with features
well cast in tne mould of character.
and a face kindly and encouraging.
He might tell us that he too, was bom
in Virginia, on August 1st, 1770. He
was, tiierefore four years the senior of
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military service. Boru iu the same
month of August, the dog-star of fate
had linked their destinies. When
Lewis had foreseen something of his
coming glory, he had, with character-
istic generosity, asked his friend and
kinsman to share his fame on equal
terms, thougti the command had been
given solely to himself.
If we should look now around the
camp we might well be convinced that
this leader knew how to choose men,
and if we could glance forward a
few years, we should know that in
scarcely an instance had his judg-
ment failed him. Here was the sturdy
Kentucky scout, whose mettle, like his
rifle, never failed ; here was the trained
soldier, picked by personal inspectioa,
to stay the rush of Sioux and Ricaras ;
here were skilled watermen inured to
the swirls and eddies of the mad Mis-
souri and conscious of all its treachery;
here was the hunter, chosen aptly fur
bis knowledge of the wiles of the game
on which they should subsist for more
than two years ; and here was the com-
petent interpreter proficient in Freuch
and English, and the many dialects of
the tribes beyond.
Let us suppose that we are as igno-
rant as the Spanish command jnt at the
city below pretended to be -that is,
three years behind the times in history
— and then our curiosity will be pain-
ful as to the reason why these men are
here. If we should bluntly ask. they
might say that it was because th^t same
stubborn temporary ruler of this ter-
ritory just over the water had not pter-
mitted them to go on up to La Charette,
some miles beyond St. Charles, al
thoagli he knew then, from iiis cor-
respondence with Governor Harrison
at Vinc^nnes that these men had a
right then to be up there — and should
have been permitted to go on tliere.
They need no. have worried tlie winter
away here at the mouth of Wood River,
if this hauglity Oa^tilian had heeded
the instructions from the Spanish min-
ister at Washiugtou, which Caprain
Lewis had then in his pocket.
"But — why — why— do you want to
go on up there?" we might stammer,
seeing that no one thereabout had a
better right to stay upon this black-
soil of the Illinois bottom then than
Captain Clark, since, while he was
yet a child, his brothtr had taken it
from British thrall.
Here, where these two great streams
meet, is a fitting place to ask this
question; for it is a point where the
light of much history has focused, and
these men stand there then in its glare.
It would require the scrutiny of many
a long perspective in various direc-
tions to answer oar question in full,
if Captain Lewis should choose to go
into details. This side of Columbus,
even, as we glance in fancy down the
Mississippi, we should see De Leon,
searching for his youth-renewing
spring in the Isle of Bimini ; Pinedo
sailing past this great stream's many
mouths; De Soto struggling up it for
gold and conquest., and capitulating to
nothing but its great depths; and Da
Narvaez swept by its mighty flood far
out to sea— and to destruction, as if it
defied the pioneer. Glancing up north,
we must think of Cartier, Ghamplain,
De Monts, and Frontenac, who had
come UD another river and started a
great settlement on that. From this
there hatl come down by the way of
the Great Lakes, Marquette and Joliet
with religious zeal, to gaze upon the
waters at our feet ; and La Salle and
Tonry ran rheir wIioIp leugrh from
there to the Gulf, to give this valley
to the king of Franca. Looking be-
yond the 8ag of La Salle, fluttering in
the sands of the delta, as it flouts to
the winds rhe Spanish claims of De
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Soto, we may see Mobile Bay and
Biloxi, with the struggling colonies
of Iberville, Bienville and Lemoine,
and note the sly creep of the English
with the fleet of Cox, while tbey ad-
vanced and claimed, as they advanced
and claimed later still.
A new factor now comes into our
vista. Turning again toward the
northeast, the cloud of the French and
Indian war lowers, and precipitates
in the Heights of Abraham and the
fall of Quebec— and then the ground
beneath oar feet, at the mouth of the
Du Bois, was British territory. East-
ward, a little later, we turn an ear,
and "the shot heard round the world"
comes booming; and a little later still,
out there, beyond Kaskaskia, men
with musket stretched above the wave,
are breasting swamps with the cry of
"Onto Vincennes!" and this soil is
ours.
To know why these me a. with the
rich trophy of ages under their heels,
should care to go further west, the
nations must be interro;?ated— the for-
tunes of war anfi diplomacy and the
needs of commerce must be ex-imioed.
From toil and thrift, the black soil
beyond us had become so fruitful, that
its citizens could not consume its pro
ducts. It must have a shipping outlet
for its surplus. The same spirit which
kept these men here in the cold had
denied to the pioneers on the Ohio an
outlet for their grain. All along this
great valley of the Mississippi th'^
spirit of freedom had been rampant,
not only since the time when the bell
of liberty rang in Philadelphia, bu:
since Lafreniere aad his little group
of martyrs at New Orleans suffered
the vengeauce of the Spanish at the
hands of the renegade O'Reilly and
his fleet. In the spirit of tolerating
no form of the suppression of natural
right, the West of that day was rapidlj-
becoming rebellious in the righteous
demand of a way to the sea.
To this demand there was an ear
that hearkened —not simply in the
fear, but in the love, of the common
people. If we should look closely wo
might see the eyes of Captain Lewis
flash a little as he should tell us this,
because friendship and admiration had
long been kindled there. For nearly
two years now, this man, who rejoiced
to be behind his people at the capital
as a man of the people — a man of peace
and diplomacy— a patriot without
pomp — had been planning — nay, even
building day by day— building better
than he knew, though he knew much ;
building with a perspective reach of
prophecy which few men, uninspired,
have ever shown. He had planned to
purchase an outlet for the West.
With him in his endeavors, went
the fate of circumstance, with good
fortune in her hand. Just over the
water there, Captain Lewis might tell
us, was an empire, a broad domain,
but how broad a domain no man knew,
which, so far, hrxd be^n blown about
as the dust ia the balances of barter
between the nations of the Old World,
or a thing thrown as a sop to wounded
pride, when, by force of arms or the
tricks of diplomacy, great changes had
been made in the map of Europe. Thus
far in a trade it had been simply some-
thing "to boot." Only the year be-
fore this, Napoleon had ended bril-
iantly his Italian campaign in the peace
of Amiens made with England, and
had humbled Sixain into giving him
this vast territory in exchange for
trifling favors. To us Spain would
nob sell, but how about the Corsican,
who was not a colonizer, and never
could be, as he had so recently found
out in his experiment witb San Do-
mingo? To hapten to the an-wer
Lewis might have said that he was
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here today, because the navy of Eng-
land was better than that of France,
and because, while Xai:>oleou, just
then, hated us much, he had hated
Great Britain more. He had sold us
Louisiana, settled a controversy, and
had made a friend while he baffled a
foe.
Doubtless Lewis might have told us
then what Mr. Jefferson has told us
since, that this great man of the peo-
ple had long had his eyes set covetous-
ly upon this valuable domain, aud had
made various plans for its exploration
before he had any solid basis for even
the hope of ownership: that once be-
fore he, Lewis, had been sent privatelv
to spy out the land, with a siugle com-
panion, but the French Government,
like that of Russia on another o3casion,
liad put forth a restraining hand.
Even before Jefferson had dreamed
that Napoleon would part with all this
vast realm he had plauoed the present
party of exploration, which was here
now opposite the mouth of the great
muddy western river. Perhaps now
it would begin to dawn on us why
this little band was waiting h?re for
thH ice to flow out of that far reaching
and enticing stream.
There would be much of interest
which the blithe Captain might tell us
yet, if we care to know it: how he had
begged to be allowed to conduct the
expedition which should go and see
ttie piece of land which his govern-
ment had bought; how, at the sugges-
tion of his great friend, he had gone
to Philadelphia and taken special le-;-
sons in natural history, and the art of
taking astronomical observations, and
had had all his senses of proper he d
ing and proper deduction quicknned;
how at the arsenals of the government
he had had prepared various imple
ments for the journey, sui^erintpnding
personally their construction, and how,
as we have seen, he had chosen men
that should meet well the various
emergencies which he might expect to
arise. The man who stood beside
him here was there now because he
was expert at reading Indian character
and interpreting Indian motives.
Every man behind him there, leaning
upKDn his long Kentucky ride, calking
a canoe or tilting a frying pan, was
there, because he knew the craft of
the woods and waters, and the need of
the moment.
To those of us who have come to
this busy city today by means so
modern as to be almost marvelous, it
would be interesting if the Captain
should tell us how he came to St.
Louis; that he lett Washington City on
July the fifth 1803, passed Harper's
Ferry July the 8th, going by the way
of Charleston, Frankfort. Uninntown.
and thenca to Pittsburgh by July the
22nd— seventeen days on the way; that
it was here that the large boat anchored
at our feet was built, and that by Au-
gust the 31st he was on his way down
the Ohio in it; that on the 13th of
September he had dragged the craft
over the shoals at Marietta, Ohio, with
horses aud oxen, and that he was at
Cincinnati by October the 3rd: that at
Louisville he found Captain Clark, who
had cimseuted to join him, and that
the two had tarried at the various forts
along the Ohio and Mississippi to pick
up such soldiers as they thought fit for
their purpose. It was not till Decem-
ber that they reached St. Louis, aud
went into camp here only a few miles
bplow what is now the city of Alton.
Six mouths from Washington, when
Lewis came to Missouri !
Taking an especial interest in his
outlook. Captain Lewis might answer
our question further still by showing
us his commission, aud we might
wonder a little at the foresi<'hr of that
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United Stare^iof America, liave written
this letter of general credit for vou
with my own baud and signed it with
my own name.
Th. Jefferson
To Capt. Meriwether Lewis.
(Dated Washington U. S. of
America, July 4th 1803)
Perhaps no man of oar land has ever
held a letter of credit (v p 40 Vol. VI
for this letter. Ed.) of such vast and
unlimited proportions as that now in
the pocket of Meriwetlier Lewis, and
perhaps few men have ever deserved
this trust to a greater extent. Of his
safe leadership of the party and of his
duty well and faithfully done, the
historv of this day has made mention
commonplace. We sit here today,
feeling almost the surfeit of informa-
tion concerning the territory which
he explored so efficiently. Because
hi8 casualties were few, we are apt
to turn to later expeditions for stirring
deeds, glaring and bizarre, and to for-
get the art and tact which were able
to carrj' a company thousands of miles
and back with only a single clash with
the many savage tribes encountered.
It has been said by those who envied
him that later travel did not go oat by
the route which he opened ; and that
his own deed of death to the horse-
stealing Blackfeet made this way for
years afterward impracticable. Bat we
know better than that now — know that
these savages admitted that the affair
on the Marias was fair and evenhanded,
and that their animosity to tlie passing
whites was based on Colter's conduct
in allying himself with their enemies,
the Crows. If the Yellowstone were
taken, rather than the IMissouri, as the
safer path to the great West, it was be-
cause of the counsel of this Captain
that Clark came home by it, and made
it known to the world and the broader
explorations of Lewis found the other
so bad. As Coues lias well sug;;'e5re<l.
to see how well his expedition wa>
conducted one has only to compare ir
with the success of the next, the ill-
fated party of Hunt of Astoria.
We count glories by opportunities,
sometimes. A man may be great by
being in the right place at the right
time. Such a factor alone would have
made Lewis great. But a man may
be a hero by being the right man in
the right place. In this respect one
man can be no greater than another,
but a man who fills any large place
well is great in rising to his responsi-
bilities. In this respect the world has
seen nothing greater than Meriwether
Lewis and his worthv associate. The
notes of these explorers contain jointly
more than a million words. Nearly
every incident and emotion of the wav,
nay every reflection, even — has been
recorded. Usually when men write so
much of themselves frailties are apt
to creep in and jealousies show. But
in all these notes there is not a thing
that would lower one of these men in
the estimation of the other — not a
word that they were ashamed to lav
open to the world. The elements of
greatness stand out conspicuously in
the harmony and charity of it all.
From our viewpoint of today, we
might criticise some actions. Lewis
was a disciplinarian. When he said
unto a man, "Do this," he expecred him
to do it, but few men could so chide
without animosity or could overlook or
forgive more than he. The hard condi-
tions of frontier life did not dry up the
sentiment of his heart, and. here and
there as he went, his emotions have
cropped out in a name or a note; and
the homeward trend of his soul was
ever toward the kind, the generous. and
the manly. He did not hesitate to
give honor where honor was ilue,
whether he was commendiuc: the faith-
THE LEWIS LETTER.
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fnhioss of the stardy woodsmen, who
stood by him in all emergencies, or
the hambler service^ of the poor Sho-
shone girl who strove to make his way
easy among her people.
Few men witliout a lifelong train-
ing, have ever risen to his accomplish-
ments in science. If lie had done noth-
ing else bat discover and describe the
new animals which he met, his name
would never die. The record, as
Cones has suggested, of any one of the
many new forms of life that he dis-
covered and so accurately described,
would today make a naturalist famous
the world over. Think, for a moment,
of the man who should first describe
the largest carnivore in America, the
great grizzly bear; the largest bird of
prey in the northern continent, if not in
the world, the California vulture; the
great mule deer and the blacktailed deer
of the Columbia region. No one since
has observed more of the habits of the
pronghorn and recorded them better
than Lewis has given us in his notes;
and to the crack of the long rifles of
his exi)edition, the big horn sheep first
rolled from his high perch to the feet
of the white man. Few creatures from
the western woodrat, which they ea-
coantered early on the plains, to the sea
otter, which they found in tha distant
Ocean, escaped the notice and intel-
lisent criticism of these men, and espe-
cially, of this man. In the writings
of our country — barring that of some
of the early Spanish explorers from
Mexico, the prairie dog first comes
into literature here, and for the first
time ip any attempt made at a descrip-
tion of its habits. The mere mention
^f the strange new things which these
men found would take hours. Jt would
have immortalized any naturalist to
iiave been the original finder of one of
their most insignificant discoveries a
creature known as the shotwell — be-
cause it stands as a connecting link be-
tween two great divisions of the
mammals.
The man of any scientific attain-
ments cannot cease to wontler that
Lewis should have been so accurate in
his deductions and so skilled in his ob-
servations. Only within the last few
years have the striplings of science
ceased to rediscover what this man had
made an old story one hundred years
ago. The grea? Coues himself, who
was a stickler for the claims of Lewis,
has by oversight, attributed discoveries
to others, which might have been a
commonplace of science after the pub-
lication of the Biddle narrative, had
men read more closely and appreciated
the work that this expedition had done.
These men even knew too much to
call the spiny lizards of the plains
"horned toads" — a thing which the
generations of the century have not
yet been made to comprehend, not-
withstanding the continuous hammer-
ing on the subject by men of science.
Another matter, usually overlooked,
n our appreciation of the mere- min-
ing and agricultural outputs of the
great purchase, is the fact that before
this, there was no mass of information
concerning the tribes of Indians beyond
the Missouri. We who sit here now
secure in our possessions can not have
a proper appreciation of the know-
ledge which has set back the savage
from our doorsteps, and of the impor-
tance of the reports which these men
brought back. The information which
thev gave of the relations of the tribes
to each other, and to the other govern-
ments; of their location, their trading
outlooks, the goods which they had
and which they needed; of rheir tem-
per, arms, numbers and customs. No-
where, yet, was there such a treasure
of ethnological information. Ir was
really the basis of our present efficient
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Bureau of Ethnolocry, which day by
day is developing into a rich treasury
of useful information.
Honored highly by his nation for a
while, and rewarded for his f aithf a 1
services by his friend, the great presi-
dent, who had trusted him and be-
lieved in him, the end of Lewis
may seem sad, and out of keeping with
his deserts. That his word could have
ever have been doubted, or his honor
impugned, we can understand only in
light of the parti zan feeling of the
time, when men grew envious of his
patron and did what they could to
humiliate his friends. The verbal
testimony of this great man was that
Lewis was the soul of honor, "honest,
disinterested, liberal, with a sound
understanding and a scrupulous fidel-
ity to truth."
His was a life that might well pro-
voke the assassin's ball, which likes
so well a shining mark; pnd this c m-
solation comes to us as we look back
with regret at a career apparently
cut short : that few lives have been
ronnded ro well after all. Few men
have had such a funeral train, thongh
he died and was buried in a wilder-
ness; for out in the plaza there now is
the weekly tread of millions and the
glare of the greatest pageant which
the world ever saw, rejoicing that this
man ever lived, and glorying in the
greatness of the empire which he over-
ran and placed under the banner of
liberty, progress and prosperity with-
out a single casualty in battle. To-
day, the nations of the earth have
come to gaze upon the gift of his hand
and the greatness thereof, and to note
that he has gone to his reward wirh
not only sheaf ujjon sheaf heaped on
his tomb, and loaf after loaf in the
grateful mouths of those who tread in
his pa<;hs, but with the hearts of a
great people in his grasp.
Card of Thanks.
By Edward S. Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
I need cot say to the editor and con-
tributors of Lewisiana that the com-
pilation of the Lewis Roster has in-
volved a large amount of labor. I de-
sire however to express my apprecia-
tion of valued service rendered by
Frank P. Lewis, Seattle, Wash., Harry
W. Lewis, Erie, Pa., Arthur R. Lewis,
Marshall, Mich., Stephen M. Lewis,
Argenta, Ark., E. G. Lewis, St. Louis,
Mo., E. C. Lewis, Nashville, Teun.
and the editor of Lewisiana to which
I have hoped, all along that we would
be able to add 1000 subscribers.
Lewis Day Register.
By the Supreme Herald of L. L. L.
Owing to the time consumed in
registering and the pressure of other
business only a little over one hundred
and fifty availed themselves of this oo-
portunity, although the aggregate at-
tendance on that occasion was several
times that number.
Nathan B. Lewis, West Kiugston, R.
I.
Florence Lewis Babb'tt, Ypsilanti*
Mich.
Frank P. Lewis, Seattle. Wash.
Eugenia Lewis Babcock, Plainfield,
N. J.
Nettie C Lewis, W. Kingston, R. I.
B. F. Lewis, Canton, Miss.
Mrs. Mary F. Lewis, Canton, Miss
Mrs. Martha Meriwether Lewis Herd-
man, Morrisonville, 111.
Emslie J. Lewis, Bloooainston, 111.
Theo. Lewis, Lexington, Ky.
J. A. Lewis, Congress, Miss.
Ulysses Lewis, Atlanta, Ga.
B. W. Lewis, Dekalb. Miss.
Mrs. Ella Jb'. Lewis, DeKalb, Miss.
Mrs. Emma E. Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
Mrs. Martha Gilmer Swann, Alden's
Bridge, La.
Dr. Bransford Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
THE l^EW^IS LETTER,
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Stephen A. Lewis, New Orleans, La,
Mrs. Eliza Lewis, New Orleans, La.
M«. John W. Lewis, Tecamseh, Okla-
homa.
Charles H. Drury, Bewleyville, Ky.
Sarah Lewis Drnry. Bewleyville, Ky.
James P. Drury, Brandenbarg, Ky.
Walter C. Lewis, Orwell. Ontario,
Canada.
Elarrv Lewis, Orwell, Ontario, Canada.
Edgar C. Lewis, Bradfordsville, Ky.
Minnie D. Lewis, Bradfordsville, Ky.
J. T. Lewis, Irrington, Ky.
Kat« Lewis Bennett, Irrington, Ky.
Warner Lewis, Montgomery City, Mo.
John A. Lewis. Detroit, ^lich.
Cilfa F. Owen, Maitland, Fla.
Harry W. Lewis, Erie, Pa.
Kartram D. Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
Stephen M. Lewis, Hot Springs, Ark.
Mrs. Nathan W. Lewis, (no address).
James Newton Baskett, Mexico, Mo.
Robert E. Lewis, Colorado Springs, Col.
E. M. Lewis, Montgomery City, Mo.
G. G. Lewis, El Keno, O. T.
Frank Wiliiams, Ashland, Oregon.
Edward S. Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
Robert David Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
W. R. Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
Boyd Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
Mrs. M. L. Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
James R. Lewis, Seattle, Wash.
John S. Lewis, Kingsley, Kansas.
L. H. Lewis, Oklahoma City, O. T.
Mrs. L. H. Lewis, dau., son and sister,
Oklahoma City, O. T.
Ella Lewis Dietrich, Chester City, Pa.
Lillie Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
Clara Lewis Wbitcomb, Carthage, 111.
Blanche Lewis Webb. Niota, 111.
J- W. Lewis, Brandenburg. Ky.
Mrs. J. W. Lewis, Brandenburg, Ky,
Miss MaryO. Lewis, Brandenburg, Ky.
Miss Bessie P. Lewis, Brandenburg,
Ky.
Miss Lena A. Lewis, Brandenburg,
Ky.
Mrs. Lillian Lewis Malvin, Louisville,
Kv.
Mrs. Lulu Lewis Parks, Webster, Ky,
Mrs. Mary Crawford, Long Branch,
Ky.
Miss Eva Carrigau, Guston, Ky.
Miss Mary Sims Detto, Brandenburg,
Ky.
Mrs. Samuel Lewis Dietrich, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Mr. Samuel Lewis Dietrich, Philadel-
phia, Pa.
Lyle V. Lewis, Carthage, N. Y.
Lorilla F. Lewis, Carthage, N. Y.
Mrs. Julia F. Lewis, Carthage-, N. Y.
Miss Monica Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
Mrs. L. Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
Mary H. Lewis, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Sybil Dora Lewis Weiser, St. Louis,
Mo.
Henry C. Lewis, Colambus, Ohio.
Mrs. Henry 0. Lewis, Columbus, Ohio.
Mrs. R. T. Taudv, Columbia, Mo.
Clementine Lewis, Moxahala, Ohio.
Richard J. Lewis, Beacon, la.
Ann E. Lewis, Beacon, la.
Ladd J. Lewis, Adrian, Mich.
Mrs. Alice Eldridge Lewis, Adrian,
Mich.
Richard Aylert Barrett, St. Louis, Mo.
Dr. O. Marius Lewis, Bridgeport, III.
Mrs. Anna Lewis, Bridgeport, 111.
William M. Lewis, Bridgeport, 111.
.1 E. Lewis, Mazanola, Colo.
William Lewis, Quincy, 111.
H. Miner Lewis, Mtn. Home, Ark.
William H. Lewis, Lewiston Utah.
Thomas H. Lewis, Moxahala Ohio.
Mrs. Julia Emma Tebeau Smith, Sa-
vannah, Ga.
R. C. West, Savannah, Ga.
George Harlan Lewis, New York City.
Augusta W. Lewis, New York City.
M. E. Weiser. St. Louis, Mo.
Edward Lewis Weiser, St. Louis, Mo.,
Marvin George Weiser, St. Louis. Mo,
Gurdon Noonnan Lewis, Smithfieid,
Ky.
Raymond Owen Lewis, Smithfieid, Ky.
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Anua Looise Lewis, Smithfirld, Kv.
F. T. Lewis. Li Janta, Colo.
William Lewis, Mt. Vernon, Obio.
Abraaj H. Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
Mrs. A. H. Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
Walter J. Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
Emma Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
Rhea V. L^svis, St. Louis, Mo.
Grace D. Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
0. C. Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
H H. Reyniersou, Bradfordsville, Ky.
Ctiarles A. Terhuue, Bradfordsville,
Ky.
William Jas. Lewis. St. Louis, Mo
Gussie Lewis, St. Louis, Mo
Mrs. W. M. Smith, Seattle. Wash.
Eageuie Cole Lewis, (Mrs. F. P. Lew-
is), Seattle, Wash.
Arthur O. Lewis, Kingsley, Kansas.
Rev. Benjamin Y. George, Elm wood,
111.
Thomas L. Beazley, Columbia, Mo.
H. H. Lewis, Salt Lake, Bash Co., Ky.
George W. Lewis, Marengo, Iowa.
Loraine E. Lewis, Marengo, Iowa.
F. E. Lewis, Victor, Iowa.
T. G. Lewis, Grinnell, III.
C. F. Lewis, GrinnelL Iowa.
Watson Cooke Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
G. N. Lewis, Khohae. Mo.
Walter Koch, Davtjnport, Iowa.
Charles J. Wedemeyer, Davenport, la.
Charles R. Lewis, Jr., St. Louis, Mo.
Miss Virginia Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
W. R. Olmstead, Ka'iokn. Mo.
Mrs. Mary Soerry, Elm View, Texas.
Miss Valentine Ellis, Oklahoma Citv
O. T.
Mrs. Joiepi Walter, Colon, Mich.
Mrs. Joseph Ultz. Sherwood. Mich.
Mrs H. H. Reynierson, Bradfordsville,
Ky.
Samuel Lewis Dietrich. Chester, Pa.
Hngo W. Scbnekloth, Eldridge, Iowa.
J. S. Lewis, Brougbton, 111.
Robert Harrison, Ypsilantl, Mich.
H. L, Lewis, Maplewood, Mo.
Wm. Foster, Canvas, Texas.
E. G. Lewis, St. Louis, Mo,
Mabel G. Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS.
Explanations, Abbreviations, Etc.
For convenience the records of the
various Lewis families are divided
into Books and each Book into
chapters. At the head of eaoh Book
appears the name of the earliest known
ancestor of that family. The List of
Books is a complete index to the Book*
as published to this time. New Books
will be added from time to time as
new branches of the Lewis family
are found. As soon as Books are
proved parts of others they will be
merged into the Books to which they
belong. Each name is numbered when
first printed aud whenever the name is
repeated this number follows in brack-
ets. The abbreviations commonly
used in genealogical work are used as
b. for born; d. died; m. married; m.
(1) first wife; dau. daughter; unm.
not married; v. p. see page; etc.
Book XXIV.
GEORGE LEWIS, England to Mass.
Chapter CCCXXXIIL
From the Bartow Genealogy.
R^v. Wra. Henry Lewis (1831 v p 62
Vol. IX) Rector of Christ Church,
Woodbury, X. J. (clergyman Wiusted
Ct., 1868 to May 1870, now rector of
St. John's, Bridgeport, Ct. v p 79, Vol.
V. Ed.) m Apr. 8, 1863, Citharine C.
Edwards of New Haven, Ct., 4 ch. b.
2208. I Robert Edwards, b Nov. 27,
1864, v p 108 Vol. X.
2209. IL Edward Gardiner, b Mar. 4,
1869, v next chapter.
2210. III. Wm. Barlow, b May 31,
1871, d Jany. 25, 1S72.
2211. IV. John William, b Oct. 31,
1872.
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Portrait of Meriwether Lewis in Independence Hall, Philadelphia.
By Courtesy of Charles Scribner's Sons Publishers.
The Portraits of Heriwether Lewis.
It has been a sonrce of mach plpasure to the editor of Lewisiana that in this
souvenir uamber of Lewis Day he has been able to include the three most
celebrated portraits of Meriwether L»vris. b Aug. 18, 1774, d Oct. 11, 1809,
the private secretary to President Jeffwrson, a captain in the U S. Army, the
first governor of Louisiana and the explorer of the Missouri and Columbia
rivers The frontispiece is the family portrait now in the possession of Charles
W. Dabney, President of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn. painted
hy the noted Frencn artist. Charles de St. Merain who also made the one in
which Capt. Lewis appears in Indian dress. The portrait on this page perhaps
^he mostly widely known of all his portraits in from the original which hangs
in Independence Hall and was painted by Charles Willson Peale, who painted
the portraits of the most prominent officers of the Revolution.
Robert Bartow (1829, v p 13, Vol.
XV) m Apr. 27, 1871, Jane Bronson
Warren who d Mar. 7, 187—1 ch. b.
1828. L Charlotte Bishop, b Deo. 29,
1873, V p 58. Vol. XIII.
Chapter CCCXXXIV.
By E. G. Lewis in The Woman's
Magazine, which has the largest paid
f^abscription of any publication in the
World.
When I started my magazine, I had
no capital and no one to holdout a sin-
gle hope of success. Now I offer you
the opportunity to join me in a greater
and more safe and profitable enterprise
than any magazine could ever become,
and back of my offer I have pledged my
own fortune and what is now the great-
est and most profitable pablishing basi-
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of yoa have been here and seen my
great publishing plant, the finest, most
costly and beautiful publisbing plant in
the world, have visited in our great
tent city, have seen the great park of 85
acres I am laying out and in which we
are bnilding our homes, and you know,
every one of you, that I have not gained
all this by cheating the poor or by de-
frauding any man, but by keeping my
pledges with rich and poor alike, and
by taking the toll from the great firms
and merchants, and spreading it among
two million homes in the from of a
magazine at 10c per year, which never
before was published for less than 50c
or $1 00.
I woald rather today be the President
of the People's Mail Bank and the Wo-
man's Magazine than the President of
the United States, There is no other
institution in the world that can or-
ganize this bank becanse there is no
other institution in the world that has
the opportunity such as has been placed
in my hands by the growth of my pub-
lications, and by my being placed in
contact with two millions of families
on an intimate personal confidential ba-
sis, and by the holding of a World's
Fair in our city here, which has
brought into the doors of my great es-
tablishment tens and tens of thousands
of these people, so that in almost every
town and village in America, there
will be some one who has been here and
seen us and knows us personally.
The entire legal details of the organ-
ization of the People's Mail Bank are
now in the hands of thoronghlv compe-
tent and able lawyers, the best that I
can obtain. I am being advised in it
by some of the shrewdest and ablest
bankers in the country, and every con-
ceivable precaution and safegaard that
can be thrown aroand the organization
will be adopted.
Under the plan of the Peopk-'g Mail
Bank most absolate safety is secured,
coupled with the greatest earning
power.
1905 Day at the World's Fair.
From The Lewis and Clark Joarnal.
September 23 was Lewis and Clark
Day at the St. Louis Exposition. When
the hour and minute hands of the clock
marked high noon, they were a re-
minder of the fact that on that day and
hour. 08 years before. Captains Lewis
and Clark arrived in St. Louis after the
greatest land expedition ever recorded
up to that time in the annals of our
Republic.
Hon. William D. Fenton, of Port-
land, and a member of the Board of
Lewis and Clark diri^ctors, was present
and made a stirring and eloquent ad-
dress. Fitting remarks also were made
by President David R. Francis, of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
Among Lewises in attendance were:
Rufus A. Lewis, H. C. Lewis, Mrs.
Elizabeth Frazier, Mrs. Maud Lewis
and Pnilander Lewis, Jr., of St. Louis,
all descendants of Captain Meriwether
Lewis.
Director Fenton paid a tribute to the
intrepid explorers, Lewis aod Clark,
and gave brief biographical data re-
garding each. Colonel Henrv E. Dosch
of Portland, in his address, "Where
Rolls the Oregon," said;
Do you wonder why Oregon is prood
of her mother, grand old Missouri?
And now I want to say that Oregun
will celebrate another National event,
second only to the Louisiana Purchase,
a Centtrnnial International Expcsition
in 1905, and extends a cordial invita-
tion to all to assist her in doing honor
to those justly renowned exploreis.
Lewis and Clark.
Lewis Day at Portland, Aug. 12th.
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and successes in hfe, and to record for use of
themselves and their jjosterity the traditions,
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IINDEXES.
Indexes have been preparefi in the form of
card catalogues, whic-h are kept complet<-d to
the date of the latest is<ue. These indexes
c'jver both Lewis Letter and Lewisiana and are
for all male Lewises and for all other names
than Lewis. Until some means is devi-ed bv
■which these can be printed the E<litor will
furni.-^h these reference's to all subscribers who
will send stamps to cover co.-t of reply.
List of the Books of the Lewises.
Earliest Ancestors— When and Where.
Missing nmnbers are of Merged Books.
LXIV. BeDJaraiu,1729. Farmington.Ct.
LXVIL David, 1800. Wales to Del.
LXVIIL Aaron, 1780, Va. to Ky.
LXIX. Henry, 1765, Calpepper-co., Va.
LXXL Samuel, 1748-182:^, Plytnoutb.
LXXII. John, 1640, Heurico-co., Va.
LXXIIL Thos.,1750, Bnckingham, Va.
LXXIV. Exam, 1775 Ed^ecomb, N. C.
LXXV. Paul, 1770, Rhode Island.
LXXVL William, 1760, Rhode Inland.
LXXVIL Benjamin, 1812, Osweeo.
LXXVIII. George, 1640, Casco Bay, Me
LXXIX. Nathaniel, 1768, Wells, Vt.
LXXX. Thomas, 1630, Saco, Me.
LXXXl. Thomas, 1668, Now York City.
I LXXXII. Andrew, 1776, New Jersey.
j LXXXIII. Alansou, 1762, New York.
I LXXXIV. Valentine, Ulster-co., N. Y'.
1 LXXXV John, 1640, Roxbury, Mass.
iLXXXVr. L'-rael, 1769, N. Y. City.
! LXXXVII. Philip, 1650. Portsmootb.
I LXXXVIII. John, 1660, Poitsmontb.
I XC. Eli&ba, 1770, Conn.
XCI. Frederick, 1760, Wales to Mass.
JXCIL Archelaas, 1758, Berwick, Me.
|XGIII. Charles, 1740, Virginia.
iXCIV. John, 1777, Philadelphia.
XCV. William, 1735, Chestet-co., Pa.
XCYI. Ellis, 1730, Merion, Pa.
XCVII. Morgan, 16S2, Penn.
XCVIII. Thomas, 1701, Wales to Pa.
XCLX. Josiah, 1771, Conn, to Vt.
C. James, 1710, Wales to Penn.
CI. Robert, 1635, Newbury, Mass.
Contents For December, 1904.
Lewis Days 112
Lewis in Wales 113
Genealogical Records 113
Book I. Chapter 44 113
" II. Chapter 218 114
" VIII. Chapters 474 to 477. . .114
" XII. Chapters 391 to 394 115
" XIII. Chapters 90 and 91 117
" XXIV. Chapters 335 and 336 117
" XXXV. Chapters 237 and 238 118
" XL. ChTpter65 119
" XLIV. Chapter 103 1]9
' * XL V. Chapter 105 120
" XLVII. Chapter 43 120
'* LIV. Chapters 43 to 45 120
" LIX. Cliapters 44 and 45 121
" XCII. Caaprer 11 122
" CIV. Ciiapter 18 122
" CX VIIL Chapter 9 122
" CXXL Chapter 3 123
Record of Life 123
Notes 123
( Clippings 124
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Edward Q. Lewis, St. Louis, Mo.
I am personally investing practically
every dollar I have in the stock of this
bank, aT:d a-s the very life of my srreat
publishing business, now earning over
a quarter of a million dollars net profit
per yeir, is staked on tliis proposi-
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saceess I predict, I would lose the con-
fidence of my two million readers; I
have more at stake than all the other
stockholders in the bank combined.
My great magazine is dearer to me
than life itself; it is the creature of my
brain and has been reared in the cease-
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the best vears of my life. I would
rather be presirletAt of The Woman's
I Magazine and The People's Mail Bank
than President of the United States.
I pledge all the manhood ani strength
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Lewises In Patriotic Fields.
By Floieuce S. Babhicc, YpsiUiii'.i,
Mich.
The Department of Michigan. G. A.
R., has a Lewis Post (v p 56 Vol. X V)
at Dimondale, Eaton co., Mich. I am
trying to get the history of that sol-
dier of our name. The National
Roster (just issued) of the Woman's
Relief Corps gives the following
Lewises.
Dept. of Conn., Ella F. Lewis, Dept.
Inspector, iMeriden
Dept. of Minn., Lacie S Lewis,
Dept. Inspector, Minneapolis.
Dept. of Vt , Lydia M. Lewis, Dept.
Senior Vice President, Springfield.
Nashville, Tenn., the constaut com-
panion, friend and counsellor of
Gen. Jackson, who fought with him
tlirough the Indian Wars and War of
1812, ani bec:ime his private secretary
when the General becime tlie Presi-
dent. Maj. Lewis accompaniel Gen.
Jackson in his retirement to the
Hermitage and wa? by him till the
death of Jackson in 1845.
^ Who Was He?
By Win. Frisbie Lewis, Oakland, Gal.
Senator Beveridge of Ini. in the
Saturday Evi-ning Post for Sept. 10.
1904 savs: "Mr. Lewis wh) was
President Jackson's greatest political
manager and one of ths best if not
indeed the very greatest of all the
politicians, the country Ins ever seen"
.... Who was this Lewis?
By Rafas Rockwell Wilson, Author of
Washington, The Federal City, in a
letter.
I consider Maj. W. B. Lewis one
of the most interesting, important and
nniqae characters in the political
history of the country.
From Wa-hington. The Federal City.
Jackson's actual advisers were con-
fined to a small coterie of frienis who,
with one exception, were non members
of the Cabinet. These advisers during
the first year were Wm. B. Lewis,
Amos Keadall, an! Isaa? Hill and
they constituted the so-called "Kitchen
Cabinet."
Lewis, long the frieni and neighbor
of Jackson and now 2nd auditor of
the treasury was an airoit ani far
seeing politician — Sumner calls him
"the great father of wire pullers"
— wholly devotei to the cause of
his chief.
From a Biographical Sketch.
Maj. Wm. Berkley Lewis, politician
b 1784 London co., Va., d Nov. 14,
1866 at Nashville, Tenn.; removed to
Tenn. early in life and settled near
Nishville; was quartermaster under
Gen. Jackson in 1812; had much to do
with bringing Jackson forward as a
candidate for the Prasidency; when
el 'CjCd Presiden*", Lewis accompanied
him to Washington; became one of
t^ie family being in name auditor of
the treasury; one of the "Kitchen
Cabinet ;" helped prepare the inausural
address; in 1845 returned to Nashville
living in retirement until after the
Civil War; was a Union man.
From Lewisiana, p 89, Vol. IX.
Maj. Wm. B Lewis, son of John
Lewis, of London co. , Va., m (1)
Margaret Lewis b 1793, dau. of Maj.
Wm. T. Lewis (27. XIX) ; m (2) a dau.
of Gov. Stokes of N. C. He owns
and resides at Fairfield Hou.se, in the
suburbs of Nashville, the late resi-
dence of Maj. Wm. T. Lewis.
I
By Maj. E. C. Lewis, Nashville, Tenn. | By Eugene C. Lewis, Nashville, Tenn.
Alajor Wm. Berkley Lewis of j Strangely enough the older dau. of
-^-
112
LrEVVISIAIVA,
Major Lewis m Col. Geo. A. Wash-
ing tou of Robertson Co., Teuu. and
their ch. and gr. eh. are among oar
foremost citizens and wives of equally
prominent men. Thus again the
names of Wasliin£;ton and Lew^is are
linked — a bis story bat one to
strengthen and further honor the
Lewis name. The younger daa. m a
member of the French Legation named
something like Piquot.
From the Nashville American.
William Lewis Washington, the
eldest and only son of the late Col.
George A. Washington of Robertson
Co. by his first wife, died suddenly
Jany. 9, 1902 in Philadelphia. He
was about fifty-five years ot ase and
has not lived in Tennessee for twenty
years. For some years he has be^n in
delicate health and has not engaged
in active business. He leaves a wife
and seven living half brothers and
sisters as follows: Mrs. G.N. Till-
man, Mrs. John L. Helms of Louis-
ville; Mrs. D Shelby Williams. Mrs.
Felix Evvius, Messrs. J. E. Washing-
ton, and George A. Washington.
Lewis Days.
Jamestown Exposition Co.,
Norfolk, Va.
The Loyal Lewis Legion of Amer-
ica, a patriotic, genealogical and his-
torical society, hereby applies for the
privilege of having a Lewis Day as-
signed in honor of the memory of the
eminent and patriotic son of Vir-
ginia—
Captain Meriwether Lewis,
of
Lewis and Clark Expedition Fame.
On Lewis Day it is proposed to have
a congress of Lewises, their friends
and relatives; and in the evening of
that day to hold the second triennial
Supreme Council of tlie Legion.
The Legion celebrated Lewis Day
Sept. 23rd, 1904, in St. Louis, and
will celebrate Lewis Day Aug. 12th,
1905, in Portland, Oregon.
Thanking 3-ou in advance and await-
ing your early pleasure, I remain,
Very respectfully,
Frank P. Lewis,
Supreme Chancellor.
An illustrated 24 -page souvenir of
Lewis Day was issued early in No-
vember a copy of which was mailed to
all members of L. L. L. and to all
paid subscribers of the current volume.
To all others the price is 20 cents a
copy or 6 copies for one dollar, post
paid.
Lewis In Wales,
From History of Powys Fadog.
XVL Hugh Lewys (v p 55 Vol. XV)
ot Prysaddfed m Margaret, dau. and
sole heiress of William ab John ab
Rhys of Llynou; one authority gives
a second marriage ; 5 ch.
XVn. 1. William d no ch.
2. Hugh (or John) Lewys of Prys-
addfed.
3. Owain Lewys.
4. Stewkley Lewys.
5. John Stewkley Lewys m Elen
dau. of Richard of Bodorgan; an
only dau. and heiress.
XVIII. Margaret m Richard Williams
of Bodlith, a son and heir.
XIX. Richard Lewys Stewkley of
Nenadd Wen.
XVII. John Lewys of Prysaddfed,
High Sheriff for Anglesey in 1606 and
1618, called Hugh Lewys by one au-
thority, m Anne, dau. of Sir Hugh
Owen of Bodowen or Bodeau, Kjit.
(gules, a chevron inter three lions
rampt. or) ; son and heir.
XVIII. John Lewys of Pry.saddfed m
Catharine daa. of Evan Lloyd of lal ;
THE LEWIS UEXHER.
lid
an ouly dan. and heiress.
XIX. Aiiiie Lewys m (1) John eldest
.•^on of Sir Hugh Owen of Orieltcn,
Bart, (d Feb. Ui, 1754), who d uo eh.
ill his father's life-time; she m {2}
Mark Trevor, Lord Viscount Dungau-
nou, in Ireland; 2 sons
1. Lewys Trevor.
2. Mark Trevor, Lord Viscount
Dungannon, -who with his mother
sold PrTsaddfed.
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS.
Explanations, Abbreviations, Etc.
For convenienc3 the records of the
various Lewis fa:nilies are divided
into Books aud each Book into
chapters. At th9 head or ea2h Book
appears th^naaie of the earliest knowu
ancestor of that family. The Lis: of
Books is a complete index to the Books
as published to this time. New Books
will be added from time to time as
new bran?h3s of the Lewis family
are found. As soon as Books are
proved parts of others they will be
merged into the Books to which they
belong. Each name is numbered when
first printed aui whenever the name is
repeated this number follows iu brack-
ets. The abbreviatious commonly
nsed iu genealogical work are used as
b. for bora; d. died; m, married; m.
(1) first wife; dau. daughter; unm.
not married ; v. p. see page ; etc.
Book L
RANDALL LEWIS, Hopkinton, R. L
Chapter XLIV.
By Frank P. Lewis, Seattle, Wash.
On Oct. 3, 1904, in his 73rd year,
Henry W, Lewis (19) after a short
bur painful illness caused by fever,
passed away at his home in Lisle, N.
v., leaving a wife and two sons to
mourn his demise.
Uncle Henry b Sept. 1, 1831, in the
'neighboring town of Triangle, m Fci).
1 14, 1858, Margaret Wiley, who fur-
I vives him. He was one of the 13 sur-
' viviug ch. ot Asa f 13 v p 14G Vol. XI)
the gr. son of Randall (1) and the gr.
fatner of the writer, who d Feb. <>,
1880 iu his 80th year, the honored
father of 18 ch. 14 of whom survived
him. For a period of more than five
years, the family of brothers and
sisters remained unbroken, when on
Oct. 21, 1885, sister Lodema Lewis
(21) Payne died. Then ensued a span
of nineteen years, during which the
lucky thirteen shared their joys and
burdens of life with each other. Toeu
the grim reaper again shook the fam-
ily tree and broke a strong limb when
Uncle Henry parsed over the river to
that undiscovered country from whose
bourns no traveler returns to tell of
tlie joyous meeting of loved ones who
have gone before.
Henr}' W. Lewis was an honest
man, a loving husband, an indulgent
father and a generous and sympathetic
neighbor. He was an industrious and
careful farmer, toiling early and lare
to maintain his home and family. Of
! the circle of thirteen, he was the least
'lucky; if misfortune or tinanoial
stringency hit his neighborhood, the
burdt-n was sure to rest on his shoul-
ders. But with it all, he was natur-
I ally of a cheerful disposition and very
j seldom, if ever, gave up to evil or un-
happy forebodings. If he lost his
footing in the strenuous tides of busi-
ness, he did not lose his manhood
i nor his grip on life, but renewed the
effort and struggle with tireless and
ceaseless r nergy.
For several of his last years, he was
a member of cne M. E. Church in his
town, and lived and died a good citi-
zen and a good man. In politics he
was a Republican, never seeking nor
• holding a political office.
11-4
UEWISIAIVA.
By his will, he left his farm of 120
acres and stock thereon to his faithful
and well beloved wifo. After a long
and useful life, at tbe ripe age of
three score, three and ten years, he
has gone to enjoy the rich rewards of
a well spent life.
Book II.
BENJAMIN LEWIS, Stratford, Ct.
Chapter GCXVIII.
Here and There in the Family.
The heirs and legatees of the late
George B. Lewis (G26 v p 132 Vol. VI)
have sued the administrator of his
estate for $20,000 damages. Mr.
Lewis was president of the Woodbury
Savings Bank and d in October, 1889.
He left a very large estate which was
to be distributed amou;; many heirs.
Tbe parties to the suit are Betsey A.
Lewis of New Haven, Charles C.
Lewis of Southbury, and Asahel W.
Mitchell of Woodbury, executors of
the estate of Charlotte L. Lewis (v p
159 Vol. XIII) late of Woodbury, who
was the wife of George B. Lewis and
George L. Booth of Seneca Falls, N.
Y., Mary E. Booth, Emma Carols aud
EmmaM. Jolly of Fayette, N. Y.,
chidren and heirs-at-law of Jerasha
Booth, sister of George B. Lewis. It
is alleged that in the administration
account filed by Warner the whole
estate has not beeu properly ace mnted
for This is represented in stocks and
bonds and real estate.
Roxbury, Ct., records give George
B. Lewis of Woodbury, m May 19,
1846, Charlotte Hard; Jerusha A.
(627) Lewis, ra May 4, 1852, Charles
Booth.
hour. He leaves a widow (435 v p 20
Vol. VI) and 6 ch.
Ashbel P. Fitch, lawyer, Member of
Congress, City Comptroller and presi-
dent of the Trust Company of America,
was stricken with apoplexy on Mav 3,
1904, at his home and died within an
Book VIII.
JOHN LEWIS, Westerly, R. L
Chapter CDLXXIV.
By Henry H. Lewis, Carthage, N. Y.
Justus L. Bingham (3514 v p 116
Vol. XIV) d Jany 21, 1852, m Mar.
17, 1839, Zenette Hininan, b, Dec. 24,
1822. He was ordained by the Jeffer-
son Quarterly Meeting of St. Law-
rence CO., N. Y., in 1845 and labored
in that vicinity for some eight years
when he removed to his n^w field of
labor in Summer Hill, Cayaga co., N.
Y. There he organized a Free Will
Baptist Church which today after a
period of over fifty years, pays to the
memory of their first and beloved
pastor, a loving tribute of praise. 5
ch. b.
I. Amelia T., b June 22, 1842, m Oct.
29, 1865, Henry P. Colby; 4 ch. b.
I. Eva Zenette, b Jany 18, 1868,
d Mar. 27, 1870.
II. Marquis H., b Jane 6, 1870,
d Aug. 8. 1873.
III. J. Irving, b Jany 31, ^872.
IV. Mary E. , b Miy 18, 1874.
II. Marqais W., b Apr. 22, 1844, d
Feb. 27, 1870.
in. Delilah M., b July 7, 1847, d Jnly
16, 1897, m Aug. 30, 1868,
Thomas C. Ayres; 1 ch. b.
L Earl, b Jany 1, 1872.
IV. EmergeneD., b June 19, 1850,
m Oct. 24, 1864, Ashbel E. Hath-
way. 5 ch. b.
I. Lennie O.
II. Cummings, b March 1866.
III. Carlton C.
IV. Emma, d ae. 3 yrs.
V. Laura A., d infancy.
V. Elizabeth A., b Apr. 21, 1853, m
Jany 12, 1868, Calvin D. Clark;
3 ch. b.
I. Zenette, b Oct. 11, 1871.
THE l-,E>VIS LETTER.
115
II. Eva, Lyle, b Mar.
1873.
III. Carlton, b July 28, 18^
Chapter CDLXXV.
By Eliza Maria Hayues,Bridg(^port, Ct.
Record of c'a. of Caleb, Jr., and De-
borah (2726 Lewis) Haynes of New
London, Ot., concluded from last is-
sue.
3629. VIII. Sarah, b May 1, 1801, d.
Apr. 24, 1860, m Benjamin Sheldon;
3 ch. b.
3630. IX. Lewis, b Sept. 18, 1804, d
Jany 15, 1877, m (1) Maria Tabor.
m (2) Ann Tomlinson; 6 cd. b 5 m
(1) and 1 m (2).
3031. X. Caleb, b July 21, 1807, d
May 2, 1855, nnm.
Chapter CDLXX\I.
Here and There in the Family.
Log Book, iship Lewis. Whaling
voj'age to the So Pacific, May 15,
1849, to Jany 7, 1853. With whale
stamps and a whaling scene roughly
sketched in pencil on fly-leaf. $6.00.
No. 422 in latest ca'alogae of Good-
speed's Book Shop, Boston. Mass.
Harry B. Lewis (798) formerly of
the Construction Dept. of the New
York Telephone Co. has entered the
service of the Central Uuiou Tele-
phone Co in the office of the Division
Sjpt. at Indianapolis, lud.
Chapter CDLXXVII.
From the Bailey Family.
Job Lewis (21 XXXVIII v p 41. Vol.
IV), a farmer; lived at West Green-
wich, R. I., the greater part of his
Hfe; later moved to Sterliug, Ct.,
wh^re he d Apr. 15, 1852; bis widow
d Nov. 24, 18Sa. 5 (7? Ed ) ch. b.
:i632. I. Hannah, b Jany 22, 1820, d
Feb. 7, 1833.
:^633. II. Jacob, b Oct. 31, 1821, d
Nov. 19, 1863. in 111. m abt. 1847,
Augma Wood (No. Providence, R. I.,
records state m Oct. 24, 1846, by Rev,
Martin Cheney, Angina dan. of Carey
Wood of Warwick, R. I., Ed.)l ch. b.
3634. I. Caroline Mary, b Dec. 14,
1849, m Feb. 22, 1870, George
T. Glenn; a ch.
3635. I. Cora Amy, b Sept. 25,
1871.
3636. III. Oliver, b Dec. 4, 1826, d
June 6, 1857, unm. (This in connec-
tion with the town record v p 41 Vol.
IV makes it clear that Oliver was one
of triplets; the others, Job and Mary,
probably d y. Ed.).
3637. IV. William A., b Aug. 25,
1829, m Nov. 14, 1864, Margaret D.
Gordon b May 16, 1847. (dau. of
states the Gallup Fam., Thomas and
Eliza (Dow) Gordon. Ed.); graduate
(1851) of Harvard Medical College (v
p 190 Vol. V for obituary sketch and
p 35 Vol . Vn for family record. Ed. ) .
3638. V. Hannah R., b Feb. 21, 1833.
BookXIL
WILLIAM LEWIS, Farmington, Ct.
Chapter CCCXCI.
By George Harl.m Lewis, N. Y. City.
Will of Ezekiel (12) made Mar. 20,
1749-50, concluded from last issue.
Item, I give one Third part of the
Division of ye Residue as above men-
tioned to ye three children of my de-
ceased Danghtar Abigail ( 137) Gridley,
Viz. Abigail: Sarah: and Rebecca to
be equally divided between them or
ye furvivors as they respectively ar-
rive at ye age of 2 1 years, or days of
marriage, to be paid b}' my Executor
and if my son-in-law Jeremiah Gridley
be indebteil or stand charged on my
books, in any sum so much shall be
accounted and paid as part of his
children's share. Itecn: I give to my
daughter Elizabeth (140) Grey, the
remainiu'i Third part of ye Residue of
my estate divide.! above into 3 parts :
to be paid and delivered to her as also
ii6
UEW'ISIArVA,
my (Liaghter Mary's part by my Exec-
utor as soou as couveuieut may be, as
my Debts may be collected and re-
ceived from time to time.
I appoint my sou Ezekiel L.ewis Sole
Executor.
Chapter CCCXCII.
From the Erie, Pa., DaiW Times.
The marriaf^e of Miss Emma Lewis
to T. Llee Rynder took place quietly
Sept. 30, 1904, at tae residence of
Rev. B. Cjn field Jones, pastor of the
Park Presbyterian Church. After
the wedding ceremony dinner was
served at the home of the groom. The
bride was neatly dressed in a travel-
ing costume. The happy couple left
on a late afternoon train for Chicago.
The groom is county missionary
forth^ American Sunday School union
and his friends are many throughout
this and other counties in this state
where he has been similarly employed.
Tae bride, a daughter of Harry W.
Lewis (1659 v p 16fi Vol. XII) the
veteran mail carrier, is a graduate
nurse of Hamot Hospital and has fol-
lowed her calling very successfully
in this and adjacent cities. Her
friends are numerous, her personality
pleasing and her qualities admirable.
Upon th^ir return from the wed-
ding trip Mr. and Mrs. Rynder will
be at home to their friends in Water-
ford, Erie co., Pa.
committee of tlie First Congregational
Ciiurch to be used on the front door
of the new parsona'j:e. T!ie knocker
is of historic origin. Mr. Lewis ob-
tained it several years ago from the
old Potter place. Tae Potter plac3
was built by "Priest" Robinson, the
first pastor of the Congregational
Church in 1784, and that is supposed
to be the ag3 of the knocker, which
will be used as Mr. Lewis's tender
suggests.
Two issues of the Times have in-
teresting letters by Harry W. Lewis
on the old portion of St. Louis and
Lewis Day doings— the only descrip-
tii.n in print of Lewis Day which
has come to the Editor's notice.
Chapter CCCXCHL
Hero and There in the Family.
An old bras5 knocker has b^eu pre-
sfuted by F. C. O. Lewis (1371) to the
Southington, Oc^ 10. — Announce-
ment was made in the Xew Haven
papers Saturday of the various prizes
awarded at Yale for the best entrance
examination papers. Tae Hugh Cham
berlain prize for the best examination
in Greek was aw.irded to Howard
Bishop Lewis of this town and a gradu-
ate of Lewis High School.
Chapter CCCXCIV.
The Relatives of William Lewis.
From Digest of Ear'.y C:. Prjbate
Records. Will of Thomai Olcort of
Hartford, dated Nov. 20. 1653: And
the rest of my Estate not given I give
& bequeath as followech : Unto my
deare & tender Mother, Mrs. Margaret
Charlfount, for her own prticaler
use, two pounds; to my deare & mu2h
respected sister, Mrs. Mary Hardey.
five pounds:. . . .to my Morh-'r Eloare,
twenty Shillings; to my Broth-r Will
Wadsworth, one pound; to Brorher
Will Lewis Seniore, one pounde : . . . .
Giles Whiting of Hartfonl. Invrii-
tory £26-15-06, taken by Barcholome.v
Barnard, Richard Gojdman. Giles
Whiting, three days before he died.
d d in the presence of Edward Steb-
bing and William Le^vis s;n. make
his last will in words as followeth :
I bequeath or commit my soul into
the hand of God, and my body to the
earth, to be decently and Comely bur-
l^- ,?
THE UEVViS LETTER,
117
ied. My debt? beiug eliscliarged, I
leave the remaiuler of my Estate to
the dispose of mj* brother William
Lewis, to liimself aud his Children
at his discretion.
(To be continued.)
Book Xni.
JOHN LEWIS, New London, Conn.
Chapter XC.
By Geo. Harlan Lewis. N. Y. City.
Mehitable Lewis (488 v p 7 Vol.
XV) d June 20, 1896, ae. 59 years; m
Freeman W. King and res. on the old
homestead. 3 ch. b Marlow, N. H.
The daus. are uum. aud res. at home ;
both are successful teachers.
512. I. Lewis S., m Mattie Mathew-
soa; had a dau. res. Keene, N. H.
513. n. Charlotte.
514. HL Luetta.
Francis Matson Lewis (48!) v p 29
S'oL XV) d May 23, 1868, a3. 42
years; m Mary Thompsoa; 3 ch. b
Marlow, N. H.
515. I. Emma Frances, b Nov. 27,
1851.
516 11 Lovilla Jane, b Jaly 3, 1854.
517. in Frank Thompson, b Jany 17,
1859.
Loins H. (191) ra (1) Jany 8, 1864,
Altiira J. Bac lelder who d Dec. 30,
1864; m (2) Jany 1, 1836, Loaisa
Rogers and settled on the old home-
^'tead, caring for his parents until
their death. He owns the original
Lewis farm but resides on one adjoin-
nis. 2 ch. b.
•'ilS. I Rosetta, b July 31, 1867,
unm. res. with her parents.
•jI9 II. Ormond G., b Jany 17, 1872,
employed by the Fitchburg R.
R. Co. -
wood turner, res. Rockford, 111 , m
Nov. 29, 1859, Lydia Ann Holli.«^rer,
b Nov. 15, 1814. dau. of Milo aud
Lydia (Hyde) HoUister. No ch.
Chapter XCL
From the Hollister Family.
Stephen R. Lewis (547 v last issue)
b Burlington, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1812, a
Book XXIV.
GEORGE LEWIS, England to Mass.
Chapter CCCXXXV.
By A. R. Lewis, Marshall, Mich.
John Lewis, (1943 v p 171 Vol.
XIII) was a pioneer physician of north-
western Missouri soon after the open-
ing of the Platte purchase. During
the Civil War he was an as.vistanc
surgeon in one of the Missioun Union
Miliria regiments. He m July 26,
1844, at Nauvoo, 111., Lydia Morri-
son, dpu. of Levi andLucina (Streererj
Snow, b Dec. 7, 1823, in Vermont.
She was one of eleven children, all of
the Mormon faitb, a brother, Judge
Z. Snow having been one of the first
Judges of Utah, appointed by Filmore.
Another brother, Erastus Snow, was
President of what was known as t he
"Southern Mission," in Utah. John
Lewis d Jan. 22, 1869, on his farm
near Rockport, Mo., and his wife Feb.
2; 1900, at the same place. They are
interred side by side in the Hunter
Cemetery, four miles south of Rock-
port. 10 ch.
2215. I. John Perry, b Mar. 10, 1845,
Montrose, la.
2216. II. Amos, bJnne 7, 1847, Mont-
rose, la.
2217. III. Taylor, b Mar. 8, 1849,
Montrose, la
2218. IV. Iowa Ann, b Mar. 15, 1851,.
Francisville, Mo.
2219. V. Jane, b July 25, 1853, Irish
Grove. Mo.
2220. VI. Adelaide, b Mar. 11, 1855,
Rockport, Mo.
2221. VII. Dan, b Mar, 20, 1857,
Rockport, Mo.
2222. VIII. Mary Helen, b Oct. 18.
1859, d May 29, 1865, Rockport
118
UENVISIAIVA.
Mo.
2223. IX. Grant b Mar 20, 1S63, Rock-
port, Mo.
222t. X. Sherman, b May 0, 1866. d
Apr. 14, 1868, Rockport, Mo
Chapter COCXXXVI
A Westfield, Mass. Clipping.
Larater B. Lewi3 (15S5 v p 153 Vol.
XI) ae. 60, a well known residf^^nt of
Westfield died Oct. 19, 1904, at his
home on Franklin street. He had
been in poor health for a long time.
Dropsy was the main cause of death.
Mr. Lewis had lived in Westfield for
many years and was formerly a whip
manufacturer. He was later known
as an investment banker. He was
very successful in his business affairs
and had accumulated considerable
property. Mr. Lewis owned the large
wooden block on the south side of
Franklin street near Elm street. Hj
was a man who seldom confided in
any one, and be left no near relative.
Tn a very quiet way he often per-
formed deeds of charity unknown to
the public. Th3 pathway of many a
poor person has beeo made easier by
Mr. Lewis's thonghtfulness. Of re-
cent years he had passed cmsiderable
of his time traveling about the country
and would ofcen be away for weeks at
a time without his friends knowing
his whereabouts. He showed himself
to be a public benefactor by putting
on attachments to drinking fountains
and watering tanks all over this state
and Connecticut. Tlie device on the
watering tanks made it possible for
persons to quench tli^ir thirst and
proved to be something for which
there was a demand. Tne attachments
may be seen on many tanks along the
country roads. Mr. Lewis was a mem-
ber of Mt. Moriah Lodge of Masons
and of Springfield Commandery,
Knights Templar.
Book XXXV.
ROBERT LEWIS, Wales to Va.
Chapter CCXXXVn.
From Denver, Colo , Daily News.
The children of Police Sergeant
Edward J. Batie, at 1424 Julian St.,
are proud of their names, as they are
direct descendants of Betty Washing-
ton, sister to the "Father of his coun-
try." Including the children three
generations are living, Mrs Virginia
Lewis Gatewood, mother of Mrs. Ba-
tie, being the oldest.
Howell Lewis (23) son of Betty
Washington, is an important person-
age in the line of descent and worthy
of some attention on account of his
being sole executor of the vast estate
left by bis uncle, George Washington.
With reference to the relationship be-
twe n Howell Lewis and General
Washington, a portion of a letter,
written bv President Washington, fol-
lows :
"***** It being necassarr
that I should have some person ar
Mount Vernon through whom I can
communicate my orders, who will see
that these orders are executed, or, if
not obeyed, who will inform me why
they are not; who will receive weekly
reports and tran-mit them, receive
those things which do not appertain to
any individual overseer, I have sent my
nephew, Mr. Howell Lewis, who lives
with me here, to attend to them until
I can provide a manager of established
reputation in these matters. You will
therefore, nay due regard to such direc-
tions as you may receive from him,
considering them as coming immedi-
ately from myselt "
When his uncle died,'be.=ides being
given charge, by the terms of the will,
of the entire estate, Mr. Lewis in-
herited a considerable amount of the
fortune.
(To be continued)
THE LEWIS LETTTER.
119
t
Chapter CCXXXVIIL
By Ulysses Lewis, Atlanta, Geor.
Elizabeth (36 v p 178 Vol XIII b
Apr. 23, 1724, m May 3, 1744) Wil-
liam Keunon, who d 1759-00, sou of
William ani Ann (Eppes) Kennon.
Of the ch. V p 52 Vol. XII several
lived from 1766 until their removal
to Geor. at Granville, N. C, where
today are many Lewises bat no Ken-
nous. 6 ch. b.
823. I. Mary, m Thomas Harrison.
673. II. Richard, m Celia Raglaud;
a dan.
I. Elizabeth, m BjUiug Hines; a
descendaat of this bn^ is Richard
Kennon Hines of Atlanta and
Macon. Geor.
674. III. William, m (1) Elizabeth
Bullock, m (2)Elizabeth Harrison
828. I. Ulysses, an Atiy-at-Law,
Atlanta, Geor.
820. II. Catherine, m Dr. William
Dowsing ; a dau.
829. I. Virginia Ellen.
827. III. Jane, m her first cousin,
William Kennon, son of John (676
above) a son,
839 I. Fountleroj ; a descendant
of this line is Woodson H. Ken-
non of Jackson, Miss.
67o,
676.
Book XL.
FRANCIS LEWIS, Signer of the
Declaration of Independence.
Chapter LXV.
By James H. Lewis, New York City.
Letter of tfamuel J. Lewis of Goshen,
N. Y,, continued from last issue.
My gr. father, the parent of your
(Vol I Joseph Habersham Hist. gr. father (name?) James Lewis (58)
Coll. states that he m M. A. Wil- j the Elder, who lived and died at "La
lis. Ed). Grange" not in Franco but Goose
IV. Charles, m Mary Lewis, his • Town on the Montgomery Road, was
first cousin. ib on Long Island, some.vhere near
V. John, m 1779, Elizabeth ! Jamaica or Hempstead, Flatbush or
Woodson, V p 179 Vol XII; a de- 1 thereabout (I think near the north
scendant of this line is Woodson side of the Island) aud removed to
Tilton White of Waco, Texas ' Orange co. and settled near Goshen
His father, Ploasants Woodson j ou the Montgomery Road, about 1700.
White b May -, 1820, Putnam j He m a dau. of Dr. John Gale, a
CO., Geor. res. Quincy, Fla., not ' distinguished person; his wife was
far from the plantation of Col. ' named Martha and was celebrated for
Murat who-e wife was a distant ; beauty and amiable character; one of
(Lewis) cousin (for a long account their sons was named William (od)
of both v p 58 Vol. IV. Ed.), j after his Welch ancestor, another
Of the ch. a son, ) Morris (60) after Gov. Morris, a friend
I. Robert Lewis, was the foremost I of the family.
palpit orator of the Alabama Con-
feri nee in his day.
S23. VI. Elizabeth, b 1754, ra when
i*bt. 21, John Lewis (824) perhaps sou
of John (25) and Catherine (Fountle-
roy)Lewis of Granville, N. C.,(v p 121
Vol. XIII) ; they w^ere said to have
been double cousins; Of the ch.
(Concluded in next issu )
Book XLIV.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Roxbary, Mass.
Chapter CHI.
By George Harlan Lewis, N. Y. Citr.
Enoch Thomas Lewis (553 v p 76
Vol. IX) m July 4, 1852, Almira M.
^25. I. Ulysses, m Sarah A. Aber- j Jennieou, b Sept. 9, 183G, at Prescott,
crombie; and bis son, | Mass., dau. of Austin and Judith C.
20
UEVVISIAIVA.
(Shaw) Jeimisou. He removed from
Royalston to Marlboro, N. H., in
1852 and thence to Athol, Mass., in
1854, where he has since resided.
He served duriug the Civil War. He
was a marble worker, undertaker and
Justice of the Peace, (see History of
Athol, p 436) 1 ch. b Athol, Mass.
758. I. Etta Isabel, b Aug. 11, 1856,
m Dr. Elisha Ward Cooke, res. 266
Cambridsre St., East Cambridge.
Book XLV.
JOHN LEWIS, Ireland to Yirgiuia,
Chapter CV.
From New Orleans Daily Picayune.
Dr. John H. Lewis (425 v last issue)
again went to Paris with a view of
prosecuting the study of medicine as
far as the sciience of the dav would
permit. He could not enter the Paris
School of Medici ue, however, without
a diploma as Bachelor of Arts and
Sciences, so he entered the Sarbonne,
received his degrees and then matricu-
lated in the medical school, from
which he graduated in 1839. He had
thus been studying coastan-ly for
nine years and after his final gradua-
tion entered into an active practice in
this city, which was uninterrupted,
except by the Civil War, until he re-
tired in 1889.
During the war Dr. Lewis was sur-
geon of Col. Skymaaski's Louisiana
regiment and was captured by the
Federal forces at the forts when Far-
ragut came up the river to this city.
Dr. Lewis's wife d some years ago.
He leaves 6 ch. and a number of
prominent relatives. Prominent
among bis nephews are Dr. Ernest S.
Lewis (418), Dr. George W. Lewis
(430). Alfred J. Levis (431). Esq.,
and .Mr. C. Unca^ Lewis M32), the
well known surveyor and civil engin-
eer. His remains will be interred in
the old Sc. Louis Cemetery, ch. b.
433. L William V.
434. II. Mrs. Emile Soniat.
429. HI. Sidney Francis, b Jany 28,
1854.
435. IV. Mrs. Gabriel Villere.
436. V. Mrs B. I. Siinms.
437. VI. Mrs. Edgar White.
Book XLVH.
ZACHARY LEWIS, Wales to Va.
Chapter XLIII.
Honor to Whom Honor is Due.
The Lewis Day Number states that
the first Lewis Congress was held at
St. Louis. This is not so for the first
Lewis Congress was held en Sep. 4,
1894, at Bel Air, Spotsvlvauia co.Va..
at the home of Miss Nannie E. Scott,
who originated (v p 107 Vol. Vj the
idea of the Congress. A fall history
of this 200th anniversary of the Lewis
Family in Va. may be found in
"Lewis Congress, 1094-1894" printed
at Frnnkfort, Ky., in 1894, by George
A. Lewis (72), Printer.
Book LIV.
EVAN LEWIS, Wales to Penn.
Chapter XLIII.
By E. J. Lewis, Torrington, Wyo.
Record of cti. of Henry (3 v last
issue) so far as known.
John (13) b 3 mo. 23, 1697, Radnor.
Penn., d 1780; was a stone mason and
fanner; mil mo 6, 1725, Katharine
Roberts (d 1783)dan of Abei and Mary
( ) Roberts 7 cb. b.
22 I. Abel, b 12 mo. 8, 1726.
23. 11. Mary, b 10 mo. 11, 1728.
24. III. Samuel, b 3 mo. 19, 1731.
25. IV. Rachel, b 12 mo. 19, 1734.
26. V. John, b 5 mo. 31, 1737, d 2
mo. 5, 1824.
27. VI. Evan, b 4 mo. 13, 1740, d 3
mo. 1, 1808.
28. VII. Elizabeth, b 7 mo. 9, 1742.
Henry (18) b 10 mo. 17, 1710. m 10
mo. 4, 1733, Jane Bevan, dau. of
H_f^^
THE LEWIS LETTER.
121
Evau and Eleauor (Wood) Bevan.
Cpon the death of his father he be-
came the owner of "Clifton Hall"
but sold the sa ne. He left the vici-
nity of Philadelphia May 28, 1762,
with his family. Here the record
ceases, ch.
126. I. Henry.
127. II. Barbara.
128. III. Catharine.
Jacob (19) b 2 mo. 1, 1713, d 1793;
m 1735 Hannah Wood, dau of John
Wood of Darby; a carpenter; removed
to Philadelphia, became rich, adopted
several grand nieces who all d young.
He d without ch., his death being
caused by yellow fever.
Samuel (21) b 1 mo. 12, 1724, d
1790; no ch. ; was a wealthy mer-
chant of Philadelphia.
Chapter XLrV.
From the Jajkson Family.
Record of oh. of Enoch Lewis (1 v
p 189 Vol. XIV).
Hannah J. (97) d 7 mo. 7, 1829,
m 12 mo. — , 1823, Isaac Meredith
who d 9 mo 28, 1874.
William J. (101) m (1) 1 mo. 2,
1836, Mary Hippie, b 1817, d 4 mo. 7,
1841; m (2) 1848. Jane D. Coarsen;
2 ch. b 1 by each m.
129. I. Willian H., b 10 mo
111 1 mo. 20, 1859, Adelia R.
b 4 mo. 6, 1836; 4 ch.b.
131. I. John T., b 1 mo. 29,
132. II. Emma Adelia, b 10
1861.
133. III. William J., b 9mo. 24, 1863.
3, 1836,
Tibben,
1860.
mo. 23,
b 2d
mo.
134. IV. Minnie Lavalette,
9, 1866.
130. II. Whitfield J., b 1849, d 6 mo.
6, 1873.
Chapter XLV.
From Unity for Dec. 4, 1902.
In the recent death of Enoch Lewis
(b 12 mo. 1, 1821, d 11 mo. 15, 1902),
I of Philadelphia, Unity ha.slost a near
! and dear friend. Throughout its
nearly twenty five years of history it
found an apprjciativB pla^e in the
family circle oa Powelton Avenue,
and through all its vicissitudes it
found in Enoch Lewis (i v p 189 Vol.
XIV) a man who here, as everywhere
else, gave generous support to that
which enlisted his sympathies. This
Philadelphia home has been also
through all these years the hospitable
haven where the editors of Unity
found cordial welcome and home
shelter. The relationship is of a
peculiarly personal character, for Mr.
Lewis's dau. Mary is the wife of Wm.
C. Gannett, without whose wisdom,
skill and co-operation L' nity would not
have been.
But tender as are these personal as-
sociations and gracious as are the
memories that gather around them,
we must not; belittle the name by al-
lowing our personal sen?e o£ loss to
suuplant the appreciation of those
quilities which made him a type of
what is excellent and stimulating in
American citizenship. Mr. Levris
was all his life a private citizen who
modestly evaded publicity, aud, we
venture to say, shrank from all posi-
tions requiring such publicity accept-
ing them only when the voice of duty
called.
(To be coaticued)
Book LIX.
WILLIAM LEWIS, New Jersey.
Chapter XLIV.
From the Sharpless Family.
The Radnor, Pa., Monthly Meeting
Records give the Certificate for Ralph
Lewis (88 v p 158 Vol. VI) from
Treverig, Glamorganshire, South
Wales, 10th of 7th mo. 1683.
In like manner doe we hereby certi-
fie unto those concerned herein, That
132
LEWISIArSA..
Ralph Lewis, with his family, pass-
ing ye same time with our friud
John ap Bevan, for Pennsylvania, be-
longing to our meetiug nere Trevrigg,
Is such a man knowne unto us to be
of an Innocent life & conversation,
walking amo'gst us as become oue
prophesying the trueth; not knowing
by him, sine we had acquiintauce to-
gether in the Gospell, anv failing or
Infirmitie wherby ye trueth did in
the least suffer by him; aud thai is
much to our comfort wherever we
find honestie in the Inward, the token
of a right Speritt, though the present
Atainmt might be but small. And
thus of him can we truly Judge, And
with all this much can we Uertifie,
yt in the outward, when passing from
ns, he was a freeman and (clear of)
Ingagments wirh auy, Aud that we
are Certaine noe man Could demand
aught from him & that he owed to
any nothing but love, in the web the
Lord pserve him ; as together soe
asunder.
William Lewis, Walkin Thomas,
Howell Thomas, John Divid,
The. Howell, James Thomas,
Edward Howell, William Thomas.
John Maj-o, Thomas Prichard,
Meirike Howell, Jenkin !Iowell.
Chapter XLV.
By RoUin H. Cooke, Pittsfield, Mass
Abraham (205 vp 63 Vol. XV) and
Rebecca (Lawrence) Lewis had an
only ch.
217. I. Mary, who m July 26, 1829,
Dr. George Smith, b Feb. 12, 1804,
Haverford, Pa , d Mar. 10, 1882, Up
per Darby, Pa., son of Ben j. Hayes
and Margaret (Dunu) Smith, 8 ch. b of
whom
218. I. Benj. H. , "whose valuable
maps of early surveys and patents in
Delaware co., have been of service in
the Sharpless Family records."
219. VIIL Clement L., Prof, aud
Dean of Faculrv at Harvard Uoiv.
Book XCII.
ARCHELAUS LEWIS, Berwick, Me.
Chapter XL
From Robert Adams Hi?rory.
Archelaus Lewis (1 v p 46 Vol. IX)
of Westbrook, Me., adopted dau.
Sarah (15) d Portland, Me., Jany 2,
1844, ae. 64, m Feb. 15, 179S, Wind-
ham, Me., by Peter T. Smith, J. P.,
Joseph Adams, b New Casco, Me.,
about 1775, d before Sept. 1S41, son
of Capt. Joshua and Anne Deering
(Fullerton) Adams of Portland, Me.
Book CIV.
WILLIAM LEWIS, England.
Chapter XVIII.
By Edwin J. Lewis, Jr., Boston, Mass.
Henry Lewis (26 v p 174 Vol. XI)
landscape painter d Sept. 16, 1904, in
his eighty-sixth year and wa.- interred
in the Northern Ceme'ery Dussaldorf,
Germany, in which city he has for
manv vears resided.
Book CXVIII.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Athol, Mass.
Chapter IX.
By George Hprlan Lewis, N. Y. City.
Abijah Lewis (4) of Westminster,
Mass., M. I. Mar. 16, 1800, m Sally
Cutler adopted dau. of John & Mary
(Hadley) Goodale who built and ran
a saw and grist mill for many years
and were childless. Abijah cared for
his wife's foster parents in their de-
clining years and came into i>ossession
of their estate, which was considerable,
after their decease. He d Apr. 23,
1823, ae. 46 years. She d Jany 16,
1838, ae. 55 years.
Worcester co. , Probate Rec. tile 37.
122. Administration of estate granted
May 22, 1823, to Merari .Spaulding
with Phineas Hartwell and Jonathan
THE LEWIS LETTER.
123
I
i
i
Whitmau Sureties, Sally Lewis, widow ,
Will. Carletou guardian lor minor |
children: Marcus twenty-two; Emer- i
sou, twenty-three; Joseph, twearyi
four; Mary, twenty-five; Amos, twea- i
ty-six and Nancy, twenty-seven; each \
received §217.90. Sept. 34, 1834, one |
third set off to widow as contained in I
the will of John Goodale (Mary Good- i
ale, widow) Estate divided by Philip j
F. Cowdin, Jonathan Whitmaa & |
Josiah Wheeler, Jr., countersigned |
by Sally (her x mark) Lewis, Benja- 1
min Lew^is (20) and Wm. Carleton, I
goardian.
File 37197. Estate of Sally Lewis, |
widow, administration Apr, 27, 1838. I
V^alue 119.38. Inventory by Flint |
Mclntire, Smyrna Whitney and Wm.
Carleton.
8 ch. b Westminster, Mass.
20. Benjamin, b Aug. 23, 1800.
21. Unuamei, b 1802, d 1809.
22. Marcus, b July 20, 1804, d unm.
Mar. 30, 1834.
23. Emerson, b Jane 19, 1806, d Mar.
1, 1854.
24. Joseph, b June 10, 1811, d unm.
Sept. 4, 1833.
25. Mary, (twin) b June 10, 1811, m
Charles How.
26. Amos, b Sept. 21, 1813.
27. Nancy, b July 4, 1818, m Curtis
Knight, went west.
Book CXXI.
JOHN LEWIS, Germany to N. Y.
Chapter III.
By Thomas D. Lewis, Fulton, N. Y.
Edward Huyck Lewis (11 v p 51
Vol. XV) b in Red Hook. N. Y., in
1815, m Mary Nichols. 1 ch. b Shan-
nonville, Canaia.
14. L Thos. Borland, b July 7, 1853,
res. Fulton, N. Y. : a member of last
Assembly, N. Y. State,
Record Of Life.
Marriages.
In September 1904 W. A. Lewis of
Chillicorhe, C, and Laura Buckham-
mer of Medina, O.
In Springfield, Mass., Sept. 12, 1904,
Estelle E. Aubrey, dau. of Lee J.
Aubrey and Paul S. Lewis, son of F.
E. Lewis of 462 Edgewooi ave., New
Haven, Ct. They will reside in
Springfield wherj Mr. Lewis is in
business.
In Chillicothe. O., Oct. 1. 1904,
Spencer Nye Lewis and Daisy May
Davis.
Chicago Marriage Licenses.
By Geo. E. Congdon, Waterman, 111.
Apr. 4, 1904, Harry C. IngersoU
and Mary Lewis, both ae. 29.
Apr. 26, 1904, Frederick W. Lewis,
ae. 20, and Mary F. Wiley, ae. 22.
June 29, 1904. D. E. Lewis, ae. 29,
Pierre, S. D., and F. Higgins ae. 28
July 1, 1904, Lewis A. Lucus and
Yernia Gillian Lewis both ae. 40.
Aug. 16, 1904, Clarence Jones, ae.
32 and Lulu Lewi«, ae. 29.
Aug. 24, 1904, Edward P. Young,
ae. 21, and Sarah Lewis, ae. 19.
Aug. 23, 1904, Wm. H. Lewis, ae.
24, and Agnes Glemski, ae. 20.
Deaths.
At Roxbur^% Mass., Sept. 17, 1904,
Gilman E. Lewis, ae. 66 yrs. 1 mo.
Oct. 6, 1904, Henry R. Lewis, ae.
53, supt. of the carpenters and pattern
makers of the Am. Steel & Wire
Works, Braddock, Penn.
Notes.
Who's Who: — A. H. Lewis Propri-
etor of Arlington Ho*^el, Toronto,
Canadian vice president of the Hotel
Men's Mutual Benefit Association
, . . . F. E. Lewis, expert accoantant
and auditor, New Haven, Conn
Mrs. Hallie Lewis and dau. of Greens-
-_7-^
13-*^
t-EWISIAJNA.
boro, Ga Lena Bliua Lewis has
firs^ story in Nov. issue of Americau
Boy Mrs. Wm. Roeder of St. Jo-
seph. Mo., a descendant of Job Lewis
Edward and H. D. Lewis, broth-
ers, wealthy stock breedr-rs near Gen-
eseo, 111 Clifford M. Lewis has
leased for a term of years the Rich-
mond Hotel, Washington.
Lewises at Inside Inn. St. Louis,
Mo., where a vast army (over 1200) is
employed in the operations of the Inn :
— Susie Lewis (hea(^l waitress). May
Lewis, Jennie Lewis, Ellen Lewis
(silver woman), W. A. LbwIs, Lizzie
Lewis, Shirley' and Bruce Le^vis (bell
boys) .
Lewises at Portland:— L. Allen
Lewis of Board of Directors, a member
of committee on Groun Is and Build-
ings. He is also a member of the
Executive Committee of rhe Portland
Commercial Club wlio recently ap-
pointed a special committee of yoang
women to sell the Lewis an;] Clark
gold coins. Mrs. C. H Lewis, one of
those to offer their residences iis head-
quarters. The first coin was sent to
Miss Roosevelt and the accompany-
ing letter was signed amoug others
by Frances H. Lewis aud Clementine
F. Lewis.
Clippings.
F. Melville Lewis, publisher of
Hotel Life, formerly issued once a
month and more recently semi-
monthly, announces that, with the
beginning of October, Hotel Life
will become a weekly journal. This
publication has made rapid strides in
recent years and is now apparently
established on a sound footing. Mr.
Lewis is secretary of the Ohio h'tate
Hotel Association, the success and
efficiency of which is largely due to
his well directed efforts.
E. St. Elmo Lewis formerly adver-
tising manager of the Xatioual Casli
Register Co., has become assistant
general manager of the Book-Keeper
Publishing Co. of Detroit, Mich. Mr.
Lewis's wide experience in advertis-
ing and the organization of selling
campaigns, and his accepted ability
as writer and a student of business
conditions make him a strong addi-
tion to the Book-Keeper staff.
Lewis Booli Table Clippings.
Selected Readings from the Most Popu-
lar Novels.
Compiled and arranged for the use
of Public Readers and for the Depart-
ments of English Literature and Pub-
lic Speaking in Schools and Colleges
by VVilliam Mather Lewis, A. M., of
the Department of Oratory and De-
bate, Lake Forest College, 111. Cloth.
304 pages. $1.25.
The volume on "Commercial Cor-
respondence" by Carl Lewis Altmaier,
just issued inMacmillans' Commercial
Series, is a practical and sensible
treatise that places it far above the
place of the typical "Ready Letter
Writer."
■ The President :— by Alfred Henry
Lewis; Illas. A. S. Barnes & Co., New
York. 514 pp. $1.50.
Frankly, we prefer Mr. Lewis very
much when he is writing "Wolfville
Days" stories than when he is trj'ing
to depict political life in the form of
fiction. In those genial and slangy
tales of "the wild and woolly West"
the author showed abundant humor,
bat here one wonders how he can ever
possess any sense of humor and not
laugh at his own preposteroas hero,
who seems like an unintentional bur-
lesqae on "Ouida's" elegant young
men.
OR THE
LEWIS .-. LETTER.
- Vol. XV, No. I
GUILFORD, CON'X., JA\'., 1905. Terras: One Dollar A Year.
LEWISIANA
A MONTHLY INTER-FAMILY PAPER.
It.« object is to bring all of the name of Lewis
And their kin into mutual acquaintance and
fri»'ndship, to discover for each one his kindred
and keep him posted in regard to all their trials
and successes in life, and to record for use of
ttu-mselves and their posterity the traditions,
t'iography and genealogy of all'the Lewises.
-TERMS.
One Dollar a year, payable on receipt of the
•fuly number. Single numbers, Ten Cents each.
K<-mittance should be by Check or Express Or-
'l»r. If P. O. Order, make payable at Guilford,
Oinn. Advertising rates furmshcni on. applica-
tion. Address all communications to the pub-
lisher,
CARLL A. LEWIS, Guilford, Conn., Box 194.
LEWISIANA is entered as second class mat-
t' r at the Post Office at Guilford. Conn., and is
Printed by The Shore Line Times Pre^s, Guil-
ford.
IISDEXES.
Indexes have been prepart d in the form of
<'ard catalogues, wliicn are kept eomplvted to
tlu- date of the latest issue. These indexes
• •'VtT both Lewis Letter and Lewisianaand are
f' r all male Lewises and for all other names
' fiau Lewis. Until some means is de\-iswl bv
V Lich these can be printed the Editor will
''.rnr<h these references to all subscribers Avho
•vill st-nd stamps to cover co.-<t of reply.
List of the Books of the Lewises.
Earliest Ancestors— When and Where.
Missing nnmbers are of Merged Books
^-11. John, 1730, Wales to Ya.
^'III. Thomas, 1795. Wales to N. Y.
<'iy. William, 1777, England.
CV. Thomas, Wales to Bucks-co., Pa
<^'n. John, 1872, Eng. to Ma.ss.
<-'VII. Jonas, lf388, Eng. to K. Y.
<-^'VlII. James, 1750, Rhode Island
''IX. William, 1740, Ireland to Va.
^|X. John, 1774, Berkshire, Mass.
^'XI. Joseph, Monmouth, Wales.
XII. Humphrey, Wales to New Eng
•XIII, Samuel, Glamorgan, Wales.
CXIV. William, 1720, dmn. to Vt.
S
CXV. John, 174.S, Wales to Ct.
CXVI. George, 1800. Eng. to Maine,
CXVII. Nathan, 1750, Wales to Pa.
CXYIII. William, 1777, Athol, Mass.
CXIX. Vincent, 1709, Virginia.
CXX. Abijah Peco, 1755, France to Me.
CXXI. John. 1700, Germany to N. Y.
I. Randall, 1705, Hopkinton, R I.
II. Benjamin, 1070, Stratford, Conn.
III. David L., Wales to Philadelphia.
IV. Richard, 1793, Wales to N. Y.
V. Richard, Wales to R. I.
VI. Joseph, 1747, R. I. to N. Y.
VII. Joshua, lOSO, Wales to Conn.
VIII. John, 1001, Westerly, R. I.
IX. Elisha, Litchfield, Conn.
XI. George, 1733, Hopkinton, R. I.
XII. William, 1032, Farmington, Ct.
XIII. John, 1035, New London, Conn.
XVI. Benjamin, 1785, Wales to Wis.
XIX. John, 1040, Wales to Va.
XX. Levi, 17H2, Sussex-co., N. J.
XXIV. George, 1030, Eng. to Mass,
XXVI. Thomas, 1818, Va. Ky. Mo.
Contents Fur January, 1905.
Lewis Physicians 123
Lewis in Wales 128
Genealogical Records 1 29
Book V. Chapter 15 129
' ' VIII. Chapters 478 to 48 1 ... 1 29
" XIL Chapters 395 and 390. .130
' ' XIIL Chapter 92 132
" XXIV. Chapters 337 to 339. 132
" XXXI. Cliapter 18 133
' ' XXXV. Chapters 239 and 240 1 33
" XL. Cliaprer 00 133
" XLIV. Chapter 104 134
" XLV. Cliapters 10() and 107 134
•' LIV. Chapters 40 to 48 135
" LIX. Cliapter 40 130
" LXXXL Chapter 35 130
" CXn^ Cliapter 10 136
Record of Life 137
Notes 138
Queries 1 40
126
LEW'ISIAiNA.
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Colonel Alfred Joshaa Lewis, New Orleaus, La.
Orator of Memorial Day. New Orleans, Jnne 3, 1904.
By Courtesy of the New Orleans Daily Picayune.
Alfred Joshua Lewis, (4.31) the only
child of Alfred Jefferson Lewis
(428. XLV) and Mrs. Eliza Lewis (born
Magioni and widow of Phillip Power)
was born at New Orleans, La,, July
27, 1841. He was Ief<" an orphan at
an early age, his father having died
Oct. 23, 1842, [and his mother April 21,
1854. He was adopted by his maiden
annts. Miss louisa Maria Lewis and
Miss Eliza Cornelia Lewis, both of
whom have left sainted memories by
their devotion to the works of benev-
olence, especially as Directresses
of tlie Poydras Female Orplian Asylum.
He was educated in New Orleans,
graduated with the degree of A. B.
at the Universitv of Louisiana, now
THE LEWIS LET^ER.
Tuliuie, then went to University of
Virginia in 1860. At tlie opeuinj^j of
hostilities between the Stutes , the
stuients orgauizpd two comp.'nie.^,
which were enrolled in the Albe-
marle Battalion of the Va. State Nat.
Gunrds. As one of these the Sr.nthern
Guards, he made the first campaign of
the war as priva!:e nt Hirper's Ferrv.
In Sept. 1861 was commissioned 2nd
Lieut, in the 1st La. Infantry Regu-
lars, then stationed at Pensacola. He
participated in all the battles of the
West, was slightly woumlerlat Shiloh ;
after competitive examination was ap-
jiointed ordnance officer of Artillery of
Hood's corps, with the rank of 1st
Lieut, of CaVcilry — ret;urning to the
line was promoted captain of the 1st
La. Regulars, took part in the siege
at Nashville and woui'd up his career
at the defense of Mobile, being sta-
tioned at Spanish Fort. He surren-
dered with Lieut. Gen. Richard Taylor
and was honorably paroled. Retarn-
iu? to New Orleins he studied law
during which time he was appointed
a Notary Pablic, for the Parish of
Orleans. In 1870 was elected a mem-
ber of the lower House and 1872 a
member of the Semte of the General
Assembly, but each time was excluded
from his seat by the Radicals. As a
member of the La. Rifle Club he par-
ticipated in the overthrow of the Kel-
bgg Government on the memorable
Sept. 14, 1874, and whilst thas seiv-
in? as a private soldier without
knowledge on his part, was appointed
^'olonel of Infantry. He has been
prominent in private as well as public
life and has held distin2uished posi-
fion«! in the Seven Wise Men, Knights
'Jf Pythias, Knights of Houor, Le-
Jfion of Houor, Army of Teun. La.
'^iv., Soldiers' Home of La. and the
United CoQfftd<=»rate Vetaraii^. As a
lawyer he stands high and has the re-
127
spect and conQdence of the Public.
Another Lewis CoI!eg:e President.
From Waynesburg. Pa , Independent.
Dr. A. F. Lewis, the new President
of Waynesbarg College, has had a
varied experience educationally, the
greater part of the forty-two years of
his life having been spent as a stud»^nt
or teacher. He was born and brought
up near Bowling Green Ky., his an-
cestors being among the pioneers in
the settlement of that portion of the
state. They were also identified with
j the pioneer history of the Cumberland
! Presbyterian (Church, his paternal
grandfather being one of the early
ministers of that denomination. Dr.
Lewis received his first college educa-
tion at Ogden College, in Bowling
Gre-^n, where he took the Bachelors
and Masters degree. He subsequently
took tlie same degrees at Princeton
University", N. J., and later that of
Doctor of Philosophy at John Hopkins
Universitv at Baltimore. Beside this
he has spent one winter in studv
abroid at the University of Berlin,
his aim being to prepare himself fully
for the profession of teaching.
He has taught two vears in Ken-
tucky, seven in Florida and some-
thing over four years in Arkansas.
He was Presilent of West Florida
State College at Tallahasse. the pat-
ronage and influence of which he suc-
ceeded in largely increasing during
that time. His career there was
warmly endorsed by the College Board
of Edacation, as that of a growing
and progressive edacacor. The last
position held by him prior to his com-
ing to Waynesburg was the chair of
History and Political Science in the
University of Arkansas, where lie
gained the confidence of the students
and of his colleagues in the faculty
and his work was highly commended
128
LrEWlSIArSA.
by the president of the University.
He has baeu pronoiiuoGcl to be one
who has beeu suocessful in all the
Ix>sitions he has filled.
Lewis Physicians.
The editor realizes this list is far
froai coaipleto bat publish9s tbe list
in the hope each reader will send
names and ad'lresses of those omitted
for the sapplementarj lists which will
follow.
Alabama.
Jos. ]VI., Birmingham.
Geo. R., Bessemer.
Walter A., Enterprise.
Wm. G., Eiifaula.
Francis P., Coalburg-.
Arkansas.
S. L., Barren Fork.
Francis M., Little Rock.
Jacob P., Little Rock.
Wm., Little Rock.
F. D., Maramadake.
J. F.^ Mt. Pisgah.
J. W., Drig^s.
G. W., Olmstead.
California.
Wra. M., Los Angeles.
Emlen, Pasadena.
EvaM. F., San Diego.
Herman L., San Diego.
Perry J., San Diego.
Bernard A,, San Francisco.
Emma. A., San Francispo.
Frank B., San Francisco.
Jos. C, San Francisco.
Emma B., Santa Barbara.
Colorado.
Albert G., Littleton.
Connecticut.
John B., Hartford.
Benaett S., New Haven.
D wight M.^ New Haven.
Napoleon B. , Norwich.
Geo. F., Stratford.
Geo. F., Collinsville.
Delaware.
B. L., Harrington.
Dorsev VY., Odessa.
Lewis in Wales.
From History of Powys Fa dog.
XVII. Maurice Lewys of Trysglwyn
(V p 71 Vol. XV) High Sheriff for
Anglesey in 1680); m Grace dau. of
William Mostyn of Bodowyr, M. A.,
Uhaicellor of Bangor, by hi= Qd svife,
Anne dau. and heiress of John Lewys
of Bodowyr, Esq. 5 sons aad 3 dans.
XVIIL 1. Howel, dy.
2. William Lewys of Trysglwyn,
1723.
3. Maurice Lewys, barrister-at-
law.
4. John Lewys, B. A., d 1722.
5. John Lew3's, m dau. of Edmund
Morton of Dublin.
6 Anne, m Edward Lloyd Cd Jany
2, 1721, ae. 44) of Berth, in the
parish of Llanbedr, co. Denbigh;
sha was buried in the old church
of Llanbedr, with this iascription
on her tombstone; "Here lyes in-
terred Anue Lloyd of Berth,
widow and relict of Edward
Llo7d, Esq., who dyed on the
17l:h January 1746 aged 58. She
was the oldest daughter of Mau-
rice Lewys of Trysglwyn in An-
glesey." 8 ch.
1. Susannah, d Nov. 7, 1706.
2. Elizabeth, b 1709.
3. Edward, d Oct. 7, 1722,
ae. 14.
4. Hugh (d Sept. 1756) Gent.
8 ch.
5. David, b 1711.
6. Trevor, b and d 1713.
7. Maurice, b 1714.
8. Robert, b 1716.
7. Margaret, m Hugh Wynn of
Tref lorwerth.
8. Dorothv, m Rober^. Bulkeley
of Gronaut.
THE LEWIS LETTER.
12Q
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS.
Explanations^ Abbreviations, Etc.
For conveuieuce the records of the
Tarious LeNvis families are divided
into Books aud each Book into
chapters. At the head of each Book
appears th.^name of the earliest knosvu
ancestor of that family. The List of
Books is a complete index to the Books
as published to this time. New Books
will be added from time to time as
new branches of the Lewis family
are found. As soon as Books are
proved parts of others they will be
merged into the Books to which they
belong. Each name is numbered when
first printed and whenever the name is
repeated this number follows in brack-
ets. The abbreviations commonly
ased in genealogical work are nsed as
b. for born; d. died; m. married; m.
(1) first wife; dan. daughter; aura,
not married; y. p. see page; etc.
Book V.
RICHARD LEWIS, Wales to R. L
Chapter XV.
By Henry H. Lewis, Carthaze, N. Y.
William L (54 v p 165 Vol. XIV)
m June 2, 1854, Elmanza M. Smith,
b May 3, 1833, d Feb. 1, 1878; m (2)
Mar. 30, 1880, Abbia E. Smith who
d Jany 5, 1900. 4 ch. b.
86. L Wm. Mateland,bMay 19, 1855,
d Mar. 13, 1856.
IL Lillian C, b Nov. 19, 1855,
d Aug. 5, 1873.
IH. Wallace A., b Nov. 25, 1859,
d Mar. 1. 1862.
IV. Byron L., b May 17, 1865, m
Nov. 14, 1894, Nettie A. Tousam.
87.
88
89.
Book VIIL
JOHN LEWIS, Westerly, R. I.
Chapter CDLXXVIII.
Joseph Lewis (103 v p 134 Vol. VI)
son of James (2548) and gr. son of
James (35) who was the gr. son of
John (1) is the Joseph of Query 178
V p 128, Vol. XIV. Joseph (103) m
Exeter, R. I., Jauy 6. 1774, Mary
Stanton, 9 ch. b Exeter, R. I.
3639. I. Susannah, b Nov. 22, 1775.
3640. II. Job, b Sept. 10, 1776.
3641. III. Hannah, b Nov. 18, 1779.
3642. IV. Kenyon, b Feb. 18, 1782.
3643. V. Joseph, b July 26, 1784.
3644. VL Mary, b Oct. 25, 1786.
3645. VIL Benj. Stanton, b Aug. 26,
1789.
3646. VIIL Charity, b Oct. 27, 1792.
3647. IX. John R., b Jany 17, 1798.
(To be continued).
Chapter CDLXXIX.
From Yarmouth, N. S., Herald.
Benjamin (3529 v p 166 Vol. XIV)
m Jany 29, 1851, Amelia E. Spring,
dau. of Liba G. Spring of Peun. 3
ch. b.
3648. I. Frances A., b Aug. 31, 1853,
d May 4, 1878, m May 4, 1876,
Robert Holmes.
3649. n. Eliza Poole, m Aug. 21,
1877, John Holmes.
Sophia (3532) d June 4, 1844, m
Nov 9, 1840, John (who d Mar. 14,
1849) son of Capt. John Patch, ch.
3650. L John, b 1843, drowned in
Ireland, 1864.
3651. II. Nancy Maria, b July — ,
1844, m 1864 George Heaalow.
Elizabeth (3533) d Feb. 3, 1846. m
Dec. 12, 1844, Nathaniel B. Gardner
who d May 12, 1895, son of Daniel
Gardner, ch.
3652. L Elizabeth, m (1) June 14,
1864, Jacob A., son of Dea. Josiah
Raymond; m (2) Aug. 1, 1872,
Edward B., son of Loran Cann.
Chapter CDLXXX.
From Breed Family Record.
William (1850 v p 101 Vol. V; and
Caroline (White) Lewis had 4 ch. b.
I30
L.EVVISIAIVA.
3653. I. Emaline.
3654. 11. Noyes.
3655. III. Jerome.
3656. IV. Rhoda.
Christopher and Rhoda (1851 Lewis)
Greene had ch.
3657. I. William C.
3658. 11. Mar ilia Fell.
Joseph (1852) and Malissa (Ferrer)
Lewis had 2 ch. b.
3659. I. George Adella.
3660. n. William Arthur.
Samael Nelson and Hannah (1858
Lewis) Tower had 3 ch. b.
3661. I. Hannah.
3662. II. Adelaide.
3663. III. Lewis Nelson.
Chapter CDLXXXI.
By James H. Kelly, Rochester, N. Y.
Nelson (3590 v p 57 VoL XV) and
Lydia (Sbaw) Lewis had 10 ch. b
Alfred ('st 2nd 5th 6th 8th) and
Amity, N. Y.
3664. I. Sarah Diana, b Jany 18, 1839.
3665. n. Wm. Henry Harrison Harts-
horn, b Dec. 29, 1840.
3666. IlLChas.PhiueiS,b Jany 2,1842.
3667. IV. Daniel Randall, b Mar. 19,
1843.
3668. V. son (twin) b and d Mar. 12,
1844.
3669. VI. dan. (twin) b Mar. 12, d.
Mar. 19, 1844.
3670. Vn. Benj. Nelson, b June 27,1845.
3671. VIII. Leonard Lester, b .Tune
27. 1847.
3G72. IX. Mary Frances,b Oct. 14,1848.
3673. X. Horace, b Jaly 28, 1850.
Book XII.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Farmington, Ct.
Chapter COCXCV.
R?lations of William (1) Lewis.
From Digest of Early Ct. Probate Re-
cords.
Ann Stains. Inventory £27-02-06
taken by Robert Porter, John Clarke,
Satnnel Cowles.
Will: This prasaat desamber ,4,
1670, I nn stans of farmingrowne, be-
ing stricken in vers, I give to rodger
Duton, sun of Mr. odeer nuton of
milford five pounds, two be payed
in a cow if worth so mach: if not. to
be made op in other istat.
Ir. I give Too willam pixly of
norlh hamton my badd with all the
furnyture or hading belooging Too it,
which is a flock badd, one grey rodg,
twoo blanckets, one boallstar, one pil-
low, one pil Loa here, one payre of
Shetes, foare cartius, and The Val-
lyaocs belonging To Them.
It. I give CO Samuel Coll of farm-
ing my bigist ioyrne pot.
It. I give To John cLarck of
farmingtoane my skillit. It. I give
two elisibath Judd (491 v p 183 Vol.
IV), The daughter of bengiman Ja ,
my biball. The rest of my istate I
beqaeath Too Lt. William Lawis, and
doo mack him my hoU and souU ax-
sackitary, and doo in Tret my twoo
frinds Samael Colls and Samuel Stell
too be the oversears.
ANN X STANES.
Witness : Samnel Still, Samuel Cowles.
Conrt record, p 151 — Jany 26, 1675-
6; Will and Inventory exhibited.
Capt. Lewis nominated Executor, re-
fused to serve. Appointed Adms.
with will annexed, to have respect to
the Will.
Papers in Custody of William Lewis
sen. and Capt. Lewis, on file.
Jany ye 26, 1675. To ye honered
Court, Now Sitting at hartford, Wil-
liam Lewis sienor humbly presents
these considerations as foUo'^veth, rep-
resenting my Sister Stanes Will, who
is Now deceased : First, yt my brother
stanes her husband came over into
this Country a Servant to Mr. Taps of
Milford about ye yeare 1<)42. and,
building of his masters hou-e. re-
THE LEWIS UEXTER,
131
saived a blow with a Laver and bro.iko
vft rim of his body, & had a buuch a?
big as a mans dnble fest on his side,
& was wholy nufitted for service.
And his master, beina; mutch tronbltrd
he could not Labour, my brother,
prsaiving yt, tould his master if he
would please to dismis him be would
go to his brother at hartford and see
what he would doe for him, which
his master readily acsepted, & so he
came to me in sutch a mean habit,
being So nearly related to me, I could
not Let him go forth to meting til I
had first cloathd him from top to toe:
£ s d
8 yds. of Carsey to make him
large Coate & Sute, yt.
cost 8 shillings pr yd, & is 3-04-00
For Lynings of hose & but-
tens, silke & making 1-04-00
pr Gloves, stockings, £0-09;
pr. a hatt,-£0-14; & is 1-03-00
pr 4 Shirts at £0-08 apeice &
is 1-12-00
And in this postnre continued
with me for neare 2 years
and his Dyet for ye time I
accoont 15-00-00
pr the Expenses at his fu-
neral and coffin & Grave 02-00-00
24-03-00
Respecting my sister Stanes her
selfe, I going to England in ye 3'ear
1649, found her there in a very mean
& low Condition, made her a tender
of going to New England & live with
me & I would take Care of lier, but
yt phe was not able to do, but I was
forced to let her ave to cloathe her-
£ s d
>^elfe, 5-00-00
as also paying for pasage over
ye Sea, jxl in N Eng-
land, 6-00-00
pr. a pack and Chest, fraight
30 shillings, & is I-IO-OO
for passage for herself &
things from Boston to
Hartford 1-10-00
Wood & 2 Bushels of barly
Malt 10-00
15-01-00
Besides divers other things, as
Sugar & Spice and Wine yt I mention
not in about, and yet had she herselfe
needed this & as mutch more I should
endeavoured to supply; but hereby to
be inabled to give to other prsons, I
am yet to see thoreason of, but shall
humbly leave It to yonr honors to
consider and determine as God shall
guide & rest.
Yours to serve WLbv Total £39-04-00.
Chapter CCCXCVI.
From N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record.
Hamphreville, with collateral lines.
Harriet South worth (Lewis) Barnes.
Philadelphia. 1903, 12 D, pamphlet,
pp. 56.
The ancestral record of Frances
Amelia (Smith) Lewis is here set forth,
containing the fauilies of Beecher.
Bristol, Brown, Bullard, Clark,
Dwight, Farrintgon, Peck, Preston,
Sperry and Stiles ag well as Humphre-
ville. The compiler gives the birth
and marriage of all children of each
direct ancestor, but only traces the
lineal descent of Mrs. Lewis. There
are pleasant records here of the peace
and plenty of the good old times,
when the well-to-do farmer filled his
cellar with "quantities of salted and
smoked meats, barrels of apple but-
ter, mince-meat, cider and vinegar,"
as w^ell as "the corner set off for the
wasonloads of oysters which, witli
plenty of seaweed to keep them alive"
were carried from New Haven to
Litchfield for the winter's use.
Southworth, with collateral lines.
132
L-EWISIAIVA.
Harriet Sontlnvorth (Lewis) Barnes.
Philadelphia. 1903. Sq. D, pamphlet,
pp. 50.
As iu the Hnmphreville genealogy
by the same author, the lineal descent
only is traced, in this case being the
ancestry of Henry Martyu Lewis (294
V p 71 Vol. VII) with the allied fami-
lies of Bnckingham, Collier, Kirtlaud,
Pratt and Shipman. The story of the
romance of Governor Bradford is told
in pleasant narrative form.
Book XIII.
JOHN LEWIS, New Loudon, Conn.
Chapter XCII.
By Geo. Harlan Lewis, N. Y. City.
Emma Frances (515 v last issue) d
Jxme 6, 1884; m Oscar L. Colony of
Keene, N. H., editor and proprietor of
the Cheshire Republican. 1 dau.
520. I. Fanny Blake.
Lovilla Jane (516) m Wm. S. Tat-
tle, high sheriff of Cheshire co;. res.
Koene, N. H. 1 daa.
521. I. Mary Abby.
Frank Thompson (517) m Jan 31,
1884, Antrim, N. H. , Ada Scott, b
July 2G, 1862, Stoddard, N. H., dau.
of John and Lizzie (Barker) Scott.
He is in the Livery business at Nashua,
N. H., where ha has res. since 1893.
2 cb. b 1st Nelson 2nd Nashua, N. H.
522. I. HaroldMatson,b July 26,1885.
523. n. Gay Scott, b Aug. 4, 1897.
Book XXIV.
GEORGE LEWIS, England to Mass.
Chapter CCCXXXVII.
By A. R. Lewis, Marshall, Mich.
John Perry Lewis (2315 v last issue)
was graduated from Univ. of Mich.,
Ann Harbor, in the law class of 1867,
and has been an active practitioner
since that time. He was representa-
tive to the Mo. Legislature 1872-74,
and res. Rockport, Mo., where his son
Edgar A.,' is his partner. He m Feb.
6, 1870, Higl) Creek, Mo., Carolina?,
dau. of John and Echalinda {K;\vU
VanMeter, b Sept. 3, 1848, Charlortes-
ville, Ind. 3 cli. b Rockport, Mo.
2225. I. Charles W., b Dec 27, 1870,
d Jauy. 28, 1875.
2226 II. Edgar A., b May 16, 1877.
2227. IIL Robert E., b Apr. 21, 1885.
Chapter CCCXXXVIH.
From the Spooner Memorial.
Daniel Smith Lewis (941 v p 91
Vol. XIV), a gra^duate of Union Col-
lege, N. Y. ; an Episcopal clergyman ;
res. New Orleans; m Jaay 25, 1844,
Harriet Collins ; 4 ch. b.
Sarah (942 v p 38 Vol. VI) b May
13, 1819, d Jany 29, 1855, m Jauy
22, 1842, Josiah Tobey, a farmer; res.
Falmouth, Mass. 1 ch. b.
2228. I. Almira, b.
Henry Martyn Lewis (943) d Dec. 6,
1870, a lawyer who res. in Texas.
(To be continued).
Chapter CCCXXXIX.
From the W inslow Memorial.
Joseph Warren Lewis (685 v p 175
Vol. XII) was a sea faring man and a
successful captain of packet ships be-
tween Boston and England, making
80 passages over the ocean in tliat
capacity. Later he was engaged in
trade and manufacturing being in
partnership with Samuel Austin, the
East ludia merchant. When the firm
dissolved the joint property was di-
vided between them, Mr. Lewis tak-
ing the factories and Mr. Austin the
East India ships. He m Boston,
Mass., May 1, 1808. Of his ch. v p
168 Vol. I\". Caroline Louise (749)
d Bristol, R. I., Dec. 8, 1865, unm.
Elizabeth Greenough (750) d Provi-
dence, R. I., Nov. 21, 1878, unm.
Marv' Winslow (751) m Apr. 26,
1852, George B. Cartwrigbt; divorced
same year; for death vp 134 Vol. XIII
THE LEWIS LETTER.
133
Book XXXI.
LEWIS LEWIS, Llandaff, Wales.
Chapter XVIII.
Here and There in the Family by Dr.
R. G. Lewis, Cincinnati. O.
Dr. W. O. Lewis who wasgradaated
from the Atlantic Sehool of Osteopathy
(Buffalo, N. Y.) last June, has located
at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Fanny O. Lewis entered, as a spe-
cial student, Miami Univ., Oxford,
0., in September.
Stories by Myrna A. Lewis (d July
12, 1904, are printed in the Western
Christian Advocate, Cincinnati, O.,
Sunbeam, Phila., Pa. and poems in
the Advocate and The Open Window,
New York which in Sept. has a tribute
to her memory.
57. V. Frijnces Fielding, v p 184
Vol V.
836. VI. Virginia
837. VII. Howell (b Richmond, Va..
Julj- 10, 1808, and removed in
Nov. 1836 to Calhoun now Lewis,
Henry co. , Mo. Ed.).
838. VIII. Mary Ball.
839. IX John Edward.
840. X. Lawrence.
841. XL Hfnry Dangerfield.
(To be continued.)
Book XXXV.
ROBERT LEWIS, Wales to Va.
Chapter COXXXIX.
From Americans of Gentle Birth.
Thomas Clayton of Clayton Hall,
Lancashire, Eng., m Agnes Tbornwell
and had William whose son Sir Jasper
(Knighted 1660) m Mary Bowyer and
had Sir John, b 1665, Attorney Gen-
eral of Va. Colony and Judge of Ad-
miralty, whose youngest son Thomas
Clayton m Isaballa Lewis (555 v p 105
Vol. X) of Warner Hall. (For parish
record vp 170 Vol. IV. The editor
has been informed that there was one
ch. which d in infancy.
^31. I. Juliana)
Chapter COXL.
From Denver, Colo., Daily News.
Howell Lewis (23 v last issue) m at
Richmond, Va., Sept. 26, 1795, Ellen
Hackley Pollard. 11 ch. b.
^32. I. Betty Washington, v p 123
Vol. IV.
*in. 11. Robert Pollard.
B34. HI. Geo. Richard.
^35. IV. Ellen Jael, v p 123 Vol. IV.
Book XL.
I FRANCIS LEWIS, Signer of the De-
claration of Independence.
j Chapter LXVJ.
I By James H. Lewis, New York City.
Letter of Samuel J. Lewis concluded
from last issue.
**The father (name?) of the Lewis
family was distinguished for his
bravery, independent Dolitioal prin-
ciples and steadfast devotion to the
Cause of American Indepen dence and
was an intimate friend and companion
of James Clinton and all the celebrated
Clinton family who were much at-
tached to him. He was independent
and wealthy for the times. One of
his sons was captured at the bottle of
Fort Montgomery or Stony Point,
near West Point, by the British.
Gen. Clinton and gr. father Lewis
escaped together; but Capt. Lewis,
the son, refused to abandon the Fort
and remained and loaded and fired the
last gun, and mowed down a winrow
through the British column. A Brit-
ish grenadier was about bayonetting
the brave Lewis when his weapon was
struck up by an oflQcer who declared
he was too brave a man to be killed
and took him a prisoner. He was
taken to New Y'ork city and coniined
in the old Brown Stone Sugar house
in Rose st. on the corner of Duane st.
just east of Chatham st. and kept there
ro
1.-34
L-EWISIAIVA.
until he died; and was Imried \vith
several hundred other iirisoners iu the
northeast corner Trinity Churchyard
over whose graves a splendid monu-
ment was reared (directly oix)site Pine
St.) during the rectorship of the Rev.
William Berrian....
P. S. General Morgan Lewis (3) d
at his mansion in Leonard st. in 1841
or 42 and was buried in northwest
corner of Trinitr Churchyard in the
tomb of his father Francis Lewis
(1.) A large slab inscribed with his
name thereon is still there.
Samuel J. Lewis.
Book XLIV.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Roxbury, Mass.
Chapter CIV.
By Geo. Harlan Lewis, N. Y. City.
Lucius Wait Lewis (555 v p 92 Vol.
IX) m (1) 1846 Sandusky, Ohio,
Clarisa Jane Belknap, b May 6, 1823,
Pembroke, N. Y., dau. of Elijah and
Mary (Dutcher) Belknap of Vt. She
d July 16, ISoO, Sandusky, O. and he
m (2) Feby 6, 1851, Sandusky, O.,
Mary Elizabeth Wolcott, b Dec. 21,
1832, Danbury, Ohio, dau. of Wm.
Benagher and Arvilla Maria (Knapp)
Wolcott. She d Jany 6, 1864. San-
dusky, O. , and he m (3) 1865 San-
dusky, O. , Caroline Jenkius, b Milan,
O. He d Sanduskv, Ohio, Oct. 30,
1889, where his surviving widow re-
aides. Occupation, merchant. 3 ch.
b Sandusky, O.
759. I. Tamerzon Wait, b July 7, 1848.
760. II. William Lovell, b Oct. 17, 1853.
761. III. Lisbeth Arvilla, b Jany 19,
1855.
Book XLV.
JOHN LEWIS, Ireland to Virginia.
Chapter CVL
From Fortier's Hist, of La.
The U. S. attorney, John Dick, ap-
plied to Joshua Lewis (30 v p 188 Vol.
XIII), one of the district judtrfs of
the State, for a writ in favor of Hall.
Lewis, who was an officer in the
company of the Orleans Rifles, and
had been praised by Jackson for his
gallantry, ''without hesitation, on the
first call of Dick, laid down lii:; rifle
and allowed the writ". Thereupon
the commander-in-chief ordered both
Dick and Lewis to be arrested. Col-
onel Arbuckle refused to deliver his
prisoner, and Jackson countermanded
the orders for the arrest of Dick and
Lewis.
On the fourth of July, 1816, a
splendid dinner was given at Jackson
Hall, at which Judge Joshua Lewis
(30 V p 49 Vol. XV) presided.
Chapter CVII.
By Alfred J. Lewis, New Orleans, La.
Judge Joshua (30) and America
(Lawson) Lewis had 12 ch. b 6 in Ky.
and 6 in La. All of these grew to
maturity except the 6th and 12ih
which d in infancy, the last being
named Columbus in honor of his uncle
Columbus Lawson. probably the first
on the Americ3.n side who was killed
at the battle of New Orleans, Jany 8,
1815.
Of those who gre^^ to maturity (v
p 32 Vol. XV) the son whose name
was omitted was Alfred Jefferson(428)
the 7th oh. b New Orleans, La., Sept.
29, 1808, and was the first native
Louisianian. He was educated at
the school of Parson Hull, then noted
in New Orleans, and other institu-
tions and was graduated with high
honors at Washington College, Hart-
ford, Ct. He possessed a splendid
physique and remarkable strength,
was tall, handsome and of command-
ing appearance, of amiable temper and
courteous demeanor, which endeared
him to all, whilst his learning and
talents challenged tlieir admiration.
THE LEWIS UETTTER.
136
Among his intimate friends were such
eminent men, as Prof. Alexander Dim-
itry anrl Jefferson Davis, President
of the Southern Confederacy. All of
them ever spoke of him in terms of
affectionate remembrance and exalted
praise. Whilst serving as one of the
civil functionaries of New Orleaus,
he was seized with a malignant fever,
which he neglected in his devotion to
the discharge of his public duties.
In consequence thereof, he d New
Orleans, La., Oct. 23, 1842, in his 34th
year leaving a widow Mrs. Eliza
Lewis and 1 ch.
Book LIV.
EVAN LEWIS, Wales to Penn..
Chapter XLVI.
By E. J. Levvis, Torrington, Wyo.
Record of ch. of John (13) v last
issue.
Samuel (24) b 3 mo. 19, 1731, Rad-
nor, Pa., d 1810, Brownsville, Pa., m
2 mo. 7, 1759, at Haverford Meeting
Catherine Richards dau. of Samuel
Richards of Tredyffrin. He lived in
several counties of Penn. and for a
while in Fairfax co. , Va., returning
to western Peun., where he d. 10 ch. b.
131. I. Henry, b.
132. IL Jacob, b 10 mo. 12, 1760. d
10 mo. 8, 1829.
133. III. Samuel.
134. IV. Catherine, b 4 mo. 30, 1765;
m a Bogan.
110. V. John b 2 mo. 9, 1772, d9 mo.
24, 1851, v p 16, Vol. XV.
135. Vi. Isaac, b 1774. d 1843.
136. VIL Jehu, b 1780, d 1855.
137. VIIL Mary.
138. IX. Elizabeth, b 4 mo. 28, 1767,
m Isaac Morris.
139. X. Beulab, m Amos Hutton.
Chapter XL VII.
From the Jackson Family.
Record of ch. of Enoch Lewis
(1)
continued from last issue.
Alice (104 V p 190 Vol. XIV) res.
Philadelphia: has charge of the pub-
lishing dept. of "Friends' Review. "
Note by editor: — She svas a member
of the committee that published f jr the
family in 1878 "The Proceedings of the
Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the
Descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson
at Harmony Grove, Chester co., Pa. ,
8 mo. 25, 1875, together with the fam-
ily Genealogy." At this meeting of
which she was secretary, Joseph J.
Lewis (2) of West Chester read a his-
torical essay, Charlton T. Lewis (3) a
leading spirit in the meeting, read a
portion of a poem written in reference
to this occasion by his son (v p 42 Vol.
XI) a boy under twelve years of age.
Among the letters read was one from
William J. Lewis (101 v last issue) of
San Francisco.
John J. (106) m 9 mo. 26, 1862,
Margaret Ana, b 8 mo 22, 1844, d 5
mo. 28, 1876. dau. of William and
Joanna ( ) Wilde; res Watson -
ville, Calif. 6 ch. b.
140. I. Edith, b 6 mo. 21, 1863.
141. II. Alice, b 9 mo. 28, 1866.
142. III. William Edward, b 10 mo.
24, 1868.
143. IV. Frank, b 2 mo. 6, 1871.
144. V. Charles Bertram, b 4 mo. 8,
1872.
145. VI. Margaret, b 4 mo. 29, 1876,
d 10 mo. 19, 1876.
Chapter XLVIII.
From Unity for Dec. 4, 1902.
Enoch Lewis's (146 v last issue) an-
cestry reached back to that Welsh
colony of Quakers that helped to
found the city of Philadelphia, and to
shape the State of Pennsylvania. He
represented the finest issues of the
Society of Friends, a man who brought
t he revelations of the inner light
down to date, whose thought kept
136
UEWISIANA.
growing with the growing thought of
his age and whose religion naturally
expressed itself in terms of ethics
He found his normal place aloag side
of Dr. Farnpss of blessed memory and
was, through a long lifetime, a pillar,
an officer and a servant in the First
Unitarian Church of that city; and
this he was without relinquishing his
place in the fellowship of his fathers.
He was a Quaker who had an eye for
the beautiful; who loved all the arts,
a friend of books, and a companion
of the poets. It is a matter of still
farther interest to know that he came
to this culture, this refinement, this
interest in ideas and joy in intangible
verities over what is supposed to be
the inhospitable road of business and
practical affairs.
To be continued.
Book LIX.
WILLIAM LEWIS. New Jersey.
Chapter XLVI.
From the Sliarpless Family.
Didymus Lewis (4 v p 30 Vol. V)
m 1770PLebe Matlack, dau of Nathan
and Mary (Mercer) Matlack of Radnor,
Pa. ; res. Newtown; 9 ch. b.
5. I. Debbe, b 7 mo. 22, 1771, d 4 mo.
7, 1827, m 10 mo 16. 1793, Newto * n
Meeting, Benjamin Garrett, b 1 mo
9, 1771, East Goshen where he d 4
mo. 30, 1856, son of Joseph and Charity
(Collins) Garrett; he m (2) 3 mo. 16,
1831, Newtown Meeting, Esther
Lewis, d 1 mo. 26, 1845, dau. of Henry
(Who can give his ancestry? Ed.)
and Mary ( — ) Lewis of Radnor.
6. n. Tamar, b 7 mo. 15, 1774, m 1
mo. 21, 1795, John Lewis (Who can
give his ancestry? Ed.),
7. III. Phebe, b 9 mo. 27, 1777, m 10
mo. 21, 1807, John Massey, b 3 mo.
11, 1783, son of Levi and Catharine
(Eavenson) Massey.
8. IV. Mary, b 12 mo. 19, 1779. m 5
mo. 10, 1815, Eno3 Williamson (v p
125 Vol. XIII for record).
9. V. Nathan, b 7 mo. 18, 17S2.
10. VI. Eli, b 7 mo. 18, 1784.
11. VII. Thomas, b 9 mo. 23, 1786.
12. VIII. Margaret, b 2 mo. 14, 1789,
d 3 mo. 23, 1857, m 10 mo. 17, 1810,
Newtown .Meeting, Joseph Garrett, b
6 mo. 14, 1773, d 7 mo. 27, 1855, son
of Joseph and Charity (Collins) Gar-
rett, a farmer of East Goshen, Pa.
13. IX. Tacy, b 1 mo. 22, 1793.
Y.
Book LXXXL
THOMAS LEWIS, Ireland to N.
Chapter XXXV.
From N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record.
In 1898 Miss Cornelia Van Kleech
of Poughkeepsie, gave to the D. A. R.
of that placn a Dutch Bible, printed
in 1718, which was placed in the build-
ing known as the "Clinton Museum"
owned by the State of N. Y. and oc-
cupied by the D A. R.
From its family record, "De onder-
dom van Henry Filkin de overleden
in zin (k) enders.
Francis Filkin is geboren Anno 1703
den 24 October." He m Sept. 21,
1733, Cathrina Lewis (24 v p 158 Vol.
XIV) who m (1) Peter Van Kleech (d
1732-33).
Ch. of Cathrina Lewis (24) by m (1).
278. I. (?) Baltus who m (3) Josyntha
I Corsa and m (4) Rhoda Butcher. 1
ch. b m (3) and 2 ch. by m (4).
I. Cynthia.
II. Leonard B., b Apr. 18, 1737.
III. Margaret, b Nov. 6, 1790.
(Concluded in next issue.)
i Book CXIV.
I WILLIAM LEWIS, Conn, to Vt.
Chapter XVI.
From Williamstown, Ky., Courier.
In early life Dr. Charles D. Lewis
(14 V p 34 Vol. XV) was a member o
THE LEWIS LETTER.
137
the Cougroga^ionalisr Cbar^b, bat ou
locatiug iu Ky. he aiiired with the
Prdsbvterian^ and died iu the mam-
bership aui co n uaaiou of that
church. Wheu Dr. Lewis begau the
practice of medioin? iu Graut county
educated aud well equipped physiciaus
were few aud far becwoeu aud he at
onoe acquired a large aud lucrative
practice. He traveled a territory
more tbau tweutj' miles square aud
the amouut of labor performed by
liim was almost iucredible. The
weather was uever too inclement or
circumstauces too forbidding to pre-
vent his attending his patients. He
never ueglected a call. The relief of
suffering hamauity was the paramount
passion of his life. His patients well
nigh believed him endow^^l with super-
human skill and he rewarded their
confidence with the most undeviating
devotion to their interest. Xo man
ever possessed purjer morals or cher-
ished more sacredly the delicate duties
and responsibilities of his high and
honorable calling. His life was a
uniform, conscieatious consecration
to the interest of afflicted and desti-
tute hnmauity, aud he enjoyed the
honors aud some of the emoluments
of the profession.
Had he mide moaey seeking and
money saving the aim aui object of
his life he would undoubtedly have
accumulated a large fort one aud gone
down to his grave with the reputation
of being a successfal business mm;
but he lived for more than fame or
wealth — he lived for those who knew
him, true for the heaven that smiled
above him aud the good that he could
do. His characteristics were simple
and striking. He was kind, courteous
aud agreeable iu manner, temperate
in all things; no rash judgments or
harsh conclusions were formed. He
was reasonable aud fair in ail matters
ani with all men. He was himself
well educated aud practiced rht- habits
aud methods of an educated man He
was a devout aud consistent member
of the church aud discharged all his
religious daties with the spme sys-
tematic devotion to the cause of Christ
that characterized his whole life work.
His temper was as gentle as the morn-
ing aud his domestic virtues were the
virtues of the Christian philosopher.
In politics ha was a Republican and
while firm iu his convictions he was
unobtrusive aui tolerant of the views
aud opinions of those who differed
from him and pnideut aud careful of
the feelings of all.
His was an evenly rounded life,
well aud profitably spent. A model
husband, a loving father, a typical cit-
izen. He has gone down to his grave
full of years and full of honors. But
his memory and example remain: the
sublime faith that sustained through
life did not forsake him in death and
he fell asleep iu Jesas, confident that
he would awaken upon the shores of a
brighter and better land.
Record Of Life.
Marriages.
In Milford, Ct,, Oct. 26, 1904, by
Rev. C. S. Bullock, Percy Lewis of
Bridgeport and Hazel Hubbard gr.
dau. of C. Watson Baldwin.
October 25, 1904, at the Holy Trinity
Memorial Church, Philadelphia, David
Fulton Couover and Christine G. dau.
of Mrs. Edmund Lewis. The bride
was given away by her brother, E.
Coleman Lewis, aud attended by
Rachel Coleman Lewis as flower girl.
One of the ushers was Herbert Radnor
Lewis.
Deaths.
At Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. 26, 1904.
Judge Chas. H. Lewis.
In Bridgeport, Ct.,
Oct.
1904,
138
UEVVISIAINA..
Alfred DeDnis Lewis, au. 47 years,
only sou of Edward A. and Malviua
(Denais) Lewis.
In Adrian, Mich., Mrs, Adolphus
Lewis ae. 83, a niece of Albert Sidney
Johnston, the Confederate General.
She leaves 2 dans, and 3 sons.
Drowned at the Hartley Home Set-
tlement near Morristown, N. J., where
she was spending her vacation, Lillie
Lewis ae. 19.
Leon, la.. Oct. 15. — Mrs. Peter
Lewis is dead froDi grief over her
accidental killing of her husband.
Mrs. Lewis, hearing some one in the
chicken yard, grabbed a gun and fired
at the form of a man who was appar-
ently robbing the coops. The man
was her husband, who had returned
from town and was closing the coops
for the night. He died next day.
Mrs. Lewis's grief was so great that
she refused to eat and died two days
afterward.
Notes.
From Lewis Day Correspondence : —
Henry E. Lewis, Bonds, Mortgages,
Commercial Paper, Lincoln, Nebr. . . ,
Dr. Eldon E. Lewis, Port Huron,
Mich. .. .Mrs. Ev^elyn S. Lewis, Li-
brarian, Topeka, Kansas, Free Public
Library. . . .Lewis Iron Works, Annis-
ton, Ala., S. A. President, E. W. Secy
and Treas., E. M. Manager. . . . D. A.
Lewis manufacturer's agent at Bara-
boo, Wis. .. .Dixie L. Lewis of Win-
chester, Tenn., hoped to combine
Lewis Day, World's Fair and Bridal
Tour. . . .C. E. Lewis & Co., Growers
and Shipjjers of Celery, Onion, Cab-
bages, etc. Manchester, Mich....
Charles J. Le^-vis, Plantations and
Timber Lands, New Orleans, L.a. . . .
Charles A. Lewis, Real Estate Ex-
change, Jersey City, X. J Lewis
Knitting Co., Janesville, Wis., S. B,
President, and F. F. Secy and Treas
....Chas. E. Lewis & Co. , Chamber
of Commerce, Miiuieapolis, Stocks,
Bonds, Grain, Provisions. . . .John D.
Lewis, Importer and Manufacturer of
Dye Stuffs, Providence, R. 1
James E. Lewis, Type Writers and
Supplies, Taunton, Mass ..John W.
Lewis, new and second hand furni-
ture, Albuquerque, N. M S. Miles
Bouton, Jamestown, N. Y., Secy
Lewis Association of Chautauqua co ,
N. Y... .A. T. Lewis & Sons, Dry
Goods, Denver, Colo. .. .Joseph W.
Lewis, Law OfiQce, St. Louis, Mo.
... .J. A. Lewis, asst. cashier Na-
tional Bank of Commerce, St. Louis,
Mo Randal B.Lewis, Counsellor
at Law, Paterson, N. J Dr. J. M.
Lewis, St. Petersburg, Fla L. L.
Lewis, President of Yulupa Land and
Water Co , El Verano, Cal Leon
Lewis, Pres. and Leon Lewis, Jr.,
Secy. The Deluge Company of Pub-
lishers, Torrins;tou, Conn Mar-
trom D. Lewis, Atty-at-Law, St.
Louis, Mo Charles Lewis, Gpueral
Merchanfiise, Wyandotte, Ind. Ter. . . .
R. L. Lewis, Pastor of the Presby-
terian Church, Ellsworth, Wis R.
A. Lewis, President, Bank of Belton,
Belton, S. C... Robert E. Lewis,
Atty-at-Law, Colorado Springs, Colo
....Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago
and New York, S T. Lewis, Secy. . . .
S. F. Lewis, Chattanooga, Tenn., new
and second hand houseliold goods ....
T. H. Lewis, Archaeologist, St. Paul,
Minn. . . . Wikle. Tice and Lewis, Law
and Collection Offices. Na.shville,
Tenn L, Lewis & Co. (Leander
and Walter) Importers of Potrery and
Glassware, New London, Conn
W. P. Lewis of Lewis and Creed,
Building and Heavy Hardware. New
Albany, Ind . . . Wm. R. Lewis gen-
eral agent and John W. Lewis at-
torney at Ottumwa, Iowa, for the U.
THE LEWIS LEXTTER.
139
S. Fidelity and Guaranty C0....W.
H. Lewis, Pastor of Utica, N. Y., M.
E. Church South W. N. Lewis,
a -at-law, Davis, I. T W. T.
Lewis, Pres. Mitchell aud Lewis Co.,
manufacturers of the Mitchell wagon,
Racine, Wis W. B. Lewis, Supt.
luid Secy. The Protestant Hospital
Association, Columbus, O J. L.
Lewis & Co., Advertising Agents
Frisco Bldg. St. Louis, Mo E. M.
Lewis, U. S. Commissioner, Anniston,
Ala Bert W. Lewis of Lewis and
Jobnsou, Wardrobe Tailors, Fur-
nishers, Hatters, Stockton, Calif. . . .
E.W. Lewis Atty-at-Law Phoenix, Ara.
E. J. Lewis Secy. R. D. Cone Co.
Wholesale Hardware Winona, Minn.
....C. H. Lewis, cashier Union Na-
tional Bank, Kansas City, M0....F.
M. Lewis, Jeweler and Optician,
Bridgeton, N. J.... Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Lewis, State Agents, Minn.
State Public School for Dependent
Children, Owatonaa, Minn. . . .Henry
Lewis, Druggist, Madison, Wis....
Henry E. Lewis, Atty-a^-'-Law, Clay-
ton. Mo The wife of Col. Walter
Fieldhouse, Chicago, 111, Inspector
General for the State of 111., is a
Lewis.... W. T. Lewis, Secy Lewis
and Lounsbury, Manufacturers of
Mich. Full Cream Cheese, "Spring
Hill" Brand, Vassar, Mich The A.
H. Lewis Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo
• ... A. A. Lewis, General Merchan-
dise, Clio, Ala Francis Lewis,
Hardware, Jamestown, N. Y . . . .Judge
Wm. H. Lewis, Winterset, Iowa . . .
Rev. A. A. Lewis, Lewiston, Me
Rev. J. S. Lewis, Exeter, Penn. ...
E. C. Lewis, President Louisville and
^''a5hville Terminal Co., Nashville,
Tenn. . . . J. Forrest Lewis, editor of
Centennial, Wyo. Post E. G.
Lewis, cashier and A. E. Lewis, asst.
casliier of Ramona State Bank, Ra-
mona, lud. Ter Albert F. Lewis,
General Manager and E. W. Lewis,
Treas. of the A. F. Lewis Manufactur-
ing Co. Sole owners and manufac-
turers of the only perfect Spring
Spindle File, East Boston, xMass. . . .
Wm. T. Lewis asst. cashier, Farmers
National Bank, Springfield, 111
Charles Lewis member of the James
Heckin Co., Coffee Merchants, Cincin-
nati, O . . . . Judge Gray Lewis, Greens-
boro, Ga. . . . Wm. M. Levyis, Jeweller,
Atlanta, Ga.... Thomas S. Lewis,
Cracker Manufacturer, Atlanta, Ga.
....B. S. Lewis, General Agent for
Building Specialties, St. Louis, Mo.
... .J. E. Lewis, Secy Western Poul-
try and Game Co., St. Louis, Mo. . . .
H. B. Lewis. District Manager, Wels-
bach Street Lighting Co. of America,
St. Loui^, Mo Capt. A. W. Lewis,
General Manager, So. African Boer
War Exhibition Co. , St. Louis, Mo.
....P. H. Lewis, Real Estate, New
Orleans, La A. H. Lewis, Vice-
Pres. of k'alveter-Scewart-Lewis Fur-
nishing Goods Co., St. Louis, Mo. . . .
Dr. Hampden Lewis, New Orleans, La.
Lewis & Co., Grocers, Honolulu
. . . . W. M. Lewis of Seavvel & Lewis,
Lawyers, Little Rock, Ark. . . . T. L.
Lewis, Atty-at-Law, San Diego, Calif.
. . . G. R. Lewis & Co., Druggists,
Cripple Creek, Colo Wilbur E.
Lewis, Manager of Eagle Bottling
Works, Pure Spring Water, Glenbrook,
Ct..., James A. Lewis, Wholesale
Notions, White Goods, Columbus, Ga.
F. J. and E. W. Lewis, The
Lewis Roofing Co., Springfield, 111.
. . . .A- T. Lewis, Attorney and No-
tary, Elgin, 111.... John J. Lewis,
Principal Douglas School, Kansas City,
Kansas, .. .H. S. Lewis of Fairchild
and Lewis Lawyers, Hutchinson, Kan-
sas. ,. .Alexander Lewis, Lumber,
T^wrence, Kansas .... Marvin H.
Lewis, editor Times, Louisville, Ky.
....Andrew R. Lewis, Builder and
>'
I40
L-EVVISIAIVA.
Contractor, W. Somervillo, Mass. . . . | convenirnce of reference these queries
M. M. Lewis & Sons, Coatracrors and | will be numbered. Always give nnni-
Builders, Battle Cre^k, Midi. . . . J. A. ber in replying.
Lewis & Son, Hardware, Maakaro, | 124. WaitLewis. The Military Sec'y
Minn. .. .Edith L. Lewis, teacher
Lincoln School, Dalurh, Miun....
Charles P. Lewis of Colbow & Lewis.
Hardware, Windsor, M0....R. A.
and F. B. Lewis. Manager, The Lewis
Leather Co. Kansas City, Mo....
Harry R. Le wis, Atty and Coanselor-
at-Law, Jamestown, N, Y . . , Wm.
H. Lewis, Secy and Manager Oneida
Co-Operative Fire Ins. Association,
Rome, N. Y, ...Lewis Bro:bers (W.
F., T. Ed., and M. S.), Furniture and
Carpets, East Liverpoil.O. . . .James R.
Lewis, Lawyer, Oklahoma City. Okla
. . . .James M. Lewis, Architect, Alpe-
na City, Mich. . . .F. S. Lewis, Grocer-
ies, Foreign and Domestic Fruits,
Johnstown, Pa Fred E. Lewis,
Mayor, Ailentown, Penn.... Lewis
Bro3., Wholesale Grocers, Chester, Pa
O. C. Lewis, Flour, Graiu, Feed,
Mahanoy City, Pa ... Nathan N.
Lewis, Druggist an i Caemist, Ha zle-
ton, Penn. . . .RoUin C. Lewis, Sap\
Varley Dn.plex Magnet Co., E. Provi-
dence, R. I. ... Wm. G. Lewis, Jr.,
asst. Manager Opera House, Newport,
of the U. S. War Dept. gives the fol-
lowing record of his Revolutionary
service. Enlisted May 1, 1779, as a
private, in Capt. Samuel Comstock's
Co., Col. Giles Russel Regt. (8th), to
serve 3 years; transferred to Capt.
Paul Bingham's Co., same Regt. , as
drummer, in Jane 17S0: transferred
Jany 1781, to Capt. Brisham's Co.,
Lt. Col. I. Shuman (Sherman? Ed.)
Regt. (oth) ; redaced to private Mar.
1, 1781; transferred Nov. 1782, to 8th
Co. Col. Samuel B. Webb's Regt. (3d) ;
reported on muster roll for month of
April, 1783 (last master roll upon
which his name appears) as "sick in
Conn. Apr. 15, 1783." An undated
pay roll of members of 3d Conn. Regt.
shows his service in that Regt. from
Jany 1, 1783 to Nov. 3, 1783, a period
of 10 mo. and 3 days. Place of resi-
dence not stated.
188. Wanted ancestry of Thomas
Lewis of Huntington, Conn., who
had a daa. Eunice Lewis, b July 16,
1754, m Nathaniel Smith who was
killed in the battle of White Plains
R. I. . . . Howell Lewis, City Marshall ! in the Revolution. Their dau. tiul-
at Marshall, Texas. . . .Yancey Lewis,
Prof, of Law Univ. of Texas, Austin,
Texas L. L. Lewis, U.S. Dist.
Atty, Norfolk, Va Wm. S. Lewis,
Atty-at-Law, Spokane, Wash.
Queries.
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Your mite may furnisli the clew which
has long been sought for in vain. For
j dah Smith b 1775, m Daniel Garritt, b
i Jany 23, 1775, whose mother was dau.
i of George Marsh of Litchfield, Ct.
I 189. Did the Bromleys (a N. E. fam-
ily) get their name Lewis from the
Lewis family writes John Lewis Brom-
ley of Oakland, Calif. ? His father and
brother were named Lewis.
190. Joseph Lewis, b Liverijool, Eng.,
d in Schnectady, N. Y., ae. 39.
Meriwether Lewis is Joseph's gr.
father's brother reads a very old mss.
record. (Meriwether Lewis, the ex-
plorer, had only one brother Reuben
who had no ch. v p 185, Vol. XIJI.
Ed.).
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IINDEXES. j
Indexes have been prepared in the form of i
card catalogues, ^^'hi'^h are kept completed to i
the date of the latest issue. These indexes i
••over both Lewis Letter and Lew i.-iana and are !
f'T all male Lewises and for al' other nunit-s •
than Lewis. Until some mt-ans is de\-ised bv j
which these c-an be x>i'int<:d the Editor will ',
furni.sJi these refert^nc^-s to all subscribers who j
will send stamps tocovi^r cu-t of reply.
List of the Books of the Lewises.
Earliest Ancestors— When and Where.
Missing numbers are of Merged Books.
XXVII. Nehemiah, 1712, R. L
XXVIII. Joseph, 1769, N. J.
XXIX John, 1721. Arawell, X. J.
XXXL Lewis, LlnndaP, 1816, Wales.
XXXIII. Eclmnnd, 1634, Lynn. Mass.
XXXIV. Richard. 1706, Providence.
XXXV. Robert. 1585, Wales toVa
XXXVI. John, 1634, Maiden, Mass.
XXXVII. Elisha. 1770-1828.
XXXIX. Jesse. 1774. Hopkinton, R. I
XL. Francis, 1713, Wales to X, Y,
XLII. Joseph, 1675, Swansea, Mass.
XLIII. Samael, 1717, N. J.'
XLIV. William. 1630. Roxbary, Mass.
XLY. John, 1732, Ireland to Va.
XLYI Thomas, l7'lo. New London, Ct,
XLVII. Zachary, 1692, Wales toVa.
XLYIII Joseph, Wales to Chicaco.
XLIX Thomas L . Wales to Ohio
L. William, Coed, Wales.
LI John, Holland to Mass.
LII. William, 1637, Maryland.
LIII. Ellis. 1708, Wales to Peun.
LIV. Evan, 1682, Wales to Peun.
LY. Stephen, Llanfynyd, Wales.
LYI. John, 1694, Hopkinton, R. I.
LYII Enoch, Cheat River, Penn.
LVIII Benajah. 1734, Providence.
LIX. William, 1682, New Jersey.
LX. Thomas, 1760. Dighton. JVIass.
LXI. The Shinbuilder, Pittsburgh, Pa,
LXII. Marshall. Binghampton, N. £.
LXIII. Philip. N. J. to Ohio.
LXIV. Benjamin, 1729. Farmington.Ct,
LXYII. David, 1800. Wales to Del.
LXYIIL Aaron, 1780. Ya to Ky.
LXIX. Henry, 1765, Calpepper-co.,Va.
Contents For February, 1905.
Morgan M. Lewis 142
Lewises in D. A. R 144
Lewis Society in Portland 144
Lewis in Wales 145
Lewises in Collegiate Alumnae. . . 146
Lewis Physicians 146
John Livy Lewis 1^6
Genealogical Records 149
Book XII. Clnpters 397 and 398. . . 150
'' XIII. Chapter 93 150
" XXIV. Chapters 340 to 342.. 151
'* XXXVL Chnpter 39 152
*' XL. Cnapter 67 153
" LIX. Chai^ter 47 153
*' LXXXr. Chapter 36 153
" CIV. Chapter 19 154
" CXYIL Chapter 11 154
Record of Life 154
Notes 1 55
Clippings 156
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iW-organ M. Lewis, Battle Creek, Mich.
Compiler of Record of the Lewis aud Grisell Families,
The book is not a compilation of dry statistics, but coutaiiLs besides valnabU^
♦lata a large amount of intcrestiug historical sketches of pioneer life, Quaker.
Indian ami war reminiscences, etc. It is beautifally printed, contains nearly
yOO pages size 8x11 inches, 60 halftone illustrations ami 1 steel-plate engrav-
ing, including some very fine uictures of his aacestors. Hiilf morocc4> bind-
ing. Price, 82.00.
•THE LEWIS LETTER,
14.)
\ ness. January 1, 1901, Harry P. aui ! descent. 9 ch. b.
Morgan M. Lewis, Battle Creek, Mich.
From Record of Lewis and Grisell
Families.
Morgan Milton Lewis, sou of Syra
and Sarah Anu(Grisell) Lewis, b Aug.
9, 1840, in Penn Township, Jay co.,
lud., is the head of the firm of M. M.
Lewis & Sons, contractors and build-
ers, Battle Creek, Mich.
Mr. Lewis may properly be termed
a selfmade man, having worked his
way to success by means of his indus-
try and natural ability. As a con-
tractor and builder he is w'ideh:^ and
favorably known in Battle Creek and
surrounding country, and is justly
regarded as one of the most able mem-
bers of that profession. His boyhood
daj-s were spent on his fatlipr's farm
in Jay Count}', Indiana, and it was
there he first began to use the tools Hospital,
of his future occupation. He came to
Battle Creek, Mich., in 1868, and in
1873 formed a co-partnership with
Henry Hallaiay. Und^r the firm
name of Hallada}- & Lewis a sub-
stantial and successful contracting
business was conducted until Januarv
1, 1894, when the partnership was
dis.solved by mutual consent and Mor-
gan M. Lewis continued in the bnsi-
Morgun M. Lewis, m Dee. 2:J. is89,
Battle Creek, Mich,, by Rev. Gtorir-;
Willard, Harriet Ackhiud Pratt, b
July 31, 1848, near Battle Creek,
Mich., dau. of Edward and Elizabeth
M. (Hathaway) Pratt.
They have lived in Battle Creek
since their marriage and through their
honesty, kindness and hospitality* hav
gained the confidence and esteem of
the entire community. Mrs. Lewis
is optimistic and cheerful in disposi-
tion, devoted to her family and friends
and has the happy facnlty of making
and retaining a large circle of warmly
devoted friends. She has always been
prominently identified with th
charitable organizations of the city
and is at present a member of the
Board of Managers of the Nichols
Record of the Lewis and Qrisell
Families.
Enos (1 V Query 143, p 100, Vol.
XII) and Susanah (Woodert) Lewis,
the father and the mother of th^.
"Lewis Family" which is recorded in
this book, were pioneers of "Old Vir-
ginia," and tha Lewises were of Welsli
Syra E. Lewis, sous of Mr. Lewis,
were admitted to the firm as partners
under the firm name of M. M. Lewis
<& Sons.
In his business he is methodic,
polite and sagacious. His word is
implicitly relied upon and his courte-
ous treatment of his business associates
and customers has won for him a
large circle of friends. Mr. Lewis
2. L Eli, b Nov. 24, 1751,
3. II. Mary, b Oct. 4, 1755.
4. III. Thomas, b Oc*;. 25, 1757.
5. IV. Ab, b Dec. 2, 1759.
6. V. Susanah, b Jany 6, 1782.
7. VL Rachel, b Feb. 9. 1764,
8. VII. Ann, b Dec. 31, 1765.
9. VIII. Evan, b Feb. 4, 1769.
10. IX Ruth, b Apr. or June 5, 1771
No effort is made to carry out th
served as alderman of his ward two i family records of any bat Thomas (4).
terms and is a member of tli-e Board ! The compilers, liowover, give so'u '
of Trustees of the Indepoudent Con- | information relating to tlie desceii-
gregatioual Church, whicli office he j dants of the brothers and sisters of
has held for a numbr of years. Po- , Thomis (4), trusting their descendants
litically lie is independent. i will some time compile the hi>torv of
i44
UEWISIAIVA.
each of the inembers of Euos aiirl
Susaiiah (Wooiert) Lewis's family.
(Lewisiaua quotes this iuforraatioii
and will be glad uuier the head of
Book CXXII to priut further records
of these liues.)
Ab (5) m (1) Hamnh — m (2) Eliz-
abeth— 3 ch. b 2 m (1) and 1 m (2).
b Deo. 13, 1781.
11. I. Hannah, }
12. Ab, \
13. HI. Rachel, b Aog. 21. 1786.
Ann (8> better known as "Annt
Nancy" m Recce Davis; re s. Jay co.,
Ind.
Evan (9) had ch.
14. I. Eli, b9uter known as Dock.
15. II. Susjnth, m John Snniptioc.
Ruth (10) lived with a widow lady
near Birmingham, O. , daring her last
years. She was unm.
Lewises In Th? D. A. R.
16009. Mrs. Araania Edda Williams
Lewis, b Colchester, Ct., wife
of Albert Newell Lewis (282.XIII
V p 34 Vol. XIV) and dau. of
Daniel Asi ani Mary Lavinia
(Gardner) Williams.
17341. Mrs. Lena Hannah Lewis,
wife of James L. Lewis and dan.
of Wm. M. and Mary (Richard-
son) Haimah of Apixjmattox co. ,
Va.
17518. Mrs. Eleanor W. Lewis b Gar-
diner, Me. , wife of Weston Lewis
and dan. of Charles H. and Brid-
get (Weston) Partridge.
17649. Mrs. Florence Lewis Atkin-
son, b Richmond, Mo., dau. of
Edward A. Lewis (493. XXXIII
V p 30 Vol. XV) and wife of
Robert Atkinson.
Lewises in World's Fair Awards.
Grand Prize.
Lewis Knitting Co., Janesville, Wis.
Gold Medal.
Goo. Andrew Lewis, Fouiuh-r of
the Lewis Phono-metric Institute and
School for Stammerers, Detroit, Midi.
Lewis Society of Portland.
On Nov. 16, 1904, a small but jolly
and enthnsiastic band of kinired
spirits met and effected a temporary
organization. Those present >vere, of
whom the first five were appointed a
committeo to enlist others : —
Andrew T. Lewis, Atty-at-Law,
Abbie A. Lewis, Teacher in Public
Schools.
H. H. Herdman, Instructor in Aca<i-
emy.
H. S. Lewis, with Eggert, Young &
Co. ishoes).
John M. Lewis, County Treasurer.
Mrs. Ella M. Lewis, wife of John M.
Chas. A. Lewis, Book-keeper 1st Natl
Bank.
Rev. Cyrus A. Lewis, Pastor M. E.
Church.
Mrs. Viola Lewis Hayes, Teacher.
Tliis committee immediately issued
a circular of which the following ex-
tract must serve in place of the whole.
As you are doubtless aware, the
managers of the Lewis and Clark Ex-
position have named August 12, 1905,
as "Lewis Day," to be celebrated in
honor of the memory of Meriwether
Lewis. This will be the 100th an-
niversary of the day on which he, in
company with Captain Clark and
their intrepid band, reached the Ore-
gon country and should be commemo-
rated in a way befitting the importance
of tlie event and the fame of the ex-
plorer. Lewises from all over the
country will be present, and suitable
provisions must be made for their en-
tertainment.
You are cordially urged to be present
at the meeting for j)ermanent organi-
zation. The importance of having
TT^R LEWIS LETTER.
4S
everyone co-operate iu this caunot be
ovt-r estimated. Sureh- it is iucani-
beut uiron the Lewises to see that
"Lewis Day" be fittingly celebrated.
We owe it out of courtesy to the
management of the Lewis and Clark
Exposition, out of duty to our city
and state, and out of pride in the
blood of our ancastr}-. In a matter
of this sort, indifference and neglecr
are inexcusable. Let not any such
charge be registered against us.
We urge 3'oa theu, to attend this
meeting. Induce all Lewises of your
acquaintance to be there too.
On permanent organization, Nov,
25th, 24 members signed the member-
ship roll (The editor wishes he could
state that all were subscribers of
Lewisiana) and hope to help make
Lewis Day a success. Officers chosen
John M, Lewis, President.
Andrew T. Lewis, Vice-President.
Charles A. Lewis, Secretary-.
Miss Letta F. Lewis, assistant Sec'y.
Harry R. Lewis, Treasurer.
Lewisiana readers will find in Nov,
issue the portrait of John M. Lewis,
who writes, "Let all the Lewises
everywhere, come and ever after bear
witness that Lewis and Clark gave to
us the best part of Uncle Sam's du-
maio. Today, Dec. 2nd, roses are
blooming all over the city Portland
in open air,"
Prof. H. H. Herdman,
Portlaud, Ore,
Having been advised by the Lewis
Society of Portland of your unanimous
Selection for appointment as chairman
<^f the Executive Committee of Lewis
Day ceremonies; and,
Remembering your kinship to the
"Hiiuent e.xplorer, history-maker and
I^atriot
CAPT. MERIWETHER LEWIS,
^he leader of the Lewis and Clark
i Expedition from St. Louis to where
I the Colum])ia meets tlie Pacific; and,
Having great confidence iu your
ability, energy and integrity,
THE SUPREME CASTLE OF T.iE
LOYAL LEWIS LEGION
hereby appoints and commissions you
chairman of the Executive Committee
of Lewis Day Ceremonies on August
12, 1905, in Portlaud, Oregon, with
full power to select the committe to
aid out in making the second Lewis
Congress worthy of the Lewis name
and blood.
This commission shall not be con-
strued as authorizing any financial
liability on the part of the Legion or
its officers.
With great expectations and best
wishes, I remain.
Fraternally in L, L, L.,
Frank P. Lewis,
Supreme Chancellor.
Dec. 21, 1904.
(For the relationship of Prof. H. H,
Herdman to Capt, Meriwether Lewis
vp92 YoL XIV Ed.).
Lewis in Wales,
Fiom History of Powys Fadog.
XVI. Robert Lewys of Cemlyn (v p
55, Vol XV) m GajTior dan. of
William Roberts of Caerau ; 4 son^.
XVIL 1. William Lewys, v below.
2. Samuel Lewys m Jane dau. of
David ab Maredydd of Llanrwy-
drysi a son
XVIIL 1. William Lewys. M. A.
3. John Lewys, M. D,
4. Ambrose Lewys of Wrexham,
XVII. William Lewys of Cemlyn m
(1) Ann (V p 71 Vol, XV) dau. < r
Howel Lewys of Gwaredog; no ch
m (2) Anne, dan, of William Bulkeley
of Bryn ddu, son of the Rev. Arthur
Bnlkeley of Coedin, son of Sir Rich i d
Bulkeley of Baron Hill, Kut,, a-ul re-
146
L,EWISIArVA.
licfc of Richard HnijheK, parson of
Llaufair; dau. and 3 sons
XYIII. 1. Sage in John Bulkeley of
Bwlchanan.
2. Robert Lewj's m Jane dau. of
Robert Bulkeley of Dronwy ; no
ch.
3. Hugh Lewvs. d young.
4. Ambrose Lewys, parson of
Llanrhyddlad, d Nov. 8, 1729,
ae. 73; m Martha d 1725 dau. of
Hugh Humphreys, parson of
Trefdraeth ; 2 daus. and 4 sous
XIX. 1. Anne m William Lewys of
Trysglvryn.
a. Jane m Wm. Bulkeley of Bryn
ddu.
3. William Lewys of Llysdulas
and Madryn, m Elizabeth, dau of
William Meyrick of tiolorgan,
Esq., no ch.
4. Hugh Lewys m Jane dau. of
Roger Hughes of Pla.s Coch, Esq.,
and relict of Owen "Williams of
Marian, no ch.
5. Owen Lewys; no ch.
6. Robert Lewys, Chancellor of
Bangor, d 1738; m Margaret dan.
of Huffh Price of Beaumaris; 3
daas. co-heirs.
XX. 1. Sydney Lewys, heiress of
Madryn, m Love Parry of Wern-
fawr, Esq.
2. Anna Maria, 17G5.
3. Mary Lewys, heiress of Llys-
dulas, m Rev. Edward Hughes of
Kimnael, M. A.
Doctor Lewis.
From Hume's Hist, of England.
"Dr. Lewis, a Welsh physician,
who had access to the queen do^'ager
in her sanctuary, carried the proposals
(for a marriage between the Earl of
Richmond, afterwards Henry VJI, and
the princess Elizabeth, eldest dau. of
King Edward) to her.
Association of Collegiate Alumnae.
LEWIS MEMBERS.
Alice E. (Bradbury) Lewis (Mrs. F.
D.), B. A., Smith 18S0, Riverside,
Calif.
Corimie Lewis, Ph. B., Smitli 189^,
Syracuse, N. Y.
Elizabeth Langhorne Lewis, B A.,
Bryn Mawr 1901, Lyncliburg, Va.
Frances W. Lewis, B. A., Smith 1881,
Los Aogeles, Calif.
Mary Bell Lewis, B. A., Smith 1901,
Brookline, Mass.
Mary E. Lewis. B. S., Wellesley 1891,
Univ. of Mo , Columbia, Mo.
Ora Mabelle Lewis, B. A., Smitli
1900, So. Lancaster, Mass.
Rose J. (Baldwin) Lewis (Mrs.
E. R.). B. A., Vassar 1883.
Washington, D. C.
Sarah B. D. Lewis, B. A., Vassar
1871, M. A., Radcliffe 1901, Gam-
bier, O.
LEWIS FELLOWS.
Mrs. Margaret Lewis Nickerson, B.
A., Smith 1893, M. A., RadiUiffe
1896, (Zoology), American fellow
of the A. C. A. 1896-97, teaching
in secondary school in Cambridge,
Mass., 1893-94, teaching Zoology
Smith 1894-95, graduate work
at Radcliffe 1895-7, since marriage
in 1897 instructor in histology an 1
embryology in Coll. of Med. and
Surg. Univ. of Minn.
Lewis Physicians.
The editor realizes this list is far
from complete but publishes the list
in the hope each reader will send
names and addresses of those omitted
for the supplementary lists whicli
will follow. In la^t issu? appeared
lists for the States ag far as Delaware.
District of Columbia.
DuflG., Washington.
Edwin R. , Washington.
Samuel E., Washington.
THE LEWIS LETTER.
147
Florida.
Butler O., Lamoiit.
Newtou T., Mount Dora.
Newtou T., Mouticella.
O. B., Bronsou.
Georgia.
F. L., Camilla.
Crawford K., Duluth.
John H., Graves Station.
Idaho.
None reported.
Illinois.
CM., Bridgeport.
Harlie V., Bridgeport.
Jobn S., Carbondale.
Qlysses S. . East Dubuque.
James S. , Grand Ridge.
Robt. E., Macomb.
E. E., New Liberty.
Wm. R.. Oak Park.
Arthur G., Sadorus.
James B , Salem.
Aaron, Waukegou.
Chicago, 111.
Graci M., No. 154 Walnut.
Harry L., No. 34 Wa-hington.
Henry F., No. 4426 Lake.
L?oQard W., No. 4702 S:a e.
Leroy, No. 90 Warreo.
Susie M., No 866 W Van Buren.
Thos. H., No 251 Dearborn.
Indian Territorr.
•I. H., Fan?hawe.
Indiana.
G. C, MadisoQ.
Benj. Z., Utica.
MoUie v., Madison. *~
Geo. F., Carbon.
Sam'l B , Canaan.
John G , RushvJlle.
J- F., Dupont.
Robt. F., Mt. CarmeU
^f- F., Marion.
To be continued.
John Livy Lewis.
f'rom the Penn Yau, N, Y., Democrat.
John Livy Lewis wa? bora iu Ben-
ton, Yates coouty, July 17, 1813, and
died in Penn Yan, June 11, 1889. At
the time ot his death Mr. Lewis was
one of the most exalted Masons in the
United States. In May 1846, he
became a member of Milo Lodge, No.
108, which had just been organized,
and on the 22d of the same month bo
was raised to Master Mason. From
that time on his aivanc^ment in the
order was rapid, viz. Exalted R A.
M, in Penn Yan Chapter, No. 100,
February 23, 1847; create.i Knight
Templar in Monroa Commandry, No.
12, at Rochester, May 17, 1848:
greeted R. and S. M., September 12,
1850; in June, 1851, elected Grand
Generalissimo of the Grand Com-
mandery of the Knights Templar of
New York state, and in 1852 he was
made Grand High Priest, On June 7'
1856, he was elected Grand Master of
the Grand Lodge of the state of New
York; received the 33d degree June 5,
1863, was made an active member of
the Supreme Council, Northern Masouic
Jurisdiction, April 16, 1863, and was
placed on the honorary list of 33d de-
gree members in the sDuthem jorisdic-
tion. In 1866 Mr. Lewis was made
Thrice Illustrions Master of Ontario
Council, R. and S. M. He was elected
General Grand High Priest of the
General Grand Chapter of the United
States, and in May, 1867, was choseu
Sovereign Grand Commander of the
Supreme Council, 33d degree, northern
jurisdiction.
The Grand Lodges of England,
Scotland and Wales nominated Mr.
Lewis to be their representative in the
grand bodies of this country near New
York, and he also represented the
Grand Chapter of California in the
same way. He was the author of the
barial service of Knights Templar
j adopted by the Grand Encampment of
i the United State.s.
148
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Monument at Penn Van, N. Y.
Erected to tbe Memory of John Liry Le^^s.
By courtesy of Daui*4 D. Turner, Author of Life, Work and Masonic His-
tory of Illu.strions John L. Lewis, :j3(L
A hand-book svorthy of the perusal of everyone who ever knew or heard of
^Ir. Lewis, It is profusely illustrated with eighteen pl>oto-engraviug3, aud
co-vers forty pages of printed matter. Price 2o cents; D. D, Turner, Author
ami Publisher, Penn Yan, N. Y,
THE LEWIS UeXTER,
149
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John Livy Lewis.
By Courtesy of Ivy Lodge, No. 395, Elmira, N. Y.
Considering his standing in Ma-
sonry, it was not surprising that the
varioDS grand bodies onited in raising
a fund for a suitable memorial to
mark the grave of their distingaislied
brother.
In May, 18J»9, the committees met
in Penn Yan and selected the site for
the monnment, which faces the main
entrance to Lake View Cemetery.
About a month later a design sub-
mitted by Frank R. .Jenkins of Penn
Yan, was accepted, and he was
awarded the contract for erecting the
memorial. The monument was placed
in jjosition in November of that year.
It is of Barre granite, thirty-threa feet
in height, and is suitably inscribed
with the emblems of the fourgrand
bodies and date of the birth and death
of Mr. Lewis.
(The dedication of tlie monument
with imposing ceremonies, occurred
on Oct. 25, 1902 (v p 182 Vol. XIII)
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS.
Explanations, Abbreviations, Etc.
For convenience the records of the
various Lewis families are divided
into Books and each Book into
chapters. At the head of each Book
appears th'^ name of the earliest known
ancestor of that family. The List of
Books is a complete index to the Books
as published to this time. New Books
will be added from time to time as
new branches of the Lewis family
are found. As soon as Books are
proved parts of others they will be
merged into the Books to which they
belong. Each name is numbered when
first printed aud whenever the name ia
repeated this number follows in brack-
ets. The abbreviations commonly
Dsed in genealogical work are used as
b. for born; d. died; m. married; m.
(1) first wife; dau. danghter; unm.
not married; v. p. see page: etc.
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L,EVVISIAIVA,
Book XII.
WILLIAM LE WIS.Farmington, Couu.
Chapter COCXCVII.
In Memoriam.
In Hartford, Conu., Oct. 20, 1904,
Carrie M. (304) daa. of the late
Charles M. Lo^vis (286 v p 121 Vol.
IV) of New Britain, Ct.
The will of Carrie M. Lewis of New
Britain, who lefc property in this
probate district, has be^n admitted to
probate. The entire estate is bequeath-
ed to Arabelle G. Paine of New
Britain, sister of the testatrix. The
will provides that in event of the
death of the beneficiary before that of
the testatrix the estate is to be divided
as follows. ^$2,000 tD Thomas G. Sey-
mour of New Haven, §2,000 to Rev.
AloDzo Lewis of New Haven, $1,000
George H. Loom is ( p 44 Vol. XV;
has been promoted to be Snpt. of
Steamboars and Dojks at Baldwin,
foDt of Lake George, for the Lake
George Steamboat Co.
Jaiups Blaine Miller (1668 v p 7
Vol. XV), when winter put aa end to
the operations of the U. S. Surveying
party under his charge, was ordered to
Washington and a-tached to tbe U. S.
Coast and Geodic Survey Steamer
Matchless, which is resurveying tbe
Potomac River between Washington
and the Chesapeake Bay.
Clark Rumsey Shaw (1726 v p 13S
Vol XII) d N. Y. City, Dec. 19. 1904;
buried at Buffalo; he was a gt. gr.
son of Zuriel Lewis, Sr. , (1226 v p 54
Vol. XII) a Revolntionary soldier.
Another gt. gr. son Myron Love
Pherrin (2035 v p 168 Vol. XIV) of
b.
to Mrs. Ellen Roberts of Suffield,
$2,000 to Frederick Wessel of New i West Millcreek, Pa., has a 3d ch.
Britain, the remainder to be equally i HI. Mary Ada, b Nov. 19, 1904.
divided between the Hampton Normal
and Agricultural Institute of Hampton,
Va., and the New Britain Hospital,
or such officers or persons as are en-
titled to receive funds for a hospital
in New Britain. In case there being
"no person or body or association" to
receive the hospital bequest that share
is willed to the Soatla Coagregi-
tional Church of New Britain, to be
held in trust, the income to be used
for the poor and needy of the church
and parish.
Chapter CCCXCVIII.
By Harr\^ W. Lewis. Erie, Penn.
James A. Lewis (1657 v p 133 Vol.
XIII) has purchased a place at Ala
meda, Calif., and is building a house
upon it where he expects to reside
permanently.
Horatio B. Lewis (1812 v p 151
Vol. XIII for portrait) is home from
Lewistown, Cuba, visiting his family
at Ypsilanti, Mich.
Book XIll.
JOHN LEWIS, New London, Conn.
Chapter XCIII.
By Geo. Harlan Lewis, N. Y. City.
John Lewis (367 v p 9 Vol. XII)
came to Marlow, N. H. , and lived
with his brother William (369) and
then returned to Conn. Whether it
was he or his cousin John (363) who
was in the same company with Eber
(355) I am uncertain but it was most
likely the latter who was the elder.
John (363) came from Lyme, Ct.,
to Marlow, N. H., about 1775. He
remained a few years but after his
wife's death returned to Conn. About
1796 lie returned to Marlow, m (2)
Abigail Gee and settled in Lempster,
N. H., about three miles from bis
cousin William (369). Here lie built
a log house, cleared the forest and
made himself a home for his family.
Afterwards he built a set of substan-
tial buildings. He d 1845 ae. 93
THE LEWIS LETTER.
161
years. 4 ch. b.
o24. I. Rebeckah, m Amos Avery and
went West which, at that time, meant
Vt., N. Y., or Ohio.
525. II. William, m Mary Miller.
He lived and d upon the old homestead
in 1846 ae. about 70 j-ears. They had
several ch.
526. III. Irene, m Jerry Miller and
settled in Walpole, N. H. Both are
dead.
537. IV. Leland, b 1792, m Ethere-
linda Huntley and settled on a farm
near the old homestead ; he was also
a shoemaker and d 1872 ae. 80 years.
Of his 9 ch. were
528. I. Mrs. Stephen Allen.
529. II. Mrs J. Y. Herrick.
530. III. Hubbard R., b 1826 or 27.
and the dictionary. When he has
finished the jjoem, he onght to have a
Vt^ry fair knowledge of bow to use
both tliese books, even if he has had
no previous practice of tlie kind.
Book XXIV.
GEORGE LEWIS, England to Mass.
Chapter CCCXL.
Longfellow's Miles Standish in
Macmillan's Pocket Americaa and
English Classics, a series of English
Texts, edited for use in Secondary
Schools, 16 mo. cloth, 25 cents, edited
with notes by Homer P. Lewis (1613
V p 167 Vol. XI) copyright. 1904 by
The Macmillan Co., Publishers, New
York.
Mr. Lewis's part in this attractive
little volume is an excellent introduc-
tion on Longfellow, the Pilgrims and
the Poem. The scope and trend of his
admirable notes — happy bits of text
elucidation — may be gathered from
the conclusion of his introduction.
He says: —
If the pupil has gone far enough in
his study of rhetoric to distinguish
figures, he will find this poem, "The
Courtship of Miles Standish, a very
good one in wliich to apply his know-
ledge. But the main emphasis can
be, it seems to me, most profitably
laid upon his work with the Bible
Chapter CCCXLI.
By Marcus W. Lewis, Duluth, Minn.
While the family were at Cincin-
nati, the youngest boy, Isaac, died.
To this primitive home in the then
far western wilderness Jonathan (390
V p 78 Vol. XV) brought this large
family. His faithful flintlock gun
was a most important article, for with
it he and his boys supplied the table
bountifully with game, which was
then plentiful and of many kinds.
Deer, wild turkey, squirrel, rabbit,
possum, quail, raccoon, etc, abounded
in the then unbroken forests. Later
on, as his younger boys grew up, they
j would frequent the woods and dig
1 ginseng root and prepare it for the
\ market.
These boys gained for themselves
the title of the "Ginseng Boys," and
were named Harvey (2057), Richard
2059), (John (2060) and Freeborn
(2031), aged from 10 to 18 years.
This they did when not employed upon
the farm and with the proceeds thereof,
would clothe themselves almost en-
tirely.
In the course of 10 or 15 years
Jonathan built the framed dwelling in
which both he and his wife died, she
in May 1840 and he in Sept. 1845.
A most interesting fact — at least at
this time — in connection with the
lives of Jonathan and Hannah Lewis,
! is that of tlieir thirteen children,
I
j eleven were married and that to this
I couple seventy-nine grandchildren
were born.
At one time
he
cared and looked
that were or-
phans and he always had 4 or more
IS2
LrEWISIAIVA.
with him. Some of rliese he would
send to school and some be would let
"work our." He sent some to his
daughter Hannah's (20oS) where they
would attend winter school in the
town of Rising Sun. In tli9 spring
time he would fill his big wagon with
straw, put on the canvas cover and
go and bring home these school chil-
dren. Once he brought home five
little girls and he was heard to say
that "that was one of the happiest
days of bis life."
On these fatherly trips he would
often repeat these blessad words
"Suffer little children ta come unto
me and forbid them not." He was a
man far above the average, with a
handsome countenance and silvery
hair falling back of his ears.
Chapter CCCXLIl.
Death Anaouncement.
LEWIS.— Virginia L. , wife of Rev.
W. G. W. Lewis, at her residence, 252
West 85th St., on Tuesday afternoon,
January 3, 1905. Interment at Ma-
lone, N. Y.
Rev. Wm. G. VV. Lewis (925 vp 71
Vol. VIII) is the Snpreme Prelate of
the Loj-al Lewis Legion.
Book XXXVI.
JOHN LEWIS, Maiden, Mass.
Chapter XXXIX.
From New Haven, Ot., Courier.
RoUin H. Cooke (128 v p 45 Vol.
IV) who was burned to death at his
apartments in Pittsfield, Mass , Fri-
day night, Dec. 9, 1904, was born in
Connecticut and went to Pittsfield in
1888 from Winsted, where for a long
time he managed an axle mauufacrar-
iog business for his fatlier. Later he
worked as clerk for Gilbert & Gay,
private bankers. Upon moving to
Pittsfield lie became associated with
James M. Barns, and they conducted
a banking business where Henry'^
cigar store is now located. The part-
nership continued for about one year,
when Mr. Burns retired. Some
time after this Mr. Cooke abandoned
the business and devoted himst-lf to
genealogical research, at which he
was an expert. He compiled geneal-
ogies of different families in all parts
of the United States, the works being
note worthy for tlieir accuracy and
excellence of arrangement. He was
the author of the booklet, "Rides and
Drives in Berkshire," issued by the
Berkshire Life Insurance Company'
in Pittsfield. Mr. Cooke also did
considerable historical work in com-
piling accounts of colonial homes in
Berkshire county and elsewhere.
As a pedestrian he had few equals,
always being one of the first to climb
Greylock after the snow had cleared
sufficiently in the late winter. He had
been known to walk to his old home
in Winsted from Pittsfield on several
occasions, covering the distance in a
surprisingly short time, and for a
number of years in the early '90s he
was secretary of the Berkshire Agri-
cultural Society, when the old organi-
zation was enjoying its most prospe-
rous days. He was a former secretary
of the Republican city committee, a
member of Berkshire Chapter, Sons of
the American Revolution, the Berk-
shire Historical and Scientific Society,
among other organizations.
Mr. Cooke had 2 dau. by his first
wife, Mrs. James W. Brasie of Schnec-
tady, N. Y., and Mrs. George Hurlock
of New York Citv.
Book XL.
FRANCIS LEWIS, Wales to N. Y.
Chapter LXVII.
From a mural tablet upon the east
wall in St. James Church, Hyde Park
on the Hudson, N. Y.
THE LEWIS LETTER.
1^3
To the Memory of
Major General MORGAN LEWIS,
Yonnger sou of
Francis Lewis,
A Signer of the Declaration of Indei>endenee :
Born in New York, Oct. 16, 1754,
Died April 7, 1844.
In 1775, he enlisted as a volunteer in tbe army investing Boston.
In 1777, he served under General Gates, as Chief of his Staff,
and received the surrender of Burgoyne.
He conducted the retreat from Ticonderoga,
Led tha advance at Stone Arabia,
and was in active service till the close of the war.
In 1783, he commenced the practice of the Law,
and became Attorney General, Chief Justice, and
Governor of his Native State.
Under his administration the foundation was laid for our public school fund.
In 1812, as Major General, he served through the second war.
He was, for many years. Senior Warden of this Church,
and at the period of his death, was President of the Cincinnati,
and Grand Master of the Masons.
Warned by advancing years, with a mind unimpaired.
He retired from public life to the quiet of his family,
Where living and beloved, he went down to the grave
In a good old age, and in the fullness of honors.
Book LIX.
WILLIAM LEWIS, New Jersey.
Chapter XLVIL
From Book Catalogue of A. S. Clark,
Peekskill, N. Y.
Franklin Imprint. Evan Lewis
Geographical, Historical, Political,
Philosophicil and Mechanical Essays.
The First containing an Analysis of a
General Map of the Middle British
Colonies in America, and of the
Country of the Confederate Indians,
etc., etc. Quarto, newly bound in
% Morocco. Printed by B. Franklin
and D. Hall, Philadelpha, 1755. .25.00
N. Y.
Book LXXXL
THOMAS LEWIS, Ireland to
Chapter XXXVI.
From N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record.
De geborten dagen van de kenders
van Francis Filkin (v last issue)
279. I. Cathrina min erste docter, is
geboren in it yaer Anno 1734 den
20 dagh van July.
380. IL Cathrina den is geboren anno
1735-6 den 28 december.
281. III. Francis den is geboren Anno
1738 den 3 Juni.
282. IV. Geesie den is geboren Anno
25 Mart ano 1740.
283. V. Helena is geboren anno 1741-2
den 17 Feber.
284. VI. docter Francis is geboren
anno 174." de (1?) Novmr.
285. VII. Henry geboren pas Son
dagh anno 1745 den 14 April.
Min er.ste docter is overleden Aug.
31 ae. 1735 ind begraven in Poghkipse
kerk ; min son Francis Filkin is
overleden June (den?; 3 dagh ano 1741
is begraven in de kerk hof op pogh-
kepsi an it hovement van scbonvader
Lewis.
154
LEW^ISIAIVA.
Jnly de 11 Ano 1747 is miu
Heury Filkin overledeii begraveii
York iu de oiiwe kerk hof dight
Grin de Lavet.
in
bv
Book CIV.
WILLIAM LEWIS, England.
Chapter XIX.
A New Year's Greeting.
The inner side of every cloud
Is brig-lit and shining;
I therefore turn my clouds about,
And always wear them inside out
To show the lining.
May Health and Happiness be thine,
my Friend,
Edwin J. Lewis, Jr.
Ticknor House, Boston,
New Year's Day, 1905.
Book CXVIL
Nathan lewis, Wales to Penn.
Chapter XI.
Funeral Notica.
JOSHUA LEWIS
Born July 5th, 1812,
Died Dec. 31, 1904. Aged 92 yrs. , 5
mo., 25 days.
Funeral services at the late residence
Alto Pass, 111., Sunday, January 1,
1905, at 11 o'clock a. m.
Interment in Cobden Cemetery.
Joshua Lewis (8 y p 191 Vol. XIV)
cast his first vote in a Presidential
election for Andrew Jackson. He was I
personally acquainted with Wm.
Henry Harrison, Sr., Abraham Lincoln |
and many other prominent people of j
fifty years ago. He retained his |
mental faculties unimpaired to
death.
wliere they will res. 271 Oakwood
Boulevard.
Oct. 17, 1904, at Church of the
Epiphanv, ChicJCO, 111., by Ptev. Jolm
Henry Hopkins, Etlu-I Sterling Cor-
nell, ae. 28, dan. of Mrs. A. Sterling
Cornell and Frank Edwin Lewis, ae.
24, sen of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lewis.
Among the oshers Thornton Lewis
of Cincinnati and Joseph Dixon Lewis.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis made an exrenied-
trip to eastern resorts.
Nov. 24, 1904, at the home of the
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
W. Lewis, four miles northwest of
Sac City, Iowa, bv Rev. Walter Tor-
bet, pastor of the M. E. Church at
Sac City, Leslie S., son of S. Fetter
and Eva Z. Lewis. They will reside
on a farm within a few miles of her
parents. She is one of the choicest
girls of the community and will prove
an excellent helpmate.
In Denver, Colo., Nov. 22, 1904,
by the pastor of Smith Chapel, United
Brethren Church, at the home of the
bride, Karl J. Lewis and Lena Timgan.
He is city salesman for Fleischmann
& Co. and she leading soprano of the
church choir. They will reside 2B31
Bert St., Denver.
In Sioax City, Iowa, Dec. 29, 1904,
Dr. H. W. N. Bennett of .Manchester,
N. H. and Gertrude Lewis.
his!
Record Of Life.
Marriages.
Sept. 14, 1904, Mary C. Lewis dau.
of Harry C. Lewis of Buffalo, N. Y.,
and Alan H. Hibbard of Chicago, IL,
Deaths.
In Chicago, 111., at his residence,
622 Sheffield ave , Oct. 4, 1904, Frank,
beloved husband of Lucy Lewis, nee
Schafer, and father of Mattie and
i Edward Lewis.
Marion Bradford, infant dau. of
Harry S. and Bessie Lewis Colbum,
by accident, iu New York Ciry. Fu-
neral at 2:30 p. m., Tuesday, Oct. 18,
I 1904, at the home of F. Melville
! Lewis, 35 Burt st., Cleveland, O.
1 Nov. 7. 1904, Tucson, Arizona,
THE LEWIS LETTTER.
Fy!^
Alice, wife of Charles Reti Lewis of
Milwaukee, Wis. Fuueral services
at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles McCuUoagh, at Kewanee,'
111.
Lockport, X. Y., Nov. 12.— County
Treasurer S. Curt Lewis died sutldenly
of heart disease early this morning
at his home, on Cottage srreec. He
was born in Lockport about seventy
years ago and began his bankini busi-
ness here in 1852 in the old Canal
Bank. Ha was connected with the
Niagara County Bank and later was
for thirteen years with the Niagara
County National Bank. He was for
four years treasurer of the Farmers
and Meclianics' Savings Bank.
Suddenh- Nov. 12, at the residence
of her sister in N. Y. Cicy, Sarah C,
wife of William K. Lewis. Funeral
services at her late residence, Nor-
walk, Coun.
Albert Lewis, a saloon passenger on
the Kaiser Wilhelm II., which left
New York on Nov. 8, is reported to
have committed suicide by jumping
overboard in midoceau.
Ou Monday, Nov. 21, 1904, at the
residence of her dau., Mrs. Henry D.
Brewster, 44 W 71st St., New York'
City, Mary J., widow of Joseph W.
Sanford and daa. of the late Isaac
Lewis. Services at her late residence,
Plainfield, N. J.
Charles E. Lewis, a prominent
Knight Templar and one of the oldest
Masons of Denver, died Monday, Nov.
21, 1904, from pneumonia after a
long illness.
Mr. Lewis was 73 j-ears of age, and
was born in Edgartown, Mass. Later
he moved to Davenport, la., where
he m Helen H. Leibey. In 1872 Mr.
Le.vis came to Denver and he resided
here up to the time of his death,
which occurred at his home, 132G |
East Twentieth ave. (
The deceased leaves besides his wife
two sons, Charles W. Lrwis, with the
Peters Paj)er Company, and C. L.
Lewis, who is employed by the Union
Pacific railroad.
At Highwood Park, Weehawken
N. J., Dec. 12, Martha M. Hutcheon
(nee Lewis), ae. 4 4 years, beloved
wife of William J., Interment Green-
wood Cemetery.
Notes.
Lewises at Home and Abroad: — At
a meeting of the Mass. Music Super-
visors Prof. Leo R. Lewis of Tufts
College considered public school music
from the college standpoint. . . .Good-
speed's Book Shop, Boston, Mass.,
advertises among Election Sermons
498 — delivered 1748 by Daniel Lewis
of Pembroke-tor $3.00 P. H.
Lewis, real estate dealer of New
Orleans is selling a large tract at
Alton, La . . . . H. C. Lewis of Mans-
field has leased the National Hotel,
Plymouth, O Hon. Loran L.
Levvis, Sr., of Buffalo, N. Y. , has
been elected President of the Buffalo
Clearing House. .. ..James Taylor
Lewis, Atty for N. Y. State Medical
Association ... .Charles E. Lewis, a
juror, of Madison, Ct Joseph
Lewis handles all the premium dogs of
W. G. Rockefeller of New York
Probate notice concerning estate of
late Wm. E. Lewis of Roxbury, Mass
Lansing, son of Geo. W. Lewis.
of New Haven, Ct., is spending <-he
winter in Italian travel... E. I.
Lewis of the Indianapolis News....
Evan Lewis Republican candidate
for City As.se.s.sor, Los Angeles, Calif.
. . . .John F. Lewis, chairman of the
Building Committee for the new fire
proof building of the Hist. Society of
Penn. .. .Charles H. Lewis, who for
the past two years has been vice-
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UEWISIAINA.
principal of the Little Falls High
School, has been appointed principal
OT the Champlaiu, N. Y., High School
at a salary of $1,000 ... .Keuneth
Liewis, son of George W. Lewis, a
pupil in the Windsor, N. Y. High
School had an arm broken while
wrestling on the school grounds....
J. H. Lewis of Marqaette a member of
the Mich. Hotel Association ... .Rev.
Edwin J. Lewis (Yale Divinity School.
1894) comes to Plymouth, Ct., from
Shabbona, 111 Rev. Daniel M.
Lewis (Yale Divinity 1883) accepts call
to Pierce City. Mo. .. .Benjamin H.
Lewis was admitted (Sept. 1904) by
Cincinnati M. E. Conference to preach
on trial The Hotel Martin, Lan-
caster, O., has been reopened by J. B.
Lewis, formerly of the Grand Hotel,
Xenia, O R. Alice Lewis, adm. of
estate of James 0. Lewis dec. DeKalb
CO., 111. ; other heirs Maria Lewis,
Lillian Lewis, Edward Lewis and A.
E. Eddy.... Mrs. Anna Lewis will
seek in the December term of district
court a divorce from her husband, E.
L. Lewis, to whom she was married
June 20, 1894, at Sac City. Divorce
is sought on the ground of desertion
. . . .Social and club circles in Wheaton,
111., are torn up over the sudden disap-
pearance of E. J. Lewis and his wife,
prominent society people of that city.
It is charged that Lewis has embez-
zled §41,000 and that he and his wife
are now on their way to Honduras.
Two of Lewis's sisters have paid
15,000 from their own savings to the
victims of their brother. Later: —
the indictments against Lewis were
stolen by burglars who blew open the
county treasurer's vault at Wheaton.
Clippings.
The Life and Work of The Rev. E.
J. Peek among the Eskimos. By the
Rev. Arthur Lewis, M. A. lUus. 12
mo, pp. XVI 350. §1.75. (A.C.Arm-
strong & Son, New York City).
Illustrated with drawings from
photograplis and provided with an ap-
pendix noting some pt'culiarities of
the Esquimau language.
This photograph of Louis Lesvis's
turnout was taken at the Rum.^on
horse show in New Jersey. Mr. Lewis
has a handsome country place at
Oceanic, on the Shrewsbury River,
that has gained a wide reputation for
hospitality among Broadwayltes and
men about town. It has lon^ been
famous for its clambakes and for the
celebrated Babcock sauce, of which
Mr. Lewis posse.-ses the secret.
William Lewis, a conductor, who
had the tram in charge, and the
engine drivers who drove the three
big locomotives on the several divi-
sions of the run are credited in rail-
road circles with having done the
best piece of work in the history of
the New York Central.
Rev. W. L. Lewis has tendered his
resignation as pastor of the Union
Congregational Church at Somonauk,
111. and has accepted the pastorate
of the Plymouth ('ongregarional
Church at Peoria. H^ lias done a
world of good at So-noniuk and dur-
ing the time he has been there many
have been added to the membership
roll and a handsome new church
built and dedicated and is free of debt.
He and his estimable wife will be
sadly missed both in church and social
circles.
Old Saybrook, Ct., Dec. 12.— The
rays of the sun passing through a
window and striking a glass globe
containing goldfish were focu>;sed
upon a portiere in the house occupied
by the family of W. S. Lewis with
such effect as to set fire to the dra-
peries and endanger tlie building.
ANA
OR THE
LEWIS .-. LETTER.
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irVDEXES.
Indexes have been prepared in the form of
card catalogi.es, whicn are kept completed to
the date of the latest issue. These indexes
cover both Lewis Letter and Lewisiana and are
for all male Lewises and for all other names
than Lewis. Until some mt-ans is devist-d bv
which these can bx; printed the Editor will
furnish these referenct^s to all subscribers who
will send stamps to cover cost of reply.
List of the Books of the Lewises.
Earliest Ancestors— When and Where.
Missing numbers are of Merged Book.s.
LXXI. Samuel, 1748-1822, Piyinoutb.
LXXII. Johu, 1640, Hearico-cc, Va.
LXXiri. Thos.,17aO, Bnckiugham, Va
LXXIV. Exum, 1775 E.lo-eciinb, N. O.
LXXV. Paul. 1770, Rhode Island.
LXXVI. Williaru, 1760, Rhode Island.
LXXVII. Bonjimiu, 1812. Oswego.
LXXVIII. George, 1040, Casco Bay, Me
LXXIX. Nathaniel, 1768, Wells, Vt.
LXXX. Thomas, 1630, Saco, Me.
LXXXI Thomas, 1008. Now York City.
LXXXII. Andrew, 1776, New Jersey.
LXXXIir. Alausou, 1702. New York.
LXXXIV. Valentine, Ulster-co., N. Y.
LXXXV. Johu, 1640. Roxbury. Mass.
LXXXrr. Israel, 1769, N. Y. City.
LXXXVII. Philip, 1650, Portsmoutb.
LXXX VIII. John, 1660, Portsnioatb.
XC. Elisba, 1770, Conn.
XCI. Frederick, 1760, Wales to Mass.
XCII. Archelaas, 1753. Berwick, Me.
XCIII. Charles, 1740, Virginia.
XCIV. John, 1777, Pbiladelohia.
XCV. William. 1735, Cbestet-co., Pa.
XCVI. Ellis, 1730, Merion, Pa.
XCVII. Morgan, 1682, Penn.
XCVIII. Thomas, 1701, Wales to Pa.
XCIX. Josiab, 1771, Conn, to Vt.
C. James, 1710, Wales to Penn.
CI. Robert, 1635, Newbury, Mass.
CII. John, 1730, Wales to Va.
cm. Thomas, 1795. Wales to N. Y
Contents For March, 1905.
Lewises at Yale
Lewis Physicians
Lewis in Wah s
Geu<^alogical Records
Book II, Chapters 219 and 220
V. Chapter 16
VIIL Chapters 482 to 485. . ,
XII. Chapters 399 to 401 . . .
XnL Chapters 94 to 98
XIX. Chapter 54
XXIV. Chapters 343 to 346.
XXXIII. Chapter 169
XXXV. Chapters 241 to 243
XXXVI. Chapters 40 and 41
XL. Chapters 68 and 69
XLIV. Chapter 105
XLV. Chppter 108 to 111.. ,
LIV. Chapters 49 and 50. . .
LVL Chapter 13
LXXVII. Cliapter 8
CVIII. Chapter 14
CXXL Chapter 4 - . . . .
Record of Life
Notes and Clippings
Queries
158
158
159
159
160
160
161
161
162
163
164
160
166
167
167
168
168
169
169
170
170
170
170
171
172
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LiEVVISIAIVA.
Extra Issues.
Books Vill. XII. XXIV. XXXV. LIV.
In each of these Books are now on
hand enough records to make a com-
plete issue. There are in each of these
lines those who are anxious to have
these records printed in Lewisiana as
soon as possible. Are there twenty
in each Book who will contribute a
dollar each for a special issue to be de-
voted to that one Book? Or ten who
will contribute two dollars or four
who will contribute five doUai-s for
this desirable end
Lewises At Yale University.
Charlton Miner Lewis (5 LIV.) Ph.
D., Emily Sauford Professor of
English Literature.
Ed^vard Morgan Lewis, M. A., Wil-
liamstown, Mass., Instructor in
Elocution.
Dudley Payne Lewi". B. A., N. Y.
City, graduate student in Biblical
Literature, absent on leave.
Edwin Colby Lewis, B. A , St Johns-
bury, Vt graduate student in
Economics, absent on leave
Huber Berkley Lewis, Law School,
Sfc. Joseph, Mo.
Lansing Lewis, Sheffield Scientific
School, New Baven, Conn.
Warren I ester Lewis, Sheffield Scien-
tific School, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Edmund Harris Lewis, Yale College
(1907) Syracuse, N Y.
Harry Sinclair Lewis, Yale College
(1907) Sauk Center, Minn.
Howard Bishop Lewis, Yale College,
(1908), Soutbington, Ct.
Lester Sweet Lewi**, Yale College
(1908), Buffalo, X. Y.
(Similar lists are desired for all our
Colleges and Universities. — Ed.)
Lewis Physicians.
The Editor realizes this list is far
from complete but publishes the list in
the hope each rearler will send uanu-s
and addresses of those omitted for the
sapplenieutary lists whic^h will follow.
In previous issues appeared lists for
tlie States as far as Indiana.
lovva.
David, U. S. S Iowa.
Abner, Oelwein.
BjTon. Jewell.
David W.. Liwo id.
Eflgar C , Clinton.
Enoch, Marshalltown.
Eugene R., Xo. 1258 Main, Dubuque.
John S., No 1258 Main, Dubuque.
Jacob B , Shambough.
James R., Greenville.
John C, Ridgeway.
S. J.. Columbus City.
Walter H., Aldeu.
Kansas.
George F., Wichita.
O. F., Girard.
Albert B.. Hamilton.
Jacob K., Argentine.
Wm. E., Highland-
Orscn F., Hepler.
Joseph, Topeka.
Philip M., Lecomptoa.
Kentucky.
H. H., Mt. Sterling.
A., Greenville.
Chas C, OwecBboro.
j Harry H , No. 520 5th, Louisville.
H. N., No. 2410 2d, Louisville.
I James R., 2717 W. Walnut, Louisville
I Henry H., Salt Lick.
I James C. , Tip Top.
j John, Hyde.
John A., Georgetown.
John C , Georgetown.
J. W., Long Lick.
J. F , Hebbardsville.
Thomas, Lexingtoo.
T. M., Danville.
W. E., Bhize.
R. H., Wildie.
(to Le continued)
\ ^^r"{l£7^
THE L-EWiS LEXTTER.
If9
Lewis in Wales.
From History of Poa-js Fadog.
XVIII. William Lewys of Trvsghvyu,
1723, (V p 128, Vol. XV). High
Sheriff for Anglesey m ITlO, m
Anne dau. of Ambrose Lewys
(v last issue) of Cemlyu, M. A.,
Rector of Llanrhyddlad; a sou
and heir.
XIX. Ambrose Lewys of Trysgiwyn;
an only dan. aud heiress.
XX. Anne m. John Bodychan Sparrow
of Redhill in Anglesey, Esq.,
High Sheriff for Anglesey in 1781,
Lt. Col. Commandant of the An-
glesey Local Militia ; a son and 7
dans.
1. Wm. Wynne of Redhill, High
Sheriff for Anglesey in 182^.
2. Barbara m Hugh Robert
Hughes of Bache Hall, co. Chester.
XVIII. Ambro>e Leivis, the Master of
the Grammar School at Wrexhim.
was the son of another Ambrose
Lewis (XVII V last iss^ue) who
was the 4th son of Robert Low is
(XVI V p 5o Vol XV) of Cemlyn.
The fcou was a man of culture and
piety, an intimate friend of Philip
Henry, and a cindidate for the
Presbyterian ministry; but thoagh
he afterwards conformed to the
Establishment, and became Master
of the Grammar School, he is said
to have continued at heart a Pres-
byterian to the end of his life.
Old Prints of Lewis Interest.
In Catalogue No. 28 of Goodspeed's
Bookshop, which is devoted to Engrav-
ings. Drawings and Lithographs, are
the following of interest to Lewises.
For Book XXIV.
S4. Park Sqaare in 1837; from a rare
contempirar.v lith. drawn on stone by
Robert Sturm, ^') (a reproduction ap-
peared in Lewisiaiia p 120 Vol. XIV).
For Book XXXV.
358. The Washington Family. Wash
ingcon seated, Mr?. W. to left, chil-
dren to right, in oval. P. by S hell.
• ng. in mezzo by A. B. Walter $2
328. The Washington Family. P. and
eng. by E. Savage, stipple, pub, Phila.
1798, |75. A brilliant impresion cf
this plate which is rarely met with ex-
cept in damaged condition
For Book XLIII.
41. In a series of full length silhouett-
ed portraits drawn from life by W. H.
Brown, lith. by E. B. & E. C. Kel-
logg, 1844, 9x13 in. Samuel Lewis
Southard and Dixon Hall Lewis; each
^2 50.
For Book LXV.
49. Rev Henry Caner, A. M. Minis-
ter of King's Chapel, Boston, >2
length, nearly full face, 8x10 in.
photo, from the mezzo, eng. by Pel-
ham. 1750, after the painting by Smi-
bert, ^2.
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS.
Explanations, Abbreviations, Etc.
For convenience the records of the
various Lewis families are divided
into Books and each Book in^o
chapters. At the head of eaoh Book
appears th-=» name of the earliest kno vu
ancestor of that family. The Lis: of
Books is a complete index to the Books
as published to this time. Xew Books
will be added from time to time as
new branoliGS of the Lewis family
are found. -As soon as Books are
proved par::s of others they will be
merged into the Books to which they
belong. Each name is nambered wlieu
first printed aud when-iver the name is
rt^'peated this number follows in brack-
ets. The abbreviations commonly
used iu genealogical work are uspd as
b, for born; d. died; m, married: m.
(1) first wife; dan. daughter; unra.
u')t married; v. p. see page; etc.
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UEWISIAIVA.
Book II.
BENJAMIN LEWIS, Sr rat ford. Ct.
Chapter CCXIX.
From the Edwards Genealogy.
John Nitchie (581 v p 36 Vol. XIV)
a lawyer of N. Y. City, m Dec. 27,
1860, Sarah Minerva Webster of Mon-
ticello, N. Y. 6 ch b.
3126. I. John Nitchie, Jr. b. Nov. 13,
1861.
3127. II. Gertrarle, b Oct. 8, 1863, d
Feb. 16, 1866.
3128. III. Rnrh, b Mar. 30. 1866, m
Aug. 1, 1889, John Moore who d
in Feb. 1898, no ch, res. N. Y.
3139. IV. Bertha, b July 29, 1868, d
jDue 30, 1869.
3180. V. Paal Re^lfield, b Oct. 4,
1870, m Apr. 14, 1896, Harriet
Eleanor Hill, res. N. Y.
3131. VI. Mary, b Mar. 8, 1875, m
June 8, 1898, John Walker Har-
rington (V p 3, Vol. IX ) res. N.
Y. 1 ch. b.
3132. I. Ruth Moore, b Apr. 3, 1899.
trunk lost or stolen. There wjs also
a sou.
3133. V. Richard m (I) Lydia dau.
Isaac Wood of Moorestown, N. J.
m (2) Mary dau. of Zacliariah
Russell of N. J. Can any of the
Lewis relatives give time and
place of his death? 7 ch b m (1)
and 1 ch b m (2)
I. Mpry
IJ. Marinus Ondenarde.
III. Margaret.
IV. Cornelia.
V. Beujamin.
VI. Richard; his dan is the widow of
the late Postmaster General Hen-
ry C. Payne.
VII. Caroline.
VIII. Rudolphus.
Chapter CCXX.
By Puella Hall Masrn, Washington,
D. C.
Hnldah Lewis (210 v p 67 Vol. V)
ni Aug. 9," 1767, Stratford, Ct. Rev.
Henry VauDyke son of Richard and
Elizabeth (Strang) Van Dyke. He
W£is one of the three students ordained
at Middletown, Ct. Aug. 3, 1785 — the
first Episcopal clergymen ordained by
Bishop Seabary in America. He
preached at Poughkeepsie and Peeks-
kill, N. Y., Perth Am boy, and New
Brunswick, N. J., Burlington, Vt.,
Holly, N. J., Newtown. L. I. and d
1804 in N. Y. City and was baried in
Trinity Churchyard. Of the ch given
p G7 Vol. V all d young except Abby
who d 1826 or 28 uum. After her
death one of her Lewis relatives took
a trunk containing her pai^ers to Al-
bany where he was taken sick and the
Book V.
RICHARD LEWIS. Wales to R. L
Chapter XVI.
By Henry H. Lewi?, Carthage, N. Y.
Record of ch of Emory J. and Cor-
delia M. (55 Lewis) Pennock v p 73,
Vol. XV.
90. I. Wm. E.,b June 12,1 853, m Apr.
28 1880, Emma A. Peck. 2 ch b
1. Lulu b.
2. Vera b.
91. n. Lillian C, b Nov. 10, 1854, m
Jan. 1. 1891, Fred A Cooper.
92. IIL ElvaE., b Feb. 5, 1859 d Jan.
13, 1885 m Feb. 5, 1878, William
O. King.
93. IV. ArtharF., b Apr. 2, 1861, m
June 29 1904, Edna Ethelyn Xew-
ton. Mr. Pennock is pastor of
Grace M. E. Church, Utica, X.Y.
and author of 20,000 Miles By
Land and Sea.
V. CoraB. b June 9, 1863, m Dec.
15, 1887, Frank P. Phillips.
VI. Frank W., b Sept. 5, 1865, d
July 24, 1873.
VII. Grace M.. b May 30, 1874.
d June 20, 1892.
94
95.
96.
THE LEWIS l^EXXER,
161
Book VIll.
JOHN LEWIS, Westerly, R. I.
Chapter CDLXXXII.
By James H. Kelly, Rochester, >\ Y.
Asa (3591 v p 57, Vol. XV) and
Harriet (Babcock) Lewis had 3 ch b.
3674. I. Mary Abigdl, m Samael
Wescot sou of Rial and Mercy
(Shaw) Wescot of Alfred, N,
Y. res. Wellsville, N. Y.
3675. n. Adelbsrt, m (1) Deusie Hill;
m (2) Mrs. Clarissa Davis Gow-
dy; res. Wellsville, N. Y.
3676. HL Clareuce A., res. Wells-
ville, N. Y,
Caleb and Lucinda M. (3593 Lewis)
Carr had 5 ch b.
3677. I. Fraak.
3678. n, Ella Jane.
3679. HI. Albert. } . .
3680. IV. Alice. ( ^^^"^
3681. V. Cuarles.
Chapter CDLXXXIII.
Here and There in the Family.
Nathan B, Levvis, Supreme Herald
of the Loyal Lewis Legiim was, on
January II, 1905, by the General As-
sembly, re-elected Justice of the Dis-
trict Court of the Second Judicial Dis
trict of Rhode Island, apositioa he ha?
lield continuously since July 1, 1886.
long time.
In 1891 I visited my gt uucle, JoQn
Rogers Lewis (3647) wbo was b Jany.
17, 1798. He was living at St.
Charles, Ills. He told me that his gr
father was Jamei La wis (2548 v p 134
Vol. VI) and his gr mother Elizabeth
Kenyan; that their son-- were James
(102) Joseph (103) and John (104, Wbo
cm give desc ndants or anv record of
this John? Erl.); that of these Joseph
(103) his fa'Jier b April 1750 Exeter,
R. I. d ae 88 and Mary Stanton, his
mother, b November 1754 d ae 75 and
are both buried at Spafford, N. Y'.^who
will give grave stone inscription Ed.)
1828,
dau.
19.
Chapter CDLXXXIV.
By W. T. Lewis, Vassar, Mich.
My father was Benjamin Stanton I
(3645) son of Joseph (103) and Mary j
(Stanton) Lewis whose record was
given on p 1^9, Vol. XV. I had hoped j
to send you complete records of these
parties as my uncle had looked up the
record but I have just learned that his
records have all been bnrued with his
sister's hoase where lie was visiting i
(Another instance showing the import-
ance to Lewises of having their rec-
ords printed in Lewisiana Ed.) To
make this record again will take a
Chapter CDLXXXV.
From Yarmoath, N. S , Herald-
Charles (3171 V p 165 Vol. XIj b
Oct. 5, 1793, d Apr. 27, 1847, m Aug.
31, 1824, Sarah MacGill of Shelbnrue
who d June 12, 1891 ae 90. 8 ch b.
3682- I. William W., b Nov. 9, 1825.
3683. 11. Charles H., b Apr 6. 1827,
d Jany 9, 1828.
3684 IIL Charles H., b Oct. 9,
m Dec, 14, 1853, Sarah A.,
of Ezekiel Baker.
3685. IV. Elizi McGill, b July
1830; unm.
3686. V. George M,, b Mar. 17, 1832,
m (1) Sept. 21, 1862 Deborah C.
Crawley, dau of John Crawley,
2nd; m (2) Oct. 29, 1874. Maria
dau. of George Murray.
3687. VL Susan McGill, b May 12,
1834, unm.
3185. VII Thomas McGill, b June 8,
1836.
3688. VIIL Benjamin, b Mar. 9, 1838,
d Jany 10, 1839.
Book XII,
WILLIAM LEWIS, Farmington.Conn.
Chapter CCCXCIX.
The Descndants of Ebenezer (S)Lewis.
The Editor had occasion recently to
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L-E\VISIAISA.
make an extended exaniinatiou of the
records of Ebenezer's family and as
many subscribers are descendants it
seems fitting that the resnlts of thi^
search appear in a series of chapters of
which this is the first.
From Ne"sv Haven probate records it
appears that Ebenezer (8) d Janv. 22,
1709-10 and that the inventory of his
estate was £559- 18- 9 and that on Aprs
17, 1711, certain persons were appoint-
ed to distribute his estate to his
widow and 10 ch. (As Lewisiaaa rec-
ords V p 78 Vol. IV give bat 9 ch the
next chapter of this series will tell of
the search for the other ch.)
The widow of Ebenezer (8) was
Elizabeth (m Dec. 2, 1685) b Sept. 14,
1669, daa. of Capt. Nathaniel and
Abigail (Olney Merriman v p 58 Vol.
VIII. She m (2) William Fredericks
who (N. H. rec. ) Apr. 7, 1713, waives
his wife Elizabeth's right in the estate
of her son Hezekiah (125) and on Jany.
4, 1718 Caleb Lewis (126) and wife
Hannah s:ell (Wallingford rec.) Caleb
55s, Hannah £6 to honored father Wil-
liam Fredericks home lot of our hon-
ored father Ebenezer Lewis. Again
Aug. 1, 1718 Thomas Andrews sells
(Wallingford rec.) to father-in-law
William Fredericks for £7 all right in
dwelling house and home lot of honor-
ed father Ebenezer Lewis (8) in rigbt
of my wife Phelix (127). Feb. 17,
1722 William Fredericks and wife
Elizabeth soil her third in home lot of
Ebenezer Lewis to Abraham Utter
Oct. 15, 1724 is the date of a deed
(Wallingford rec.) signed by Elizabeth
Fredericks the last record found of
her. Who can give date of death ?
(to be continued)
Chapter CD.
From Hist, of Sangamon Co., Ills.
Charles H. (2075, v p 44, Vol. XV)
b Apr. 4, 1837, Carlinville, Ills, grad-
uate of Yale College, B. A. 1862 and
M. D. 1867; spent the in-erniediate
time in the nrmy nnd afterwards prac
ticed a short time in Chatham, Ills; m
Apr. 11, 1869, Oswego, Kaasis, Imo-
gene Lewis. Heismgaged in farm-
ing and drug business np'ar C -dar Vale,
Chautauqua co. Kans is. 2 ch b.
2095. I. Edward H.
2096. II. Florence M.
Chapter CDI.
From Yale Obituary Sketches.
Charles Henry Lewis (2075) d Grtn-
ola, Kansas, Sept. 9, 1885, m Imogene
dau. of William A. Levvis of Denver,
Colo, ch d infancv.
Book XIU.
JOHN LEWIS, New London, Conn
Chapter XCIV.
By Geo. Harlan Lewis, N. Y. City.
Hubbard R. (530 v last issue) rem.
to Maiden, Mass when 16 years of age
where he res until his death, Feb.
10. 1901, a'j 74. He was a policeman
and constable from 1850 to 1860 and a
member of the urst fire department or-
ganized th°re, and drove the first fire
engine. He was engng-^d in building
and during the list 40 years erected a
bout 300 houses in Maiden atid Ever-
ett. Nov 10, 1849 at age of 22, he m
by Rev. C. B. Smith, Maiden, Ma«s.
Ellen M. Tufts ai 22. dau. of Peter
and Hannah (Holden)Tufrs of Maiden,
who survives him with 2 ch.
531. I. Harry R.
532. II. Nellie M. m a Weeks.
Chapter XCV.
From The Beckwiths.
Gurden (470 in error for his father
William (369 v p 118 Vol. XIV. Ed.)
ra 1785 Annie Peck b Jany. 24. 1765,
d Marlow, N. H., May 28, 1858. dau.
of Reynolds and Deborah (Back with)
Peck.
THE L,E\VIS LETTER.
163
Chapter XOVI.
By Emily H, Lewis, Bello.vs Falls, Vt.
My gr father was CjiIberr(4T2 v p 29
Vol. XV); he had 2 sous aud a dan. of
whom Charles (498) was mv father
Will send records soou.
In record of ch of Garden (470) our
record gives ihese dates differiug from
those on p 29 Vol. XV.
Francis M. (489) b Aug. 1827 d May
26, 1869; his sister Polly M (490)
b Sept. 16, 1833, d Juue 16, 1839;
and her sister Sarah A. (492) d in the
winter of 1901
Chapter XOVII.
From the Mudge Memorial.
Nehemiah (536 v p 77 Vol. XV) res.
in Alleghany co , N. Y. m. Elizabeth
Mudge dau. of Abel and Elizabeth
(Skinner) Mudge. Of their ch.
Eli T. (545) d Got. 1, 1837, ae 27;
m Dec. 12, 1830, his cousin, Sarah
Ann Vandorn Davidson, b May 30,
1813, dau. of John and Rhoda (Mudge)
Davidson; she m (2) Oct. 3, 1839
Leonard Snyder. 7 ch b 2 by m (1) and
5 m (2)
549. I. Helen Melinda.
550. II. Elizabeth Miranda.
III. Almira.
IV. Sarah E.
V. Leonard.
VI. Amelia M.
Vn. Martha J.
Chapter XCVIIL
From the New Elaven Register.
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Tuttle
opened their house at 302 Elm st for
an informal musicale for the benefit of
the Tribune Sunshine society of which
Mrs. Tuttle is one of the most inter-
ested. In fact this musicale was a gift
of Mrs. Tuttle's to the society, as she
assumed the expense of the whole
thing. The entire proceeds she hand-
ed over to the Tribune members and
needless to sav the gift was most
heartily appreciated.
Both from a social and musical
staudpoiur, the musicale was a marked
sue jess. The house was filled with
guests, about 160 being present daring
the program, while about 50 had been
asked to the informal reception which
followed at which Mrs. Tattle intro-
duced the members of her house party.
Miss Marion Lewis of Englewood, N.
J., Rev. Edwin T. Lewis (464 v p 134
Vol. XIII) of the First Episcopal
Church of Dayton, Ohio, Miss Con-
stance MacMartey and Miss Gertrude
MacMurtey of Toronto, Canada. The
house was charming with its decora-
tions of pink roses, carnations aud
quantities of ferns and formed a most
artistic background for the many beau-
tifully gowned women guests. Mrs.
Tattle, the hostess, was lovely in a
verv handsome gown of white silk and
laop. An elaborate buffet luncheon
was served. Among the euests at the
recaption were noticed Lieut. Gov.
Woodruff aud Mrs. Woodruff', Mr. and
Mrs. George W. Lewis (v Notes this
issue) .-
Book XIX.
JOHN LEWIS, Wales to Va.
Chapter LIV.
By Wm. Crafford Lewis, Richmond,
Utah.
Our records, in my posses-sion, go
back to my gr father's gr father. John
(7), who had 6 ch b by his first wife.
For if, ag Wm. Terrell Lewis says in
Family History, he m Elizabeth Mc-
Grath who m (2) James Taylor and d
without issue, she was his second wife.
John (7) had 6 ch b Guilford, N.
C, the sons were all Revolutionary
soldiers, principally with Gen. Marion.
436. I. David, b 1730.
437. IL Jacob, b 1734.
438. III. Richard, b 1736.
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UEWISIAIVA,
439. R". John, b 1788.
440. Y. Stephen, b 1741.
441. YI. Sarah, b 1750.
(to be coatinued)
Book XXIV.
GEORGE LEWIS, Eog. to Mass.
Chapter CCCXLIII.
By Marcus W. Lewis, Duluth, Minn.
Freeborn Garrison Lewis (2031, v p
89, Yol. XIY) came with his father to
Dearborn co. lad. His boyhood was
spent on the home farm near Dover.
From 1830 to 1845 he trafficked on the
Ohio and Mississippi Rivers between
Cincinnati and New Orleaus with his
brothers John and Richard. They
often sold large portions of their flat-
boat load of provisions to the masters
of large plantations along the shores of
the Mississippi. He saw the evils of
slavery in all its forms and became a
strong advocate of its abolishment.
After disposing of what proiuce
thny had left on reaching New Orleans
and also selling the flat boat, he would
rjturn to Ciminnati by steamboat.
Becoming very well acqaainted with
the winding cours ■ of the great Mis-
sissippi, he frequently was allowed to
pilot the steamer, to his great delight.
He m (l)Sept. 1830, Adelia Adaline
Smith Lewis, the adopted daughter of
his brother Rolman (2052). She died
at the birth of their daughter in July,
1831, at Miamitown, Hamilton co.
Ohio, and is buried thei^ with her
little babe who lived only a few weeks.
He m (2)Sept. 28, 1845, Aletta M.
Angevine and bought a farm of 150
acres near his fath-r's hom'^ at Dover.
Daring the Civil War he was visited
by Morgan's men on their raid through
Indiana. Gen. Morgan ani staff break-
fasted with his family, while the sol-
diers turned their horses loose into his
fine fields of wheat that had iust been
shocked. His best horses were taken
and after other minor depredations
the raiders moved on to the efist. In
1865 he movei with his family to a
fine farm near Freedom, Lasalle co. ,
lU. where he lived until his death
which occurred April 9th. 1888.
His bereaved wife and children will
long remember his devotion to their
welfare, and his unwearied Labors for
their happiness.
Chapter CCCXLR^
From Gen. Depr. Boston Transcript.
Lothrop Lincoln Lewis (1798> was a
former resident of Natick, Mass. and d
at Ashland Jan. 4, 1905. He was bar-
ied at the ce^metery at his former home,
the funeral services being conducted
by his brother, Rev. George Lewis of
So. Berwick, Me. , and Rev. James A.
Lytle. His four sons acted as pall-
bearers.
Mr. Lewis was b Bridgton, Me.,
April 21, 1^6, and cime of distin-
guished Pilgrim and Puritan ancestry.
On his father's side he was de^cenled
through John Humphrey's wife. Lady
Su-:an Clint m, frjm a hmg line of
English and French royalty. George
Lewis, who came to Plymwutli in 1633,
was a member of Parson Lothrop's
Church in Loudon in 1632. He built
a house on Kent st., Scituite, Mass.,
and one of his descendants, another
Georsre Lewis, an ancestor of Mr. L. L.
Lewis, settled in Bridgtou, Me , in
1796. Mr. Lesvis came from the same
stock as Abraham Lincoln, Anthony
Thacher, who was wrecked on tlie
island off Cape Ann in 1635, Captain
John Gorham, for whom Gorham. Me. ,
was named, Daniel Davis, an ardent
patriot of Barnstable, Mas?., and Rev.
Jodn Lothiop, one of tha fipat minis-
ters of Scituate, Mass., wJio had been
imprisoneil in Loudon for his faitli.
On his mother 8 side he came from
Deacon Jonathan Sanderson, an earl}-
THE LEWIS LETTER.
I<SS
settler of Watertowii, Map?., now Wal-
tharn, aud Fraacis Dadier, wlio settled
in Coucortl.
When eighteen years of age Mr.
Lewis joined Co. E. Is^t Me. Vols, and
took part in the battle3 of Winchester,
Fisher Hill, Cedar Creek and the siege
of Petersburg. He was at the surren-
der at Appomattox. His Civil War ex-
periences were so many and varied
that he often lectured on the subject of
the closing months of the war, and for
years never failed to address the child-
ren of the Public Schools where he
lived at the exercises which preceded
Memorial Day. He delivered the ora-
tion on Memorial Day in his native
town last 3'ear.
Mr. Lewis was an ardent genealo-
gist, and left much valuable material
relating to the history of his family.
He was an enthusiastic worker, and
never gave the result of his researches
to the public until he had verified
them beyond a doubt.
Chapter COGXLV.
By Arthur R. Lewis, Marshall, Mich.
Amo3 Lewis, (2216 v p 117 Vol.
XV) is a physician, residing at Tarkio,
Mo. He graduated from the St. L^uis
Medical College, practiced soccessful-
ly, conducted a drug store, aud finally
turned his attention to farming and
stock raising. Is now interested in
the creameries of his locality. He m
Mar. 24, 1874, at Corning, Mo., Lydia
Emma, dria. of Gr^euberry J., aud
Loraua Willt3t (Loudon) Maddox, b
Nov. 2, 18o4, at Ripley. Ohio. 0 ch b
3rd Center Point, rest Tarkio, Mo.
2229 I. Loreua, b and d Nov 9, 1875.
2230 H. Earl, b Oct. 10, 1876, d Aug.
9, 1878
2231. ni. Minnie Ptarl,b Jan. 25.1879.
2232. IV. Eva Claire, b Oct. 26, 1883
2233. V. Galon Weaver, b Sept. 17,1886.
2234. VI. Lydia Cecil, b Jan. 7, 1889. i
Chapter CCCXLVI.
Alexander Lewis of Lawrence, Kan>as.
Alexander Lewis (1065 v p 38 Vol.
VII) d at his home on Louisiana st.,
Jany. 30, 1905 of heart trouble. He
was b near Ithaca, N. Y., Nov. 13,
1830, was raised on a farm; came to
Lawrence iu 1857 and engaged for two
years with his cousin Gurdon Grosven-
or in the grocery business; went to
Pike's Peak in 1860 but soou returned.
In 1864 engaged in the dry goods busi-
ness with Robert Morrow under name
of Morrow & Lewis but in 1868 bought
the lumberyard on the site of his pres-
ent business.
Mr. Lewis is survived by his only
son Luther N. Lewis, who has been as-
sociated with his father in business,
and by his sister, Mrs, Anna McCon-
nell of Elmira, N. Y.
From The Daily Gazette.
For thirty-gix years he has been do-
ing business in the same place, and it
has been a remarkably successful busi-
ness. At his death Mr. L'^wis was re-
garded a one of the wealthiest, as he
was one of the oldest citizens of Law-
rence. He has devoted himself enrire-
ly to his busin3ss aff lirs. and has taken
no part wdatevr-r in public life, more
than to xercise his rights of citiztn-
siiip.
Mr. Lewis was a man of rare busi-
ness ability, cous.-rvativr) and indus-
trious, a man whose word was as good
as a gold bond, a;jd who had tae es-
teem and respict of every one. His
face and form, so long familiar even to
the oldest residents of Lawrenc ;, will
ba sadly missed by the many friends
he has made in his long life in Law-
rence.
From The Daily Journal.
Mr. Lawis has always been one of
the conservative and substantial citi-
zens of Lawrence, aud while he liag
never held public office, he has always
166
L,EWISIAISA.
taken an interest in the welfare of the
community and has been rea.ly to do
his share in advancing the city to the
position it should hold. He maie a
great many friends iu his lo:jg resi-
dence in the city, and great will be the
regret at the news of his death.
Book XXXIII.
EDMUND LEWIS, Lynn, Mass.
Chapter CLXIX.
By Caroline H. Lewis, Westfield, Mass.
Benjamin Franklin Lewis (196 vp
25, Vol. VIII), brother of the late Al-
bion Wesley Lewis (198 v p 162 Vol.
XIII for portrait), d. Thursday, Jany.
la, 1905, at the home of his son-in-law,
Dr. Clinton W. Strang, 805 Park Ave ,
Bridgeport, Conn. Mr. Lewis was b
Oct. 22nd, 1820, at Lynn, Mass. His
father's family came to Mass. from Ips-
wich England, in 1634 and his mother's
family came from France. The latter
were neighbors and close friends of
Gea. Lafayette. On Lafayette's last
visit to America in 1824 he went from
Boston to Marblehpad to call upon his
old friend t ad playmate, Madam Guil-
ler the grandmother of Mr. Lewis.
He a little boy of four years and his
older sister were present at the inter-
view. His parents finally moved to
Northampton Mass., later on moving
to Westfield where for more than sixty
years Mr. Lewis was engaged in the
shoe business. He was a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church for
over sixty years, having united with
the church at the age of eighteen. In
hi8 long married life of sixty -two
years there had been no deaths in his
immediate family circle till the pres-
ent time. He leaves a wife, two
daughters, Mrs. Ella Lewis Strang
(207) and Miss Marion E. Lewis (208)
of Bridgeport, Conn., one son, Frank
R. Lewis (209) of Springfield, Mass.,
one brother and two sisters and sever-
al grandchildren. Burial in Westfield,
Mass. at Pine Hill cemetery.
Book XXXV.
ROBERT LEWIS, Wales to Va.
Chapter CCXLI.
From Lewis and Clark Journal.
The silver watch worn by Captain
Meriweiher Lewis (64) on the explora-
tion expedition 100 years ago through
the Oregon coantry to the Pacific, and
which was believed to have been
stolen from him when he was murder-
ed iu Teunesee, has apparently been
resurrected. An old lady in Weston.
W. Va., claims to own the identical
timepiece. It will be exhibited in the
Lewis and Clark Collection at the
1905 Exposition.
Chapter CCXLII.
Wedding Bells.
In Trinity Church, Hoboken, N. J ,
Jany. 14, 1905, by the pastor, Rev.
James C. Mitch^l, Elinor Parke Cus-
tis Lewis (150 v p 138, Vol IV) gr dau.
of the late Edwin A. Stevens of Castle
Point, Hoboken, and Thomas Blood-
20od Peck, Jr., of New York City.
The briie's lace veil was one that has
b^en worn by the brides iu the Stev-
ens family for many years. The
bride's mother, Mary Pictoa Stevens,
a belle and a beaaty of her time was
married from Castle Point, the old
Stevens homestead, bat Miss Lewis's
three sisters were all marripd from
Trinity Church
As the family was in moaruing for
Mrs. E. P. C. Lewis, the mother of
the bride, only the relatives and a few
intimate friends were invited to attend
the ceremony and the reception.
Chapter CCXLIII.
From Denver, Colo. Daily News.
I Howell Lewis, Jr. (837 v p 133,
iVol. XV) m Jany. 24, 1831, Emily
THE LEWIS LETTER.
167
Grace Bnrch, 10 cli b.
842. I. George.
843. n. Mary Ellen.
844. III. Angustns D:iiia.
845. IV. Fielding.
846. V. Columbia.
847. VI. Virginia, b Mar. 11, 1844.
848. VII. Betty Fitzhu:^h.
849. Vni. Wm. Howell.
^50. IX. Gaston Ga.vthniaj'.
851. X. Emma Ann.
Virginia (847) wh u 23 years of age
m Charles Haury Ga'-ewood of Tjxa-',
and is still living (h^r portrait is giv-
en in this paper, Ed). 5 ch b.
852 I. Jame5 Howell.
853. II Emma Ann.
854. III. Mary Franklin m Edward
John Batie of Denver, Colo. 2 ch b
1. Betty Washington, ae 7.
2. Edward Lewis, ae 4.
855. IV. Henry Allen.
856 V. Virginia Verna.
readv corrected v p 139, Vol. VI CI, of
calling Isanc (r2)Isaac(6. XLIV). Lew-
isiana shoo Id hd consulted for Lewis
records. Ed).
Book XXXVI.
JOHN LEWIS, Maiden, Mass.
Chapter XL.
From the Hamlin Family.
Clark Lewis (261) b May 3, 1842,
son of Abijah (260) aid Hirriet (Bos-
ton) L'wis, res. in Lewia neighbor-
hood, Harrison, Me., m Ella Ha'ulin,
dau. of Wm. Henry and (Brown)
Hamlin of Bridaton, Me., 6 ch b.
262. I. William C.
263. II. Jennio M.
264. III. Fannie.
265. IV. Frederic.
266. V. Wilfred
267. VI. Florence.
(Tho ancestry of Clark (261) ia giv-
en as Abijah (260) Abijah (259) Abi- |
jah (34) Isaac (26) Isaac (12) William I
1. (XLIV) a Welchman who came to!
Chapter XLl.
By Rev. Ansoj Titus in Boston Tran-
script.
Rollin H. Cooke (v last issue) of
Pittsfield, Mass., d Dec. 10, 1904, a^
61. His death was caused by th^ ex-
plosion of a limp in his apartments
a few hours before. Mr. Ccoke was
thoroughly conversant with the fami-
lies and history of Berkshire County.
He prepared for publication, and car-
ried through the press, the "Phelps
Genealogy and had finished the manu-
script of the Bradford famliy, and had
in hand the Olmstead family. He
was of assistance to v ""ry manv whospi
ancestors had a residence in Berkshire
Co. He possess d copies of very man}'
of the town and church records, and of
gravestone inscriptions in handred=?
of burial grounds. It is understood
that his valuable collfction of histor-
ical manuscripts was bequeathed to
the Public Library in Pittsfield. He
was the husband of the late eminent
poet, Rose Terry Cooke. Mr. Cooke
was a man of noble qualities, and gift-
ed with a fine mind. He was a con-
tributor to the Genealogical Uept,
(Boston Transcript), and when ap-
plied to for assistance, the applicant
was not turned away with an empty
hand.
Boston in 1636 with his wife Amv,
who d Dec. 1. 1671. The compiler of
the Hamlin Family following Farm-
er's Gen. Reg- makes the error, al-
Book XL.
FRANCIS LEWIS, Wales to N. Y.
Chapter LXVIII.
From The Ourlook.
l!i selecting a veteran newspaper
correspondent, Mr. Francis E. Leupp
(v p 153, Vol. VIII), for the responsi-
ble oftic9 of Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, President Roosevelt jjaid a
168
L,Ev^'ISIArvA.
compliment to the profession as well j of Eureka Lodfre, 2524, New Orleans,
as to the man. . . .Mr. Leupp has been | Oct. 14, 1881 ; Grand Dictator frotu
Washington correspondent for the N. March, 1883 to March, 1884; Supreme
Y. "Evening Post" for nearly twenty Representative 1884 85.
years. He has never been a partisan,
and his letters have always been read
able and well informed.
Chapter LXIX.
By James H. Lewis, New York City.
My gt gr father who m Martha dan.
of Dr. John Gale (v p 119, Vol. XV)
was named Ichabod (61) and d 1807.
They had 8 ch b.
62. I. Oliver, b May 17. 1777.
58. II. James, b July 22, 1779.
60. III. Morris, b Sept. 27, 1781.
59. IV. William, b Oct. 26, 1783.
63. V. Samuel, b May 3, 1786
64. VI. Harriet, b July 27, 1788.
65. VII. Martha, b Aug. 13, 1790.
66. VIII. Thomas, b Nov. 5, 1792.
I Alfred J. Lewis(431) m Mar. 2, 1«G5,
i Anna Claire Robinson , youngest ch of
Gen. Joseph and Catherine (Miller)
Robinson of Baltimore, Md. ; res. New
Orleans, La. where 3 ch b.
438. I. Marv Eliza m. — Legendre.
439. II. Joshua Lewis.
440. III. Anna Laidlaw.
Book XLIV.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Roxbury, Mass.
Chapter CV.
By Geo. Harlan Lewis, N. Y. City.
Leander Hurd Lewis (556 v p 92,
Vol. IX; m (1) 1845 Ann Shiraed Gus-
tin, who d Dec. 5, 1871, Sandusky,
O. ; he m (2) Oct. 14, 1873, Amelia
Carpenter. 2 ch b.
762. I. Charles Gustin.
763. II. Fannie m Charles E. Smith
of Sandusky, O. res. Fairibault, Minn, i
Mr. George Harlan Lewis, after vis- i
ting the World's Fair, went to South- ^^^* ^^^^
ern California where he has spent the
winter enjoying the wond'^rful cli-
mate. At present he is at San Diego
Chapter CIX.
From New Orleans Daily Picayune.
Sidney Francis Lewis (429 v p 32
I Vol. XV for portrait) m (1) 18S0
j Clara Davis who d in Feby. 1889; m
I (2) 1892 Evalina Nicaud. 8 ch. 4 by
m '1) and 4 girls by m (2).
441. I. Sidney; B. A. (Tulane Univ.);
is junior professor of Mathematics
in the Boys High School.
442. II. Lillian; B. A. (Sophie New-
i comb) ; m Frank Doaglas Riiney.
I 443. III. John Hampden; is senior at
Tulane Univ. in Dept. of Mechan-
i ical and Electrical Engineering;
j during vacation is an employee of
! the U. S. Engineering Dept.
I 444. IV. Clara is a junior at Sophie
I Newcomb.
1445. V. Evalina ae in 1904 11 years.
446. VI. Edna
Book XLV.
JOHN LEWIS, Ireland to Va .
Chapter C VIII.
From Report of Grand Lodge K. of
H. of La.
Alfred J. Lewis (431 v p 12G, Vol.
XV for portrait) admitted ae member
Mildred
Enid
10
6
4
Chapter CX.
By Alice Dale. Nashville, Tenn.
Joshu\ Lewis (30 v p 49, Vol XV)
was b in Va. Oct. 25, 1772. What is
j the authority that his father was Gen.
j Andrew (3)? (v p 188, Vol. XIII. Ed.)
Chapter CXI.
By Cliarles Lewis, Cincinnati, O.
The history of Augusta Co., Va. by
THE L-EVVIS LEXXER,
I<39
Lewis Peytoa is really a history of
our faaiily (v cliaptcrs in Vol. V Ed.)
My gt gr father was Cbarles (28),
my gr father Charles (US), my father
Charles (249), my name is Charles
(449), my son is named Charles (450)
and my gr son is Charles (451), the
6th in direct line.
Charles Lewis (449) is President of
The James Heekin Co. dealers in the
celebrated Cincinnati High Grade
Roasted Coffee.
Book LIV.
EVAN LEWIS, Wales to Peun.
Chapter XLIX.
By E. J. Lewis, Torrington, Wyo.
Record of ch of John ( I 3) con: inu- d
from p 135, Vol. XV.
John (26) b 5 mo 31, 1737, d 2 mo
5, 1824, m (1) Mary Thomas; m (2)
11 mo 28, 1795, Grace Meredith; 1 ch
b m (1) and 4 ch b m (2).
147. I. Abel.
148. II. Ann,b 8 mo 27, 1776, d 1866,
m Jonathan Thomas.
119. III. Hannah, b 6 mo 28, 1779,
d 1856.
150. IV. John, b 3 mo 29, 1781, d
Mar. 25, 1824.
151. V. Mary, b 4 mo 10, 1783, d 1823.
Evan (27 v p 110, Vol. XIII) had 2
ch by m (1) and 5 ch by m (2)
29. I. Thomas, b 10 mo 27, 1771, d
10 mo 11, 1829.
30. II Sarah, b 11 mo 29, 1772, d 9
mo. 1, 1820.
1. III. Enoch, b 1 mo 29, 1776, for
record v p 189 Vol. XIV.
31. IV. Elijah, b 5 mo, 2, 1778, v p
110, VoL XIII, d 9 mo 2, 1861.
32. V. Abuer, b 11 mo 21. 1779, d 1
mo 25, 1849.
33. VI. Evan, b 8 mo 19, 1782, d 3
mo 25, 1834.
84. VIL Jane, b 8 mo 15, 1786, d 10
mo 22. 1820.
Chapter L.
From Who's Who in .\merica.
Charles L. Lewis (152) v p 118 ami
132 Vol XII, justica Supr-me C jure of
Minn. 1900-6, b Otra^va, Ills., Mar. S,
1852, son of Samuel R. Lewis (153
who was son of Jehu (136 v p 135, Vol.
XV Ed.) educated Ottawa High School
1870-1, Univ. of Chicago 1871-3,
grad. ObeilinCoU. 1876; m Apr. 18,
1880, Janet D. Mojre; admitted to
bur Chicago 1879; settled Fergas
Falls, Minn. 1880; dist. atty. 1884-8:
moved to Duluth, Minn. 1891; dis-
trict judge Uth judicial dist. Minn.
1893-6; a R-epublican; address Daluth.
Book LVL
JOHN LEWIS, Hopkiuton, R. I.
Chapter XIII.
By Eogenia Lewis Babcock, Plain-
field. N. J.
Mrs. Willett Clarke gives me the
following additional details to the
records of the ch of Benjamin (9 v p
43, Vol V)anl Elizabeth (Utter)Lewis.
Clark (16) d Oct. 3, 1885.
Rev. Chas. Manning (18) d Feb.
17, 1883; he was the 11th minister of
the First Hopkinton Seventh Day
Baptist Church v p 53 Vol. XIII (and
writer of the obituary sketch of the
editor's gr mother v p 188 Vol. XII.)
Rev. Henry Bardick (19) d May 24,
1900.
Elizabeth Hannah (20) b Oct. 22,
1825, m Jauy. 22. 1848 Willett
Clarke. 7 ch b.
62. II. Charles Lewis, b Mar. 5, 1851,
m Sept. 12. 1872, Myrtilla A.
Maxson.
63. II. Lydia Eleanor, b Ang. 8, 1853
m Mar. 17, 1886, George W. Bur-
dick.
64. in. Mary Alice, b Feb. 7, 1857,
d Mar. 28, 1875.
65. IV. Truman Albertus, b July 5,
1859. d Dec. 2. 1865.
I70
LrENVISIAISA.
66. V. Fauuie ElizaDerb, b Nov. 23.
1863, d Feb. 13, 1904.
67. YI. Kate Emma, b Feb. 21, 1S65, d
Dec. 20, 1894.
68. YII. Lucy Adelaide, b Aog. 20
1871, m Aug. 27, 1908, S. Jay
Brown.
Book LXXVn.
BENJAMIN LEWIS, Oswego, N. Y.
Chapter YIII.
By Jennie Y. Lewis, N. Y. City.
Benjamin (1) d Grauby, Oswego co,
N. Y. ; had brothers Asa (2) and John
(3) res. Graub}', N. Y. as given p 189,
Yol. YI and also brothers Joseph (30),.
William (31) res. Oswego, N. Y. had
son William (."3) v p 13 Yol. YII and
Samuel (32), my ancestor, whose de-
scendants have held annual reunions
since 1889.
Samuel (32) b Mar. 18, 1770, d Leb-
anon, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1858; m Esther
Gibbons; is supposed to have been b
in Westminster, Mass. whence he
moved to WaterloD aud later Lebanon,
N. Y. 12 chb.
34. L Nathan, b Oct. 27, 1797, d Oct.
5, 1883.
35. II. Ann, b Jany. 7, 1794, d Nov.
2, 1858; had 9 sons and 5 daus.
res. in Mich; a son Angustus Is-
bell now res. in Redlands, Calif.
36. III. Lucinda, m John Rockwell;
6 ch.
37. IV. John, b Apr. 20, 1803, d Oct.
25, 1819.
38. V. George C, b Dec. 22, 1804, d
June 6, 1883.
39. %L Esther, m Truman Billings of
Earlville, N. Y.
40. Vn. Benjamin, b Dec. 3, 1808, d
Jnly 28, 1901.
41. YIII. Edwin, b Nov. 9, 1810, d
in July, 1895(?).
42. IX. William, b Oct. 80, 1812; is
still living.
43. X. uum.
44. XL Mary, m a Seymour; a son
res. in Mass.
45. XII Charles, b Sept. 6, 1819, d
May 15, 1828.
Book CVni.
JAMES LEWIS, of Rhode Island.
Chapter XIY.
From the Pitkin Geneulosy.
Roswell (36 V p 61 Yol. XIII) m
Mar. 10, 1858, Mary Pitkin, b Nov.
4. 1832, d Feb. 3, 1862. dau of Jos-
eph and Lucinda (Smith) Pitkin; res
Poultney and Orwell, Yt. 2 ch b.
72. I. Carrie, b July 8, 1859.
73. 11. Minnie, b Dec. 18, 1861.
I
I Book CXXl.
JOHN LEWIS, Germany to N. Y. State.
Chapter lY.
By John C. Pearson, Cleveland. O.
Among the N. Y. State Rec irds at
Albany is the marriage license of John
(1) and Rachel (Buskirk) Lewis v p 35
Yol. XY. it is dated April 20, 1782.
Record Of Life.
Chicaso, Ills. Marriage Licenses.
Sept. 17, 1904, Armstrong Presley.
ae 34, and Estella Lewis, ae 22.
Sept. 20, 1904, Stanley R. Pierce,
ae 31 of Creston, Ills, and E. Mabelle
Lewis, ae 29.
Sept. 21, 1904, Robert Jones aa 34
and Katherine Lewis, ae 22.
Sept. 22, 1904, Jacob Cohen, ae 31,
and Rebecca Lewis, ae 29.
I Oct. 1, 1904, Aaron Lewis, ae 31,
i and Lillie Elkins, ae 25.
I Oct. 4, 1904, Charles Jackson, ae 28,
, and Annie Lewis, ae 18.
j Oct. 6, 1904, L.O. Lewis, ae 29, of
i Thomson, Ill-\ aud Snsie Freeby, ae 24.
Oct 25, 1904. David P. Lewis, ae
' 27, aud Lulu Cave, ae 82.
Nov. 8, 1904, Edward J. Fray, ae
28, and Cora Lewis, ae 18.
THE LEVViS LETTER.
171
Nov 3, i904, Charles Lewis, ae 38,
and Amauia Petersou, ae 38.
Nov. 8, 1904, EI. E. Howell, ae 30,
of Wheeling, W. Va and M. E. Lewis,
ae 34
Nov. 10, 1904, Gej. H. Taylor, ae
36. and Gertrude Lewis, ae 21.
Nov. 17, 1904, Forest E. Clinkscale,
ae, 25, au'i Mamie Etta Lewis, ae 20.
Nov. IT. 1904, Robert P. Lewis, ae
32, and A la Skelly ae 24.
Nov. 22, 1904, Leo A. Lewis, ae 24,
and Jeannette Baker, ae 24.
Nov 24, 1904, James A. Moorhouse,
ae 27, and Major G. Lewis, as 23.
Nov. 24, 1904, J. F. Deasoa, ae 30,
of Iowa and E. Lewis, ae 26, of West
Pullman, Ills.
Nov. 26, 1904, Francis Carlson, ae
46, and Clara B. Lewis, ae 26.
Notes And Clippings.
M. E. Lewis of Mo cow, Idaho,
writes in Lewis and Clark Journal on
the Pdloase Country's Resources par-
ticjlarly how that portion in the
vicinity of Moscow impresses an Iowa
man. He has spent the last 25 years
in real estate business in Iowa, Minn,
and So. Da.
Mrs. Ernest E. Lewis, VVaterford,
Ct. a member of Committee "Good of
the Order," Conn. State Grange. . . Ira
F. Lewis re opened the Jewett City,
Ct. Hotel OQ the anniversary of the
burning of the old oue Jany. 4, 1904
....A. C. Lewis, Professor in Okla-
homa A. and M. College F. D.
Lewis. l>*wyer, has a large ranch at
Riverside, Calif.... W. J. Lewis, a
wealthy steel magnate of Pittsburgh,
Pa. . . .Divid Wm. Lewis, M-mager of
Title Abstract Co., Riverside, Cjlif
Among Lewis bills before Congress
are those of Atticus, Frauds D.,
Michael, Ogden, Samuel and William
H. for increases of peusion aud John
and Jonithanfor relief, Cong. Record,
Jany. 4-14th.
New Haven, Conu. has been much
interested of late in a proposed radi-
cal ch:\nge in its fiumcial system so
that the city shall be mide to pay as
it goes. In explanation of his plan
George W. Lewis, wlio is a member of
the Board of Finince, says: The reso-
lution is offered as a busiue;s proposi-
tion in the interest of sound finance
and a betterment of the financial con-
dition of the city, by gradually elim-
inating the floating indebtedness and
providing a working capital whereby
cnrrent expenses may be met without
resorting to the expensive plan of bor-
rowing in anticipation of taxes.
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Levis of
SpringSeld, Mass. have taken posses-
sion of the Lewis prop3rty at Grove
Beach, Clinton, Ct. over which there
has been so much litigation for the
past few years. The plaintiff, John S.
Lewis, is a s'^n of Henry Lewis, who
years ago occapied the Lewis home-
stead at Grove Beach and later re-
moved to Clinton, where he built a
hoase at Waterside. He later remov-
ed to Essex and still later to Chester.
Henry Lewis was the inventor of tha
Lewis auger bit. He worked for Rus-
sell Jennings Mfg. Co. for years and
died in Meriden some years ago. The
widow and the plaintiff reside in
Springfield. The defendants are Wil-
liam I. Lewis, U. S. Post Office In-
spector of Middletown, Ct., Isaaore I.
Lewis, his wife, and John S. Wiuship.
John Lewis, uncle of Wm. I. Lewis,
a former owner, it was claimed, offer-
ed the house and farm to Henry Lewis
if he would care for him as long as he
lived. The defendants claimed the
agreement was not carried out and the
property given to them, where the In-
spector with his family have spent
their summers for many years.
There is a keep-eyed, wrinkled old
173
L-,EV\'ISIAIVA.
I
man in Springfield, O. , wIjo is watch- ! of others. Don't hesitate to send yoar
ing the events transpiring in the Far j answers however meagre tliey may be.
East with unusual interest. Half a I your mite may furnisli tlie clew which
century ago be was fighting Russians j has long been souglit for in vain. For
himself. For ten months of alternat- ! convenience of reference these queries
ing suffering, weariness and excite- 1 will be numbered. Always give num-
ment he camped and fought on the I ber in replying.
chalk hills of the Crimea, doing his j 191. Ancestry of Russell Lewis b near
share in pouring forth the rain of Boston, Mass. , became a merchant at
missiles that in the end left Sebasto- | Frankfort, Ky. where he d in Sept.
pel a crumbling ruin. | 1823. He m 1821 Maria Bell and had
This man is Frederic Lewis, one | 1 ch b Frankfort, Ky.
time sharpshooter in the Qaeeu'sjl, Dr. Russell Bell, b Mar. 31,1823,
army, later a captain in the American | d Oct. 22, 1903, a noted phjsician of
Union Army in the War of the Re- j St. Charles Co., Mo.
bellion. For five years he served i 192. Ancestry of Ren ben Lewis who
under the British flag. Then he asked ; rem. from N. Y. to Monroe, Mich,
for his discharge and came to America. ! about 1806, served with Hull in War
The Civil War broke out. He enlisted I of 1812; vva? m twice; d Winchester,
at Toledo, O., and for four years more j Ky. 1839. 6 ch.
he followed the fortunes of war. As j I. Silas, b June 10, 1790.
Sebastopol had been the climax of his ; H. Lovica.
sacrifices for the English crown, so j III. Diadama.
Petersburg and the fall of Richmond | IV. Enoch,
wera the crowning glory of his ser- i V. Reuben
vice under the Stars and Stripes. VI. dau. rem.
Capt. Lewis wears a meda.1 awarded
him for bravery during the siege of
to Paris, Mo.
193. Ancestry of Daniel Lewis b Oct.
13, 1767 ; went about 1800 from Rowan
CO, N. C. to Greene Co., Ohio, 13 ch b.
Sebastopol. It was presented to him
bv the Queen and bears the names of 1 1. Sarah, b 1789
"Alma, Balaklava and Sebastopol" j II. Rebeckah, b 1791
and on the nv-rse is a likeness of ! III. Joseph, b 1793
Queen Victoria. In the siege he was | IV. Nancy, b 1795
a sharpshooter end was among the i V. Daniel, b 1797
band of fighters who picked off the ; VI. Eleanor, b 1799
gunners in the Russian fortifications, i VII Abijah, b 1800
Considering his many ye.irs of active ! VIII. Elizabeth, b 1802
service in actual warfare bis escape | IX. Hannah, b 1805
from wounds was almost miraculous, j X. Thirza, b 1806
as he was n°ver even slig)itlv injured, ! XI William, b 1809
though often in the thick of a verit-
able rain of Russian shells.
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XII. Polly, b 1811
XIII. Elijah, b 1812
194. Ancestry of Jesse Lewis, b July
20, 1770, d 1813 Lexington, Ky. By ra
(1) he bad dans. Mary Ann, Catherine
and Rebecca and m (2) Jane Lo2an
and had ch. Margaret, Samuel H. and
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CXVII. Nathan, 1750, Wales to Pa.
CXVm. William, 1777, Athol, Mass.
CXIX. Yiuceiit, 1709, Virginia.
CXX. Abijah Peco, 1755, France to Me.
CXXI. John. 17r>0, Germany to N. Y.
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VI. Joseph, 1747, R. I. to N, Y.
VII. Joshna, 1680, Wales to Conn.
VIII. John, 1661, Westerly, R. I.
LEWISIANA is entered as second class mat-
ter at the Post Office at Guilford. Conn., and is
F Tinted by The Shore Line Times Press, Guil-
ord.
INDEXES.
Indexes have been preparfxl in the form of
card catalogues, whit^ are kept completed to
the date of the latest issue. These indext-s
cover both Lewis I..etter and Lewisiana and are
for all male Lewises and for all other names
than Lewis. Until some means is de\-ised bv
which these can be printed the Editor will
furnish these references to all subscribers who
will send stamps to cover cost of reply.
List of the Books of the Lewises,
Earliest Ancestors— When and Where.
Missing nmnbers are of Merged Books.
CIV. William, 1777, England.
CV. Thomas, Wales to Bucks-co , Pa.
CVI. John, 187:>, Eng. to Mass.
CVII. Jonas, 1088, Eng. to N. Y.
CVIII. James, 1750, Rhode Island
CIX. William, 1740, Ireland to Va.
ex. John, 1774, Berkshire, Mass.
CXI. Joseph, Monmoath, Wales.
CXII. Humphrey, Wales to New Eng.
CXIII. Samuel, Glamorgan, Wales.
CXIV. William, 17-20, Conn, to Vt.
CXV. John, 1743, Wales to Ct.
CXVL George, 1800. Eng. to Maine.
Contents For April, 1905.
Cicero H. Lewis
George \V. Le^vis
A Vt. Lewis iu Revolution
Lewis Alumui of Trinity College
Lewis in Wales
I Lewis Physicians
Genpalogical Records
Book 11. Chapters 221 and 222. . .
" V. Chapter 17
" VIII. Chapters 4S6 to 488. .
" XII. Chapter 402
" XIIL Chapters 99 and 100. .
'* XIX. Chapter 55
" XXIV. Chapters 347 to Hoi .
" XXXIII. Chnpter 1 70
" XXXIX. Chapter 18
" XL Chapter 70
" XLIII. Chapter 55
" XLIV. Chapter 106
" XLV. Chapter 112
'' XLVII. Chapters 44 aud45.
'* LIII. Chnpter 47
" LR'. Chapters 51 to 54. . . .
" LXXXI. Cdapter 37
" XCIX. Chapter 0
" CVIII. Chapter 15
" CXXIII. Chapters 1 and 2. .
Record of Life
Notes
Clippings
Queries
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UEVVISIAIVA.
Who Was He?
By William E. Curtis iu Chicago
Record- Herald.
The people of Portland have always
been fa-Jions for pulling together.
The city shows the consequences and
public spirited citizeaa iu ot;her towns
would do well to study the methods
and the means by which thi indi-
viduals aud commercial associations
have secured for Portland the unique
aid cojamanding position it occupies.
Four man, all of them whom have
passed away, are credited with the
commercial triumphs of Portland, and
to them the financial stability of the
city is chiefly due. They were Henry
W. Corbett, Henry Failing, William
S. Ladd and Cicero H. Lewis.
Cicero H. Lewis came to Portland
ou the same vessel with Henry Failing
and went into the grocery business,
in which be made a handsome fortune.
He was a native or Cranbary, N. J.,
the son of a farmer, bat when he was
20 years old he went over to New York
city and obtained a position in a store.
Taere he g-ained a thorough knowledge
of the mercautile business. He was a
broad-miuded, far-sighted mau, in-
terested in mauy important enterprises
and a leader in public improvements.
By David C. Lewis, Cranbury, N. J.
Nathan Lewis (1) who d English-
towu, N. J., had 3 sons
2. L William, who d Farmer, Cayuga
CO., N. Y., anl had 3 sons
5. I. William.
6. II. Nathan, d abt. 1896.
7. HI. John N., d Cayuga ca.,
N. Y.
a. IL John N., d abt. 1833, Cranbary,
N. J., m Mary daa. of David Cham-
bers. 4 ch. b.
8. I. Emeline, les. N. Y. City.
9. II. William.
10. III. David Chambers, rt^-.
Cranbury, N. J.
11. IV. Cicero Hant.
4. III. Beujamin, d Philadelphia; 2
cb. b.
12. I. T O. (soa) res. San Fran-
cisco.
13. II. Martha d in 90's Phila-
dephia. William (9) removed to
Portland, Ore. , anl had 6 ch. b
there, of whom tha eldest
14. I. Mary Emma mDr. Bicgham;
res. Walla Walla, Wash.
Cicero Hant (11) removed to Port-
land where he d in Jany 1897. 5 ch.
b Portland, Ore.
15. I. Cicero Hunt.
16. n. David Chambers.
17. HI. John Couch.
18. IV. Lucius Allen.
19. V. Robert Wilson.
From Universities and Their Sons.
David Chambers Lewis (16) b Port-
laud, Ore., Nov. 21, 1867, son of
Cicero Hant (1) and Clementine Free-
man (Couch) Lewis, was prepared for
college in schools of his native town
and in Lawrenceville, N. J,, and was
graduated from Prince town in class of
1890. After leaving Princeton, be
took up po;t graduate work in tlie
School of Mines at Columbia, then
went abroad and studied iu Paris,
France. Ee adopted architecture as
his profession and is engaged in busi-
ness in Portland, Oregon, at the
present tii:::e. Mr. Lewis is a mem-
ber of the Zeta Psi Fraternity and of
the University Club of San Francisco
and of the Arlington Club of Portland.
A N^w Haven Reform.
From the Register of Dec. 9, 1904.
Being convinced that the plan under
which the city has been operating fin-
ancially for a long term of years,
namely that of expending its money
THE LEVVLS LETTER.
IT^
uearh- a rear before it gets it mil pay- | i>lan. As soon as the charter has been
iug interest on the fund, is a bad poli- j aiueuded, New Hav.^u will stand com-
mitted for two year.s to tli3 prin:iplt-
of conductiug the bu^iuess of Nt^w Ha-
veD on abusiuess basi*.
We cougratulatG Mr. Lewis and the
city upon the cu::come of his attempt
to improve our fiuaucial habits. It is
no excuse for pcrsistieg iu a bad policy
that its correctiou will temporarily iu-
convenience some en?, which i^ prac-
tically what the opposition has claimed.
cy George W. Lewis, of the board of
finance has prestnieda proposition to
his cjllejgues which he hopes will
remedy conditions. Mr. Lewis does not
contend that his plan is absolutely
the correct on ^ but he states that it
may result in an agitation which will
bring forth a perfected piece of legis-
lation.
^f^^^^^^-j^y^f^f:;:^
George W. Lewis.
By Courtesy of the Xew Haven, Ct.
Register,
From the Register of March 3, 1905.
After munths of argument and de-
bate the board of finance has agriel
on a plan for the collection of the city's
taxes, the ultimate object of which be-
ing to do away with the cusrom of
borrowing money iu anticipation of
taxes. By the final note taken last
nighi just one-third of the Lewis plan
is adopted.
This is in substance, as well as in
Lewises Who Served Their Country
State of Vermont,
Adjutant General's Ofifice,
Montj^elier, September 25, 1903.
I hereby certify, That the following
is a correct transcript from the records
on file in this office, regarding soldiers
who served in the Revolution'\ry War.
Extract :
Benjamin Lewis was a private in
the First Company (Capt. Dan. Corn-
stock) iu the Sixth Regiment in the
State of Vermont for services in Alarm
in the month of Oct. 1780. 12 djys
(15. 4d) ^ per day; amount £0. 16.
0; mileage, £1. 10. 0; Total pay £2.
6. 0.
He was in Capt. Eli Brownson's
Company in Col. Ira Allen's Regiment
of Militia for service doue in re-tak-
ing of Lt. Wm. Elauchard, taking of
tories, &c, &c, May 1TS2. 3 days;
1^ per day; 35 miles travel at 4 d;
total pay £0. 15. 8.
He was in Capt. Timothy Bush's
Company under the direction of Col.
Peter OIcDtt at the time the enemy
came to Royalton, Oct, 16, 1780. 3
days; 4s per day; 40 miles travel at
4d. £0. 13. 4; total pay £0. 17. 4,
He was in Capt. Eli Brownson's
Co., Col. Ira Allen's Regt. of Militia
that marched to Castleton, Oct. 20,
faor, an endorsement of the Lewis j 1781, 10 days; Is 4d per day; wages
176
L-EWISIAIVA.
£1. 1. 4; oO miles travel £0. IG. 8:
total pay £1. IS. 0.
He was iu Capt. Dauiel Comstock's
Co. for five diys' service done iu
April 1778, by order from Gov. Cbit-
teuden; entered service April 22, dis
cbargecl April 23; 2 days; pay £0. 3. 4.
He was m part of same co. that
turned oat on the emergence of March
22 and Mar. 26, 1780. 1 day; wages
Is 4d. 15 miles, to«-al pay £0. 6. 4.
W. H. Gilmore, Adjutant Geueral.
Lewis Alumni of Washington now
Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. ,
1829. Alfred Jefferson (42S.XLV).
1829. Samul Seymour (1394. XXIV)
Mr., S T.D. 184ri, Tutor 1830-32,
Bibliothecarius 1831-32.
1862. James Ivers (3378. YIH), Mr.,
Curator 1881-90; d Apr. 23, 1890,
ae. 50.
1865 honoris cmsa. Wm. Henry (1831.
XXIV), Mr. 1878, S.T.D. 1898.
1871. Thomas Chew (3027.Xni), Mr.
1877, LL. B. Cjlumbia 1878; d
Oct. 29, 1881, ae. 34.
1872 honorarius Alonzo Norton (450.
XH). Yale 1852 (18^'.6) et. Mr.
Yale 1863, ad eund.
1877. Georgo Frederick, M. D. . Yale
1884. (Who can place? Ed.)
1893. Charles Augustus, (3566. VHI)
1893. John Williams (2211.XXrS').
Mr.,LL. B. Yale i897.
Lewis In Wales.
From History of Powys Fadog.
XVH. Ambrose Lewis (v p 333 Vol.
XV) m Catharine dau. and co-heir
of Roger Davies of Erlys. 6 ch.
XVni. 1. John b 1666.
2. Samuel b ]07fi.
3. Ambrose, Jr.
4. Grace, b 1664 d 1671.
5. Dows3 d 1668.
G. Mary m Robert Puleston of
the family of Havod 3' Wern.
XVIII. Ambrose, Jr., m Eleanor who
m (2) Mar. 23, 1722-3 Major John
Lloyd, d Wroxbam, 1737. 6 ch. b.
XIX. 1. Mary b I681 d infancy.
2. Ambrose b 1690.
3. Martha b 1702.
4. Edward b 1704.
5. Elizabeth b 1706.
6. Thomas b 1712 d infancy.
XIX. Ambrose buried at WrexJiacn
Nov. 8, 172S. m M irtha buried Jaay
3, 1754. 4 ch. b.
XX. 1. Eleanor in Rev. John Lloyd
of Gwrych.
2. Elizabeth d infancy.
3. M-irtha b 1726 d nnm.
4. Anne b 1728.
Lewis Physicians.
The editor realizes this list is far
from complete but publishes the list
in the hope each reader will send
names and aldresses of tliose omitted
for the supplementary list which will
follow. In previous issues appeared
lists for the states as far as Kentucky.
Louisiana.
Oliver B., Dubach.
Murphy D , Eunice.
Wm. C, Norwood.
W. E., Yocum.
New Orleans, La.
Ernest S , No 124 Baronne, N. O.
Geo. W., No 109 Bourbon, N. O.
Hampden S., No. 124 Baronne. N, O.
Maine.
Geo. A., Springfield.
Harriet M., Portland.
Philip P. , Gorham.
Maryland.
John L., Betheside.
John L., Kensington.
Wm L. , Kensinatoa.
Chas. O. , Blad^nsburg.
John L., Bethesda.
Milton W.,No. 1220 Linden, Baltimore.
Massachusetts.
Arthur C, Fall River.
THE LEWIS LETTTER.
177
Joshua F., State [louse, Boston.
Mariou H , No. 143 Couc ird. Boston
Wm. E., No. 6 Madisou, Bosron.
Michigan.
W. F. , Chirlevoux.
E. D , Flint.
Chas. H., JacksDu.
Edgar D , Otesville.
E. E., Port Hurou.
Levi L , Charlevoux.
Wm. F., Charlevoax.
Reuben M., Sagnaw.
Tha3d us Norwood.
(To be continued)
ets. Tne abbreviatious comiuouly
nsed in genealogical wnrlj are usnrl as
b. for born; d. died; rn, married; m.
(1) first wife; dau. daagbter; uum.
not married; v. p. see oage; etc.
Extra Issues.
Books Vm, XII, XXIV, XXXV, LIV.
In ea-^b of tbese Books are now on
hand enough records to make a com-
plete JsiU'^. There are in each of these
lines those who are anxious to have
these records prin!:ed in Lewisiana as
som as possible. Are there twenty in
each Book who will contribute a dollar
each for a special issue to be devoted
to that one Book? Or ten who will
contribate two dollars or four who
will contribute five dollars for this
desirable end?
Book 11.
BENJAMIN LEWIS, Stratford, Conn.
Chapter CCXXI,
From the Field G.n-ialogy.
Clara (2023 vp 100 Vol. XI) dau.
of Garry (135) Lewis of White Plains,
N. Y., m Samartl Augustus Crane
Field, b Aug. 13, 1820, d Oct. 27,
1866, son of Samuel and Charlotte
(Crane) Field. No ch.
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS.
Explanations, Abbreviations, Etc.
For conv-nience the records of the
various Lewis families are divided
into Books and each Book into
chapters. At the head of ea?h Book
appears th^name of the earliest known
ancestor of that family. The List of
Books is a complete index to the Books
as published to this time. New Books
will be add'd from time to time as
new bran2h3s of the Lewis faiuily
are found. As soon as Books are
proved parts of others they will be
merged into the Books to which they
belong. Each name is namberert when
first printed oud wheu'iver the name is
repeated this number follows in brack-
Chapter CCXXII.
( From the Leavenworth Gfn^alogy.
j H nry (427 v p 116 Vol. XIII), hotel
j keeper of Monroe, Ct., m Grace
I Aurelia Baardsley, dau. of Jared and
! Grace (Perry) Beardsley of Monroe,Ct.,
j a dau.
'3134. I Elizabeth, m a Clark; no ch. ;
she res. (1873) a widow at Monroe, Ct,
Book V.
RICHARD LEWIS, Wales to R. L
Chapter XVII.
By H. H. Lewis, Carthage, N. Y.
j Mary Ann Adaline (56 v p 165 Vol.
iXIV) m Apr. 30, 1854, Chas. W.
j Cross, b Mar 23, 1830. Mr. and Mrs.
I Cross obscrvei the 50th anniversary
' of their marriage on Apr. 30, 1904.
I Mrs. Cross being the third one in her
j family who has lived to celebrate a
I like event. This brau:!h of the Lewis
! family seem to be noted for longevity
I as will be seen if one follows closely
the records. Mr. anl Mrs. Cross re-
side in the village of Philadelphia,
are respected and upright citizens,
members of the Baptist Church ro
which they are true and loyal. Mav
they live long years yet and enj )y
life's bright and beautiful sunset to
which they are justly entitled. 3 ch. b.
178
LEWISIAIVA.
97. I. George L., b Dec. 25, lSo6, m
Dec. 21, 18S2, Sarah J.. Welch.
1. Ethel C, b Sept. 3, 1884.
2. Leslie L., b Sept. 7, 1886.
3. dau. baud d May 6, 1908.
98.11 Frank L.. b Jan. 13, 1839, m
— 24, 1894, Kate Mack.
99. III. Bertha E., b Mar. 22, 1871,
m Nov. 7, 1898 Chauncey Welch.
1. Donald Robert, b Feb. 10,
1903.
Book Vm.
JOHN LEWIS, Westerly, R. I.
Chapter CDLXXXVI.
By James H. Kelly, Rochester, N. Y.
Burton Hammond and Elizabeth
Ann (3595 Lewis v p 57 Vol. XY)
Hiraes had 4 eh. b andd Berlin, N.Y,,
except the 2nd b Troy, N. Y.
3689. I. Herbert Lavega.
3690. II. Herbert Burtou.
3691. III. Marshall.
3692. IV. AUeda,m Lester Manchester,
son of Philander and (Bills)
Manchester of Berlin, N. Y.,
where they res. 1 ch. b.
I. Lizzie Pearl.
Leonard Lester (3598) and Phebe
(Van Woaart) Lewis had 4 ch. b Ber-
lin, N. Y.
3693. I. Leonard Lester, b June 22,
1876.
3694. II. Cory Alice, b Oct. 4, 1878.
3695. III. Edith, b Nov. 22, 1882.
3698. IV. Mabel, b Aug. 13, 1884.
Chapter CDLXXXVH.
By Miles K. Lewis, Lompoc, Calif.
Job (3640 V p 129 Vol. XV) son of
Joseph (103) andMar^ (Stanton) Lewis,
m Peggy Marshall. All the ch. bnt
two joined the Mormons at or near
Westfield, N. Y., thence moving to
Kirtland, O., and thence to Knox co.,
III. Some went later to Wisconsin.
The older members were Millerites
and were quite prominent. Job (3640)
had a doable tlmnb and was a stem
man possessing much force of char-
racrer 7 ch. b of whom further rec-
ords are much desired.
3G97. I. Lloyd.
3698. II. Lorenzo, d abt. 1900 Salem,
Ore.
36U9. III. Ludlow left the Mormons
in dissrust and went to Chicago.
3700. IV. Lodoric.
3701. V. Luther.
3702. VI. Lecta.
3703. VII Lacy
To be continued.
Chapter CDLXXXVIII.
By Henry H. Lewis, Carthage, N. Y.
William G. Biugham (3517 v p 116
Vol XIV) m Mar. 22, 1848 Lucy O.
Leonard. 5 ch. b.
I. George W., b Janv 22, 1849. m Feb.
27, 1878, Lydia Van Schaick. 3
ch. b.
1. Smith H., b Jany 5, 1879.
2. Grace M., b Apr. 22, 1S82.
3. W. Howard, b Aug. 27, 1892.
II. Charles L , b Mar. 11, 1851, m
July 3, 1870, Viola Foster. 2
ch b.
1. Alma L., b Oct. 18, 1874, m
Jany 25, 1899, Robert Ro Dee.
2. Foster, b July 16, 1879.
III. Helen M , b Aug. 12, 1S53. d
Sept. 9, 1855.
IV. Frank C, b Feb. 29, 1860, m Dec.
17, 1884, Ella Brogden. 3 ch. b.
1. Glenn E., b Nov. 5, 1S85.
2. Effie, b Feb. 10, 1888.
3. Cora, b Mar 6, 1890.
V. Ella S.,b Mar. 11. 1864, m Nov.
26, 1881, John J. Case.
Book XII.
WILLIAM LEWIS. Farmingtou.Cuuu.
Chapter CDII.
By Harry W. Lewis, Erie, P^mi.
Horatio B. Lewis (1812 v for por-
THE LEWIS LETTER.
179
trait 151 p Vol. XIII aud record p 7
Vol. XIV) d at his home Ypsilanti,
Mich., Saturday eveuiug. Feb. 4, 1905,
as the culmina'iou of aa attack of
pneumonia.
Horatio B. Lewis was b in a hotel
at Dexter, Mich., May 25, 18G4, the
son of an Episcopal rector. His ante-
cedents were Welsh on both sides, his
maternal gt. gr. father having been
born in Wales.
He was a gr. son of Marcus, Sr.,
(1638) and gfc. gr. son of Zuriel, Sr.,
(1236), a Revolution ir\- soldier of
Connecticut.
Starting at the lowest rung in the
ladder, iu the office of tbe Elk Rapids
Lumber and Flouring Mill Co., and
Charcoal, Iron, Wood Alcohol and
Acetate of Lime Produc3rs Co., he in
twenty-one years rose to be vice-presi-
dent and general maua:?er.
July 1st, 1903, he becane vice presi-
dent and general resident manager of
the Caba Produca Co., Santiago
Province, Island of Cuba, conrrollina
80,000 acres timber and grazing lands,
80 miles inland from Santia:?o Cit\'.
His portrait appeared in Tha Michi-
gan Tradesman, of Feb. 8tb, 1905,
and the following is a portion of the
many good things said of him in that
issue.
Finding that he could not eudure
the Cuban climate, Mr. Levvis resigned
his position there about six months
ago and returned to Michigan to take
a position with the Wm. H. Wliite
timber interests at Boyne Citj'. He
was employed in this capacity when
death overtook him.
Mr. Lewis m Aug. 19, 1889, Harriet
Cloves of Elk Rapids an<l was the fa
ther of six children, two boys and
four girls.
Personally Mr Lewis was one of the
most companionable of men.
He was of medium height and build.
with a cheerful manner, and speaking
alway.'? with a firm dcjisiveiiess. He
was of the nervous temj eramenr. He
confessed to no fads. Ho believed iu
recreations. If he had any j/reten-
tions they were those of a man suc-
cessful in business. He hai no politi-
cal ambition beyond doing his duty
as a citizen. He held that willing-
ness to be a duty. At 40 years of age
he was still a young man in looks and
actions, with every prospect of a long
and prosperous career.
Mr. Lewis was an earnest Christian
and his greatest rnjovment was in tbe
work of the church, of which he was
a lay reader. The Sabbath services,
the activity at the parish house, the
welfare of his rector, the enlargement
of the sanctuarv and the broader
efforts of the theological schools and
the domestic and foreign missions
were to him matters of pleasurable
and absorbing interest.
It would hardly be fitting at this
time to give more than a passing
glance at Mr. Lewis's beautiful de-
votion to wife and children, to brotli-
ers and sisters. He rose to the full
height of all domestic daties; to him,
indeed, they were not duties but joys,
for he cherished tenderly every family
tie, and he could not draw a cheerful
breath until those dearest to him
shared in the rich happiness of his
young and radiant life.
As a tribute to a life in rich effective
performance and in deference to the
sentiments of a wide circle of surviv-
ing friends, we record this testimony
to the noble character, the massive
and solid integrity, the large, warm,
generous heart, the brilliant and gifted
mind, the abounding eueray of oar
beloved friend. As long as life and
memory may linger in our mortal
frames we shall cherish the recollec-
tion of his lofty spirit and winning
ISO
LEWISIArVA.
luaiiuers, simple, sweet oud genial.
The beuevoleiice of his heart shoue
oat iu the euaiagitig smile, iu the
keeu au1 peuetraritig yet kindly eye,
whioh gained for hi.u a friend in every
acquiiutance. No man evcT lived
whose granite like probity inspired
quicker or more lasting trust. To
know Horatio Lewis was to like him;
to kmw him well was to love him
and trust him to the sates of death
And what living oreaturd ever trusted
him in vain? His simple word was
a to.ver of streugch. When did he
ever fail in the whole span of his
short but shining life to fulfill his
plighted faith with a chastity of honor
tint knew no stain -nav, when did
he fail to beggar his promise by the
opulence of his performance? Gifted
he was b^t his strength lay as much
in moral weight as in mental endow-
ment, and his remarkable success was
only the destiuy of character.
Book XIII.
JOHN LEWIS, New London, Conn.
Chapter XCIX.
By Sarah Brown Fowler, Guilford. Ct.
Velorus C. Lewis (551 v p 54 for
portrait) m Aug. 14, 15G8, Georgiauna
W. Griffing, b Nov. 24, 1847; 4 ch. b,
553. I. Paalins b Apr. 5, 1872, m
Oct. 10, 1898, Edward Pauly;
1 ch.
553. I. Catherine, b Oct 15,1899.
55:3. IL Cyrus, b Nov. 7, 1874.
55 1. III. Earl, b Jung 20, 1878.
555. IV. Josephine, b June 12, 1883.
Veloraa C. Lewis (551) b Friend-
ship, N. Y., July 20, 1844, fojrth ch.
of Cyrus (548 v p 77 Vol. XV) and
Marietta (ChTpmau) Lewi.s.
Chapter C.
From the Early Germans of N. J.
The old Alexandria churc'i at Mt.
Pleasant in Hunterdon co. is supposed
to date back to the 3'ear 1752. At
any rate there was a Presbyterian con-
gregation and a log churcli here at that
date as they are referred to in the rec-
ords of the New Brunswick Presbvtery
... .It is probable tba*; both a German
Reformed and also an English Presby-
terian congregation ociupied the same
building. The first pastor of the Eng-
lish part of the congregation was Rev.
Taomas Lewis (18), 1752-3 and per-
haps longer.
Book XIX.
JOHN LEWIS, Wales to Va.
Chapter LV.
By William Crafford Lewis, Richmond
Utah.
David (436 v last issae) had 12 ch.
b Goilford, N. C.
442. I. Percilia, b 1763.
443. II. Izaah, b 1765
444. III. Jacob, b 1767.
4t5. IV. Joab, b 1770.
416. V. Catherine, b.
447. VI. Cosby, b 1776.
448. VIL Neria'i, b 1778.
449. VIII. Benjamin, b 1780.
450. IX. Elizabeth, b 1782, m a
Woidall.
451. X. Tarlton, b 1784.
452. XI. Hmnah, bl786, ma Harlin.
453. Xa. Peter, b 1788.
Book XXIV.
GEORGE LEWIS, England to Mass.
Chapter CCCXLVII.
By Evelyn Briggs Baldwin, Edna,
Kansas.
As yoa j^erhaps know, for some
years I ha7e been acrively interested
in Arctic exploranon. bat historical
and genealogical research also atforrls
me grea:; pleasure and a vast amoaut
of instruction.
I am a de.scendant of Sarah (9; dau,
of George (1) and Sarah (Jenkins)
THE LEWIS LEXTER.
181
Lewis, wlio wore iu the Plyiuoutli
Colouv before 11)33. My Lewis de-
scent is materual and as follows: —
I. George Le^vis m Sarab Jenkins.
II. Sarah Lewis m James Cobb.
III. Tbaukful Cobb m Maj. Thos.
Pdin^.
IV. Abn-r Paine m Jan^^ Doane.
V. Eunice Paine m David CowIps, b
Oct. 31, 1760, d Jany — , 1829.
VI. Charlotte Cowles, b Nov. 6 1787,
d Apr. 9. 1850, m Nov. 3, 1808,
Jedi.iiah Dodlev, b Aug. 10, 1786,
d Oct. 12, 1833.
VII. Lucy Elart Dudley, b Saybrook,
Ct., Sept. 3, 1820, d Naperville,
111, Feb. 18,1891, m Jany 10,
1839, Nathaniel Cramptou, b
Guilford, Ct., Mar. 4, 1814, d
Naperville, 111., June 25, 1897.
VIII. Julia Cornelia Crampton, b June
1, 1840, d Nov. 24, 1866, m Sept.
7, 1861, Lt. Col. Elias Briggs
Baldvin, 8rh Mo. Cav. Vols. U.
S. A. (Civil War).
IX. Evelyn Briggs Baldwin b July
22, 1862.
(Mr. Baldvin wis leader of the po-
lar expedition sent out in 1901 by
William Zngler "to plant the Ameri-
can flag at tbe north pole." In his
report Mr. Baldwin says:— "For the
fir^t time in the history of north polar
exploration a photographic record has
been secured of the ice aad snow con-
ditions of tbe arctic and of the animal
life of those regions so complete as to
be practically exhau.stive. Iu this re-
spect the kinematograpb hag played a
most important part — the first time it
has ever been successfully employed
in the far north — and we now have
over 1,000 perfect photographic repre-
sentations of our work" Ed.).
sight-singing (Solfeggio) ; 200 pp. cloth
-$1 50 net; a publicition of the New
England Conservatory of Music. The
exercises written and selected by Leo
R. Lewis, Protessor of the History
and Tueor}- of Music in Tufts College.
This work is unque3tiouibly the most
complete treatise of the sort ever is-
sued. It is adapted to class use, to
private teaching, or to individual
study. It is as unique in its careful
gradation as in its comprehensiveness.
It is not merely for students of vocal
art, but for all who would be well
equipped musicians. Hinds, Noble &
Eldredge, Publishers, N. Y. City an-
nojnce School Songs with College
Flavor compiled and edited by Leo
Rich Lewis, A. M. ; price 50 cents.
Born Nov. 12tb, 1904, at Marshall,
Mich., a son to Prof. Fred'k M. Town-
send and wife, Isabel M. (Lewis)
Townsend. (40 LXXIX v p 92 Vol. IX.
Married, Jan. 2d, 1905, at the Pres-
byterian rectory in Battle Creek,
Michigan, by Rev. W. S. Potter,
Arthur Reed Lewis, (38 LXXIX v p
92 Vol. IX) and Miss Amelia Mary
Robinson Greenfield, dau. of Thomas
and Lucy Jane (Robinsou) Green-
field, b May 2, 1874, at West Kensing-
ton, London, Eugland.
Mrs. Lewis comes from an old
Lincolnshire English family and be-
fore her marriage was a trained nurse,
having gradaated from the New York
Infant Asylum, and Qaeeu Charlotte's
Hospital, London. During the Span-
ish-American War she servei with
Clara Barton's Red Cross Corps at
Port Tampa and Chickamauga Park.
Chapter CCCXLVIII.
Here and Tiiere in tlie Family.
Melodia an exhaustive course iu
Chapter CCCXLIX.
By K. Adella Hill, HammoutOD, N. J.
Elijah Robinson Kennedy, Director
of the Hist. Soc. of L. L, b Hartford,
Ct., May 6, 1844, son of Leonard (13S3
v p 169 Vol. X) m Dec. 2, 1S74.
182
L,EWISIAIVA.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Lucy Brace Pratt,
b. Feb. 27, 1846. She owns a fiue
portrait of Fanny Pamela Lewis (1382)
and also six heavy silver table sj^ons
that were hers. These spoons are dec-
orated with sheaves of wheat crossed
by a sickle and baskets of flowers upon
the handles
My mother Eliza M. Pratt, dau. of
James and Tamsin (1433 Le.visv p
136 Vol. XI) Pratt of Fair Haven, Vt.,
has a red wooden cradle given to her
for her name by Eliza Pratt Lewis
wife of Zeaas Lewis (1423 v p 88 V^ol.
XI).
Chapter CCCL.
By Arthur R. Lewis, Marshall, Mich.
Taylor Lewis (2217 v p 117 Vol XV)
is a banker, stockman and far-
mer residing at Superior, Neb., where
be owns 3400 acres of land, uaiucum-
bered. He m July 15, 1885, in Atchi-
son co., Mo., Irene, dau. of William
and Albertine (Draaoo) Anderson, b
Apr. 5, 1859, in Brown co., Ohio
Cb. b Superior, Neb.
2235. I. Bessie, b May 30, 1886.
2236. II. Eber Brock, b Dec. 29, 1887.
2237. HL Roxie Belle, b Dec. 13,1889.
2238. IV. Gladys A., b Oct. 28, 1891.
2239. V. Amy M., b Sept. 5, 1893.
2240. VI. Taylor Edward,b Dec. 7,1895.
2211. VII. Helen Irene, b June 30,
1898.
2242. VIII. George William, b Apr.
30, 1901.
Iowa Ann Lewis (2218) d nnm.
Sept. 21, 1.871, at the home of her
father near Rockport, Mo.
Jane Lewi? (2219) taught sev-
eral of the schools in the district near
her old hooao and one at Ruby Valley,
Elko CO., Nev. She ra Nov. 14, 1900,
at Rockport, Mo., Edward Victor, sen
of John and Eliza (Spanj^ler) Kuntz, b
Feb. 25, 1859, in Lehigh county, Pa.
No ch.
Adelaide Lewis (2220) m Mar.
9, 1879. at Rockport, Mo., William,
son of Aagu>it and Fredericke (Schro-
der) Utermohlen, b Nov. 20, 1854,
BoUenseu, Germany. They reside at
Maukato, Kas., where Mr. Utennoblen
has for over twent}' years been treas-
urer of the Board of Ed a cat ion
Children .
2243. I. Lydia Mabel, b May 10, 1880,
Atchison co. , Mo.
2244. IL William Perry, b Sept. 28,
1881, Jewell co. , Kas.
Chapter CCCLI.
By Marcus W. Lewis, Duluth, Minn.
Laura (2055 v p 103 Vol. XIV) b
Dec. 9, 1796, Barnstable, Mass., d
Aug 22., 1878, m (1) Amos Larrison.
1 ch. b Guilford, Ind.
2245. I. Isaac, b Sept. 20, 1817, m
Dec. 24, 1846, Mary L., b Nov. 29,
1825, d Mar. 20, 1894, dau of Steven
Go a Id of N. Y. City 7 ch. b.
I. Marion, b Sept 12, 1848, m (1)
1884, Adeline King, m (2) Sept.
15, 1892, Sarah Pitcher.
II. Volney, b Feb. 12. 1851, m June
6, 1877, Harriet House.
III. Clara Marceil, b Dec. 19, 1854,
m Mar. 14, 1872, Levi Piersoo.
IV. Mary Belle, b May 5, 1857, unm.
V. Martha Alice, b Mar. 30, 1859,
m Jany 5, 1881, Anderson W.
Means.
VI. Charles E., b Feb. 7, 1862, m
Jany 1, 1895, Margaret A. Dake.
VII. John H., b Nov. 2, 1864, m (1)
Ora Tune (divorced) m (2)
Adaline Wagner.
Book XXXllI.
EDMUND LEWIS, Lyuu, Mass.
Ctiapter CLXX.
From a Lynn, Mass., Daily Paper.
Jacob Meek Lewis (65 v p 76 Vol.
XIV) ex-mayor of the city and one of
her oldest and most respected citizens,
THE LEWIS UETT^ER.
183
pa?sed from this life, at his home, 8
Lafayette Park, a little before mid-
night on Wednesday, Jany 4, 1905,
from au attack of the grippe.
Mr. Lewis spent his early youth in
the common schools and afterwards
for a short time in the Lynn Academy,
the institation that was the Alma
Mater of so mauy of onr oldest resi-
dents. Mr Lewis's education iu these
institutions was occasionally inter-
rupted by work at the shoe bench,
which at the time of his youth was
the almost invariable heritage of the
boy of Lynn.
After his marriage (v p 110 Vol.
VI) he was in business for two years
as a grocer, with a store on Lewis st.
He gave that up, and for 10 years was
engaged in the calling of a fisherman,
hailing from the neighboring village
of Swampscott. In 1858 he laid aside
all these less remunerative callings
and entered into the shoe business on
Union St., with Thomas OoUyer. The
partnership thus formed continaed for
over 25 years. Mr. Lewis was a man
particularly well qaalified for any
duty found in a popular form of
government. His first service was in
the Common Council in 1852-3.
When the Public Water Board was
established in 1871 he wag made one
of its members and in the trying
periods of municipal history, when
the water question was so generally
discussed, conducted himself in sach
a manner as to command always for
his opinions the highest respect. In
1860 he was of great influence in con-
ducting nf^gotiations in the settlement
of the great strike of that year, and
from 1862 to '65 he was a valuable
member of tlie famous war Board of
Aldermen, whose duties were probably
more severe than those of any bet'or^
Of since. His service on the Water
Board continued for eight years and
he was an Alderman for nine succes-
sive terms.
(to be concluded.)
Book XXXIX.
JESSE LEWIS. Hopkinton, R. L
Chapter XVIII.
By John C. Lewis, Climax, Mich.
My gr. father, Joseph (5 v p 24 Vol.
IV) with his brother Gideon (7) and
Simeon (8) about 1795 removed from
Stoaington, Conn., to Greenfield four
or five miles west of Saratoga Springs,
N. Y. He m (1) Sally Baker and m
(2) her sister Chloe Baker. 4cli. bm(l).
127. I. Sally Ann.
128. II. James.
129. III. Hannah.
130. IV. Joseph.
I have no knowledge of the de-
scendants of Hannah (129) and Joseph
(130) who when last known of by our
family were living at Stoningtou,
Conn. ^
Sally Ann (127) moved about 1820
with James (128) to Delaware co. N.,
Y., and in 1847 to Bradford co., Pa.
She bad 12 ch.
Book XL.
FRANCIS LEWIS, Wales to N. Y.
Chapter LXX.
By James H. Lewis, New York City.
My gr father James (58 v last issue)
had 8 ch b.
67. I. Gabriel, b June 23, 1803, d
1882.
68. n. Harry, b July 4, 1805, d 1868.
69. III. Oliver, b Aug. 23, 1808, d
1885.
70. IV. Walter,b Feb. 23, 1811, d 1898.
V. Morgan.bOct. 1, 1813, d 1872.
VI. Charles, b May 10,1816, d 1861.
VII. James, b Mar. 10. 1819, d 1897.
74. VIIL Mary, b Dec. 1,1821, d 1893.
Of these Oliver was my father.
The widows of Morgan and Walter
are still living.
71.
72.
73.
^:^P^
l»A
UEWISIAIVA.
Book XLIII.
SAMUEL LEWIS, Somerset co., N. J.
Cliapter LV.
By Nettie J. Shaffer, Harailtou, 0.
Helea Nve Rapp iu telling iu the
Historical Btilletin why the name
Mildred Waraer Washiu°;ton was
chosen for the title of the chapter of
the D. A. R. of which she is Registrar
says: —
This lady wa3 the dau. of Angastiue
Warner of "Warner Hall," Gloucester
CO., Ya. She m Lawreace Washing-
ton and became the gr. mother of
George Washington. She had an
only daa. Mildred, aunt aud god-
mother of George. Mildred Washing-
ton, the dau., m (1) Mr, Lewis, no
oh. ; m (2) Roger Gregory by whom
she hid 3 daas. who m 3 Taorutoa
brothers; m (3) Col. Henry Willis by
whom she had a son Lewis Willis ani
a dau. Ann Willis.
Query: — Who was this Mr. Lewis?
Cjuld ha have bjen Edward Lewis^
father of Samuel of this book?
Book XLIV.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Roxbury, Mass.
Chapter CVI.
By George Harlan Lewis, N. Y. City.
Olive Ana Spaulrting Lewis (557 v
p 93 Vol. IX) m in Buffalo, N. Y.,
Mar. 21, 1843, Samuel Heaton, b Oct.
7. 1819, at Lewiston, N. Y,, son of
Boajamin and Mary (Barnett)
Heaton, He removed to Cedar Rapids,
la , Nov. 15, 1854. Occupation
farmer, saddle and harness maker. 6
eh. b first 4 in Levviston, N. Y., 2 last
in Cedar Rapids, la.
764. I. Sarah Anu, b May 1, 1844, m
Dec. 25, 1860, at Cedar Rapids,
la., Homer H. Phelps and resides
at Covington, Iowa.
765. 11. Lydia Tamazon, b Mar. 13,
18-17, m Nov 24, 1867, Thomas
Lord at Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
where they reside,
706. III. Clara Lewis, b Sepr 1, 1849,
m Feb. 10, 1870, in New Joffer-
soa. la , Robert Lord, res Fair-
fax, la.
767. IV. James Lovoll,b Dec. 22, 1853,
m Mar. 21, 1876, Ella Qaiulan iu
Cedar Rapids, la., res. Caunou
City, Col.
768. V. Ella Jane, b May 13, 1859,
m Dec. 25, 1878, Frank B Quin-
lan in Cedar Rapids, Ii., re?.
Charidoa, la.
769. VI, Edwin, b Sept. 7, 1863, m
Mar3' Pratt in Cedar Rapids, Id,,
res, Fairfax, la.
Book XLV.
JOHN LEWIS, Ireland to Virginia.
Chapter CXII.
From New Orleans Daily Picayune.
Sidney Francis Lewis (429 v last
issue) has always taken an act-
ive part in the politics of his state.
He was Vice-Presid nt of the Demo-
cratic Parish Committee in ISSO. As
Vic3-Presidenc of the Young Men's
Democratic Association in 1888 he
wrote the rasolations indor-iug Frati-
cis T. Nichols for Governor, and the
Democratic Party.
In 1896 he voted aud supported the
regular ticket against the Citizens'
League, because the Citizens' Letgue
would not indorse Governtr Murphy
J. Foster and the Democratic Partv,
In 1901 aud 1902 he served as Presi-
dent of the Choctaw Democratic Club,
and refused a third election.
Mr, Lewis has also been associated
with and is a member of several scit n-
i tific and social orgmizatious. He
I became a member of the Americ.m
I So3ie*-y of Civil Engineers iu 18S1,
I the first President of the Louisiana
I I^igineering Society in 1898, Presi-
j dent of the Alumni Society of the
! Boys' High School for the year 1900-
-S:xi^
THE LEWIS LETTER.
IBS
1901, ex-member of the Pickwick Club, !
ex-member of the French Opera Club, |
ex-member of mystic organizations,
member of Eureka Lodge, Kuights of
Honor, etc., member of Camp Beaure-
gard, Sons of Confederate Veterans;
member of the Loyal Lewis Legion,
member of the Yoacg Men's Gymnas-
tic Club.
Book XLVII.
ZACHARY LEWIS, Wales to Virginia.
Chapter XLIV.
A descendant writes that Elizabeth
Lewis (289) who m Jobn Woolfolk of
Spotsylvania co., Va , was dau. of Dr.
Waller Lewis (12 v p 127 Vol. IV) and
Sarih Lewis (30. XXXV) v p 137 Vol.
IV). Who can give the complete
familv record of Waller Lewis (12)?
ter) Stocker. 5 ch b.
111. I. Mary Stocker, d 1858.
112. II. Julia Wharton, d 1851.
113. III. Margaretta Stocker, unm.
114. IV. Clement Stocker, b May d
Aug. 26, 1816.
115. V. Robert Wharton, b June d
July 12, 1817.
Chapter XLV.
A Church Certificate.
Spotsylvania co., State of Virginia.
The t5aptist Church of Christ at i
Walkers Meeting House seudeth
Christian Salutation. — These are to
certify that Bro. John Woolfolk and
wife Elizabeth are in full fellowship
with it, and is hereby dismissed to
join any Baptist Chnrch of Christ.
Done at Quarterly Meeting at the
Meeting House, Saturday, the oth day
of Oct. 1811. Signed by order and in
behalf of the church.
Atteste,
Absolom Waller, Md.
Joseph Waller, Clerk.
Book Llll.
ELLIS LEWIS, Wales to Penn.
Chapter XLVII.
From the Potts Memorial.
Robert Morton Lewis (47 v p 141,
VoL VII) m Feb. 23. 1815, Martha
Rutter Stocker, b Philadelphia, Mar.
11, 1780, d there Jany 26, 1868, dau.
of John Ch'ments and Mary K. (Rut-
Book LIV.
EVAN LEWIS. Wales to Penn.
Chapter LI.
From the Jackson Family.
Record of ch. of Enoch Lewis (1)
concluded from p 135, Vol. XV.
Henry J. (107 v p 190 Vol. XI\^) m 3
mo. 25, 18G1, Mary Ann Lewis b 8
mo. 17, 1826; 2 ch. b.
154. L E'.nmaG., b 1 mo. 22, 1862.
155. II. Mary Ellen, b 12 mo. 30,1366.
Edward J. (108) m 3 mo. 7, 1S72,
Eliza A. Shores. In 1861 he was edi-
tor of "The Pantograph,*' a daily
newspaper published at Bloomington,
Ills. On the breaking out of the re-
bellion he entered the Uuion army as
a private, wa? soon promoted to a
lieutenancy, and the captain of his
compiuy being killed before Vicks-
burg, was afterwards made captain in
his place. He s?rved four years and a
half, and was honorably discharged in
Deo. 1865 without having rec3ived a
wound in battle or lost a day from the
service by abseme or sickness. He is
again editing "The Pantagraph."
Chapter LII.
From Unity for Dec. 4, 1902.
Enoch Lewis (146 v p 135 Vol. XV)
left school at fifteen. He began his
life's c reer in the workshop. He
mastered the mysteries of the machine
shop so that in early life he was sent
to St. Petersburg as an exiDert ma-
chinist to aid in the construction of
locomotives. Returning home he be-
came an employee in the Penn. R. R.
186
LrEWISIAIVA..
system, rising from step to step by
virtue of his efficiency, until he occu-
pied many positions of trust in that
company. During the war for the
freedom of the slave he occupied the
responsible position of Division Sapt
of that road, and thougb his Quaker
principles kept him out of the field,
his proQciency lent to the state ard
the nation higher service in his posi-
tion as a master of transportation. In
the solemn hour of Lincoln's first in-
auguration Enoch Lewis was the
trusted official who planned and helped
execute the maneuver that quietly
placed the President in Washington
soDQe hours before he was expected,
avoiding thereby a possible clash of
arms and perlnps savins the life of
the President for its high destiny,
to be concluded.
Chapter LIII.
By E. J. Lewis, Torrington, Wyo.
Record of ch. of Samuel (24 v p 135
Vol. XV).
Jacob (132) b 10 mo. 12, 1760, Berks
CO., Penn., d 10 mo. 8, 1829, Belmont,
O., m 10 mo. 7, 1801, Redstone Meet-
ing, Fayette C3. , Pa , Mary Bundy, b
4 mo. 10, 1777 near Newbern, N. C,
d 11 mo. 7. 1859, Plainfield, O , dau.
of Joshua and Morning ( — ) Bundy, 7
ch. b.
156. L Hannah, m Chas. Griffith.
157. II. Rachel, m Martin Forman.
158. III. Ira, m Elizabeth Gregg.
159. IV^. Abel, b 6 mo. 2, 1810.
160. V. Reece, m Sarah Jane Gregg*
161. VI. Evan d infancy.
162. VII. Mary, d infancy.
John (110 V p 16 Vol. XV) m (1) 11
mo 6, 1799, Redstone, Penn., Hmuah
Roberts, b 12 mo. 21, 1776, d 10 mo.
17. 1819, dau. of Griffith and Rachel
(Jefferies) Roberts; m (2) Jane Rob-
erts who d several years i)rior to his
death. 9 ch. b.
163. I. Rachel, b 9 mo. 27, ISOO, d 3
mo. 15, 1883.
111. II. Jehu, b 2 mo. 17, 1802, d 10
mo. 14, 1857.
164. III. Adoni, b 10 mo. 14, 1S03, d
8 mo. 16, 1850.
165. IV. Uyuthia. b 8 mo. 27, 1805,
d 1 mo. 2, 1887.
166. V. Griffith, b 3 mo. 12, ISOS, d
4 mo. 23, 1877.
167. VI. Elvira, b 0 mo. 29, ISIO, d
1 mo. 16, 1886.
168. VII. Jason, b 9 mo. 10, IS12, d
1 mo. 24, 1842
169. VIII. John, b 2 mo. 25, 1815, d
8 mo. 24, 1818.
170. IX. Eli, d infancy.
Isaac (135) b 1774, Fairfax Cj, Va ,
d 1843: m Mary Allum. 1 ch. b.
171. I. Charle? W., b 8 mo, 13, 1818,
d 11 mo. 27, 1888.
Chapter LIV.
From Delano Family.
Charles Lundy Lewis (152 v last is-
sue) m in Minneapolis Apr. 18, ISSO,
Jennie DeLano Moore, b Jany 1S,1S60,
dau. of Chas. Wm. aud Jane (DeLano)
Moore. 4 ch. b
172. I. Laurel, b Fergus Falls, Minn.,
July 28. 1882.
173. IL Wm. Murray, b June 2, 18S5.
174. III. Chas. Lundy, Jr., b Sept.
14, 1888.
175. IV. Margaret, b Nov. IS, 1890.
Book LXXXL
THOMAS LEWIS, Ireland to X. Y.
City.
Chapter XXXVII.
From American Faoiilies of Anti-
quity aud The Kips in Ancient Fami-
lies of N. Y.
Additions to the fimih' record of
Cornelia (7 v p 2S Vol. VII) and her
husband Isaac Kip, b Jany 8, 1696,
bap. Kingston, X. Y.. Feb. 9, 1696,
d July 2. 1762, son of Jacob and Rachel
THE LEVVISJUETTER.
187
Book. XCIX.
J03IAH LEWIS, Comi. to Vt.
Clopter yi.
From the Hamlin Faaily.
Capt. John Lewis (8 v p 60 VoL XI)
b Poaltnej, Vt.. Jany 30. 1792, d
there Nov. 13, 18G5, m (1; there Polly
Backland, b 1794, d Ponltuey, Dee. 4,
1827, dau. of William aud Rhoda Ann
(Hamblin) Buckland; he m (2) her
cousin, RlioJa Fifield, b Poultney,
July 23, 1802 d there Dec. 15, 1879,
dau of Samuel and Charlotte (Ham-
blin) Fifisld; a farmer. 9 cb. b Poult-
uey, Vt. 3 by m (1) and 6 m (2)
17. L Helen, b Mar. 20, 1822.
II. Fanny B , b Oct. 26, 1823.
IIL Carlisle, b May 12, 1825.
20. IV. Hiram F., Aag. 12, 1829.
21. V. Mark, b Nov. 21, 1831.
22. VI. Julius, b M^y 4, 1S37.
23. VII. Charlotte F.,b Jany 12,1839.
24. VIII. Martha, b Mar. 17, 1842.
18.
19.
(Swartwout) Kip.
9. II. Jncob, m 1753 Elizabeth Fra-
sier; while part of tlie family were
Loyalists he was a Whif^: His liouse
was headquarters for Washiugtou and
lit'ir for the British Gouerals who
treated him with the utmost courtesy
and respect. He d before the close
of the war; a son
I. Samuel, b 1754.
10. III. Leonard, d 1804; his wife d
1818; she was dau. of Francis and
Anneke (Lyuseu) Marschalk of N. Y.
3 ch. b.
I. Anne, b 1764.
II. Isa-.c Lewis, b 1767.
III. Leonard, b Aug. 8, 177-*.
13. VI. Isaac, a physician, m Rachel
Kip, bap. Feb. 11, 1739, d June 10,
1796, dau. of Jacobu? and Klaartje
(Van Wageueu) Kip. 3 ch. b.
I. Cornelia, bap. Apr. 15, 1764.
II. Klaartje, bap. Sept. 1, 1771.
III. Elizabeth, bap. July 3, 1774.
25. IX. Mary, b. 1844 d 1849.
Book CVlll.
JAMES LEWIS, Rhode Island, 1756.
Chapter XV.
From th3 Robert Adams Historr.
Allen (7 V p 162 Vol. XII) of West-
field, Mass., m Rhoda Adams, b
Suffield, Ct., Aug. 22, 1799, d West-
field, Mass., Aug. 12, 1868, ae. 69,
dau. of Thaddeus and Polly (Plumb)
Adams; a dau. d early.
Book CXXIH.
Fielding Lewis, Va , N. C, Tena.
Chapter I.
Introductory.
In commencing the records of Field-
ing (1) and Mary (Gamble) Lewis his
12 ch. given on p 71 Vol. XV are
numbered 2 to 13; his gr. son James
Preston (14) and his gt. gr. son John
M- (15) the President of the Lswis
Society of Portland v p 144 Vol. XV.
Chapter II.
By John M. Lewis, Portland, Ore.
George (3) 6 b Apr. 29, 1806, d Dec.
24, 1886, m (1) Sarah Bullard; m (2)
1848, Cynrha Phelps. 14 ch. b 8 m (1)
and 6 m (2).
16. I. John Fielding, bjany 15, 1827,
d Jane 6, 1901, m 1857 Sarah
Donaca.
17. 11. Polly A., b Mar. 23, 1828, d
in March 1863.
18. III. Nancy J., b Feb. 4, 1830, m
1850, Samuel McBee.
19. IV. Bethena, b Dec. 3, 1832, m
1850. Pryor McBee.
20. V. GeirgeH.,b Dec. 25, 1S33;
killed in 1862 in the Civil War;
m 1853, Margarer Bullard.
21. VI. Christopher Janes, b Jany 2,
1830, m Feb. 7, 1857, Anna Long.
22. VIL Sarah E., b 1838, m Jane 19,
1860, James D. Mayes.
23. VIII. Frankie C, b 1840, d 1S42.
IS8
L-EW'ISIAISA.
Record Of Life.
Deaths.
Oct. 15, 1904, R. P. Lewis, ae 53, of
cousnmptiou, a wood carver, aud
member of Mt. Parnassus, 1180, N.
Y. R. A
At Dayton, Wyo. Jauy. 8, 1905, Ed-
win J. Lewis, ae 54, from being hit
on the head by a small lamp of co:\L
He came to Wyo. in 1876. He has
served in the United States army, and
was in several engagements with In-
dians, and at one time received a se-
vere wound in the leg. He leaves a
wife and threo children to mourn his
untimely death.
Notes.
Mai-tin Lewis has opened a new
hotel at Inman, Nebr. . . .E. M. Lewis
is secretary of the Chestnut Hill Coal
& Sand Co. The company has pur-
chased the famous old Clark sand farm
in Round Bottom near Mouudsville,
W. Va, and is prepared to supply the
market with sand and gravel....
Austin Lewis of San Fran^^isco writes
oa Tha Boy in Ocrober Educa'iion. . . .
The Credit Man and His Work by E.
St. Elmo Lewis; The Book-Keepers
Pablishing Co. Detroit, Mich. 308 pp.
?2.
Clippings.
two bars to a gun ; and four niatr-li
coats.
At a Court (Chester co , Penn.)
held the 3d day of the 1st week in thi-
1st month, 1685 (March 1686) it was
Ordered that the Sheriff take inro
his custody the body of David Le\vi«
upon Suspition of Treason, as alsoe
ye body of Robert Cload for Crnceal-
iug ye same for that he tli:i said
Robert Oload being attested before
this Court, declared that upon the 3d
day of the weeke before Christmas Inst,
att the house of George Foreman, the
said David Lewis did declare in his
hearing that he was accused for being
concerned with the Duke of Mon-
mouth in the West C' untry (Enelrn-i).
Robert Dyer became surety for
David Lewi«, and William Cloud for
his son Robert, for their app^-arancp
at the next Provincial Court to be h-^ld
at Philadelphia, the 10th day of the
2d month, 1686, to answer tbe charge".
Thomas Larabersen, Michil Hainelle,
John Lewis and Peter Parmentier pur-
chased of Pet3r. El nobis. Job,
Makaquiquas, and Shamose, Indians,
late of Stafen Island, who olaimsd
the same, the lands about Bedford for
which they paid: — 100 guilder^ sea-
want; one half ton of strong beer;jily, etc."
two half tO!is of good b^er; three | 196. Who was the Beujimin Lewis of
guns, long barrels with each a pound \ Vt. Adj. General's certificate on
of i)Owdc;r aud lead proportionable, [ another page of tliis issue?
Queries.
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195. Address is desired of person who
brought to Lewis Day, St. Louis, a
type- writ ten copy of "The Warner-
Hall Lewises" commeming "This is
an old and distinsuished Welsh fam-
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IINDEXES.
Indexes have been prepared in the form of
card catalogues, which are kept completed to
the date of the latest is^ue. These indexes
cover both Lewis Letter and Lewisianaand are
for all male Lewises aT:d f<jr all other name:-,
than Lewis. Until some means is de\-ised bv
which these can le printtd the Editor will
furni.sh these referenct-s to all subscribers who
will send stamps to cover cost of reply.
List of the Books of the Lewises.
Earliest Ancestors— When and Where.
Missing numbers are of Merged Books.
IX. Elisha, Litchfield, Conn.
XL George, 1733, Hopkintou, R. I.
XIL WilTiam, 1G32, Farraiugton, Ct.
XIII. John, 1G35, New London. Conn.
XVI. Benjamin, 1785, Wales to Wis.
XLX. John, 1640. Wales to Va.
XX, Levi, 17H2, Snssex-co., N. J.
XXIV. George, 1G30, Eng. to Mass.
XXVI. Thomas, 1818, Va. Kv. Mo.
XXVII. Nehemiah, 1712, R. I.
XXVIII. Jo-seph, 1769, N. J.
XXIX John, 1721, Amwell. N. J.
XXXI. Lewis, LlandaP, 1816, Wales.
XXXIII. Edmond, 1634, Lynn Ma.-^s
XXXIV. Richard, 1706, Providence
XXXV. Robert, loSo, Wales to Va
XXXVI. John, 1634, Maiden. Ma^s
XXXVIL Elisha, 1770-182S.
XXXIX. Jesse, 1774, Hopkinton
XL. Francis, 1713, Wales to X.
XLII. Joseph, 1675, Swansea,
XLIII. Samuel, 1717, N. J.
XLIV. William. 1630. Roxbury,
XLV. John, 1732, Ireland to Va
XLVI. Thomas, 1745. New Loudon, Ct.
XLVII. Zachary, 169 2, Wales toVa.
XLVIII Joseph, Wales to Chicago.
XLIX. Thoma.s L . Wales to Oaio
L. William. Cred. Wales.
LI. Jnhn, BoUand to Mass.
LII. William, 1637, Maryland,
LIII. Ellis. 1708, Wales to Peun.
Contents For May, 1905.
Lewis Alnmui of Harvard 190
Lewis in Wales 193
Lewis Physicians 191
Genealogical Records 192
Book I. Chapter 45 192
" 11. Chapter 223 192
" V. Chapter 18 192
" VIII. Chapters 489 an i 490. 19 3
•• XIL Chapters 403 and 404. . 193
" XIII. Chapter 101. . 194
'♦ XIX. Chapter 56 195
" XXIV. Chfiptf rs 352 to 357 . . 195
•• XXXIII. Chapter 171 197
" XXXV. Chapters 2 44 and 245 198
" XXXIX Chapter 19 199
" XL. Chapter 71 199
" XLIV. Chapter 107 200
•• LIII. Chapter 48 201
" LIV. Chapter.-? 55 to 59 201
" LIX. Chapter 4K 202
" LXXX. Chapter 9 203
*• LXXXV. Chapter 19 203
" CXXIIL Chapter 3 203
Record of Life 204
Notes 204
IQO
L.E\VISIArVA.
Lewis Alumni— Harvard University.
1C.95. Ezekiel (12X11) A. B.. A. :M.
1707. Daniel (o2.XXIV) A B., A. M.
1723. Isaiah (59. XXIV) A. B., A. M.
1723. Lothrop (Tl.XXIV) A. B., A.M.
1724. Joseph (6l.XXrV) A.B.,A. M.
1725. Joseph (103. XXIV) A.B.A. M.
1728. ThQmas (107. XXIV) A. B.
1731. JaTi8s (I09.XXCV) A. B.
These last three were brothers and
spelled the name Lewes.
1734. Dauiel (166. XXIV) A. B., A. M.
1735. Ezekiel (U2. XII) A. B., A. M.
1737. Josiah (90. XXIV) A. B., A. M.
1744. John (d.l754) A. B.. A. M.
1781. Oliver (456. XCI) A. B. (honor-
ary) ; also Yale A. B. (1780), A. M.
1819. Winslow (702 XXIV) A. B., A.
M , M D. (1822), Overseer 1856
to 1868.
1812. Wm. Henry (d. 1842) LL. B.,
also Georgetovvn, D. C, A. B.
(1840).
1844. Samael Parker (854. XXIV) A.B.
1844. Robert Samuel (ri. Ib7—) LL. B.
1851. VVm. Albsrc (d.lS95) M. D.
1859. Edwin Cres well (103.XLII) A.
B., A. Al.
1860. Frerlerick Benj. Ad^ims, M. D.
1862. John Kiiigsley, M. D.
1865. Louis Charles (1735. XII) A. B.,
A. M. (1872) LL.B. (1869). Tutor
1868-69.
1867. Edwin Rufus (H.CXV) M. D.,
also A. B. Amherst (1861); A. M.
Amherst; Union Theol. Sem. (N.
Y.) 1871; Prof. Chem. and
MinsraL Wabash Coll. (lud.)
1867. John Albert, M. D.
(To be concluded).
glesey, E.«^(i., a dau.
1. Carharine m Lewys Owen of
Caer Berllan and Egrjn Abby and
had
1. John.
2. William. .
3. Hugh.
4. Edward ancestor of the
Owens of Garth.
5. Anne.
Lewis In Wales.
From History of Powys Fadog.
XV. Howel Lewys of Trvsglwyn had
also (V p 71 Vol. XV.)
XVI. Morgan Lewys.
XVII. William Lewys of Trysglwyn,
in the parish of Amlhwch in An-
Captain Anthony Le^vys of Burton
Hall sou of Lewys ab William of Bur-
ton and his wifa Dorothy dau. of
John Trevor ab John Trevor of Tref
Alun ab Richard Trevor m Jane dau.
of John Maredydd of Tref Alun and
Alice, his wife. dau. of John Roydon
of Is y Coed. Azure, a lion salient-
or. She d Feb. 9, 1632, and was
buried in Gresford Charch. 2 sons
1. Richard Lewis, no ch. d before
his father.
2. Lewys Lewys. d no ch.
Captain Anthony Lewis of Burton
( Hall died soon after the date of his
will (Aug. 1, 1634), and there is a
monument to his memory above the
door of the south porch in Gresford
Church, with an inscription in Welsli,
of svhich the following is a transla-
i tion.
"This is in memory of Captain
Autliony Lewis of Burton, in this
Parish, who was a Benefactor to this
I Church by restoring its windews,
pews, and roofs. Who also left a
testimony of his love to the poor of
the Parish forever, by providing bread
for them every week. This was erect-
ed by Sir Thomas Trevor, Knight and
Baronet, as well from his own piety,
in memory of his relative, a.s from an
enrnest <lesire to fulfil the wish of his
dear and worthy Father, Sir Thomas
Trevor. Knight, one of the Barons of
King Charlps' Exchequer, tliroughout
the reign of the said King, the 3 1st
THE UEWiS LETTER.
1Q1
day of August, 1059,"
To be coutiuued.
Lewis Physicians.
The editor realizes this list is far
from complete but publishes the list
in the hope each reader will seud
names and addresses of those omitted
for the sapplemeiitnry lists which svill i
follow. lu previous issues appeared ,
lists for the States as far as Michigan .
Minnesota.
Arthur J,, Mora,
C. F., Austin.
Edwin J., Sank Center,
James B. , Waseca.
Davidson J,, St, Paul
Minneapolis, Minn.
Elizabeth F., 655 13th
Merrett J., 207 Dayton Block.
Mississippi.
Wm. C, Whitaker.
W. A. L.. Meridian.
W. H. H,, Fayette.
Missouri,
Amos, Tarkio.
Russell B., Flint Hill.
Chas. O., Fayette.
Chas. W., Knox City.
M. D., Columbia.
Hugh P., Currjville.
J. E. , Joplin.
J. N., Bethany.
Andrew L., Summer.
St. Louis, Mo.
Bransford, Century Bldg.
Charles, No. 1402 Monroe.
Robert, ISo. 5100 Fairmont Ave.
Walter C, No. 5230 N. Bdwav.
Kansas City, Mo.
Eugene R., No. 10 & Walnut.
John R., No. 930 Garfield.
Nannie P.. No. 10 & Walnut.
Montana.
None reported.
Nebraska.
Alfred, Valentine.
Frank li., Beatrice.
Walter, Decatur.
Wm. R., Alliance.
D. A., Albion.
Isaa^ H., David City.
<To be continued)
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V last issue for details.
Put me do'.vn as a subscriber to
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I will be one of twenty for Bk.
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Book VIIL, two if necessary.
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I will be one of twenty or cue of
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Rev. 'Wm. G. W, Lewis, N, Y. city.
If there seems to be an interest on
the part of the members of Book LIV
for an extra number, I would be pleas-
ed to join with them. You have pub-
lished so many extracts from letters
making adverse criticisms as to the
plan of your paper that I feel disposed
to express my indorsement of every
detail of it . . , . However, there is a
matter that interests me much more
than an extra, viz, an index, and I
would be willing to contribute a much
larger sum for that purpose and I am
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1905, Vols. I to XV inclusive.
E, J. Lewis, Tdrringtou, Wya
IQ2
L-ENVISIAIVA.
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS.
Explanations, AbbreviationSt Etc.
For couvruieuca the records of the
various Lewis faaiilies are divided
into Books aud each Book into
chapters. At th3 head of each Book
appears th^uame of the earliest kuowu
ancestor of that family. The List of
Books is a complete index to tlie Books
as published to this time. Xew Books
will be addid from time to time as
new branch 3S of the Lewis family
are found. As soon as Books are
proved parts of others they will be
merged into the Books to whicb they
belong. Each name is numbered when
first printed aud whenever the name is
repeated this number follows in brack-
ets. The abbreviations commonly
used in genealogical work are used as
b. for bora; d. died; m. married; m.
(I) first wife; dan. daughter; num.
nit married; v. p. see page; etc.
Book I.
RANDALL LEWIS. Hopkintou, R. I.
Chapter XLV.
By John S. Lewis. Kinsley', Kansas.
Fred E. (64 v p 180 Vol. XIV) aud
Bertha F. Le.vis are the parents of a
diiugDter,
182. L Waoeta Hazel, b Sept. 30,
1904, at Kiijslev, Kansas.
reconU in order thit tliis line nmy be
worke:l out as quickly as possible?)
Dr. George F. iiOlo) afcer gradaa-
tiou fro.u Trinity College (v p ITo
Vol. XV) taught for two years in tlie
Acadeaiy at O.^ford, N. Y., th^u took
a trip to California aud returned as
far as this place iu Montana where ha
speut the next two years. He tlieu re-
turned ro Stratford, Ct., took a course
of medicine at Yale (class of 1SS4),
and finally settled to practice in Strat-
ford, where he has been since. He
m 18S3 Clara Curtis dau. of Robert.
W. Curtis of Stratford. 6 ch. b
3135. I. Robert Curtis.
3130. II. Frederick Bradley.
3137. III. Eleanor May.
3138. IV. Esther Coe.
3139. V. ClarJbel.
3140. VI. Florence Birdsey.
Book II.
BENJAMIN LEWIS, Stratford, Coun.
Chapter CCXXIII.
By Rev. F. B. Lewis. Bozeman. Mont.
George Frederick (3075 p 166 Vol.
XIII) b Bridgeport. Ct., Apr. 27 1854.
was second sou of George Thomas and
Mary (Brailey) Lewis. George T. (v
p 44 Vol. VIII) was secoud son of
CyruS: sou of Birdsay, son of James,
and so on back to Benjamin of Strat-
ford. (The editor is uuible to find
any of these iu Lewisiaua records.
Will not those interested scud iu their
Book V.
RICHARD LEWIS. Wales to R. L
Chapter XVIII.
By Heur}- H. Lewis, Carthage, N. Y.
Prurience M. (58 v p 165 Vol. XIV)
j ra June 7, 1857. Robert H. OUey, b
I Oct. 1, 1833, d Feb. 4. 1900. 5 ch. b.
100. I. Ellery A., b Feb. 20, ISoS, m.
May 28, 1879, Sarah E. Adams.
1. Edwin A., b Jane 15,
1S80, m Apr. 29, 1903, An-
nabel Keeuan.
2. Raymond H., b Dec. 21,
1886.
101. IL EmmaM.,b Feb. 12, 1862,
d Mar. 23, 1862.
102. Ill Robert Jr., b Feb. 12, 1864,
d July 26, 1866.
103. IV. Walter D., b Jan. 8, 1869, d
Oct. 31, 1879.
104. V. Charles E. , b Nov. 3, 1870,
m Sept. 26, 1891, Cora Merner.
Matilda Waity (53) m (1) Jan. 21,
1861, Hiram S. Taylor, b Mar. 30,
1828, d Feb. 12, 1872, m (2) Apr. 9,
1879, Seth Cole, b May 15, 1S22, d
'^^d
TTI-IE LEWIS LETTTER.
193
Jan. 30, J<S95; Slie d Aug. 10, 18S3.
105. 1. Matilda Isabel b Nov. 7, 1S62,
m Dec. 25, 1882, Charles L. Hyde,
b Oct. 9, 1853.
1. Edward Lucias, b Aug.
14, 1884.
2. Clara Luciuda, b Feb. 23
1887.
3. Leila Elnord, b Nov. 5,
1890.
4. Elwin Eugeue, } b May
5. Evelyn Elizabeth, ( 7,1894
Henry Natliauiel (60) m Feb. 7,
1866, Maggy Norton.
Lucy Candace (61) m Apr. 7, 1880,
Grover C Ward b Sejit. 4, 184G, d
Feb. 23, 1902. She res. Gfaetopa,
Kansas.
Correcticns:— Lillian C. (87 v p 129
Vol. XV) b Nov. 19, 1857.
I.
Book VIII.
JOHN LEWIS. Westerly, R
Chapter CDLXXXIX.
By Nevada Lewis Hart, Lompoc, Cal.
Kenyon (3642 v p 129 Vol. XV)
went from Geuesee co., N. Y,, about
1831 to Maiionco., O., where his wife
(Sally Porter, b Feb. 10, 1787, of
Mass.) died breaking her neck by
falling from her horse svhile on the
road. He moved later to Knox co.,
111., -where he d 1854 ae. 72. He was
a man of quick perceptions; rea.<oned
from first principles ; was a free think-
er; and had the courage to express his
opinions fearlesslj'.
He suffered for nearly forty years
with a nervous affliction of the face,
called at that time, "Ticdoloreux."
The pain was almost excruciating
lasting only a moment or two, when
it dropped off for several minutes to
half an hour; it war^ not so bad in
warm weather as in cold. 10 ch. b.
3704. I. Lovisa, b Mar. 8, 1806.
3705. II. Lovira, b July 4, 1810.
3706. HI. Leroy, b June 27, 1812.
3707. IV. Loren Porter b Feb.25.1814.
3708. V. Stanton J., b June 8, 1S16.
3709. VII. Eliza A., b June 23, 1818.
3710. VIL Mary A., b June 16, 1821.
3711. VIII. Electa L., b Apr. 22,1823.
3712. IX. Miles Kenyon, b Aug 22,
1825.
3713. X. Lyman P , b Apr. 3, 1828.
Chapter CDXC.
Here and There in the Family.
In Schenectady, N. Y., Charles F.
Lewis (2752 v p 166 Vol. XIV) son
of the late Prof. Tayler Lewis (2741)
of Union College, died March 6, 1905,
at nis home.
Frederick B. Lewis (1824 vp 182
Vol. IV) has formed a copartnership
with Edward D. McGreal under the
firm name of McGreal & Lewis, Ger-
mania Bank Building N. Y. City, to
carry on the real estate business in
all of its branches.
Ladd J. Lewis (468) is President
and George U. Lewis (471) Sec'y and
Treasurer of The Adrian Knitting Co.
manufac;:urers of ribbed knit under-
wear at Adrian, Mich.
Book XII.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Farmingtcn. Conn.
Chapter CDIII.
By Harry W. Lewis, Erie, Peuu.,
Phebe Belle (1662 v p 103 Vol. XII)
b June 30, 1849, Harbor Creek, Pa.,
11th ch. of Marcus Lewis (1638).
Her mother died when she was a year
old and she was brought up by a
cousin, Ellen Stevens, Mrs. Dr. A. 3.
Griswold of Buffalo, Chicago and
Washington. D. C. Phebe Belle
(1662) who was known as Belle Gris-
wold ra Nov. 18, 1S68, Chicago, 111,
William R. Valentine, b July 18,
1840. She d Mar. 2. 1872; was buri-
ed at Chicago, 111; left an infant ch.
i
194
LEWISIAIVA,
■which was brought up by Mrs. Gris-
wold at Washiugton, D. O.
2097. I. Belle Feme, bJaiiy 22, 1872,
m July 25, 1892, Millcreek, near
Erie, Pa., Curtis D. Miller, b Jany
8, 1869, Millcreek, Pa , where
they res. uutil 1902 wheuthey re-
moved to Prospect Park near Los
Angeles, Cal., where they now
res. 2 eh. b Millcreek, Pa.
I. Nellie A., b May 8, 1893.
II. Belle, b Mar. 20, 1901, d Apr. 10,
1901.
Wright Emerson Goager (v p 169
Vol. XIII) gr. sou of Lucy Unica
(1658 V p 8 Vol. XIV) and gt. gr. son
of Marcas(1638 V p 102 VoL XII for
portrait) b Oct. 5, 1380, m June 1,
1903, Los Angeles, Cal , Viola Edith
Boner, b Mar. 20, 1881, Decatur, 111.
He is a plumber and res. Pasadena.
Cal. 1 cb. b.
1. Catharine Anaa, b Sept. 4, 1904
Chapter GDIV.
From Digest of Early Ct. Probate Re-
cords.
Willia::! Lewes (1) sen. (the aged),
FarmingtoQ. Inventory £280-00-00 of
Estate of William Lewes sen., Deed.,
at Farmington, sometime living in
Hadley. Lands in Hadley and Hat-
field apprized by Aaron Cooke sen.,
Samuel Porter sen., Dec. 3, 1683.
Dec 4 (1683), Capt. William Lewis
(2) made oath that this is a true In
ventory of his Father William Lewes
Estate at Hadley & Hatfield, to the
best of his knowledge.
Will dated Aug. 30, 1683.
I William Lewis, being stricken in
years, do think it meet to set in order
the Estate which God hath graciously
givenme. Item. I give to my grand-
child, Ezekiel Lewes (12) all my Es-
tate at Hadley, also all the Land on
Hatfield side, he paying: his brother
Nathaniel (13) the Just sura of sLx
score pounds wliouhe comes ro rhe age
of 21 years. If Ezekiel die, Narbaniel
to possess it. If both die, tlren to my
grandchild, Abigail Lewes (14; and
her heirs forever. I give to Abigail
one piece of Laud at Hartford foar
acres within tbe meadow ga"e that
leads to the neck, bounded on the
Higliway west, Bartholomew Barnard
South, Ricbard Goodman East, &
John AUvn north. Also I give to
Abigail Lewes one parcell of Land
toward the soatJi end of the Long
me?.dow, north on Bartholomew Barn-
ard, east on the Great River, on my
own Land south, and the Rivulet
west, by Estimation one half acre. I
give to my grand-daughter with this
provision; In case my gr.iudchild
Philip Lewes (2>2) will pay to my
gr. child Abigail Lewes £40 in Cur-
rant pay of the Country in sixteen
years, that is to say, £2-10 per year
to my overseers before the mid-lle of
January as Reut, then and thereafter
to be to Abigail & to her heirs forever.
I give to my grand child Ebanezer
Lewis (8) the Smith's tools tnat I
bought of John Holloway. 1 make
my son William Lewes Executor. I
desire Lt. Samuel Steele of Wethers-
field and Samuel Patrick of Hadley to
be Overseers. William Lewes.
Witness: Robert Porter, Thomas X
Newell sen.
Court record p 77 — Dec. 18, 1683;
Will and Inv^ntorv Exhibited.
Book XIII.
JOHN LEWIS, New London, Conn.
Chapter CI.
From the Beckwith^.
Sarah Lewis (Who can placp? Ed.)
m Nov. 16, 1725, Thomas Beck with,
b Lyme, Ct., July 1. 1702, eon of
Capt. Joseph and Marah (Lee) Bock-
with ; he was commissioned as lieu-
tenant of colonial militia; 5 eh. b.
THE LEWIS LETTER.
IQB
55G. I. Mary, b Jany 23, 17 2o T.
oi)7. II. Abaer, b Sept. 16, 172S.
558. III. Viatoa, b Mar. 14, 1785, m
Oct. 9, 1760, Mary Ayers; he was
commissi oaed as Lieut, of 6th co.
in 1774 and d Ang. 17. 1735; 3
ch. b.
I. Sarah, b b'ept. 9. 1768.
II. Mary, b Mar. 21, 1773.
III. Phoebe, b Feb. 28, 1780.
559. IV. Sarah, b May 8, 1737.
560. V. Deborah, b Aug. 29, 1742, m
Mar 8., 1764, Reynolds Pe^k, b
Lyme, Ct., Mar. 8, 1742. d W.
Bloomfield, N. T., Nov. 26, 1814,
son of Jasper and Sarah (Clark)
Peck. 10 ch. b.
I. Annie, b Jauy 24, 1765, m
1785 William Lewis (369 v p 118
Vol. XIV).
IL Haunah, b Apr. 13, 17G7.
I[L John Sears, b May 13, 1769.
IV. Bettie, b Dec. 28, 1771.
V. Thomas, b May 23, 1774.
VI. Watrous, b Apr. 14, 17 77.
VII. George, b Mar. 26, 1780.
VIII. Abner, b Oct. 15, 1782.
IX. Sarah, b Aug. 21, 1786.
X. Reynolds, b Nov. 7, 1790.
464. XL Hyrum, b 1818.
465. XII. Mary, b 1820, m a Black-
burn.
Book XIX.
JOHN LEWIS, Wales to Va.
Chapter LVI.
By William Crafford Lewis. Rich-
mond, Utah.
Neriah (448 v last issue) had 12 ch.
b 1st 6 Pendleton, S. C, 7th Logan
CO. and rest Simpson co., Ky.
454. I. Ann., b 1800, m a Wilcox.
455. II. Martha, b 1802, m a Mocre.
456. III. Benjamin, b Apr. 20, 1803.
457. IV. Tarlton, b 1805.
458. V. John, b 1807.
459 VI. Reason, b 1809.
460. VIL Samuel, b 1810.
461. VIII. Elizabeth, b 1812.
4G2. IX. Davia, b 1814.
463. X. Neriah, b 1816.
Book XXIV.
GEORGE LEWIS, England to Mass.
Chapter OCCLII.
From Falmouth, Mass., Enterprise.
Mrs. Celia Foster Shiverick (520 v
p 116 Vol. Ill), a respected resident
and one well known throughout this
! community, passed away at her home
on Main st., Feb. 27, 1905, ae. 85 y
8 m Mrs. Shiverick, who came of
the sturdiest of New England stock, b
in Falmouth, Mass., June 27, 1819,
in the house now owned bj' Henry
Clay Lewis (526) at the head of Shore
jst., wa? one of the 8 ch. of David
(506) and Cynthia (Fish) Lewis.
She m May 6, 1841, Capt. Andrew M.
Shiverick who d in June 1875. 2 ch. b.
2246. I. Andrew Freeman.
22 i7. II. Elisha Pope Fearing, who
was drowned in Shiverick's pond
when about 2 years of age. The little
chap followed his water dog to the
poad and in some way fell into the
water. He was missed only a few
minutes but when discovered he was
beyond human aid.
Andrew (2246) enlisted in the 2Sth
Wisconsin Regt. wiien the Civil War
broke out. He was advanced to the
position of captain and d in the hospi-
tal at Memphis, Apr. 22, 1863.
Mrs. Shiverick was greath' attached
to her husband and accompanied him
on two of his sea voyages to South
America. They were present at the
nomination of Abraham Lincoln in
Chicago in 1860,
Although advanced in years, Mrs.
Shiverick was always young in spirit
and took delight in the pleasures of
much younger people. She did not
appear to grow old bat was always
bright and interested. She had an
IQG
L.EVVISIAIVA.
intense fondness for antoniobilini? and
eujo^-ed » number of pleasant rides
last summer -svith lier nephew, James
Mae Lewis. During her declining
years she has been tenderly cared for
by her niece, Celia Lewis Rogers.
Sha is survived by a number of
nephews and niecas and three brothers :
David W. (527) of N. Y. City. James
(524) of Florida and Henry Clav (526)
of Falmouth. Funeral services were
conducted by Rev. John H. Quint of
the 1st Cong. ch. of which she had
been a member for many years. In-
terment in Oak Grove Cemetery.
•3248. I. Walter.
2249. II. Charles (v p 144 Vol. XIV>
"the lost boy. "'
Wm. Draper (TGI) d June 14, 18GG,
unm. Brookfield, Mass.
Chapter CCCLIII.
^ From the Winslow Memorial.
Asa Packard Lewis (686 v p 168
Vol. rV) m Boston, Mjss. , Dec 8,
18Q7, Catherine Cohen Cannell, b Dec.
6, 1788, Halifax, N. S., d Mar. Vd,
1866, ae 77, So. Brookfield, Mass.
She m (2) 1833 SimeDii Draper
Henry (688) had 11 cb. b ♦"he 2d and
3d twin boy and girl d on day of
birth. Of the ch.
Joseph Warren (755) m Boston,
Nov. 9, 1848, Aun Kidler, dau. of
Joseph and Nancy (Homer) Kidder;
res Philadelphia, member of Lewis
Bros. & Co.
:Mary Draper (757) m Charles O.
Brewster V p 54 Vol. V; res. Brook-
field, Mass.
Walter Herron (758) m Feb. 14,
1856, Arabella B. Dash (Arabella
Brazier dan. of Samuel Bowie and
Anzooetta Burke (Batler) Dash. She
is a D. A R. No. 3210 vp 98 Vol.
XIII Ed.); les. N. Y. City; member
of Lewis Bros. & Co. (v p 158 Vol.
XI for obituary sketch. Ed.).
Sophia (750) b July 16, 1832, Brook-
lyn, N. Y., d Sept. — , 1833, Boston.
Sarah Ann (760) m July 24, 1862,
Christian K. Ross; res. Philadelphia;
2 sons
Chapter CCCLIV.
: By Mrs. M. M. Slaughter, Rustou. La.
Rev. Daniel S. Lewis (9 41 v p 153
Vol. XIV) re?tor of Christ ch , St.
Francisville, La , and hia brother,
Henry Martyn (943) ra sisters, daus.
of Andrew Collins whose ancestors
came from R. I. Henry's (943 v p
132 Vol. XV) widow, Mrs. Sar.ih
Lowis res. Crystal Springs, Miss.
Chapter CCCLV.
By Marcus W. Lewis, Duluth, Minn.
Laura (2055 v last issue) m (2) Feb.
14, 1822, Guilford, Ind., William
Rawling. b Yorkshire, Eng:, Ojt. 4,
1794, d Apr. 15, 1880. 15 ch. b.
2250. II. Harriet Amanda, b De3. 20,
1822, m William Holmes; iS ch. b.
I. John Rawling, b Sept. 12, 1851,
m Oct. 2, 1888, Dora Bauman.
II. Thomas Parvin, b Nov. 14,
1854, d 1860.
III. Laura Belle, b Oct. 3, 1856,
m Mar. 2, 1881, William Sheltou.
IV. Richard, b Oct. 13, 1859, m in
Aug. 1882, Mattie A. Barringer.
V. Lewis Edward, b Janv 8, 1862,
m Dec. 18, 188 4, Annetia Martin.
VI. James T , b Dec. 12, 1864,
d 1865.
2251. III. Phileaa Marcia, b Mar. 10,
1824, d Mar. 9, 1901, ra Apr. 11, 1868,
Peter H. Row ; no ch.
To be continued.
Chapter CCCLVL
By Arthur R. Lewis, Marsh.-JI, Mich.
Dan Lewis, (2221 v p. 117 Vol. XV)
taught in the schools of Atchison
county, Mo., from 1876 to 1S84, and
was then elected County Superiuten
.^::^-^s...
THE LEWIS LE-nER.
IQ7
dent. Speaking' of him the Atchisou j d 1797. He in Dec. 2G, 1754, Sarali
county liistory says:— "The high state • Sprague b. Nov. 27, 1735, dau. of
of the schools of this county is large- ; Jacob and Sarah (Stodder) Sprague of
ly dn9 to its excellent teachers and
the untiring zeal of its young superin-
tendent, Prof. D Lewis, whose j)or-
trait we were so fortunate as to se-
cure for these pages. He is the young-
est superintendent in the state, being
first elected when barely of age, and
is now serving his third term. He
was bom and raised in the county,
his father. Dr. John Lewis, being one
of the first settlers. He has made
some reputation as an orator and his
opinion of the law in regard to teach-
ers is considered of the best. He oc-
casioaally writes an educational arti-
cle and is one of the authors of "The
New Arithmetic," a work of the
highest merit. He is a great friend
of the little children. Such men
quietly mould the future of this coun-
try' and the}' should be encouraged."
In 1890 Dan Lesvis became president
Ol the Jansen Bank at Jansen, Neb.,
but in 1901 removed to Carlisle, Ark.,
for his health. He does a private
banking business there and has re-
cently invested heavily in the Lewis
Bank at St. Louis. Dan Lewis m Oct.
5, 1890, Jansen, Neb., Gelasia Doro-
thea, diu. of Adam and Elizabeth
(Trolister) Herwig, b Apr. 24, 1873,
Dayton, Ohio. Ch. b Jansen, Neb, .
2252. I. Calvin, b July 20, 1891.
2253. 11. Dan, Jr.,. b July 4,, 1893.
2254,111. PHrry,.;b July. 28, 1«95, d
-Sept.. 28, 1900. . . .: o'
22.55: -IV. Lydia, b Jan. 26, J898.
a2o6. V. Earl, b Mar. 4, 1900.
Chapter CCCLVIL
By K. Adella Hill, Hammonton, N. J.
Abisha(lG4 v p 23 Vol. IX) in 1757
was constable at Hingham, Mass.
where he res. most of his life remov-
ing late in life to Ira, Vt., where he
Hingham. Both he and his son,
Abisha (204) were in the Alarm at
Lexington Apr. 19, 1775, and saw
other service in the Revolution;
Abisha, Jr., serving in various Hing-
ham companies as private, drummer
and sergeant (v records p 19 Vol. IX
Ed.).
Abisha (204) lived in Hingham,
Mass., until after tlie Revolution
when he removed to Vt. and settled
at Tinmoath, adjoining Ira, where
he res. until his death. He m in
Hingham, Mar. 23, 1779, his cousin,
Deborah Wilder (212 V p 30 Vol. Ill)
who d Wells, Vt., July 10, 1836.
Their ch. (v p 72 Vol. XI) all d. y.
of consumption except Walter (1430)
and Tamsia (1432); Hannah (1428)
d Sept. 29, 1814; Harris (1429) d Dec.
3, 1813; Nelson (1431) d Jany 12,
1820; Deborah (1433) d Oct. 16, 1815.
To be continued.
Book XXXIII.
EDMUND LEWIS, Lynn, Mass.
Chapter CLXXI.
From a Lynn Daily Pai^er.
It was in January 1873, that Jacob M.
Lewis (65 v last issoe) became Mayor
of the city and continued in that ca-
pacity until 1877. During the first
year of his term of service the sol-
diers' monumeut was erected in City
Hall square, the first specimen of
ornamental art ever provided at public
expense in the city. After Mr.
Lewis's retirement from the shoe busi-
ness he engaged in the real estate and
insurance business. He was the
founder and organizer of the Lynn
Mutual Aid Association.
Mr. Lewis was a gentleman of quiet
and unobstrusive manners, easy and
agreeable to all, yet rather inclined to
198
LE\VISIA.INA.
reserve in his general deportment.
His action, while always firm, was
cautious rather than precipitate, so
that he was rarely, if ever, forced to
retreat from a position once taken.
His administrations of the city's
affairs were marked by a decided spirit
of public economy, yet no enterprise
that was for tha real good of the com-
munity ever lacked support from him.
Id person Mr. Lewis was of average
height, with a slight disposition to
stoutness. He was a calm-spirited,
thoughtful man, whose aim was to
live well and happily himself, and to
do what he might to secure a like
benefit to those arouud him.
Mr. Lewis is survived by a widow.
They had no ch.
In honor of Mr. Lewis's memory,
as an ex-Chief Executive of ths city,
the flags at the City Hall were placed
at half-mast.
Book XXXV.
fJOBERT LEWIS, Wales to Va.
Chapter CCXLIV.
The Lewis and Clark Exposition.
From the Outlook.
Commemorating, as it does, the
one hundredth anniversary of an icn^
I)ortant expedition sent out by Thomas
Jefferson, commanded by his private
secretary (Capt. Meriwether Lewis 64)
and one for which Congress made
what was at that time a large appro-
priation, the celebration is of National
importance and should attract interest
in the East as well as in the West.
The detailed accounts of the expedi-
tion of Captains Lewis and Clark have
hardly been exceeded in romantic in-
terest by accounts of later explora-
tions in any part of the globe. Tlie
record of the journey was read with
breathless interest on the return of the
party, for these men were the first
white men to cross the American con-
tinent between the country belongint?
to the Spaniards and the counrry be-
lougiugr to the English, and the first
to traverse the valleys of the Missouri,
the Yellowstone and the Columbia, a
route more difficolt than that taken to
California a few years later.
Chapter CCXLV.
By Nettie C. Lewis, West Kingston,
R. L
(Mrs. Lewis is Washington co.
Secretary of the R. I. branjh of The
King's Daughters aud Sons, a mem-
ber of the D. A. R., a member of L.
L. L. of which her husband is Supreme
Herald and has revised the address she
read at the first meeting of L. L. L.
at Watch Hill, R. I., in the hopes of
arousing interest in the Lewis Loyal
Legion. Ed.)
It is a singular fact that while the
world is making steady progress in
art, science and improvements, and
society is constantly looking forward
with eager anticipation to the future,
we are ever turning backward to re-
call the events and people of the past.
Down through the line of years,
history has been making material from
the lives of men who must have pos-
sessed a degree of physical courage,
moral courage, or courage of principle
which marks their history as that of
heroes. None of the stories appeal to
us so strongly as those which relate to
the heroic deeds, vicissitudes or ad-
ventures of those who are near to us
by blood and name. Few Americans
are more unworthy that title than he
who cherishes no pride in the worthy
deeds of his ancestors, who at some
time, in some degree won fame, honor
or distinction, and having died left a
name that awakens our pride and
ambition. The definition of the name,
"-Lewis" is "Noted Warrior," and it
is of one of those who bore thar dis-
^i -^Z-
n,^^. ,. -» - 'at
:4^
200
LEWISIAINA.
Island, which was plundered, iu the
fall of 1776, b}' the British light -
horse, under tlie cominaiul of Colonel
Birtcb. All his immovable iiropercy
was waiitouly destroyed, as well as
his books and papers of every descrip-
tion Mrs. Lewis, with iuconceiv-
able brataiity, was placed in close
confinement, without a bed to lie
upon, and without any change of
clothes whatever; iu which situatioj
she remained during several montlis.
This disgraceful affair was brought
before Congress on the eighth of Nov.
1776, and then referred to the Board
of War; on Dec. 3d, it was resolved
that a "Mrs. Chamier be permitted
to go to her husband at New York
and that Mrs. Lewis at Flushing, on
Long Island, be required in exchange."
It appears, however, that this un-
fortunate victim was finally exchanged
through the influence of General
Washin.oton, for Mrs. Bariovr, the
wife of the British paymaster-general
and Mrs. Kempe, the wife of the at-
torney general, of the province. The
consequences of her imprisonment was
the entire lois of health; and iu the
course of two years her lif^^ fell a
sacrifice to this modem ace of vandal-
ism ....
The property of Mr. Lewis was al-
most all sacrificed on the altar of
patriotism; and the peace which es-
tablished the independence of his
country, found him reduced from
afflaeuce to nearly a state of poverty;
his real estate being little more than
sufficient for the discharge of his Brit-
ish debts.
Oo Dec. 30, 1803, this venerable
man and excellent citizen, was gath-
ered to his fatliers, in tlie 90rh year of
his age, beqaeathing to his posterity!
a name which sliall long flourish in |
the annals of liberty and affording an I
example of virtue, constancy and per- 1
sonal sacrifice, wliicii, if prop?rly ap-
preciated, will serve as a model upon
which the rising patriot may found
his fame, and to wliich tlie veteran
statesman may look with mitigleil
emotions of rivalry and admiration.
Book XLIV.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Roxbury, Mass.
Chapter CVII.
By Geo. Harlan Lewis, X. Y. City.
Lydia Esther (558 v p 92 Vol. IX;,
m Apr. 9, 1845, Joseph Whittet, b
Aug. 1, 1819, d Nov. 26, 1869, Buffalo,
N. Y., son of James and Elizabeth
(—) Whittet. 3 ch b Buffalo, N. Y.
770. I. Charles Davenport, b Sept. 15,
1846, m. Nov. 10, 1869, Ada
Nichols. 3 ch. b Buffalo, N. Y.
1. Catherine, m Elbert Green:
res. Rochester, N. Y. ; have a son
Lewis.
2. May, m Dec. 25, 1892, Albert
Thompson; res. Buffalo; have a
son Lineas.
3. Willia-n, b 1878.
771. II. Joseph Lewis, b May 7, 1852,
m Aug. -2, 1880, Harriet Boagb-
ton Fairman; res. Builalo, N.
Y., ch.
1. Charles Grandison Fairman.
772. IIL Olive Ann, b Aug 19, 1855,
m Sept. 10, 1885, John Williams;
res. Syracuse, N. Y., ch.
1. Tamazon Wait.
Joseph Lovell (559) d Mar. 21, 1881,
at Sandusky, O., of pneumonia, m
June 5, 1849, Clara Johnson, b Dec.
8, 1829, Drummondsyilie, Canada,
dau. of Elisha F. and Elizabeth (— )
Johnson. He rem. from Lewiston, N.
Y., to Sandusky in 1846: was a cabi-
net maker and later a business man;
his widow survives him. 2 cli. b
Sandusky, O.
773 I. Elizabeth Mary, h Mar. 2,
1850, m Henry J. Yoiug. b Aug.
28. 1848,. Monroeville, O., son of
/rs^
THE UE2VVIS LETTER.
20I
774
Gardner and Martha (Warreu)
Yoaiig of Vt. He is a farmer
aud res. Oxford, Kas 1 ch. b.
775 I. Laura Lewis, b Oct. 24,
1884.
IL Henry Lovell, b Apr. 23, 1868,
is a M. D. office 34 Washington
St., Chicago, 111.
Book LIll.
ELLIS LEWIS, Wales to Perm.
Chapter XL VIII.
From thg Potts Memorial.
Lawrence (49 v p 141 Vol. VII) m
Philadelphia, Dec. 4, 1817, Anna
Maria Stocker, b Philadelphia, July
6, 1798, dan. of John Clem'^ots aad
M^ry K. (Rutter) Stocker. 6 ch. b.
116. I. Mary Katberine.
117. II. Stocker.
50. III. Lawrence.
118. IV. William Mortimer, b Sept.
22, 1822, d Dae. 9, 1824.
51. V. Robert Morton.
119. VI. Frauds A.
Book LIV.
EVAN LEWIS, Wales to Penn.
Chapter LV.
From th^ Jackson Family.
Record of ch. ot Jospeh Jackson (2)
and Mary S. (Miner) Lawis v p 49
Vol. XV.
Letitia Minor (115) d 6 mo. 22, 1862,
m 5 mo. 22. 1856, Wayne McVeagh
(b Phoiuixville. Pa., Apr. 19, 1833, a
graduate of Yale (1853), LL.D. Am-
herst, (1831), U. S. Minister Resid.
Turkey 1870, U. S. Attorney General
1881, U. S. Amba^i^ador, Italy, 1893,
res. 1904 Brookfield Farm, Bryn Mawr,
Penn. Ed.)- 2 ch. b.
176. I. Lincoln, b 7 mo. 4, 1858.
177. II Chas. Miner, b 6 mo. 5, 1800.
Josephine J. (117) m 4 mo. 21, 1859,
Stephen P., son of William and Catha-
rine P. Darlington; res. Wui^t Chester,
Pa. 4 ch. b.
178. I. Catharine P. , b 8 mo. 4, 18G0.
179. II. Wayne MacVeagh, b 10 mo.
16, 1862.
180. III. Frederick Wm.. b 8 mo. 9.
1864.
181. IV. Mary Lewis, b 3 mo 9, 1866.
Chapter LVI.
By E. J. Lewis, Torrington. Wyo.
Jehu (136 V p 135 Vol. XV) yoang-
e:?t ch. of Samuel (21) and Catherine
(Richards) Lewis b 17S0, Fairfax co.,
Ya., d 1855, Patnim co.. 111., m (1)
1803, Susanna Way, m (2) Rachel
Mills. 7 ch. b 2 m (1) 5 m (2).
182. I. Matilda.
183. II. Emily, m a Dodson ; ch.
188. I. Lewis, d infancy.
184. III. John, d infancy.
153. IV. Sanuel R.,b 1818, Wash-
ington CO., Penn., d 8 mo. 13,
1901, LaSalle co., 111., m 1842,
Ann E. Farley; 4 ch b.
189. I. William R., res. La-
Grange, III.
190. II. Edward C, res. Chicago.
152. III. Charles L., b Ottawa,
111., Mar. 8 1852, v p 169 Vol. XV.
191. IV. Samuel Morris, res. Mar-
seilles, III.
185. V. Joseph, b 1820 Washington,
CO., Pa., whore he d 1876 and
where he ra Mary Wharton,
186. VI Elizabeth, m a Chase.
187. VII. Lewis, m Susan Jones. 4
ch. b.
192. L Henry.
193. II Oliver.
194. III. Amanda, m a Taylor.
195. IV. Lizzie.
Chapter LVII.
From Unity for Dec. 4, 1902.
It is not strange in tliese days that
a man should in one life time acquire
a competency. As the term now goes,
perhaps Enoch Lewis (v last issue)
would not be listed among wealthy
202
LEWIS I AM A.
it is worthy of uote that |
a lifo held to the highest ,
men, but
here is
standards of ethics, committed to pub-
lic servicf, interested in ideas, and a
lover of the beautiful, who did succeed
in gathering about him a lovable and
loviug family iu a beautiful home,
and going to his final rest in the
fullness of 81 years, honored, trusted.
beloved, by cojntless numbers of those
who in many wavs had been permit-
ted to partake of his serenity, to
share in his bounty, to rest m his
wisdom.
He was business man of whom
Rev. Joseph May, his pastor, was able
to say, "The keynote of his character
was integrity, soundness of inind. per-
fect steadfastness, absolute addiction
to the right in every relation and on
every question." In contemplation
of such a life we may well say,
Blessed are the dead who die in the
Lord.
mo. <i
18S2.
1825,
unm.
d Philadelphia, 8 mo. 10,
199. V. Elizabeth, b Westchester. N.
Y., 8 mo. IS, 1828, res. Philidelphia,
unm.
203.
Chapter LYIIJ.
From the Sharpless Family.
Evan Le\7is (33 v p 27 Vol. VI) b
Radnor, Pa., 8 mo. 19, 1782, d 3 mo.
25, 1834, Philadelphia, m3 mo. 9,
1815, Wilmington Meeting, Sidney
Ann Gilpin, b 2 mo. 28, 1795, d 3 mo.
23, 1882, dm. of James and Sarah
(Littler) Gilpin. He was bred a far-
mer but taught school for some time
before an 5 after marriage. In the latter i
part of his life he was the editor of a | 204
Friends' paper and of the Genius of j
Universal Emancipation published by
Benjamin Luniy. From early man-
hood he was the earnest friend of the
negro and the opponent of slavery.
5 oh. b first 3 Wilmington, Del.
19G. L James, b 11 mo. 13, 1810. |
197. n. Edwafd, b 2 mo. 28, 1819. j
146. IIL Eno3h, b 12 mo. 1, 1821, for i b
sketch V p 121 Vol. XV.
198. IV. Sarah, b Octorara, Md., 2
Chapter LIX.
From the Dawson Family.
John Lewis, Jr., (150) b 3 mo. 29,
1781, d 2 mo. 5, 1,824, son of John (20
V p 169 Vol. XV) and Grace (Mere-
dith) Lewis (.botli of whom d in
Chester CD. ) m Little Falls Meeting,
Md., 9 mo. 10. 1818, Esther Fu^sell,
b Hatboro, Pa., 3 mo. 18, 17S2, d
Chester cd.. Pa., 2 mo. 8, 184S. She
was a woman of remarkable ability of
character, and she exercised a com-
mauling and beneticieat inQuf^nce
commensurate with her rare ability
and intelligence. They ocoupied a
farm wliich was part of a large tract
purchased during the early settlement
of Penn. by hi« maternal ancestors of
the Meredith family. 5 ch. b Chester
CO., Penn.
200. I. Mariauna, b 6 mo. 1, 1819, d
West Vincent, 9 mo. 3, 1866, unm.
201. II. Rebeccia, b 6 mo. 10, 1820.
202. III. Grace Anna, b 8 mo. 3.1821,
res. Media, uam. ; an accomp-
lished ornithologist, holding an
ackmwledged position among
nituralists v p 11, Vol. VII.
IV. Charles, b 9 mo. 11, 1822, d
10 mo. 18, 1823.
V. Elizabeth R., b 1 mo.
1824, d West Vine nt, 10 mo.
1863, nnm.
15,
10,
Book LIX.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Xe^ Jersey.
Chapter XLVIII.
From the Sharpless Family.
Nathan Lewis (9 v p 130 Vol. XV)
7 mo. IS, 1782, d 2 rao. 7, 1S08, m
3 mo. 16, 1814, Nt-wtown fleering.
Hannah Goodwin, b 3 mo. 29, 1793, d
THE L-EVVLS UEl^'ER.
203
8 mo. 30, 1S2S, dim of Jolm and Mary
Starr) Goodwin of Newtown, Pa. ; lie
was a cabinet maker by trade but
sooa after m parchased a farm m
Easttowu, Chester C3., Pa. 3 cb. b.
220. I. Mary G., b 2 mo. 14, 1815, m
Newtown Meetiug, 4 mo. 5, 1837
Randal Pratt of Marple, b 9 mo. 30,
1801, d 4 mo. 3, 1806, sou of David
and Lydia (Hoopes) Pratt; a farmer;
res. Newtown square, Pa. 8 cli. b.
221. I. Hannah L., b 1 mo. 23,
1838, d 11 mo. 8, 1840.
- 222. II. David, b 4 mo. 8, 1839,
d 10 mo. 29, 1840.
223. III. Nathan L., b 3 mo. 1,
1841, m 12 mo. 7, 1870, Phebe
L. Bartram, b 10 mo. 11, 1840,
dau. of Israel and Mary Ann
(Thomas) Bartram of Willistown,
Pa. No ch.
224. IV. Lydia, b 2 rao. 3, 1843,
m 11 mo. 13, 1867, T. Dillwyu
Untton of Newtown, b 1 mo. 10,
1842, d 8 mo. 2, 187S, son of
Edmund and Tacy (Matlack)
Duttou; res. Newtown square, Pa.
3 ch. b.
1. Randal P , b 3 mo. 15, 1869.
2. Edmund N., b 2 mo. 24, 1877.
3. Mary T., b 7 mo. 20, 1878.
225. Y. Randal, b 4 mo. 18,1845,
d 8 mo. 22, 1861.
226. VI. Anna Mary, b 3 mo. 15,
1847. d 8 mo. 8, 1847.
227. VII. Mary L., b 10 mo. 27,
1848.
238. VIII. Margaret, b 4 mo. 26,
1853; both of the last two are
nnm. and res. at Newtown Square,
Pa.
Book LXXX.
THOMAS LEWIS, Saco, Me.
Chapter IX.
The ch. of James and Judith (3
Lewii?) Gibbons v p 110 Vol. VII.
The Gpu. Dept. of Hartford, Ct.,
Times stared recently that James Gib-
bons came on the Increase in 1635
when he was ae. 21, and asks if his
dau. Elizabeth (6) did not m Luke
Hitchcock.
Ridlon's Saco Valley states that
Rachel (10 ) d 1724 ae. 63 and m
Robert Edgecomb, b Blue Point,
Scarborough, Me., 1656, d 1730, ae.
74, said to have been eldest son of
Nichols and ( Wilmot) Edgecomb.
4 cb. b.
I. Robert, b 1695.
II. Thomas, b 1698.
III. Judith.
IV. Mary.
The Wakefield Memorial states that
Rebecca (9) m James Wakefield, son
of John and Elizabeth (Littlefield)
Wakefield, drowned Oct. 25, 1707; 6
ch. b.
I. James.
II. Jobn.
III. Keziah.
IV. Nathaniel.
V. Samuel.
VI. Gibbons.
Book LXXXV.
JOHN LEWIS, Roxbury, Mass.
Chapter XIX.
From Ridlon's Saco Valley.
Col. Daniel Lewis (28 v p 142 Vol.
IX) was succeeded by his soa John
(66) who d 1861 and had 4 ch. a far-
mer and timber dealer; William (63)
was a physician at Shapleigh; Daniel
(65) a merchant at Boston. This fam-
ily is buried in a beautifully enclosed
ground, on the old Lewis farm, in
Alfred. Me.
Book CXXIII.
FIELDING LEWIS, Va., N. C, and
Term.
Chapter III.
By Jobn M. Lewis, Portland, Oregon.
Ch. of George (2) and Cyntha
204
LrEWISIAIVA.
Phelps) Lewis v last issue.
18. IX. Rebecca b JulyU.lSiQ m J
25, I80G John Edmojulsou
19. X. William L., b Apr. 2, 1851,
m (1) 1873 Miry Morris who d
1883; m (2) ISOO Sarah H:\zel.
20. XI. Joseph A. b Sept. 23, 1853,
d in Sept. 1899, m (1) Mary Thora-
bury who d 1883; m (2) Ella
Fulkerson.
XII. Robert L., b Jauy 9, 185G,
m Jany 14, 1885, Mattie L. Hard?.
XIII. Margaret V., b Oct. 13,
1858, d Aug. 29. 1875.
23. XIV. Henry A., b Jany 27, 1862,
m in Oct. 1890, Lulu Debalt.
of the S:atj Tax Com^^is^ion
Har-
21
22.
Record Of Life,
Deaths.
Feby 16, 1905, at the General Mem-
orial Hospital, Sara A. Lewis, ae 72.
Interment Laurel Hill, Philadelphia.
Jany 19, 1905, of consumption, B.
Lewis, ae. 65, an insurancB agent.
He was a member of R. A., Fort
Greene Council, 1048, N. Y. His in-
surance goes to his 3 cfa.
In Boston, Mass., Feb. 25, 1905,
George A. Lewis formerly of New
Haven, Ct.. where he was buried.
Mar. 14, 1905, at her home 48G E.
143d St., X. Y. City, Mary, wife of
Francis Lewis and only dau. of Fran-
cis Quinn.
Notes,
The death of Geaeral Joseph R.
Hawley reminds Southington, Ct.,
people that only five of the 25 men
from thit town who enlisted in Co A
of his Regt. (7th Coim. Vols.) are liv-
ing. Among the 25 were George F.
Lewis and John C. Lewis. . . .Ceylon
H. Lewis of Syracuse, N. Y., has been
apiX)iDted by Gov. Higgins a member
an. 1 vey S. Le.vi< is giving 20 illustrated
Lessons 0:1 Commercial Photography
in Western Camera Notes.... The
Treasury Department has decided to
make no furrher a^tiou in the customs
appeal case of Lewis, German & Co.
vs. the United States, involving tlie
duty ou spent Ginger. The govern-
ment; made the contentiou that this
iiie.-chandise was dutiable at three
cents a pouad as a spica, bat lost in
the Circuit Court, New York
Damages of 850 each in the suits of
Samuel A. and Sarah J. Lewis,
against the Fair Haven & Westville
Railroad Company were awarded in
the superior court at New Haven Ct.,
by Judge Robinson. Mrs Lewis
claimed that while riding in Whalley
avenue in August she was struck by a
car owned by the defendant and seri-
ously hurt. Mr. Lewis sue.l to re-
cover on money expended in the care
of Mrs. Lewis during her illness ....
J. M. Lewis in City Digest a poem on
the return of the battle flags. . . .
Charles A. Lewis, a Chicago man since
1866, is recovering from a record-
breaking cas3 of pneumonia, at the
age of 68. His pulse jumped to 200;
past the point where dissolution usu-
ally occurs. Fie is a Vassalboro, Me.,
Lewis where his father, Jabez Lewis,
was a sea captain .... Goldberg &
Lewis, dry goods, Talladega, Ala
Among the awards at the Dog Show
in New Yt.rk City B. F. Lewis's ch.
Mark's Rush cup for best pointer dog
and his ch. Lon-dovne Hall Stream a
cup for bet greyhound. Mrs Lewis's
Lansdowne Perfection received 3d prize
among Amoriran fox hoands . . . . The
A. F. Lewis Mfg. Co !■] Saratoga St..
East Boston, Mass., factory at East
Pepperell, Mass.,. mnuufaeture the
Devoe File, the only perfecit spring
sDindle file.
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VOLUME XV
NUilBER XII
1905
THE ANCIENT AND HONOR-
ABLE FAMILY OP LEWIS
A MOINTIibY POR
THE bEWISBS
and TtlCIR KliNDR&D
CARLL : ANDREWS / LEWIS
EDITOR : AND : PUBLISHER
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June 1 - Oct. 15. No other compares with it. No
outing- opportunity of the 5'ear is more attractive.
Exceptionally lo%v rates. Only a brief additional
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cents, the new Lewis and Clark Booklet. Have
you read "The Trail of Lewis and Clark?" Two
volumes of fasciiiatiiii? interest, the work of Olin
D. Wheeler, Avho has traversed the great explo-
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York. Ask them about it.
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Vol. XV, Xo. 12. GUILFORD, CONX., JUNE, 1905. Terms: One Dollar A Year.
LEWISIANA
A MONTHLY INTER-FAMILY PAPER, j lxxiil Tbos.
LXIX. Henry, 17G5, Culpepper-co., Va.
LXXL Samuel, 1 748-lS2-.c!, Plymouth.
LXXII. John, 1640, Henrico-co., Va.
Its object is to bring all of the name of Lewis
and their kin into mutual acquaintance and
friendship, to discover for each one his Idndred
and keep mm posted in regard to all their trials
and successes in life, and to record for use of
themselves and their posterity the traditions,
biography and genealogy of all' the Lewises.
TERMS.
One Dollar a year, payable on receipt of the
July number. Single numbers, Ten Cents each.
Remittance should Yn.^ by Check or Express Or-
der. If P. O. Order, make payable at Guilford,
Conn. Advertising rates furnished on applica-
tion. Address all communications to the pub-
lisher,
CARLL A. LEWIS, Guilford, Conn., Box 194.
LEWISIANA is entered as second class mat-
ter at the Post Office at Guilford. Conn., and is
printed by The Shore Line Times Press, Guil-
ford.
irVDEXES.
Indexes have been prepared in the form of
card c*atalogues. whicli are kept completed to
the date of the latest issue. These indexes
cover both L-e\\'is Letter and Lewi-iana and are
for all male Lewises and for all other names
than Lewis. Until some means is devised bv
which these can be printfxi the Editor will
furnish these references to all siibscribers who
will send stamps to cover cost of rt.'ply.
List of the Books of the Lewises,
Earliest Ancestors— When and Where.
Missing munbers are of Merged Books.
LIY. Evau, 1682, Wales to Penn.
LY. Stephen, Llanfyuyd, Wales.
LYI. John, 1G94, Hopkinroo, R. I.
LYII Enoch, Cheat River, Penn.
LVIII Benajah, 1734, Providence.
LIX. William, 16S2, New Jersey.
LX. Thomas. 1760, Dighton. Mass.
LXI. The ShiDbuikler, Pittsburgh, Pa.
LXII. Marshall, Binghampton, N. f .
LXm. Philip. N. J. to Ohio.
LXIV. Benjamin. 1729. Farmington.Ct.
LXVIL David, 1800, Wales to Del.
LXYIII. Aaron, 1780, Ya. to Ky.
1750, Buckingham, Ya.
j LXXIV. Exum, 1775,Eclgecomb, N. C.
i LXXY. Paul, 1770, Rhode Island.
ILXXYI. William, 1760, Rhode Island.
I LXXYII. Benjamin, 1812, Oswego.
LXXYIIL George, 1640, Casco Bay, Me.
LXXIX. Nathaniel, 1768, Wells, Yt.
LXXX. Thomas, 1630, Saco, Me.
LXXXI. Thomas. 1668, New York City.
LXXXII. Andrew, 1776, New Jersey.
LXXXni. Alanson, 1762, New York.
LXXXIY. Yaleutine. Ulster-co., N. Y'.
LXXXY. John, 1640, Roxbury, Mass.
LXXXn. Israel, 1769, N. Y. City.
LXXXYII. Philip, 1650, Portsmouth.
LXXXVIII. John, 1660, Portsmouth.
XC. Elisha, 1770, Conn.
XCI. Frederick, 1760, Wales to Mass.
XCII. Archelaus, 1753. Berwick, Me.
XOIII. Charles, 1/40, Yirginia.
XCIY. John, 1777, Philadelphia.
XCY. William, 1735, Chester-co., P
XCYI. Ellis, 1730, Merion, Pa.
XCYII. Morgan, 1682, Penn.
Contents For June 1905.
Memorial Day Issue 206
Lewis Harvard Alumni 207
Lewis in Wales 207
Memorial Day Addresses 208
Genealogical Records 2 1 2
Book II. Chapter 224 213
" YIIL Chapter 491 214
'* Xll. Chapter 405 214
" XXIV. Chapter 358 215
" XXXY. Chapters 246 to 248.215
" XXXIX. Chapter 20 217
•* XLIY. Chapter 108 217
" LIY. ChaDter 60 218
•• CXXIII. Chapter 4 218
Record of Life 218
Notes and Clippings 219
Queries 220
'-<y
206
LEWISIArVA.
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John C Lewis,
At IiKlei>eudence H;\ll, Pbilarlelphia.
May 3, 1905, Mr. John C. Lewis, of
Loaisville, president of the Keufncky
Society, Sons of the Araericau Revolu-
tion, was elented to the next highest t
office within the 0fC of the national}
society, that of Vice President General. I
la the election of Mr. Lewis to tnis |
inix)ortant office in the representative j
body of this orf,'-auizatiou, honor has |
not only bean bestowed ui)on the man, j
Louisville, Ky.
bat upon Kentucky and the entire South.
Mr. Lewis inherits bis elig'ibilify to
membership in the societv from his
Washington oud Lewis ancestors, and
it was a most gracp.ful act of the na-
tional society to elect him to this off! ?e
in the histoiic old building so intimare-
ly associated with the name and fame
of his great uncle, George Washingtou.
— Frf)in tJtc Louisville Tim€>< to irao*!-
courtesy the hxin of the cut is due
I
THE LEWIS LETTER.
20 7
riemorial Day Issue.
It seems well that iu one issue of
each volume of Lewisianii the usuil
geuealo^ical records should give plar^e
to somsthing else of general interest
to Lewises and their kindred. So Vol.
XIV bad iu its November issue a
portanity to bring before our readers
the mass of record-? cjUe^ted in rhe-^e
Books soDner t!in.'j if printed in the
regular issues of Lewisiaaa. To list
of subscribers given in last issue aid
Barry W. Lewis, Erie, Penu., for
Book Xn.
Recreation Number and now Vol. XV I George Lewis, Colorado Springs, Colo..
has iu its June issue a Memorial 1 for Book VIII.
Nambpr. The Editor regrets that it | Are there not enough more iu Book
was impossible to reprint in full these I VIII so that issue can be printed early
notable addresses. While the address- in July as the first of these issue.-
es are in sharp contrast borh ring true.
Both the orators were veterans: — one
has since answered the last ciU while
the other retains as a legacy of his
service the almost total loss of eye-
sight caused by complicated glaucoma
aud atrophy of the optic nerve. The
place of the address in eacli case is
closely connected with the ancestry of
tlie orator.
Lothrop Lincoln Lewis (1798. XXIV
V p 164 Vol. XV) spoke in the city
named Tor his ancestor, Capt. John
Gorham, the home of his gt. gr. fa-
ther, Major George Lewis (489) who
was the sou of a noted officer of the
Revolution.
Col. Alfred Joshua Lewis (431. XLV
V p 126 Vol. XV) spoke iu the city
where for nearly thirty years im-
portant and distiuiuished positions j meantime we thank you for your kind
were held bj' his gr. father, Hon. i suggestion.
Joshua Lewis (30) who also was the | Respectfully,
son of a noted Revolutiomry officer, i W. R. Stevens, Secretary.
Two notable examples amonof the j Mrs. R. T. Tandy, Columbia, Mo.
many, many patriotic Lewises of oar! The Columbia Herald of Aug 10,
country— north and south, east and j lOOl, spe.iks of Mrs Tandy's sugaes-
west. Would that thev were one and i tion under the title '* Would Celebrate
Another Error Corrected
The tirs^ men':ion of Lewis Day is
not correctly given in Lewis Da7
number. It appears in the St. Louis
Republic for Aug. 11, 1901, on which
day a letter also was sent to the
World's Fair officials to which the fol-
lowing answer was returned.
St. Loais, U. S. A., Aug. 15, 1901.
Mrs. Tandy:—
I am' iu receipt of vonr letter of the
11th inst., suggesting among the
ceremonies during the Exposition a
"Lewis Day" in commemoration of
the Meriwether Lewis expedition to
define the boundaries of the Louisiana
Purchase. Your letter has been re-
ferred to the Committee on Cere-
monies for its consideration. In the
all as loyal to the name,
LEWIS
ja cou-in of Gen. Meriwether
I and all the descendants of the
Extra Issues.
Books VIII, XII, XXIV, XXXV, LIV
These issues (v April issue for de
tails) are not designed as reprints of j aud Lewises would hold a reunion on
former records but to give an op- ( that day," slie writes.
Lewis Day at St. Loais" aud cou-
cludes as follows: —
"My husband's g'. gr. mother was
Lewis
W.j.'^h-
ingtons, Warners, Reades, Wallers
-r"
>v^'
208
L-EWISIAIVA.
riemorlal Da^- Address.
Comrades: Massachusetts' ideal
volonteer soldier, Geu. Charles De-
vius, the orator, statesman aud jurist,
who at one time was commander in
chief of the G. A. R., was asked a
short time before his death, which of
the many honors that had come to him
he prized the most. He had been
twice appointed a Justice of the Su-
preme Court and had been the Attorney
General of the nation between these
appointments. He straightened up
and instantly replied: 'The psriod of
my life of which I am proudest was
backward;' but to-day we look back-
ward in order that we may gain in-
spiration and openness of vision to see
clearly the pathway of tlie farnre and
gain courage to walk therein with steps
unfaltering, although the way may \y^
'rocky and steep.' Let os go back,
comrades, beyond th3 days when we
saw the flag borna in the smoku* ot
battle ; back even to the days of its
adoption (1776) and from that time
note some of the changes, some of the
deeper meanings and stronger pur-
poses that have come with the passing
years. The great thought of the revo-
:may 30th, 1902. aoRHAM, :me.
LoTHROF Li:s-coL^ Let\"is, Orator of the Oay
that covered by the years during which
I wore the uniform of my country and
fought under her flag.'
Citizens of Gorliam: When yoa re-
member that the greatest satisfaction
that can come into one's life is the
knowledge of duty well done, yon will
not wonder that once a year 'the old
soldiers' touch elbows and march with
proud though halting steps and slow.
What is the proof that the duty was
well done? The oneness, the unity of
the people. One to-day in thought,
united in purpose as never before.
One aim, one ideal. The typical
American is not of the north or of the
south, of the east or the west, but of
the United States and the United
States is a nation,— grand beyond con-
ception!
This day comes to us with double
meaning. It is a day for retrospec-
tion and consecration Edward Eve-
rett Hale tells us to 'look forward, not
lutionary fatliors was Liberty, The
desire for liberty planted New Eng-
land and later brought all the colonies
into united action and filled them
with a common purpose; when, hav-
ing won against treraen'^ous odds, the
new nation took its place in the
worhl's family, the one great word
emblazoned on its standard of star?
and stripes was Liberty — Heaven born,
earth dwelling, the right of all, bu?
likely to be abused by some.
Years go by and over this broad
land the fires of civil war are fiercely
burning and its sons are mustering for
the conflict divided into two hostile
cami>3. Over one is floating the old ban-
ner, but inscribed upon it now a new
word of deep meaning, — Union. The
echoes from Sumprer throb and lea:
in the springtime air. To the meu of
the Southland th»-y are bugle calls to
battle. To the Northland they are 3u
(Concluded on page 211.)
THE LEWIS LETTER.
>09
Memorial Day Address
With beat of droms, oud with mar-
tial step, von liave just made your
aiiunal grand round ot the eucamp-
meut of our dead. Here, with heads
bowed down in prayer, and with vol-
leys of musketry aud the bugle's tapE>
you have signified resi^ect for the
silent hosts of warriors who are rest-
ing after a life of warfare. Here,
ladies of the Confederate organiza-
tions in the city and the schoolchil-
dren have scattered fragrant flowers
on the grassy mound of this monu-
ment under which repose so many of
and fatigue and to face all sorts of
dangers,
Tlieu turn to the Cannonneers' Mon-
ument and ask: '"Who were our
dead?" and the answer will come that
on many a stubbornly-contested field
the soldiers of the Washington Artil-
lery won world-wide renown and tiiat
they were worthy of the distinguished
name they bore.
Then come to the green hillock
commemorative of our great chieftain,
and ask again: ''Who are our dead?"
And there will be unfolded a dazzling
roll of honor with such names as
JUNE Bd, 1004. NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Alfred Joshua. Le^vis, Orator oe the L>a^'.
oar dead.
Perhaps some one will a-k: "Who
areourdeid?" Goto yonier grassy
mound and look upon the splendid
shaft overtopping the grave of Jeffer-
son Davis, President of the Southern
Confederacy. That shaft tells of the
leaders of the Confederacy , aud of the
hardf ought battles of Bull Run, Ma-
nasses, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg
and many others in Virginia and in
Maryland: with the valorous deeds ot
the sons of the Southland and which
have woven a chaplet of immortal
fame about the brow of the i;)eerless
chieftain, Robert Edmund Lee.
Go to the tomb of the Continental
Guards and you will hear the Con-
federate response to Beauregard's call
for re-enforcements; a response which
had in its ring the true echo of 1776
and of 1812, when patriots volunteer-
ed to go forth to the battle fields to
do and to die, to endure privations aud
Albert Sidney Johnston, Gustave
Toutaut Beauregard, Braxton Bragg,
Joseph E. Johustoi, Hardee, Polk,
Taylor, Kirby Smitti, Forrest, Price,
Semmes, Maury and the others whose
names have been hallowed with glory
in service for their country by land
and sea.
Then stand in Greenwood Cemetery
before this monument erected by the
Confederate ladies of New Orleans
and raise your voice and cry out:
"Who are our dead?" Andoutofthe
shadows, under the trees whose trem-
ulous whisperings chant a perpetual
requiem, there will come the sound of
the trumx)et of fame in response to
your ory, and it will tell in enthusias-
tic accents of tha bravery, the forti-
tude, the endurance, the patience, the
valor, the indomitable will, the bold
intrepidity, the patriotic devotion,
which have made the Confederate sol-
dier the admiration of the civilized
I
2IO
UEWISIAIVA.
world.
Then the trumpet sounds iu softer
accents as it whisjiers the nimes of
Palmer, of Galleh?r. of Mark ham and
of Witherspoon, aud of Miller, Gi-
rinlt, Hotlges, Hubert, Turgis and
Ryan and many more whose saintly
condact in trying scenes in the faoe
of danger and of difficulties made
them respected by all and has caused
their memories to be revered. Then
ask that silent sentinel who guards
this monanient, ask him who stands
guard over his sleeping comrades:
"Who erected this monument to our
dead heroes?" And the gentle
breezes which softly play aboat his
rigid lips of marble will whisjxjr that
it was erected by the
NOBLE WOMEN OF THIS SOUTH-
LAND.
Even as Mary was the last at the
cross, the last to mourn at the sepul-
chre and the first to rejoice at the
glories of the resurrection, so the
noble ladies of the South were the
last to weep at the fall of the Con-
federacy,the last to mourn the dissolu-
tion which followed the war and the
first to rejoice in the retarn of pros-
perity to the shattered Southland.
They built this Confederate monu-
ment, and above it they placed the
soldier's statue as a sentinel over his
sleeping comrades: th&y placed the
statue of the Southern private soldier
as representing the highRst type of
manhood.
On the west sida of the monument
the ladies placed the bust of Stone-
wall Jackson, unique in his soldierly
qualities and in his devotion to his
conntry and to his p3ople, and wh'jse
tragic and untimely death was
mourned by the whole South.
On the north side there is the bust
of Leonidas Polk, wiio did his full
duty as a warrior bishop and who
died as a soldier on the battle field.
On the east side is the bust of Alb^Tt
Sidney Johnston, the great com-
mander, who died at Shiloh, and on
the sjuth side there is the bust of
Robert E. Lee. noble iu pe.ice as well
as in war, the idol of the people, and
who lived to see the dawn of peace
and prosperity in the reunited country.
You, Daughters of the Confederacy,
who possess the loveliness of form and
the devotion that characterized your
mothers, yours will soon be the solemn
duty to continue the work your moth-
ers have begun and which they have'
performed so well. You, Sons of
Confetlerate Veterans, you who Lave
proven worthy of such brave aud
patriotic fathers, you who recognize
that the struggle between the States
was engaged in by the Southern States
in defense of constitutional liberty
and in defeuseof constitutional govern-
ment, remember that the highest and
most sacred gift of Gud is that of free-
dom, that the most cherished boon is
that of free citizenship. Remember
that St. Paul invoked with conscious
pride his Roman citizenship, and so let
it ever be your proud boast that you
are citizsns of the grjat Republic.
Aud now the sun is setting in the
Wdst. Aud as the rays of the great
orb of the day touch with golden radi-
ance tombs and monuments, pointing
so silently yet so eloquently toHeaveu
theie is seen, far in the east, the
gradual approacn of night, which is
bFginning to spread her sable mantle
over the vault of the sky. Through
the folds of the mantle of night the
stars begin to peep, and they, too, re-
mind us of Heaven.
In thes-3 solenm moments, surround-
rd, as we are, by the white monuments
of the city of the dead, we recall the
real glories of the past, and realize
the stern obligations of the present
THE LEWIS LETTER.
211
and we ask the Etorual Ruler to so
guide acd prepare us that we may
always be true to the dead Uonfederacy,
as we are true aud loyal ro Him.
a right to be satisfied. The nation
liQd become orje in purpose, one in
ideal.
Ho>w events hurry on. Scorc^ly d3
we realize what we are doiug ere
Dewey holds Manilla, Cerveras fleer
lies burning on the sands, Cuba is re-
Memorial Day Address.
(Concluded from page 208).
Archanerers trump calliug men to new | deemed, Spain's soldiers sent home at
life. Not a moment is lost in delibe- our expense, the flag is covered with a
ration. The husbandman lays down
the hoo to take the musket, the scholar
leaves his desk and book. Here come
Idojs to form the artillery that later
shall stand a very wall of tire on
yonder battle-ridge; even the village
shiftless offers himself for sacrifice.
The sufferings of tliose years, who can
tell V On the hearts of those then living
'tis graven as with the point of a dia-
mond. You who are younger can know
it only when j'ou know infinity.
Liberty and Union ! The foes of the
morning were the friends of the after-
noon and from both went ap the even-
ing song of praise aud peace; all the
world aud nngels of God joined the
chorus, for Union and Confederate
bad united in wiping out the stain of
slavery and together wore digging deep
the grave of state rights. Into the
Constitution was being writt n the
guarantee of Liberty and eqaal rights,
which forever more were to be guiding
stars for the nation.
Years passed before we knew fully
hovv well that work had been done;
but when it became necessary for the
President to exercise the federal
ftuthority in quelling riot in a state
and every U. S. senator voted to sus-
tain him in so doing, the old soldier
began to realize it, and when, four
years ago, with no dissenting vote in
Congress and scarcely a discordant
voice in all the land, the flag was
planted on the Cuban Hills, not for
conquest bat for righteousness, we
knew the Union was complete and had
new glory and on it now we see a new
word written by the finger of God, —
Justice —and the trinity is complete.
Liberty, Union, Justice. Coming
generations can add no more. All that
can now be done is to make the op-
plication of these threo perfect, in
private, in state aud in national life.
The old world, beholding the purpose
and power of the United States, rec-
ognizing that the great leader of na-
tions is here, seats her at the head of
the council table and allows her to
dictate terms of peace for all the
world at Pekiu. Friends, we have
much to be thankful for tonight.
Thank God for George Washington
and Liberty ! Thank God for Abraham
Lincoln and Union! Thank God for
William McKinley and Justice.
And now what of tbe future? In a
moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
the United States has stepped into the
broad ar-^na of tho world's affairs, be-
come a world power, is now in truth
a very lender. We cannot withdraw
from it and resume the provincial po-
sition of five ye;irs ago without losing
the respect of the civilized world, and
what wonld be far worse, our own
national self-respect, and to lose that
would be worse than death. Burdens
have been laid upon us, heavy, but
they must be borne. A great trust
has been imposed, how shall it be ad-
ministered? The only question now
is how? What shall be the spirit in
which our national life shall be car-
ried on at home and bevond the seas
2i:
LEW^ISIANA.
this twentieth cenniry?
Let us examiue our trinity aud find
some of the deeper meanings brought
to light during the pavssing years. We
find Liberty a word to be used with
limitations.
How we are held by that word.
Union; at first a mere agreement be-
tween the Colonies for a little helping
of each other in a common cause;
strengthened by the adoption of the
Constitution; made a bond indissolu-
ble by the result of civil war.
How shall we interpret Justice?
Justice in private relationship, Jostico
in town affairs, Justice in matters of
State, Justice in National Govern-
ment, Justic3 among the nations of
the world, would be the Kingdom of
God among men.
Just Government! To accomplish
which, is one of the noblest aud one of
the sweetest purposes that can move a
sonl to action or inspire to sacrifice.
Let us not be recreant to the high
opportunities. To so shape public
opinion that just government within
our borders shall be realized, and that
its voice shall be heard proclaiming
justice througliout the world, is the
mission of the American manhood and
womanhood of the twentieth century.
**The contest is raging, 'twill be
fearful and long."
But hear the old command coming
down the ages. "Be thou strong and
very courageous, speak unto the chil-
dren of Israel that they go forward."
So do and in the end you shall see the
sunlight of Appomattox resting on
your efforts and into your souls will
come the knowledge of duty well done.
The United States of America may
become the United States of the
World; floating over all tlie old bau- 1
ner witli its red stripo of sacrifice, its!
white of peace and purity, its blue of
the kingdom come down among men, I
and its stars of light and beauty.
In all tlie earth sliall be the liberty
of the sous of God, the union of a per-
fect brotherhood of mankind aud the
justice of the eternal Father, His
everlasting love.
Lewis Alumni— Harvard University.
Concluded from la^t issue.
1871. Elijah Howard (d 1S75) A. B.
1871. Francis Draper (1844. XXIV;
A. B. (1869) Amherst, LL.B.
1873. Isaac Newton (54.XLIV) A. B.,
and Boston Univ. LL.B. (187b")
and A. M. (1877).
1875. Bennett Sperry (323.11) M. D.
1880. Arthur Ernestine, D. M. D.
1885 Henry Foster (1312. XXIV) A.
B., M. D. (1888).
1887. Edwin Ransome (1104.VIIIj :M.
D.
1887. Joshua Francis {39.LXXXIX)
S. B. (1879) Dart., M. D.
1888. Leo Rich (690.XXIV.) A. B.
(1887) Tufts; A. B. and A. M.
(1889); Prof. Hist and Theory
Music Tufts Coll.
1889. Henry Stockton, M. D. V.
1890. Charles Allen, A. B.
1890. Richard Field, A. B. and LL. B.
(1893).
1892. Hume, A. B.
1892. JohnBeavens, A. B. and Aud-
over Theol. Sem. 1895.
J 893. Joseph Volney, S. B.
1895. John Hirt, A. B. and A. M.
(1896).
1895. William Henry, A. B. (1892)
Amlierst; LL.B.
1896. Arthur Gardner, A. B. and A.
M. (1897).
1896. Fred Rinaldo, A. B. and A. M.
(1897).
1896. Gilbert Newton, A. B., A. M.
(189S) and Ph.D. (1899).
1896. Harola William, A. B.
1896. Her.schel Wilder, A. B.
1897. Frederic Thomas, A. B. and A.
THE LEWIS l_E^^rER.
213
M. (189S).
1897. Fred Clmrles, S. B.
1897. Ernest Dormau (2787. VIII) A.
B. (1892) and A. M. (189:3) both
L»dand Stanford, Jr. ; A. M.
1898. Walter Stanford, A. B. (1894)
Tjlan?(La.); LL.B.
Lewis and Clark Exposition.
From railway circles and organized
bodies of Portland comes information
to the effect that the fair will be very
largely attended b}' people from all
-parts of the United States and Canada.
Lewis Day is Aug. 12th. Going?
Lewis In Wales.
From Histor}' of Powys Fadog.
Captain Anthony Lewis of Barton
Hall, by his will dated Angast 1, 1634,
which is stated to have been "drawne
ap by himself praying it may be con-
strued to common sense, and not to be
by Lawe -wrested to nice coastrac-
tions," he devised his Mansion and
real Estates, charged with annaifcies,
charitable rent charges, and Legacies
for his namerous "Cosens," amongst
whom wag William Lewys, "Mar-
chant," to his "loving Co.sen Sir Sack-
ville Trevor, Knt.," for life with re-
mainder to "his most beloveist Cosen
Sir Thomas Trevor, Knt., one of the
Barons of His Majesties Exchequer, "
for life, with remainder to his "Cozen
Thomas Trevor, Esq., sonne and heir
apparpnt of the sayd Sir Tliomas," for
life, and his heirs in tail male. He
was specific in his bequests of armour,
plate, rings, and arms; and left "to
the Preacher that preached his funeral
sermon £3, "j^raying that he" would
not there in his pulpit prayse nor yet
disprayse the gonne life of the dead
corps before him, as commonly most
deviues doe most grosly, too much of
the one or other, nor yet she we bis
witt in giving there a wipe concern-
ing this my request, but follow his
text to the profitt of the hearers, soe
end and interr me." He also be-
queathed, "to discharge his funeral,
not meaning to have any blacks given,
I £120."
It is stated in a "Catalogue of Ben-
efactors" that, in 1634, Anthony
Lewis "bestowed towards glazing the
Church windows, and building tlie
seates, and paving the Church, in all
£300," a sum of money which, in the
days of King Charles I, must have
been looked upon ag extremely large;
and, it is further stated, that he
charged his lands in Burton, "towards
providing of bread to be distributed
among the Poor every Sunday at
Church," with the payment of £7
per annum.
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS.
Explanations, Abbreviations, Etc.
For convenience the records of the
various Lewis families are divided
into Books and each Book into
chapters. At the head of each Book
appears the name of the earliest known
ancestor of thai family. The List of
Books is a complete index to the Books
as published to this time. New Books
will be added from time to time as
new branches of the Lewis family
are found. As soon as Books are
proved parts of others they will be
merged into the Books to which they
belong. Each name is numbered when
first printed and whenever the name is
repeated this number follows in brack-
ets. The abbreviations commonly
used in genealogical work are used.
♦— ♦
Book IL
BEXJAMIX LEWIS, Stratford, Conn.
Chapter CCXXIV.
From the Hurlbart Genealogy.
Sarah Louisa (554 v p 99 Vol. VI)
of Brooklyn, N. Y., m June 21, 1 36.
214
UEVVISIAISA.
George Hurlburt, b New Louclou, Ct.,
d Brooklyn, N. Y.. July 15, 1846, sou
of Samuel and Matilda (Deuisou)
Hurlburt (The Deuisou Record gives
date of his birth as Aug. 19, 1815, and
his mother's name as Mehitable. Ed.).
3 ch b.
3141. I. George, b 1837, d Yokohama,
Japan, Jauy 25, 1877; buried
Greenwood Cemetery, N.Y. City.
3142. II. Louise, m Dec. 10, 1862,
Mason YToung; I ch. b.
1. Edw. Mason, d at scliool Con-
cord, N. H.. Apr. 26, 1878, in
loth 3'ear.
3143. III. Sopbia.
Book Vlll.
JOHN LEWIS, Westerly, R. L
Chapter CDXCI.
By Wm. T, Lewis, Vassar, Mich.
According to my records John (104
V p 161, Vol. XY) d ae. 20 years.
My gr. father (not father as given
p 161 Vol. XV) Benjamin Stanton
(3645) b Aug. 26. 1789, Exeter, R. L,
d Sept. 10, 1873, Norwalk, 0., m Feb.
1, 1820, Spafford, N. Y., Betsey
Whiting, b Aug. 1 1800, Cambridge,
Vt., daa. of Dr. Jeremiah Bump
Whiting and gr. dau. of Thomas
Whiting who built the first smelting
furnace in the U. S. 8 ch. b 1st and
last Moravia 2nd Auburn and rest
Spafford, N. Y.
3714. I. Jeremiah Bump Whiting, b
Jany 22, 1821, d in May 1896,
Marshall, Mich.
3715. II. Urwin Stanton, b Sept. 19.
1822, d Dec. 30,, 1898, Vassar.
3716. III. Lerny Lansing, b Oct. 26,
1824. d Nov. 28, 1903, Ceresco,
3717. IV. Thecla Ann, b Apr. 11,
1826, res. Xorwaik, O.
3718. V. Mary Majesta, b May 11,
1827, d Nov. 14, 1845, Marengo,
3719. VI. Ruth Jane, b Apr. 28, 1829,
res. Olena, O.
: 3720. VII. Peleg Easton, b July 22,
I 1^30, d young.
I 3721. VIII. John Rogers, b May 2,
1835, res. Norwalk, O.
Book XH.
WILLIAM LE WIS, Farmingtoa, Conn.
Chapter CDV.
By Harry W. Lewis, Erie, Penn.
The Ship Lion, Captain .Mason,
sailed from England, June 27, 1632,
and arrived where Boston now stands.
Sept. 16, 1632, (v p 68 Vol. III). She
brought 123 passengers, including 50
children. Among the passengers was
William (1) Lewis (v ho vv ever p 90
Vol. VIII. Ed.), his wife, Felix ,
and a son, William (2) a large boy
who m (1) in 1644,12 years after land-
ing at Boston.
No record as yet has been found of
the parents of William (1) nor even
of the place of his birth; nor do we
know from what port the Ship Lion
sailed although it was probably Liver-
pool as that port is close to Wales
from whence the Lewises came. His
wife Felix was undonbledly a sister of
Thomas Olcott who in his will dated
at Hartford, Ct. Nov, 20, 1653. gave to
Brother William Lewis Sen. one
pound (v p 116 Vol. XV) where also
one Giles Whiting of Hartford in his
will calls William (1) brother. Ed.).
William (1) was admitted a free-
man, Nov. 6, 1632; was a member of
the Braintree Company which in Au-
gust 1633, located at Cambridge Mass.
(vp 38 Vol. I). In 1635 he resided
where the N. W. corner of Winthrop
and Holyoke sts. is now located. In
1636 he was one of the earliest set-
tlers of Hartford, Ct In 1641 was a
juryman and selectmau.
William (1) returned to England
(probably to Wales) in if. 49 (v p 131
Vol. XV) On his return he brought
back with him his sister, Mrs. Ann
THE LEWIS LEXTTER.
21^
I
Staues her luisbaiii Staues having
come over about 1<)42. In 1659, Wil-
liam (1) moved to Hadlev, Mass.,
havius! signed an agreement with his
S(m William (2) Luke Hitchcock, and
others (50 in all), who became the
first settlers of Hadley. He joined
the charch Jany 25, 1657. He repre-
sented Hadley in 1662 and Northamp-
ton in 1665. His wife, Felix, d at
Hadley, Mass., Apr. IT, 1671. Soon
after William (1) returned to Farm-
ington, C'onn. where he resided per-
manently until liis death there in 1683.
His will (V last issue) was admit-
ted to probate Aug. 10, 1683, and the
inventory was filed Dec. 3, 1683.
The executors named were his son
William (2), Samuel Steele of Weth-
ersfield, Conn. , and Samuel Patrigg of
Hadley, Mass. He owned property
iu each place.
The records of William (2) and his
16 ch., also of Ebenezer (8) and his
ch., and of Dr. Benjamin (131) and
his ch., will be contiuued in Vol XVI
which begins with July 1905 issue.
These records are partly reprints from
former vols, of Lewisiana and partly
records lately discovered by the editor
at the old Lewis home towns in Con-
necticut. Vol. XVI will be as inter-
esting as if not more interesting than
any of the previous volumes.
Don't forget Lewis Day, Aug. 12,
1905, at Lewis and Clark Exposition
at Portland, Oregon, the 100th an-
niversary of the day when Lewis and
Clark reachei the headwater of the
Columbia (v p 182 Vol. XIV) and first
entered the Oregon country.
Book XXIV.
GEORGE LEWIS. England to Mass. |
Chapter CCCLVIII. j
Here and There in the Family. I
The Macmillan Co. have issued The \
Lodestar, a clean, clever and refresh- i
ing novel, wliose sole aim is amuse-
ment and eurertainment — an ideal
story for the piazza or the hammock.
This charming and very original love
story, says the Hartford, Ct. Courant
is the first but thoroughly successful
venture of Sidney R. Kennely, son of
ex-Park Commissioner Elijah R. Ken-
nedy (V p 181 Vol. XV).
Under the Greatest Trust in the
World in Everybody's Magazine.
The conclusion that the banking
troubles in Iowa have been caused by
the Beef Trust has had the indorse-
ment of Senator Lewis (2040 v p 103
Vol. XIV) of Page County, member of
the Iowa Senate's Banking Commit-
tee and himself a prominent banker.
Book XXXV.
ROBERT LEWIS, W\ales to Va.
Chapter CCXLVL
From Sunset for April.
All on the western slope are vitally
interested in the results of that most
remarkable overland journey, because
it was the first step of the govern-
ment towards teriitcrial enlargement
... .Meriwether Lewis (64) and Wil-
liam Clark were the leaders ....
The 'journey frcm St. Louis to the
mouth of the Columbia was fall of ad-
venture, wonderful escape and ro-
mantic interest. . . .The exposition
which is to be held in Portland next
summer revives interest in this thril-
ling journey. The people of the
northwest are sparing nothing to
make it in all respecis worthy the ex-
pedition whose centennial it com-
memorates. The exposition site is
made up of hills and valle\'s, an at-
tractive lagoon and islands; the beau-
tiful Willamette swings around the
eastern and northern boundary, Mt.
Hood and Mt. St. Helens mark the
sky-line, and m the far distance Mt.
216
L,EVVISIA?N'A.,
Rainier and Mt. Adains can be cleaily
seen. No exposition ever had such a
wonderful setting. The iGcation is
indescribably beautiful. The land-
scape gart^eniug has simply emphasized
natural beauties.
of Lieutenant. Two vears later he
Chapter CCXLTII.
From the Four-Track News
Westward indeed has swept a
mighty and evergrowing caravan
since the days of 1805, when Lewis
and Clark, the first Americans who
crossed the continent to Oregon, dis-
covered in the sunset land one of the
finest regions in the great New World.
and came back with wonderful tales
of the beauty land on the shore of the
Pacific.
The visitor to the exposition this
summer will see more than a rare col-
lection of all kinds of treasures and
magnificent buildings; he will see....
Surely if thought and money and
ideal surroundings can do it, the
traveler will find fairyland in Oregon
this summer.
Chapter CCXLVIII.
By Nettie Chester Lewis, West Kings-
ton. Rhode Island,
(Continued from last issue).
William Lewis (28) died when Meri-
wether (64) was quite young and his
Uncle Nicholas (27) became his
guardian.
At thirteen h3 entered a well known
Latin school at Charlottsville, which
was conducted by two clergymen.
When he was eighteen he returned
home and with a younger brother at-
tempted to manage the home farm.
But to one of his peculiar character, a
military career presented more con-
genial aspects, and he enlisted in the
militia which was cjlled out to sub-
due Shay's Rebellion, When he was
twenty-three he held the commission
I was promoted to Captain, and soon
1 afterward was made Pay-Master of
I the regiment. He was bighlv es-
teemed for his punctuality, fidelity
and faithfulness.
Thomas Jettersoa was on intinaate
friend of the Lewis family and when
he b( came President of the United
I States, he selected young Meriwether
I for his private secretary, a position
I which he filled honorably and faith-
I fully for nearlv two years. Light-
1 on says "This is about all that is
j known of the early life of Meriwether
j Lewis." It is not very much, but
sufficient to show that he came from
a fine, fearless stock, the stock which
produc3s men of sterling character.
Vanity of blood has no part in the
j story, which was in accordance with
I the Democratic belief of those days,
"that a true man's ancestors are
what he himself makes them. Tnej
may have done their part well, but it
remains for him to add the finishing
touches to their reputation." "Be-
havior rather tban pedigree formed the
Lewis character."
For many years President Jefferson
had been desirou=? of having tbe vast
territory of Louisiana explored in
ord>r that the world should no longer
remain in ignorance concerning its
conditi- n and possibilitis.
Several unsuccessful attempts havicg
been made, Presid nt Jefferson mails
plans for another expedition to under-
take the enterprise. Having selected
Meriwether Lewis as a leader of the
company, he said "that he was a man
of undaunted couragr, firmness and
perseverance, with a fidelity to truth
so scrupulous that v.hatever iie might
report would be as certain as if seen
by himself," Capt. Lewis accepted
the trust in a spirit of unlimited faith
[ in the enterprise, undismayed by the
THE LEWIS LETTER.
'^n
hardsbips, dangers and privatious
whicb he realized wero in store for him.
He spent two busy mooths in Phil-
adelphia uuder the tuitioa of tlie most
able professors, receiviuo: instruction
in astronomy, botauy, etc.
He also superintended the building
of boats, the manufacturing of arms
and all necessary equipments for the
journey. After making an estimate of
the amount of money required for the
expense of the expedition he made the
very modest request to Congress for
^2,500.
To be continued. .
Book XXXIX.
JESSE LEWIS, Hopkinton, R. I.
Chapter XX.
By Joseph C. Lewis, Climax, Mich.
At the close of the war in August
1865 I visited my relatives in Green-
field, N, Y., and then my father then
living in Bradford co. , Penn. .before lo-
cating here in Mich. I then first heard
that my gt. gr. fathers Lewis, Belknap
and Rice (v last issue) were all in
the Revolutionary array. As I wad
a sort of medium of communication at
that time I jotted down in a little
memorandum book various family
items nnd especially all I c :)uld learn
of my ancestors. Recently I came
across this little book in which I find
rf corded:— Thursday, Aug. 3, 1865,
I arrived at Greenfield, N. Y., and
stayed until Aug. 16, 1865, Uncle
Stephen (143) said:
"I was b June 16, 1802, and am the
eldest ch. of Joseph (5 v p 183 Vol.
XV) by his 2nd wife Chloe Baker.
Of my uncles I remember hearing
about Pardon (3), Daniel (4) and
Stephen (6) for whom I was named.
Of their sisters I remember the npmes
Abby (10) for whom Arnold (13)
named one of his girls. Esilier (144)
for whom Simeon (8) namtd one of
his girls, and Hannah (145). I don't
know much about gr. father's, Jesse
(1), people but I have heard father
speak of uncles James (145), Joseph
(146) and Abijah (147) and some
others whose names I cannot recall.
I do not remember that I ever heard
the name of my gt. gr. falter but pre-
sume I have. Father said his i^eople
came from Wales about 1635 and
lived at Westerly, R. I. His name
was John (l.VIIU) and he had a
cousin John Lewis who settled at
New Loudon, Ct. (This would make
Book XXXIX a part of Book VIII but
owing to the lack of the exact connec-
tion they will not be merged as yet.
Ed.). When I was a little boy I re-
member father got letters from gr.
father and perhaps your uncle Pardon
(148) may have them yet. You know
Pardon alwa\-s lived with father, and
lives now on the old homestead where
father died."
Book XLIV.
WILLIAM LEWIS, Roxbury, Mass.
Chapter CVIII.
By Geo. Harlan Lewis N. Y. City.
Sarah Ann Lewis (560 v p 105 Vol.
IX) m Jany 1, 1873, at Worcester,
Mass., Ebenezer Maury Rice, b July
25, 1819, in Shrewsbury, Mass., son
of Elijah and Martha(Goddard)Rice of
Shrewsbury, Mass. He was a pattern
maker and inventor and resided at
Worcester, Mass., where he d Feb. 9,
1851, of yellow fever coutracred in
crossing the Isthmus of Panama in
returning from a two years' stay in
California where he went in 1849.
776. I. George Maury, b Oct. 20,
1843, unm. resides in Worcester,
member of legislature for 15 Dis-
trict (Worcester) 1896-1897-1898.
777. 11. Alfred Lewis, b July 18.
1845, m Nellie E. Webster, res,
Worcester, Mass.
2IS
LrEWISIAINA..
Book LIV.
EVAN LEWIS, Wales to Feuu.
Cbapter LX.
By E. J. Lewis, Torriugcou, Wyo.
Record of cli. of Evau (27) v p
169 VoL XV.
Elijah (31 v p 110 Vol. XIII) was
an able and eminent citizen, servinj^:
in the legislature, a^ County Com-
missioner, aud Treasurer, aud, till
his 80th year, as Justice of the Peace.
6 ch. b.
b 7 mo.
1800,
19, 1808.
9, 1809. d Mar.
m
205. I. Thomas M
d 1880.
206. n. Enos, b 7 mo. 19, 1802, d 9
mo. 20, 1804.
207. in. Richard, b 9 mo. 6, 1804,
d infancy.
208. IV. Ann. b 6 mo
209. V. Jane, b 3 mo.
31, 1862.
210. VI. Enos Montgomery, b 12 mo
2, 18'4, d 11 mo. 11, 1820.
Abner (32) b 11 mo. 21. 1779, d
lod. 1 mo. 25. 1849. 7 ch. b.
211. I. Simeon.
211. I. Samuel.
213. T. John.
214. IV. Henry.
215. V. Evan.
216. VL Jane.
217. Vn. Hannah.
Evan (33 v p 202 Vol.
ch. I have James (196) b
1816, Edward (197) b 7 mo. 11, 1819,
Enoch (146) d 11 mo. 15, 1902, Sarah
(198) b 3 mo. 16, 1825, Elizabeth
(199) d 7 mo. 28, 1901, and a 6th ch.
218. VL Sarau-^l, b 3 mo. 26, 1832, d
3 mo. 30, 1832.
XV).
11 mo
Of
2.
Book CXXIII.
FIELDING LEWIS, Va. and Tenn.
Chapter IV.
By John M. Lewis, Portland, Ore.
Jesse (5 V p 187, Vol. XV) b Nov.
4, 1796, d Oct. 25, 1865, m Eunice
Huddleston, b Dec. 28, 1800, d July
22,
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
18S5. 9 ch. b.
I. William P.. b Jaly 7, 1822, d
1897, m Na-jcy Huhbard.
II. Nancy M., b July 31. 1S24, d
1861, m William McElkajy.
III. David Huddlestoa. b Nov.
U, 1826, d Mar. 19, 1901, m Miry
A. Severs.
IV. Fielding M., b Feby 11, 1829,
d unra. May 11, 1865.
V. Phebe Altimira, b July 22,
1831, d 1897, ra John D. Temple-
ton.
VI. Mary Jane, b Apr. 4, 1834, d
MiV 6, 1834.
yiL Sanb Ciroliae, b N'ov. 8,
1835, d July 16, 1839.
VIII. Martha Orlena. b Sipt. 8,
1838, d Aug 10, 1854.
IX. Elizabeth Ana, b Jany 2i,
1844, d Apr. 24, 1854.
Record Of Life.
Chicago Marriage Licenses.
Dec. 9, 1904, Frank D. Plartes, ae.
25 and Nellie L. Lewis, ae. 32.
Dec. 29, 1904, Wm. F. Gale, ae. 22
and Comeletta Levvis, ae. IS.
Dec. 30, 1904, Benjauin Helms, ae.
30 and Marie Lewis, ae. 27.
Jany 10, 1905, P. J. Viss?r, ae. 27
of Johannisberg and Ella S. Lewis, a3.
22.
Jany 11, 1935, John C. Lewis, ae.
37 and Tillie Hienenmanu, ae. 32.
Jany 12, 1905, Nicholas Ho5mau.
ae. 25 and Mabel Lewis, ae. 18.
Janv 16, 19 35, John Cimpbell, a?.
25 and Florence May Lewis, ae. 26.
Jany 16, 1905, Morris Lewis, ae.
21 and Hannah Cohen, a?. IS.
Jany 19, 1905, M. D. Lewis, ae. 37
of Flandrau, aud E. F. Shelters, ae.
32.
Jany 20. 1905. Earl G. Lewis, ae.
I 24 and Leila Thompson, ae 26.
Jany 25, 1905, Natliau Lewis, a?.
! 27 and Elizabeth Reilly, ae. 20.
THE LEWIS LETTER.
2IQ
Marrin ges.
At St. Liuis. \Io., Djc. 1, 19;) I, by
Rev. David Skilling, Edith May dau.
of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lewis of Web-
ster Grove, Mo., aud Edward Cheney
Calkins of Chicago, 111. They will
res. at Chicago Beach Hotel.
Deaths.
At HyauDis, Mass
Notes and Clippings.
Edith Labaree Lewis had a story —
Chains of Darkue^s — accepted iii Col-
lier's $')000 Short Story ccntesc
Fred Le.vis clerk of Brown Palaje
Hotel, Dtuver, Colo Among Wall
I St. N. Y. signs Orlando C. Lewis v>c Co.
Dec 3, 1904, i Wolf Lewis. Samuel Reulei and
Capt. Wm. P. Lewis, a retired master : Leonard D. Lewis have been incorjx)-
miririer, of heart failure, while try- : rated (-^100,000) Cbampaigu, 111., to
Z, J.
Provi-
ing to save his residence from the ' deal in general mdse
worst fire in the town's history.
Lewis, 2'6S Westminster
Dr.
St.,
In Chicago, 111., Edward F. Lewis ! dence, R. I C. S. Lewis, hotel
once of London, Ontario, husband cf
the late Mamie Lewis, brother of
Harry and Charles Lewis, Mrs. J. A.
Lee. Mrs. W. L. Luc.is at his resi-
dence, 11 Laflin St. Funeral Dec. 10,
1904; burial at Waldheiru Cemetery.
In Chicago, III., Katberine Lewis.
ae. 94 y and 6 mo. widow of Richard
L&wis. Funeral Dec. 8, 1904, at resi-
dence of her daa. Mrs. John McCarty,
8 DeKalb st. ; burial at Oak Ridge
Cemetery.
In Gibson City, 111., Dec. 8, 1904,
Gertrude Lewis, ae. 15, while seated
at her desk in the schoolroom, from
heart disease.
In Chicago, III.. Dec. 9, 1904, by
shooting himself when in desix)ndency
A. S. Lesvis formerly of Creston, 111.,
g neral manag.^r for a wholesale but-
tenne establisiiment.
In Chicngo. Jany 21, 1905, Mrs.
Lizzie Lewis, ae. 25, wife of Charles
F. Lewis. Burial at
Cemeterv.
mauager. Farmington, Minn Clif-
ford M. Lewis, proprietor, Richard
' Hotel, Washington, D. C H. S.
Lewis, l:uyer for W. H. Elliott dc Co.,
Detroit. Mich. , dry goods, notions and
. furnishing goods. . . .Mrs. M. L. Lewis
of Illinois won 3d prize in Ladies'
Home Journal prizes for Feb
Martin B. Lewis has a cure for every
crime; be promised to deliver a lec-
ture in front of Chicago's City Hall
I on May 1st. . . .The Republic Iron and
Steel Co.'s No. 25 oil well on the H.
K. Lewis farm, section 22, Liberty
trop. , Ind. is a '"gusher". . . .Arthur
I H. Le^vis, proprietor of Arlington
; Hotel, is vice-president of the Hotel
Keepers' Asso. of Toronto. .. .S. D.
' Lewis appointed by the M. E. Con-
. ftreuc:i as pasror at Huntington, L.
I I., for the year. . . .Mrs. J. D. Lewis,
[ Evanston ave., and Surf St., C3ica20,
: has added to the holiday gift oSerings
St. Boniface a delicately illuminated version of the
I ninety first Psalm on a sheet of white
lu Chicago, Dec. 26, 1904, Jennie : Japan Vrllum 11 by 15 inches in size.
Lewis, ae. 52.
In Chicago, Jany 27, 1905, John J.
Lesvis, ae. 5 mos.
In Chicago. Jany 20, 1905, Mrs.
Caioline Lewis Benedict, mother of E.
J. L"wis Mr<. D. W. McCoy, Mrs. J.
NL PoAcll and Mrs. Louis Benedict.
Burial at Rosehill Cemetery.
I The body of the te.xt is in old English
black-letter, whil^ the initiiils and
I I order are colored reproduc ions from
manuscript books 500 years old found
i in the Newberry Library. The whole
' is pri:ited by hand, a'ld many of the
j colors are added by haad. Tii^- colors
(are rich and harmonious, and the
220
UEWISIAIVA.
whole will lend itself admirably to
framing. . . .The court-martial of Capt
EJson A. Lewis of the Eighteenth
Infantry, on the charge that- he re-
tained pay vouchers belonging to
Lonis Silverman, a money lender, bas
been completed. Capt. Lewis was a
favorite with the officers who knew
him and until his present trouble
never had a charge made against him
Miss E. H. Lewis, S62 Edgecomb
ave. , N. Y. City, was lunching in a
fashionable restaurant one day in
Feby. when she beard a woman at th9
nest table telling a companion of her
gambling losses. Wlien the woman
went out Miss Lewis paid hor bill and
quietly trailed her. The shadowed
one went to the Forty second street
address and gave a signal o'l tbe
"buzzer.'' Miss Lewis did the same
and the door opened.
The man, however, not recognizing
her, refused to allow her to enter.
"But he took -^10 to bet on a hor-e
for me," said Miss Lewis, "and I got
acquainted with some of his patrons,
and secured enough evidence to have
the place raided.". ... In the boiler
explosion horror at the shoe factory of
the R. B. Grover Co. at Brockton,
Mass., Warren Lewis was blown
through a window being cut and
bruised. Barnabas Lswis, one of the
victims, lived with his wife an i
daughter for many years in South
Providence, R. I., and was for 20
years employed by Earl Carpenter de-
livering ice about the city and sub-
urbs. Aout 10 years ago he went to
work for the J. B. Baruaby Co. as
night watchman, where he remained
up to four or five y^ars ago, when, at
the solicitatioj of a nepli?w, who held
a position as foreman in the R. B.
Grover.factory, he went to Brockton
and learned the trade of finisher on
the Emerson shoe and moved his fam-
ily to that city.
His death (Mar. 20, lUOo) uuder
such circamstances is doubly sai at
this time, in view of the approaching
marriage of his daughter, Dora May.
Mr. Lewis also had a married sister
living at Valley Falls, R. I Harry
A. Lewis, who has been appointed
county attorney of Cook cd. , 111., has
been an assistant state's attorney
since 1001. He was born in Berwick,
III., in 1869, attended the country
schonls at Abingdon and was gradu-
ated at the age 21 years from Burling-
ton College. After his graduation he
came to Chicigo and entered the
offices of Swift & Co. as book keeper.
In 1896 he graduated from the North-
western University Law School, and
five years later was appointed assist'
ant state's attorney.
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will be numbered. Always give num-
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197. Wanted ancestry of Major Wil-
liam Lewis of Culpepper co., Va.,
who served in R volution uuder
Lafivette. He was a prominent
I)lanter; lived to be 98; had 12 sons
and 2 daus. One son was Coleman.
198. One Esther Baruam m 1815-20
in Cayuga CO., N. Y., a Lewis. Xame
and names of ch. desired. There is
said to be living in ^:choo!crafr, Kala-
mazoo CO., Mich., a Baruum Lewis
(The editor is unable to hf-ip as his
list is loaned to Executive Committee
for Lewis Day at Portland).
1805. "where rolls THE OREGON." 1905.
LEWIS AND CL/'RK CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION.
LEWIS DAY.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12th, 7905, PORTLAND, ORE.
LEW!
B S
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^^ISIANA,
i
EWISES are the heads of jioted firms dealing in Stocks, Bonds,
Real Estate, Optical Supplies, Dry Goods, Paints and Oils, Luni=
'^^^M ber, Coffee and Spices, Oysters, Household Goods and Supplies,
Wagons, Underwear, Oil, Groceries, Drugs and Medicines, Powder, etc.,
etc.==anything and everything a Lewis can want. :::::::::
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