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Est 1724 - Yes, date unknown
1724 - 1811 (86 years)
Birth |
17 Nov 1724 |
County Donegal, Ulster Province, Ireland |
Died |
1811 |
Bellefonte, Augusta County, Virginia |
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Father |
John Gilbert of Beverley Manor 'Pioneer' Lewis, b. 1 Feb 1677, County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland |
Mother |
Margaret Lynn, b. 3 Jul 1693, County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland |
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Family |
Anne Montgomery, b. Est 1724, Prob. Ireland [1, 2] |
Children |
| 1. Major John [Montgomery] Lewis, b. Est 1750, Augusta County, Virginia Colony |
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Est 1750 - 1823 (~ 73 years)
Birth |
Est 1750 |
Augusta County, Virginia Colony |
Died |
1823 |
Sweet Springs, Virgina |
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Father |
Colonel William Lewis, b. 17 Nov 1724, County Donegal, Ulster Province, Ireland |
Mother |
Anne Montgomery, b. Est 1724, Prob. Ireland |
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Name |
Anne Montgomery |
Born |
Est 1724 |
Prob. Ireland |
Gender |
Female |
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
Person ID |
I22680 |
My Reynolds Line |
Last Modified |
9 Oct 2020 |
Family |
Colonel William Lewis, b. 17 Nov 1724, County Donegal, Ulster Province, Ireland , d. 1811, Bellefonte, Augusta County, Virginia (Age 86 years) |
Married |
- Col. William Lewis, s/o Pioneer John, of Augusta county, was an officer under General Braddock and was wounded at his defeat. William was also an elder in the Presbyterian church and resided at Sweet Springs, in Virginia. He married Ann Montgomery, had eight children and died in 1811. Children: Margaret, m. James McFarland of Pittsburgh, PA, Major John, s/o Wm. Lewis, was an officer in the Revolutionary war and commanded a company at the battle of Monmouth. In 1777 Wm. Lewis was with Washington at Valley Forge.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Genealogy_of_the_Lewis_Family_in_America/fu4wAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
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Children |
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Last Modified |
4 Mar 2021 |
Family ID |
F302 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S80] Google Books, https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=fu4wAAAAMAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA5.
Children of John Lewis and Margaret Lynn:
Samuel, b. Ireland, 1716; died unmarried
Thomas b. in Ireland, 1718, m. Jane Strother
General Andrew, b. Ireland, 1720 m. Elizabeth Givens
Margaret 1726 died unmarried;
Anne, b. 1728 died unmarried
Colonel Charles, b. 1736; m. Sarah Murray
- [S80] Google Books, https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=fu4wAAAAMAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA12.
Col. William Lewis, s/o Pioneer John, of Augusta County, was an officer under General Braddock and was wounded at his defeat. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church and resided at Sweet Springs in Virginia. He married Ann Montgomery, had eight children and died in 1811.
Issue:
Margaret m. James McFarland, of Pittsburgh, PA
Major John was an officer in the Revolutionary war and commanded a company at the battle of Monmouth. He married Jane S. Thomson, and Mary Preston; left issue and died at Sweet Springs in Virginia in 1823.
Major Thomas, s/o Col. Wm. Lewis, born 1761. He was appointed as Major of the US Army by Washington. He was greatly distinguished for gallantry and was called the 'Modern Chevalier Bayard>" He killed Dr. Bell of SC in a diel, and died in 1804. He was an officer in Waynes army.
Alexander, born 1763; married and left posterity; died in 1804.
Col. Wm. T. Lewis, s/o of Col. Wm., b. in 1766; married Elizabeth Cabell of Nelson Co., VA He died childless at Mount Athos, his home, near Lynchburg, VA in 1828. Member of Congress and came within a few votes once of being elected Governor of VA.
Agatha, d/o Wm. Lewis b. 1774; m. Col. Oliver Towles, of Campbell Co., VA in 1794. She died in 1843, leaving posterity.
Elizabeth M. b. 1777; married Col John Trent, of Cumberland Co., VA died in 1837 leaving posterity.
Dr. Charles W. Lewis, b. 1780; United States Quartermaster m. Mary B. Irvine -- had issue.
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