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Family: PATRIOT Colonel William Lewis / Anne Montgomery (F302)  ^{[1, 2]} 

• Father | Male PATRIOT Colonel William Lewis

  
  

  Born	17 Nov 1724	County Donegal, Ulster Province, Ireland
  Died	1811	Bellefonte, Augusta County, Virginia
  Buried
  Married
  Father	John Gilbert of Beverley Manor 'Pioneer' Lewis | F6475 Group Sheet
  Mother	Margaret Lynn | F6475 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Anne Montgomery

  
  

  Born	Est 1724	Prob. Ireland
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Major John [Montgomery] Lewis

  
  

  Born	Est 1750	Augusta County, Virginia Colony
  Died	1823	Sweet Springs, Virgina
  Buried

  
  

• Notes

  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

  
  

• 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.