IMMIGRANT John Gilbert of Beverley Manor 'Pioneer' Lewis^{[1, 2, 3]}

1677 - 1762  (85 years)

• Name	John Gilbert of Beverley Manor 'Pioneer' Lewis
  	John Lewis is the s/o Andrew Lewis and Mary Calhoun; Andrew Lewis is the s/o William Lewis and Miss McClelland. William Lewis died in Ireland.
  Title	IMMIGRANT
  Born	1 Feb 1677	County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
  	Living in Beverley Manor, Colonial Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Feb 1762	Bellefonte, Augusta County, Virginia Colony
  Buried	Bellefonte, Augusta County, Virginia Colony
  	Inscription on Marker: Here lies the remains of John Lewis, Who slew the Irish lord, settled Augusta County located the town of Staunton, and furnished five sons to fight the battles of the American Revolution. He was the son of Andrew Lewis, Esq and Mary Calhoun, and was born in Donegal Co., Ireland, 1678, and died in Virginia Feb 1, 1762. He was a brave man, a true patriot and a firm friend of liberty throughout the world.
  Person ID	I17893	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Andrew Lewis,   b. Est 1635, Likely Wales ,   d. Yes, date unknown, Gloucester, Virginia Colony
  Mother	Mary Calhoon,   b. Est 1635, Wales ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F8646	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Lynn,   b. 3 Jul 1693, County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland ,   d. 1773, Bellefonte, Augusta County, Virginia  (Age 79 years)
  Children	+ 1. Surveyor Thomas Lewis,   b. 27 Apr 1718, County Donegal, Ulster Province, Ireland ,   d. 31 Jan 1790, Port Republic, Rockingham Co., Virginia  (Age 71 years) + 2. Brig. General Andrew H. [Indian Fighter] Lewis, Sr.,   b. 9 Oct 1720, County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland ,   d. 26 Sep 1781, Bedford County, Virginia  (Age 60 years) + 3. Colonel William Lewis,   b. 17 Nov 1724, County Donegal, Ulster Province, Ireland ,   d. 1811, Bellefonte, Augusta County, Virginia  (Age 86 years) + 4. Sarah Lewis,   b. Est 1713, Henrico County, Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown, Henrico Co., Virginia   5. Col. Charles Lewis,   b. Est 1736, Ireland ,   d. 1774, Augusta County, Virginia  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2022
  Family ID	F6475	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  John Gilbert Lewis p17893JohnGilbertLewis.jpg

  
  

  Documents

  Newspaper Article Andrew Lewis Daily Arkansas Gazette May 22,1904 19436LewisAndrew DailyArkansasGazette May22,1904.jpg

  
  

  Headstones

  John W. Reynolds, s/o Archelius and Sallie Rucker Reynolds hs11803JohnWReynoldsArchelius.jpg

  
  

  Histories

  Virginia Heraldica - A Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor with Genealogical Notes of the Families Edited by William Armstrong Crozier, F.R.S., F.G.S.A. Virginia County Record Series Volume V. 1908 virginiaheraldic00croz.pdf

  
  

• Notes

  Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA Acquisition of Land from Orange County, Virginia Records: Pg. 160-162. Indenture 22 Feb. 1745 between John Lewis of Beverley Manor of County of Augusta of the one part and Thomas Lewis, son of the foresaid of other part... for five shillings.. sells 740 acres of land in Beverley Manor lying on Lewis's Creek (being part of a tract of land containing 2,071 acres).. bounded.. John Preston's field... (signed) John Lewis (seal). Witnesses: Robt. Poage, Andrew Lewis, William Lewis. Paid ?10.. release recorded 25 July 1745. [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 10, Dorman, pg. 43]. Acquisition of Land from Chalkley's: Thomas Lewis (entered by Andrew Lewis) acquired 200 acres in the Bull Pasture at the foot of the mountain, 19 Jan. 1754, Page 8.?38th February, 1754. Thos. and Andrew Lewis, 200 acres of land joining Harcklas Wilson on the cow pasture and two 200 surveys near John Shaw's land, two 200 acres joining Lewis' line near head of Bull Pasture, and two 200 surveys near foot of mountain, north sid« of Bull pasture not far from Bodkin's land, and 200 acres joining George Wilson, and a survey of the Reed Hole and towards Hicklin's land, and 200 acres at a small meadow between the Warm Springs and Jackson's land, and 200 acres about 5 miles from the Warm Springs near the path from said Spring to Harden's land on the mountain, and one survey on Cedar Run near a survey made on said Run, and 200 acres in the Calf Pasture joining the west and north lines of Samuel Gay, and 200 acres on a ridge near Dunlap's old place where Meek made some improvements. Robert McClenachan. Additional Info: Wikipedia https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Thomas_Lewis_%2845%29 John 'Gilbert' Lewis Find-A-GRAVE https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8881752/john-gilbert-lewis

  
  

• Sources

  [S100] Internet Source, http://www.david-attride.net/Attride_Genealogy/Cress_files/ps71_157.htm. Robert Woodson680 Birthca 1664, Death1729, Henrico Co., Virginia Father: Col. Robert Woodson Sr. (1634-1707) Mother: Elizabeth Ferris (1638-1689) Spouses: 1Sarah Lewis, Birth: bef 1676 Death: abt 1704, Henrico Co., VA Father: John Lewis Marriage: 1692, Henrico Co., VA681 Children: Sarah (~1692-) Stephen (<1708-1761) Joseph (<1708->1729) Robert (<1708->1729) Elizabeth (<1708->1729) Agnes (<1708->1729) Jonathan (<1708->1729) Mary Temperance Daughter Daughter 2Wife: Rachel Watkins, Marriage: 1710 Children: Elizabeth Judith (<1708->1729) Notes for Robert Woodson Much Woodson info comes fro 1888 pamphlet by Dr. R. A. Brock of Richmond, VA copied from The Standard (published in Richmond, VA). (SV-1591.16) 1687 Deposition he stated she was 23 yrs old. (SV-1890.40) 1690 Henrico Co., VA Deed: John Woodson of Henrico Co., wheelwright, to my loving brother, Robert Woodson, Jr. of same, 106 ac. being 1/5 of a patent to Robert Woodson, Sr. on south side of White Oak Swamp. (SV-1024) Oct 1692 Marriage license of Robert Woodson to Sarah Lewis was returned to the court. (SV-1890.40) 1694 Henrico Co., VA Deed: Robert Woodson, Sr. of Henrico Co. for love & affection to my son, Robert Woodson of same, 250 ac. on south side of White Oak Swamp. (SV-1024) 1697 Robert was named constable of the Henrico County lower precinct. (SV-1890.40) Henrico Co., VA Records: 1 Dec 1698 I, Robert Woodson, Jr acknowledge to my brother-in-law, William Lewis, my full share of due my wife Sarah, one of the Orphans of John Lewis. (SV-1591.15) 1707 Henrico Co., VA Deeds: Robert Woodson Sr. of Henrico, planter, for 1400 lbs tobacco to Daniel Warriner, late of this county, dec?d and to his sons John & Daniel 100 ac. on James River. Witness: Robert Woodson Jr. (SV-1180) 1707 Henrico Co., VA Deeds: Robert Woodson, Jr. was witness to Wm Hatcher, Sr. to Robert Elam. (SV-1180) 1710 Robert Woodson proposed to marry Rachel Watkins at a Friends Monthly Meeting on the 12th day of the 10th month. (SV-1890.41) 1729 Henrico Co., VA Wills: Will of Robert Woodson, Sr.: (SV-1551.9) To son, Stephen, the land that came in my possession by marriage, with his mother, also 50 ac. that belonged to John Lewis. To son, Joseph: a parcel in Goochland Co. on west side of Jennytoe Creek, up Rockey branch and next to Joseph Parsons? line. To son, Robert, the residue of land in Goochland on Jennytoe Creek. To son, Jonathan, land near White Oak Swamp, between Richard Cocke, Edward Mosby, and Harryson, and his estate to be under guardianship of my son Stephen until he is 18. To Daughter, Elizabeth, a negro and items. To daughter Judith, a negro and items To daughter, Agnes, a negro The rest divided between children: Joseph, Robert, Jonathan, and Judith. In his Will he calls himself Robert Woodson Sr (to distinguish himself from his nephew Robert Woodson, Jr.). (SV-1591.9) [S100] Internet Source, https://archive.org/stream/mcclanahans00whitgoog/mcclanahans00whitgoog_djvu.txt. McClanahans of Colonial Virginia So far as is known, Augusta County, in the Valley of Virginia, was not visited by white men before Governor Spotswood in person took possession for King George the first, of England. This was done September 5, 17 16, on the Sheandoah River, it is believed at a point about opposite Swift Run Gap, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It has not been clearly shown in what year the first white man, or colony of white men, settled in the Upper Valley. But it seems to be proved conclusively that the first white settler of Augusta County, as now bounded, was John Lewis ? the father of Thomas, Andrew, William and Charles, who distinguished themselves greatly in the early history of Virginia, especially in the wars with the Indians, French and British. He came from Donegal County, Province of Ulster, Ireland, and 6 The McClanahans, of Scottish descent. He settled on " Lewis Creek," as it has ever since been called, which empties into the Middle Fork of the Shenandoah and near to the site of Staunton. The Valley of Virginia was then a wooded prairie of hills and dales. [S80] Google Books, https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=fu4wAAAAMAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA5. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Margaret_Lynn_%285%29. Margaret Lynn b.03 Jul 1693 County Donegal, Ulster Province, Ireland d.1773 Bellefonte, Augusta County, Virginia F. William LynnABT 1672 - 1727 M. Margaret PattonAbt 1676 - 1727 m. Bef. 1693 Dr. William Lynn Est 1690 - bet 1758 Margaret Lynn 1693 - 1773 Dr. John Lynn Abt 1695 - aft 1752 Elizabeth Lynn Est 1696-1708 - Audley Lynn Est 1696-1708 - Bef 1757 Charles Lynn Abt 1700 - Spouse and Children H. John Lewis, of Beverley Manor, Augusta County, VA1 677/78 - 1762 W. Margaret Lynn 1693 - 1773, m. 1715 Samuel Lewis 1716 - Thomas Lewis, Surveyor, of the Bullpasture, Augusta County, VA 1718 - 1790 Gen. Andrew Lewis 1720 - 1781 Alice Lewis1722 - Maj. William Lynn Lewis 1724 - 1812 Margaret Lynn Lewis 1726 - Anne Lewis 1728 - Col. Charles Lewis, of the Cowpasture, Augusta County, VA 1735/36 - 1774 Name Margaret Lynn Gender Female Birth 03 Jul 1693, County Donegal, Ulster Province, Ireland Marriage 1715 County Donegal, Ulster Province, Ireland to John Lewis, of Beverley Manor, Augusta County, VA Death? 1773 Bellefonte, Augusta County, Virginia ? Advisory on the Parentage of Margaret Lynn Some sources have mistakenly placed this Margaret Lynn as the daughter of David Lynn "Lord Laird of Loch Lynn, Scotland". That is incorrect, she is the GRANDDAUGHTER of David Lynn and daughter of William Lynn (David Lynn's son) and Margaret Patton. Her birthdate of 03 July, 1693 makes her too young to have been a daughter of David Lynn. According to one source, Margaret Lynn had a diary entry saying she was the granddaughter of the Laird of Lynn. INCORRECT INFORMATION: From the book "SOME PROMINENT VIRGINIA FAMILIES" page 643, "That John Lewis went to Scotland and married Margaret, the daughter of Lord Lynn, who lived on Loch (Lake) Lynn. Page 622 of the same book it says " IV. Col Andrew Lewis 4 John 3, Andrew 2, William 1), son of John Lewis (Pioneer) and Margaret Lynn, daughter of the Laird of Loch Lynn, chieftain of the once powerful Clan of Loch Lynn...." First, Lynn was never a Scottish clan and is not listed as such, nor as a sept of a clan, in any of six well-known works on Scottish clans: (1) "Clans and Families of Ireland and Scotland", C. Thomas Cairney and C. Thomas Cairney, Ph.D., McFarland & Company, Inc., North Carolina (1989); (2) "The Highland Clans: the Dynastic Origins, Chiefs, and Background of the Clans and of Some Other Families Connected with Highland History", Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk and David Hicks, Bramhall House, New York (1977); (3) "Historical Geography of the Clans of Scotland", Thomas Brumby Johnston, F.R.G.S., F.R.S.E. & F.S.A.S., and Colonel James A. Robertson, F.S.A.S., W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh and London (1872); (4) "The History of Scotland - Its Highlands, Regiments and Clans", James Browne, LL.D., Francis A. Niccolls & Co., Edinburgh, London, and Boston (1909); (5) "Sketches of the Clans of Scotland", Clansmen J.M.P. - F.W.S., MacLachlan & Stewart, Edinburgh (1884); (6) "The Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland", Sir Thomas Innes of Learney, Johnston and Bacon, Edinburgh (1971). Second, according to Scottish law and custom, a laird or lord would never be called the laird of a body of water but of the land on which he was seated. The Lynns were lords of a minor barony of the same name located in the parish of Dalry, Ayrshire, from about 1204 until 1532; from 1532 to about 1659, they were lords only of Over Lynn, the mains of the former barony (having sold most of the property to the Boyds in 1532). The Lynes were lords of a minor barony of the same name located in the parish of Lyne, Peeblesshire from the mid 12th century to the early 13th. Both baronies are extinct. Finally, and in any case, the so-called diary of Margaret (Lynn) Lewis was exposed in a 1948 Richmond Times-Dispatch article as a work of fiction. The author in fact was a known, frequent contributor to southern literary magazines, Fanny Fielding; and Fanny Fielding was the pen name of Mary Jane Stith Upshur. See, "Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography", James Grant Wilson and John Fiske, New York (1889) ' Vol. 6, pp. 214, 733; "Dictionary of American Biography", Francis S. Drake, Boston (1879) - p. vii; "Living Female Writers of the South", Edit. Author of 'Southland Writers', Philadelphia (1872) ' pp.416-19; and "Southland Writers", Ida Raymond, Philadelphia (1870) - Vol. 2, pp. 799-805. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8862931/andrew-h_-lewis. Andrew H. Lewis Birth 9 Oct 1716 County Donegal, Ireland Death 26 Sep 1781 (aged 64) Bedford, Bedford County, Virginia Burial: East Hill Cemetery Salem, Virginia Plot Top of Hill at the Center of the Cemetery American Pioneer and Patriot. He surveyed the lands of the Greenbrier and Cowpasture River Valleys and served in General George Washington's Virginia Regiment. He fought in the French and Indian War and was imprisoned by the French for 13 months. As a Colonel in Dunsmore's War in 1774 he and his 600 men fought and defeated Chief Cornstalk and his Shawnee Warriors in the Battle of Point Pleasant, which has been recognized as the first battle of the American Revolution. After his military career he served on the Governor Council under both Governor Thomas Jefferson and Governor Thomas Nelson. In 1781 he was return to his home near Salem Virginia when he was taken ill and died in present day Bedford County, Virginia. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Early_Settlers_of_Augusta_County%2C_Virginia_-_Surnames_K-O. Andrew Lewis, (Beverley Manor NE, 185 acres, 1765), (b. 24 April 1720, County Donegal, Ulster Province, Ireland, d. abt. 1781/2), son of John Lewis, listed below. John Lewis (Beverley Manor NE, 2071 acres, 1738), (b. 01 Feb 1677/78, County Donegal, Ulster Province, Ireland, d. 01 Feb 1762, Augusta County, VA), m. Margaret Lynn (1693-1773). This John Lewis is sometimes confused with another John Lewis, from Shenandoah County, Virginia. William Lewis (Beverley Manor NM, 120 acres 1765, adjoining a 400-acre tract acquired from his father, John Lewis (listed above), in 1745), (b. 17 November 1724, County Donegal, Ulster Province, Ireland). [S82] Wikitree, https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Early_Settlers_of_Augusta_County%2C_Virginia_-_Surnames_K-O. James Lynn (Beverley Manor SW, 538 acres, 1747), son of John Lynn, Sr., listed below. John Lynn, Sr. (Beverley Manor NW, 320 acres, 1749), known as "Dr. John Lynn" (b. abt. 1695, County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland, d. aft. 1752, poss. North Carolina), his sister Margaret Lynn married John Lewis, one of the first settlers of Augusta County, VA. [Note: John Lynn's death was apparently after 1752, as 1752 Augusta County court record states that "Dr. John Linn had left the County, 1752" [Chalkley's "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement", vol. I, p. 307]]. John Lynn, Jr. (Beverley Manor NW, 383 acres, 1749), son of John Lynn, Sr., listed above. [S100] Internet Source, http://www.house-of-lynn.com/Margaret_Lynn_Lewis.html. Interesting Reading [S80] Google Books, https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=fu4wAAAAMAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA5. GENEALOGY OF THE LEWIS FAMILY By: William Terrell Lewis. ... About the middle of the 17th Century four brothers of the Lewis family left Wales, viz.: SAMUEL, went to Portugal; nothing more is known of him. WILLIAM, died in Ireland GENERAL ROBERT, died in Gloucester county, Va; and JOHN, lied in Hanover county, Virginia William (above) one of the Welsh brother, died in Ireland. He married a Miss McClelland and left one son, viz.: Andrew, who married Mary Calhoun, and left issue, viz: John b. 1678; married Margaret Lynn. and Samuel, b. 1680, left no issue. John, born in Ireland, and is styled as Pioneer John Lewis by Campbell in his history of Virginia. In 1720 he killed an Irish landlord and fled to America, and finally settled near where the town of Staunton, in Augusta county, VA. now stands. ... When Augusta county was organized, he was the founder of Staunton, the county seat, and was one of the first magistrates appointed in the county by the Governor. The last thirty years of his life were devoted to advancing the interest of the little community he founded. He died in 1762, thirty years after coming to Augusta.... John was born in Ireland, and is styled as Pioneer John LEWIS BY CAMPBELL IN HIS HISTORY OF VIRGINIA. IN 1720 He killed an Irish landlord and fled to America, and finally settled near where the town of Staunton, in Auguhttps://www.google.com/books/edition/Genealogy_of_the_Lewis_Family_in_America/fu4wAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcoversta Co. VA now stands. [S46] Marriage Record/Certificate, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3143/images/vamarriagerecords-001633.552?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.84262682.2078364591.1642097250-1038526539.1624221589&pId=745. 26 Jan 1750 Francis Meriweather to Mary Lewis