Margaret Lynn^[1]

1693 - 1773  (79 years)

• Name	Margaret Lynn
  Born	3 Jul 1693	County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
  Gender	Female
  Died	1773	Bellefonte, Augusta County, Virginia
  Person ID	I21509	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2019

  
  

  Mother	Margaret Neely Patton,   b. 1676, County Donegal, County Donegal, Ireland ,   d. 1727, Augusta County, Virginia Colony  (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F8167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Gilbert of Beverley Manor 'Pioneer' Lewis,   b. 1 Feb 1677, County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland ,   d. 1 Feb 1762, Bellefonte, Augusta County, Virginia Colony  (Age 85 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

  Margaret Lyyn Lewis Painting p21509margaret_lyyn_lewis_large.jpg

  
  

  Documents

  Map of Part of Augusta County, Colony of Virginia 1755-1760; Shows Tinkling Spring Church, Fort Chiswell, and Fort Dickinson Map_of_Augusta_County_1755-1760.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S127] Geni, https://www.geni.com/people/Margaret-Lewis/6000000007577907318. Margaret Lewis (Lynn) Also Known As: "Leyn", "Linn" Birthdate: July 03, 1693 Birthplace: Ruskie, Drumachose, Derry, Ireland Death: 1779 (85) Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, Bellefonte, Centre County, PA, United States Place of Burial: Lewis Family Estate, Augusta County, Virginia Immediate Family: Daughter of Dr. William David Lynn and Lady Margaret Neely Lynn Wife of Col. John ?The Pioneer? Lewis Mother of Capt. Samuel Lewis; Honorable Thomas Lewis; Brigadier General Andrew Lewis (Continental Army); Col William Lynn Lewis; Margaret Lynn Crow; Ann Lewis and Col. Charles Lewis Sister of Dr. John Lynn and Sarah Cameron Patton Sources Find A Grave Memorial# 8881775 Loretta Lynn Layman, Doctor William Lynn of Ulster, Ireland and Fredericksburg, Virginia Links http://history.loftinnc.com/Lewis.htm https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LR34-WF8 Genealogy of the Lewis Family in America: From the Middle of the Seventeenth Century Down to the Present Time, Volume 1 William Terrell Lewis Courier-journal job printing Company, 1893 - Doyle Collection - 454 pages Chiefly a record of some of the descendants of John Lewis. He was born in Donegal County, Ireland 1678 to Andrew Lewis and Mary Calhoun. He married Margaret Lynn. He died in Virginia 1 Feb 1762. They were the parents of seven children. [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