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Anne Montgomery

Female Est 1724 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Anne Montgomery 
    Born Est 1724  Prob. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1811, Bellefonte, Augusta County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (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
    Children 
     1. Major John [Montgomery] Lewis,   b. Est 1750, Augusta County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1823, Sweet Springs, Virgina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years)
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F302  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Virginia Frontier (Kegley)
    Virginia Frontier (Kegley)
    Virginia Frontier (Kegley).pdf

  • Sources 
    1. [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

    2. [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.