Captain Warner [Bowles] Lewis, Jr.^[1]

1747 - 1791  (44 years)

• Name	Warner [Bowles] Lewis
  	Warner Lewis Jr. also married Mary Fleming, d/o John and Susannah Skelton Fleming.
  Prefix	Captain
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	30 Oct 1747	Warner Hall, Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co., Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Dec 1791	Warner Hall, Gloucester Co., Virginia
  Buried	Warner Hall Graveyard, Naxera, Gloucester, Virginia
  Person ID	I23000	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Colonel Warner [Fielding] Lewis, Sr.,   b. 10 Oct 1720, Warner Hall, Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co., Virginia ,   d. Aft 5 Jul 1779, Naxera, Gloucester County, Virginia  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Eleanor Bowles,   b. Est 1720, St. Mary's County, Maryland Colony ,   d. 1776, Gloucester, Virginia Colony  (Age ~ 56 years)
  Married	27 Dec 1746	Williamsburg, Virginia Colony
  Family ID	F8649	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary [Randolph] Chiswell,   b. 22 Feb 1748, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony ,   d. 1 Nov 1776, Warner Hall, Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co., Virginia  (Age 28 years)
  Married	22 Feb 1739	Possibly Augusta Co., Williamsburg, Virginia
  Children	1. Warner3 [Chiswell] Lewis,   b. Est 1700, Warner Hall, Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co., Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F8650	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Fleming,   b. Est 1755, Virginia Colony ,   d. Abt 1820, Prob. Augusta County, Virginia  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F8660	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] Rootsweb, http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~marshall/esmd45.htm#id262. Col. Warner5 Lewis (John4, John3, John2, John1) was born on 10 Oct 1720 at 'Warner Hall', Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co., VA. He married Eleanor Bowles, daughter of Hon. James Bowles and Rebecca Tasker Addison, on 27 Dec 1746 at Williamsburg, VA; 2nd husband. He died after 5 Jul 1779 at Virginia. He and Eleanor Bowles resided at 'Warner Hall', Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co., VA. He a member of the 1st Electoral College. Eleanor Bowles married William Gooch Jr., son of Gov. William Gooch; 1st husband. Known children of Col. Warner5 Lewis and Eleanor Bowles were as follows: 12. i. Capt. Warner6 Lewis Jr., born 30 Oct 1747 at Virginia; married Mary Chiswell; married Mary Fleming. [S80] Google Books, http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~marshall/esmd45.htm#id262. 12. Capt. Warner6 Lewis Jr. (Warner5, John4, John3, John2, John1) was born on 30 Oct 1747 at Virginia. He married Mary Chiswell, daughter of Col. John Chiswell and Elizabeth Randolph, on 26 May 1766 at Williamsburg, VA; 1st wife. He married Mary Fleming, daughter of Col. John Fleming and Susanna; 2nd wife, 1st husband. He died on 30 Dec 1791 at Virginia at age 44. He was buried at 'Warner Hall', Gloucester Co., VA. He resided at 'Warner Hall', Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co., VA. He was a Captain of Militia during Revolutionary War. He was a member of the Electoral College that elected Washington President. Mary Chiswell was born on 22 Feb 1739. She died on 1 Nov 1776 at age 37. She was buried at 'Warner Hall', Gloucester Co., VA. Known children of Capt. Warner6 Lewis Jr. and Mary Chiswell were as follows: 16. i. Warner7 Lewis III, married Courtenay Norton. ii. John Lewis married Ann Chiswell Griffin, daughter of William Griffin and Susanna; no issue. He died on 28 Nov 1827 at Gloucester Co., VA. He resided at 'Eagle Point', Gloucester Co., VA. iii. Elizabeth Lewis died; unmarried. iv. Eleanor Lewis was born on 13 Feb 1769. She married John Fox Jr., son of Capt. John Fox and Annie Macon; 1st husand. She married Augustine Olivier Jr., son of Augustine Olivier; 2nd husband. [S84] Rootsweb, http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~marshall/esmd168.htm. Generation Three 3. Mary Chiswell (John2, Charles1); b. 22 Feb 1739; m. Capt. Warner Lewis Jr., son of Col. Warner Lewis and Eleanor Bowles, 1766; 1st wife; d. 1 Nov 1776 at age 37; bur. at 'Warner Hall', Gloucester Co., Virginia. Capt. Warner Lewis Jr. was born in 1747 at Virginia. He resided at 'Warner Hall', Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co., VA. He was a Captain of Militia during Revolutionary War. He was a member of the Electoral College that elected Washington President. He married Mary Fleming, daughter of Col. John Fleming and Susanna; 2nd wife, 1st husband. He died on 30 Dec 1791 at Virginia. He was buried at 'Warner Hall', Gloucester Co., VA. [S126] United States Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-10-02-0396. We have not one Tittle of News worth relateing, only that the Enemy lately Cut out of Chingoteage 8 or 9 Vessels and took 4 or 5 who Attempted going to Sea. Young Warner Lewis is Just About being Marry?d to Miss Fleming Eldest daughter of your acquaintance Col: Jn. Fleming, a very Considerable Fortune by the death of her Brother and Uncle Col: Thos Fleming both without Will; She is also very Hansom and Agreable, so that Warner is in high Luck.5 That God may preserve You for the defence of Your Country, and the Happyness of Your Friends, Assure Your Self that no Man more Ardently Wishes than does Your Most Afft. Friend & Obedit Hble Servt Archibald Cary P.S. My Wife desires I may tell you She is very devout in her Prayrs for your Safety and begs youl Accept her Complyments. Cite as ?To George Washington from Archibald Cary, 25 July 1777,? Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-10-02-0396. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 10, 11 June 1777???18 August 1777, ed. Frank E. Grizzard, Jr. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2000, pp. 405?406.] [S100] Internet Source, https://www.angelfire.com/ky3/lewisfamily/WarnerHall.html. 19 WARNER6 LEWIS, Esq., son of 12 Col. Warner Lewis, married, first, Mary Chiswell (died November 1, 1726), daughter of John Chiswell, of Williamsburg (Note 4), and Elizabeth Randolph, of Turkey Island, and had issue, 27 Warner7, 28 John, married Anne Chiswell Griffin, only daughter and heir of William Griffin, brother of Judge Cyrus Griffin (Chancery Papers, in Williamsburg); 29 Elizabeth, 30 Eleanor, married, first, Fox; second, Oliver. He married, second, Mary Fleming, daughter of John Fleming and had issue, 31 Caroline, born June 28, 1783, died April 6, 1811, married Charles Barrett, Esq.; 32 Julia. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fleming-1418. "Ancestors and Descendants of John Rolfe", in V.M.H.B, Vol. 23, no. 4 (Oct 1915), p. 442.Vol. 24, no. 1 (Jan 1916), p. 94. POCAHONTAS DESCENDANTS Source: S-2063027587 Title: Pocahontas List Note: _UPD: 25 MAY 2009 18:12:06 GMT-8 CONT _UID: 5C1E590B-753A-4B31-AE79-362A6616FFD5 Pocahontas and Her Descendants, by Wyndham Robertson (1887), pages 33 and 38. Garbled. Obituary Obituary The Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg, VA, Thursday, 30 Apr 1767, p. 3, col. 2 (digital image at Newspapers.com) "On Tuesday the 21st of this instant died, at his house in Cumberland, Col. John Fleming, Member of the Assembly for that county, and an eminent practitioner of the law. He was a Gentleman of distinguished merit and abilities, which makes his death much lamented by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance, and may be considered as a publick loss." [S82] Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fleming-1423. Mary Ellis formerly Fleming Born about 1755 in Colonial Virginiamap Ancestors ancestors Daughter of John Fleming and Susanna (Skelton) Fleming Sister of John Fleming and Susanna (Fleming) Lewis Wife of John Ellis ? married [date unknown] [location unknown] Wife of Warner Lewis Jr. ? married [date unknown] [location unknown] Died about 1820 [location unknown] "There is....recorded in Goochland, a deed dated Nov. 11. 1777, from Warner Lewis, Jr., of Severn Hall, Gloucester Co., to John Page, of Rosewell, conveying a tract of land in Goochland, called Dover, containing 700 acres, which had lately become vested in the said Mary and Susannah Fleming her sister, as co-heirs of their brother John Fleming, deceased." Revolutionary War pension application submitted by Mary and sister Susanna shows married names and relation to brother John. Pension Application of John Fleming BLWt409-400 Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris [Punctuation partly corrected.] Mary Ellis formerly Fleming Born about 1755 in Colonial Virginiamap Ancestors ancestors Daughter of John Fleming and Susanna (Skelton) Fleming Sister of John Fleming and Susanna (Fleming) Lewis Wife of John Ellis ? married [date unknown] [location unknown] Wife of Warner Lewis Jr. ? married [date unknown] [location unknown] Died about 1820 [location unknown] Profile manager: Richard Berry Find Relationship private message [send private message] Fleming-1423 created 27 Apr 2012 | Last modified 13 Jan 2021 This page has been accessed 637 times. Biography Matoaka Amonute Powhatan Mary (Fleming) Ellis is a descendant of Pocahontas. Here is the trail. Revolutionary War pension application submitted by Mary and sister Susanna shows married names and relation to brother John. Pension Application of John Fleming BLWt409-400 Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris [Punctuation partly corrected.] I do certify, that Mrs Mary Ellis and Mrs Susanna Lewis, named in the within power of Attorney, were Mary & Susanna Fleming and the only surviving sisters of the within named John Fleming and coheiresses of their uncle Thomas Fleming and I have known those two ladees for many years and know them to be the persons which they represent themselves to be. And I do moreover certify that I am well acquainted with the within named Thomas and John Fleming for many years, and that they were the officers they are stated to be in this power of Attorney, and that Thomas Fleming died a natural death in the service of his Country, & that John Fleming was killed at the Battle of Princeton [3 Jan 1777], and that all the facts related in the said power of attorney are true Given from under my hand in the city of Richmond this eighth day of October 1807 [signed] Wm. Fleming [William Fleming] Henrico County &c/ The above Certificate Sworn to before me in due form agreeable to law this 8 Oc?r 1807 Dan L Hylton I was well acquainted with Colonel Thomas Fleming of the 9 Virginia Regiment on Continental th establishment, and with Captain John Fleming (I think) of the 5 Regiment of the same line. I well th recollect that Colonel Fleming died in service, but at what time, I do not at this late day remember. Captain John Fleming was killed at the Battle of Princeton, which happened the begining of the year 1777, as well as I can recollect ? it is said that he was entitled, or was promoted, before his death, but of this fact, I had no Certain information. I have always understood, and verily believe, that both these Gentlemen died without ever having been married. Given under my hand at Richmond this 8 day of October 1807. th James Wood formerly B. Gen?l. Continental Army. NOTE: A power of attorney states that Mary Ellis was the wife of John Ellis and formerly the widow of Worner Lewis, and that Susanna Lewis was the widow of Adison Lewis. It also states that Thomas Fleming died of small pox. I do certify, that Mrs Mary Ellis and Mrs Susanna Lewis, named in the within power of Attorney, were Mary & Susanna Fleming and the only surviving sisters of the within named John Fleming and coheiresses of their uncle Thomas Fleming and I have known those two ladees for many years and know them to be the persons which they represent themselves to be. And I do moreover certify that I am well acquainted with the within named Thomas and John Fleming for many years, and that they were the officers they are stated to be in this power of Attorney, and that Thomas Fleming died a natural death in the service of his Country, & that John Fleming was killed at the Battle of Princeton [3 Jan 1777], and that all the facts related in the said power of attorney are true Given from under my hand in the city of Richmond this eighth day of October 1807 [signed] Wm. Fleming [William Fleming] Henrico County &c/ The above Certificate Sworn to before me in due form agreeable to law this 8 Oc?r 1807 Dan L Hylton I was well acquainted with Colonel Thomas Fleming of the 9 Virginia Regiment on Continental th establishment, and with Captain John Fleming (I think) of the 5 Regiment of the same line. I well th recollect that Colonel Fleming died in service, but at what time, I do not at this late day remember. Captain John Fleming was killed at the Battle of Princeton, which happened the begining of the year 1777, as well as I can recollect ? it is said that he was entitled, or was promoted, before his death, but of this fact, I had no Certain information. I have always understood, and verily believe, that both these Gentlemen died without ever having been married. Given under my hand at Richmond this 8 day of October 1807. th James Wood formerly B. Gen?l. Continental Army. NOTE: A power of attorney states that Mary Ellis was the wife of John Ellis and formerly the widow of Worner Lewis, and that Susanna Lewis was the widow of Adison Lewis. It also states that Thomas Fleming died of small pox. Celebrated in poetry as a Southern belle. Robertson credits her with a son and a daughter, at least, by her 1st husband, Warner Lewis. She left a will, bequeathing the residue to her niece, Susan Byrd, the eventual sole heiress of the family. revwarapps.org/blwt409-400.5.pdf