Dear list Folks, Well I have a new bit of info that may or may not add up to finding more information on my maternal grandmother's maternal family line. Some of you may have seen that I posted the birthplace of John Lewis Sr. as Llandeilo Abbercywyn (Church of the Blessed St. Teilo), Carmarthenshire, South Wales, United Kingdom. His birth date is given as 13 February 1771. The National Library of Wales offered that his father William Lewis brought his son to the church for baptism on 15 February 1772. I do not know when he came to Westchester County, New York and I don't even know if he died in the county "YET". I have the book on headstones of Greenwood-Union Cemetery by Francis Spies ordered from Bookfinder.com and it is on its way along with another book for St. Paul's Episcopal churchyard on Columbia Avenue (formerly East Chester Township) now in the city of Mount Vernon. I know now that John Lewis is the senior most "Lewis" person represented in a section of the cemetery Greenwood-Union in Rye, Westchester County and that where he was living prior to his death if not in Rye his body was returned for burial there. He married a woman named Sarah and as yet I know nothing about her however she is listed as his wife and is also buried in Greenwood-Union. Now this part starts to get interesting as my second great grandmother Ann (Marie) Lewis Wood in the 1860 census gives the birthplace of her father John Lewis Jr. as Connecticut. If this is correct then John and Sarah Lewis Sr. must have been in Connecticut for some portion of their lives. Anna Lewis is also born in Connecticut in 1843 and her sister Cynthia Ann Lewis born in Connecticut about 1846. By the time that I caught up with John Lewis Jr. he is already buried at Greenwood-Union and his widow Cynthia Lewis is listed as Head of Household living in New York City. She has listed in her house Anna age 17 my second great grandmother, Cynthia Ann the child is not listed (we know that she died at the age of 7 in NYC probably 1853) and Ella who is using the surname Morell age 9. This tells me if the facts are correct that Cynthia still listed as a widow had a possible child out of wedlock or was with someone named Morell when Ella was born. Ella and Cynthia are then included in the house of James Wood and his wife Anna Maria Lewis Wood first in New York City 1870 where James is working for the railroad as an express man. The Wood family has two children Cynthia Ann Wood (my first great grandmother age 6 and James W. Wood age 1. The Wood family in the 1880 Census for East Chester Township Mount Vernon post office has James Wood working as the Baggage Master again at the Train Station for the railroad. They have several more children as young as 2 years listed. Back to Greenwood-Union. Cynthia Lewis the widow is now buried next to John Lewis Jr. as she died in 1889 and there is a daughter Cynthia Ann Lewis aged 7 years next to them in the Lewis Family plot. So where ever the Lewis Family went to through the 1800's they seem to return to Rye and Greenwood-Union. I am planning to post this same message on the Westchester County New York rootsweb.com list. Thank you for any input that you can offer or any ideas that may some day bear fruit. So when John Sr. died on 5 October 1846 he came back to Rye for burial as did John Jr. and the daughter Cynthia Ann Lewis and eventually the widow of John Jr. My direct line is: Daniel Lewis Frommherz; Winifred Jane Lounsbury; Winifred Marie Smith; Cynthia Ann Wood; Anna Marie "Nunie" Lewis; John Lewis Jr.; John Lewis Sr.; William Lewis (William Lewis probably did not come to the USA his age is not known although his son John was born in 1771) -- Thank you in advance, your input and help is sincerely appreciated! Daniel David Lewis Frommherz