Some of the most illustrious families in early America were the Lewis's, Clark's and Rogers. As I noted yesterday, our Gorin line intersects these families in both the John and the Henry Gorin line. The following is a brief sketch taken from "Genealogies of the Lewis and Kindred Families", Edited by John Meriwether McAllister of Atlanta, GA and Lura Boulton tandy of Columbia, MO, E W Stephens Publishing Company, Columbia, MO, 1906. Page 15 - General Robert Lewis, native of Brecon, Wales. Together with his wife Elizabeth, he sailed from Gravesend England in April 1635. Some long considered him a "traditional myth." Page 23 - The Second John Lewis, Councilor, grandson of Gen. Robert Lewis the Welshman. He was born in 1669, died 1725. Married his first cousin, Elizabeth Warner, granddaughter of George Reade and great-granddaughter of Nicholas Martian. She had 14 children per her tombstone. Only 3 sons are known - John Lewis born 16792, Charles Lewis, born 1696 and Robert Lewis, born 1704. Page 24: Robert Lewis, son of above, born 1704 at Warner Hall, the old ancestral home in Gloucester Co VA. Married Jane Meriwether, daughter of Nicholas Meriwether and Elizabeth Crawford in 1725. Page 34: Nicholas Lewis, second son of Robert above, was about 45 years at the time of the Revolution. He was noted by Thomas Jefferson as commanding a regiment of militia in the successful expedition of 1776 against the Cherokee Indians. He married Mary, daughter of Dr. Thomas Walker [great explorer of KY], and Mildred Thornton of Castle Hill, Albemarle Co VA. She was born 24 July 1742 and had 9 children. Of these marriages, son Nicholas Meriwether married Mildred Hornsby; Thomas Walker married Betsy Meriwether; Jane married Mr Dickerson; Mildred married David Wood; Mary married Isaac miller; Elizabeth married William Meriwether of Clover Field; Peggy married Charles S. Thomas. Thomas Walker Lewis, son of above, born 1768, died June 1807; married in 1788 to Elizabeth Meriwether. Page 36: Jane Warner Lewis, daughter of Thomas Walker and Elizabeth Meriwether above, had Jane Warner Lewis who married Walker Meriwether. Page 37: Jane Warner Lewis, child of above who married Walker Meriwether, married Henry V. P. Block of Pike Co MO. Their son, Walker M. Block, married Annie Lynott of Pike Co MO. She of the family of Lynotts that married into the Henry Gorin line: Ernest Bartley Gorin Sr married Edith Lynott, dau of Peter J Lynott and Magdelena Rice from Bohemia. Sandi Col. Sandi Gorin - Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ GORIN worldconnect website: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~sgorin