This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LEWIS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Th.2ADI/2069.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I'll dig around a bit more. I am sure there is something out there that links it together better. William Lewis was born 1797. His first child was named John. His second child was named Samuel. So, I am going on the premise that his first child was named after his father and his second child named after his grandfather. There was a Samuel Lewis listed in Westmoreland county on a petition to Governor Penn from Hanna's Town (Greensburg). Maybe there is some information in Carroll Co. Lewis' history that would give more information about their history. Were they Welsh or German?