http://www.dennis-jackson.me.uk/tree/ball/lewin/index.html The James Lewin Letters A series of twenty letters written by or about James Lewin between 1826 and 1847 James Lewin was born about 1810, the son of James Lewin and Sarah Bunney. He was Private 574 in the 98th Regiment of Foot. James Lewin married Jane in 1834 and they had three children - Mary Ann (1835), Thomas (1838) and John (1841). According to the letters James Lewin died at sea on the 7th February 1845, presumably during the regiment's return journey from China. There is no indication when or where Jane died, but the children are described as orphans. The indexes do not list James Lewin's death and I have yet to try the regimental diaries to see if anything is recorded about him. James Lewin's older sister Mary Ann is my gret-great-great-grandmother. She married John Ball in Leicester in 1834. Many of these letters were written to Mary Ann.