Thanks Sue, I will check into all of the below. ?I appreciate your response. Bill -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: LEWIS@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, Aug 12, 2009 6:33 pm Subject: Re: [LEWIS] Meriwether and Alexander Lewis This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: SuZQ59 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lewis/11677.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Have seen your posts here and I believe on GenForum, I don't know if my information will help or hinder in your search. These Lewises are a confusing bunch, especially since they kept using the same names generation after generation, but here goes. This info. came from my mother, I have inherited the job of family genealogist and mother was not too careful about documenting her facts. I do know that almost all of this came from one of the following: "The Lineage of Mary Jane Elizabeth Lewis" by MJE Lewis, "Genealogy of the Lewis and Kindred Families" by John Meriwether McAllister, "Lewis of Warner Hall, the History of a Family" by Merrow Egerton Sorley and "Lewises, Meriwethers, and Their Kin" by Sarah Travers Lewis Anderson. She borrowed the books from someone so I do not have them to check these facts. I am still sorting and trying to verify. Fielding Lewis was the 3rd son of John Lewis and Frances Fielding. Fielding b. 7/7/1725 (this date comes from the "Legend of Lewis" site) d. 1/1782 m Catherine Washington (she was his 2nd cousin and also the 1st cousin of George Washington). She died after 4 years of marriage. Fielding then married Betty Washington who was the only sister of George Washington. I do not know how many children they may have had but I do know that they had a son named Lawrence Fielding Lewis (Jr?) and it was said that he was his Uncle George's favorite nephew. L. Fielding married Eleanor Parks Custis the granddaughter of Martha Washington. Eleanor's brother George Washington Parke Custis and Eleanor were adopted by George and Martha after the death of their parents. George deeded Lawrence and Eleanor a part of Mt. Vernon and they built a large home on their acerage naming it Woodlawn Plantation. The property is owned by the National Park Service today. Eleanor's brother owned and lived in the famous Custis-Lee mansion in Arlington, VA, his daughter Mary married Gen. Robert E. Lee. So far I have been unable to find any Alexander Lewis in the info. I have. There is no Nancy Ann Alexander mentioned nor any Fawcett, Pollock, Hamiltons or Fultons. Since I am really just begining I don't know enough to discuss much with you but would be glad to share what I have inherited from my Mother. I am not a direct descendent from this line but from Fielding's Great Uncle Robert who married Jane Meriwether. Hope this does not confuse more than it helps. Sue Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEWIS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message