Hello, My gr-grandfather, John "Stanley" LEWIS, was b1859 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. To get the long-story short, he died in Center Sandwich, NH (US) in 1923 of cancer. I think I got his death certificate last fall and at this moment I don't remember what it said (~5 am). I don't know what his father died of, but John died in Liverpool ~1870, before his time. Coming down a generation, my grandfather married on his 18th birthday to Clarissa KIDDER; she was 17. She was born in MA but her father was born in northern Maine. His parents were first-cousins. And, that KIDDER extended family in Washington Co., ME, either lived long-lives, were killed, or almost-killed, or died of all the life-threatening diseases. Clarissa died of heart disease. She had 3 children with her first husband and 2 children with her 2nd husband. All 3 of her sons did not live long lives. Her youngest son died suddenly at Age 60. An autopsy showed undiagnosed cancer, undiagnosed heart disease, and undiagnosed lung disease. I believe her other 2 sons had at least 2 of those. (My LEWIS grandfather died of heart disease. He was one of the youngest of 13. A younger brother near Los Angeles, CA, I believe died of cancer.) On the other side of my family-tree, my mother's mother had "unknown parents." But, I have my suspicions. ~1889 my grandmother was taken in as a baby by a DEXTER couple in their 50's, then living in Melrose, MA. (They had lived in CT most of their lives.) They adopted her in 1892 and changed her name. During her ~10 yrs. with this couple, she was told many "stories" - most of which turn out to be "lies." I believe that their married daughter back in Killingly, CT, had a pregnancy outside of her marriage in the summer of 1888. There is "speculation" / "wild imagination" that John DEXTER, the adoptive father, might have been the birth-father. John seems to have been estranged from his only surviving child in CT from 1888 until his passing in 1905 in MA. * Betty (near Lowell, MA) * Mrs. DEXTER died in MA in 1899 and their adopted child was taken to an orphanage in Boston. Mrs. Dexter's remains were taken back to CT to be buried there. When John died at the Tewksbury State Hospital 6 yrs. later, his remains were buried in the grounds of the Hospital in an almost, unmarked grave. (This is a long, complicated story which I've told on other Lists for several years. Many twists and turns to my grandmother's life.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Llew Llaw" <llewllawereint@yahoo.com> To: <lewis@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 6:50 PM Subject: [LEWIS] Well, Jees > > I have requested to have my dna re-tested. however, I did find another > person named Murl Lewis, who is descended from the Donegal Lewises, > particularly Andrew, and have come to the conclusion that the comments > made to me here in the past, as well as the current rather comical attempt > to tie Thomas Lewis of Floyd to Edward 3rd of Mecklenburg, as an effort to > disclaim the fact my ancestor Harrison/Harmon, molested his daughter. I > have looked over the records, thought thru the stories, considered the > naming patterns, and the fact I couldn't find much about Catherine but > Malissa had married several times, and had 5 kids ending with James Lewis, > who was living in Lincoln or Logan in 1930, with a James jr. to mean she > had sex with her Father and gave birth to Francis. > How would this be approached on the ancestry.com tree site? Can anyone > else suggest anything? I checked the one for Ted Bundy, but it's been made > private. Anyone know?