I'm looking for information of William Lewis, born 4 April 1561, London?. Married Felix 7 February 1613, and they emmigrated with their son, William, to Boston, on the ship Lyon in 1632. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Robert K. Lewis, Jr. (6 or 7 grand-nephew).

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:29 PM, <rlewis56@att.net> wrote: > I'm looking for information of William Lewis, born 4 April 1561, London?. Married Felix 7 February 1613, and they emmigrated with their son, William, to Boston, on the ship Lyon in 1632. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Robert K. Lewis, Jr. (6 or 7 grand-nephew). Hello Robert: It just happens that I have been researching this Lewes line for the past couple of weeks. It has been widely suggested that this William Lewis was descended from a Lewis family from Penarth, Glamorgan, Wales. This turns out not to be the case. There is no evidence to support the claim that this William Lewis was born of a family from Wales. In fact, the William Lewes who travelled to America on the Lyon in 1632 was born in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England, into a Lewes family from Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, from which William Lewis of Roxbury, Massachusetts and Edmond Lewes of Lynn, Massachusetts originated. This family can be traced in parish records to 1537, with Edmond Lewes as the patriarch. They are undoubtedly of Sussex origin, from the town of Lewes, Sussex, and may have been known as "de Lewes in the 13th through 15th Centuries. I'm still compiling considerable research into parish records of the Stour River Valley in Suffolk. I will post more detailed family history of this line soon. Michael Alan Lewes 11th generation lineal male descendant of Edmond Lewes of Lynn