----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Dougherty" <geneobugkk902@pldi.net> To: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com>; <lewis@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:00 PM Subject: Re: [LEWIS] Immigration Records > The one I clicked on, a message said that page could not be found. It > was > the one for the Elizabeth and Ann, that sailed > from Liverpool, England on June 29, 1716. But, that gave me an idea & I > typed in that ships name on Google & found a > manifest(or whatever they call it) of the ship's passengers & I found > my > Prophet(Proffit) ancestor in the passengers who > were on board that ship. 29 were indentured and my ancestor was among > the 83 who were not indentured. The story > goes that he refused to be indentured, so they forced him to come to > the > North.America Colonies anyway. When he got > here he lived in Virginia & bound himself out to a family by name of > Pleasant. It's believed that he married one of their > daughters. He had the land he was given, then he sold some to someone, > then bought some more & ended with quite a bit of land where he > built > a mansion on it. So, all of this because he tried to help overthrow the > King > of England. > > I haven't found my Lewis ancestor yet. His name is James Lewis, Welsh > by birth , but lived in Kilkenny, Ireland since an infant, before coming to North America, I'm not sure where he landed. At some time or another he ended up in North Carolina, because that is where his son, my GG Grandfather Samuel Lewis was born about 1801-1803. Karen Dougherty > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > To: <LEWIS@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 5:43 PM > Subject: Re: [LEWIS] Immigration Records > > >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Author: slwmjc36 >> Surnames: >> Classification: queries >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lewis/12165.1.1/mb.ashx >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> Thanks, Peter. I found John Harvey as noted on 6/19/1879 on the State of >> Nevada. I can't find Mary, Edward & Janet (his wife & kids) who >> supposedly came over in November 1879. Those are great sites. >> >> Mary Jane >> >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >