Bryan Lewis and I have spent some time recently researching this LEWIS family, from which Bryan is descended. The family connection with Monmouthshire seems to have started with Edmond LEWIS who was born at Eglwysilan in 1700 son of Lewis EDWARD. By the 1730s he was farming at Marshfield, but also had several grants of land in Whitchurch, Glam. & land in Bassaleg. In the 1730s he married Sarah Lawrence and in 1743 they had a son Edmond. This Edmond married as his second wife in 1771 at St Woolos Anne NICHOLAS (nee BARBER) daughter of Adam Barber, Mayor of Newport, and they lived in St Woollos in the 1770s but by 1783 they were farming Deri Farm (Rhiwbina), Whitchurch. Their son Edmund was born at St Woolos in 1774, married Rachel JOHN of Pentyrch, and the family continued to farm the Deri for many years. The first Edmond Lewis had brothers Lewis Edward of the Green, Michaeston super Ely, Rowland Lewis of Bwlch y Cwm, Eglwysilan and William Lewis of Whitchurch, and two sisters Margaret & Ann. There are several references to the family in the Diary of William Thomas 1762 - 1795. We would be very interested to hear from anyone with an interest in this family. Please contact me at my home address bob.sanders59@ntlworld.com Bob Sanders St Fagans Cardiff Web Site: http://www.angelfire.com/ga/BobSanders Dylai'r datganiadau neu'r sylwadau uchod gael eu trin fel rhai personol ac nid o reidrwydd fel datganiadau neu sylwadau gan Lywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru, unrhyw ran ohono neu unrhyw gorff sy'n gysylltiedig ag ef. Any of the statements or comments made above should be regarded as personal and not necessarily those of the Welsh Assembly Government, any constituent part or connected body. The original of this email was scanned for viruses by the Government Secure Intranet virus scanning service supplied by Cable&Wireless in partnership with MessageLabs. (CCTM Certificate Number 2006/04/0007.) On leaving the GSi this email was certified virus free. Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or recorded for legal purposes. Cafodd fersiwn gwreiddiol y neges e-bost hon ei sganio gan wasanaeth gwrthfeirysau Mewnrwyd Ddiogel y Llywodraeth (GSI) a ddarparwyd gan Cable&Wireless mewn partneriaeth � MessageLabs. (Rhif Tystysgrif CCTM 2006/04/0007). Wrth adael y GSI nid oedd unrhyw feirws yn gysylltiedig ��r neges hon. Mae�n ddigon posibl y bydd unrhyw ohebiaeth drwy�r GSI yn cael ei logio, ei monitro a/neu ei chofnodi yn awtomatig am resymau cyfreithiol.