Thanks for this summary of the life of Dr. Jacob Lewis and the continuing mystery of Thomas Lewis of Pennsylvania. I've encountered this Thomas several times in my search for the parents of my Great-great-great grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Lewis, born in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio in 1810. It turns out that his parents were Jonathan Lewis (brother of Dr. Jacob Lewis) and Elizabeth Coon, who were married in Basking Ridge, New Jersey in 1794 and moved to Hamilton around 1803. The family bible of Aaron Lewis, brother of Thomas Jefferson Lewis, documents the family and descendents of Zephaniah Lewis, father of Jonathan and Dr. Jacob Lewis. There are a lot of Thomas's in this line, all the way back to Edmund Lewis' son Thomas who came with Edmund and Mary on the ship Elizabeth to Massachusetts in 1634. Though Thomas of Pennsylvania may be related in some way to the Zephaniah Lewis family, we can't follow the relationship at this point. Perhaps this Thomas line can be traced through Illinois, where many Butler County residents relocated in the mid-1800s. Michael Alan Lewis Eleventh Generation lineal male descendent of Edmund Lewis

I have the Thomas and Anna Lewis [1778-1870]--- PA/NJ, OH, IN--line traced fairly well from Sheffield Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana and west--1830 on. Thomas's land grant for 1829 in Tippecanoe states he is from Butler County, Ohio. The four children were Elizabeth, Jane, Henry, and James. Almost all of the children of Elizabeth and James eventually migrated to Kansas. My grandmother, Hazel Lewis Parsons [1895-1993] was born in Jewell County, Kansas and lived there until 1935. 1. Elizabeth Lewis Miller: married George Miller, eight children, lived in Bath Township, Franklin County, IN; after George's death, after 1850 census, she and the children moved to Iroquois County, Illinois, to be near her widowed sister-in-law, Lydia Patton Lewis, widow of James Lewis. Elizabeth Lewis Miller and Lydia Patton Lewis moved to Burr Oak, Jewell County, Kansas in the 1870's with many of their children, where both died around 1881-82. 2. Jane Lewis Mattix: married Jacob Mattix and lived in Clinton County, IN. After his death, about 1850, she lived with her parents until they died, both age 92, in 1870. Afterwards, she lived with her son Ira until she died in 1882. Three children. 3. Henry Lewis: married Sarah Drake, daughter of Moses and Elizabeth Pound Drake [NJ--Butler, OH]. Lived in Clinton County, IN, just over the county line from his parents. Three children. 4. James Lewis: married Lydia Patton [Marsh and Patton lines from NJ--early settlers of Hamilton and Butler counties in OH]. Seven children. Moved to Iroquois County, IL in 1853. James died, apparently suddenly, in 1855, age 44. Three sons served in the 9th Illinois Calvary from 1862-1865. Same three sons later pioneered in Burr Oak, Jewell County, Kansas, including my great-grandfather Calvin Elvin Lewis [1840-1926] While I have not researched the Miller family, the other Lewis marriages are to New Jersey families [Mattix, Drake, Patton]. This line is so puzzling. Thomas Lewis, son of James and grandson of Thomas and Anna, stated that he came from a Quaker family. However, this Lewis line does not show up in Hinshaw. I've searched and so has another researcher. The Patton and Marsh lines appear to be Presbyterian. I was interested in the UB minister neighbor, wondering if Anna had a German linage. On the 1870 Census, she is listed as unable to read/write, and states that her parents were foreign born. Rev. Kumbler was noted for not believing in education, especially for women. It's hard to believe that Thomas and Anna migrated to Butler County with no other relatives. Their neighbors in Wayne Township are rather stunningly intermarried. jeanne bedwell