I am descended from Philip Lewis, born ca. 1751, who was in Adams/Scioto Ohio by 1796 (deed). A family history by his grandson Zachary Taylor Lewis (1847-1900) was published in the Lewisiana letters in the 1890s. In that history, Z.T. says that Philip lived on the Cheat River in PA. and served as a wagon master in the Revolution. He also thought Philip's father was an Enoch who was killed by Indians in PA "about the time of the Revolution." While there is not a stated link to Chester Co. there was a Philip Lewis who served as a Private in Capt. John Heister's Company, First Class, Chester County Militia of Foot, commanded by Col. John Hannum. He entered service 28 Jun 1777. Based on this claim--and with no other apparent link that I can see, DAR, accepts the Philip in Chester as the Philip in Adams Co. OH. I have recently been trying to verify Z.T.'s history--and determine if the link between the two Philips is accurate. I started with the assumption that the Philip in Washington Co. PA 1790 was the one in Ohio--and after consulting tax records for Washington and Westmoreland counties, I can place a Philip Lewis in Greene Twp, Washington, 1782--through which runs the Cheat River. Additionally, I have found one tax record from Westmoreland Co.(Washington created from Westmoreland 1781) which includes Philip Lewis Sr. and another Philip Lewis just households apart. It is my suspicion that Z.T. was wrong about the name of OH Philip's father--I think he was also Philip Lewis. The grandfather was probably Enoch (the name recurs in the Ohio Lewises). So on to Chester. Though I have barely begun, I have found an older Philip in Chester records. He served in Capt. Adam HEYLMEN's Co., French & Indian War (1756): Chester County, PA Called "an Independant Company, under the Denomination of the St. Vincent and Pike's Land Assoc........raised in May of 1756, with Adam Heylmen, Capt., John Hart, Lt., Adam Roontour , Ensign. There is also a Philip Lewis in Vincent Twp 1765 (listed as inmate--haven't gotten the actual record to see what household he's in--perhaps a boarder--a lot of single men and inmates in Vincent 1765. What was going on there?). In 1774 there is a Philip listed as a property owner in West Nantmel who could be either--but is probably the older one. And then there is the 1777 enlistment--which again could be either, but is probably the younger one. Since finding that there were probably two Philips in both Chester and Westmoreland, I am becoming more convinced that Philip of Ohio was indeed the Rev. soldier from Chester, but thus far have been unable to connect them to the major Lewis families there. The name "Enoch" seems the best clue. Z.T. Lewis's history also says that Philip's (younger) first wife was Elizabeth Wasson, the widow Thomas, and so I am interested in the Robert Wasson who also appears in Chester records at an appropriate time to be her father, though I am more interested in identifying an Enoch Lewis who might have been the father of the older Philip--and in ascertaining if there are any more records on a Philip Lewis in Chester records. I have some on order, but since many of you seem to have extensive libraries with Chester material, hoped I could get some advice, direction, etc. on these puzzles. Thanks for reading! I know it's long. Karen Lewis Dale Larkspur CO