Dennis According to the 1860 census, Sarah A....mother of Andrew J, Rebecca, George M, and Phebe was b. 1803 in New York. Could make a fair assumption that her husband, >>>?>>> LEWIS may also have been from New York. thanks for the info and I will log it with my other info. Thanks again Rich Visit my WELCH Family Home Page http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/rwelch/welchfam.htm -----Original Message----- From: Dennis <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, September 09, 1999 9:24 PM Subject: Re: I ....."KNOW"...you're out there!!!! (LEWIS rersearchers) >LEWIS......... > >I had a couple LEWISs in my line that came from NY to Luzerne County, PA. Here is what little I have from another researcher. I can put you in touch with her and see if she has any other info on LEWIS. > >STEPHEN CASE, son of Absalom Case, was born ca. 1763 in "01d Paltz" according >to his application for a pension for service in the Revolutionary War made in >the court in Calhoun Co., Michigan in 1838. He claimed that in 1777, at age >14, he accompanied his uncle Captain Stephen Case,into service. >He married Esther Lewis, daughter of James and Sarah (North) Lewis ca. 1804, >said to be at Newburg, NY. They apparently resided for some time in Luzerne >Co., as their son, Stephen, was born in Kingston, Penn. in 1805. As noted >above, Stephen Case was in Plymouth, Luzerne Co. Penn. In 1810 census, where >he counted 4 males under 10; 1 male 16-26 and 1 female 26-45. By 1814, son, >William Mead, was born in Lansing (then Cayuga Co.), NY, which became >Tompkins Co., NY. (Esther's parents were in Lansing, NY in 1814). >Stephen Case is listed in Reading, Steuben Co., NY in 1820, (which is >apparently he, as Stephen and (H)Esther Case sold property in Campbell, >Steuben Co., NY in 1838 as residents of Calhoun Co., Mich. In the 1830 >census, they were in Erie Co., NY near Esther's brothers. By 1836, Stephen >moved his family to Calhoun Co., Mich., as daughter, Julia, married there in >1837. Stephen Case sold property in Calhoun Co., Mich. to Joel Clemons, >husband of his daughter, Julia, in 1837 at Fredonia; and in 1838 applied for >his Revolutionary Pension at the Court there (it was denied). Stephen >apparently died soon after, as he does not appear in 1840 in that Michigan >census. (One record says that he died 1843, if so, he may have been living >in the household of one of his children so was not listed. A man of his age >is not counted in the households of James C. or Bartemas Case or Joel Clemons >in that 1840 census year.) Esther died 15 Feb. 1862, age 82, and is buried in >Oakridge Cemetery at Marshall, Mich. Children: >1. Stephen b. 1805 Penn. >2. James Cornelius b. 2 Dec. 1806 Penn.; m. Jane Hasty; d.Newton, MI 1889. >3. Thomas b. 12 Jan. 1810 Penn.; m. Laura >4. Bartemas b. 4 June 1805 (lived Newton, Calhoun Co., Mich. in 1840 census); >apparently deceased before 1850. >5. William Mead b. 30 Oct. 1814 Lansing, NY (then Cayuga Co., now Tompkins >Co.); m. Sarah Matilda Sparling 1839. Buffalo, NY; d. 16 Aug 1884 Ravenswood, >Ill. >6. Julia b. 9 Feb. 1822, m. Joel Clemons; d. 21 Feb. 1888 Marshall, MI. >7. David >8. Walter?(no further record, and no proof) > >THOMAS CASE, son of Absalom and Sarah Elizabeth (Dunn), was born 16 Aug. 1771 >Orange Co., NY. He married 9 Jan. 1793 to Catherine Skadden(Caskadden). In >1810, he is listed in Plymouth, Luzerne Co., Penn. with 4 males under 10; 2 >ages 10-16; 2 ages 16-26; 1 female under 10; 1 female 10-16; and 1 ages >16-26. He died 11 June 1844, Jackson Twp., Luzerne Co., >Penn., Case Cemetery. Children: >1. Absalom b. ca. 1798; m. Jane Lamoreaux >2. Wesley b. 1803; m. Susan L. Hazelhurst 16 Apr. 1848 >3. Fletcher m. Amelia Lamoreaux >4. Calvin b. 16 Mar. 1812; m. Olive Lamoreaux 1835 >5. John b. 1814; m. Marilba >6. William b. 5 Oct. 1816; m. Melissa Catherine Crane June 1843. >7. Thomas, Jr. >8. James H. m. Mary Ducy, 19 Oct. 1851 Dutchess Co., NY >9. Sanson >10. Anna m. Majour > > > >Dennis Fox >[email protected] >www.foxgenealogy.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Richard Welch > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 4:49 PM > Subject: I ....."KNOW"...you're out there!!!! (LEWIS rersearchers) > > > Greetings :-) > > With a name like LEWIS, there must be....oh....I'd say ......ten thousand > researchers from the Susquehanna County area ALONE!!!!...but > I can't seem to find even a nibble on my Julianna Maria Lewis b. 1828 > from Springville. She married Pardon WELCH of Springville on > 31 Mar 1848 in Lemon Township, Wyoming County. She supposedly > died in Pike township, Bradford County in 1902 while living with > her daughter Emily Bradshaw, (wife of Elmore)....Julianna's name > at death was Julianna (Julia) SHOOK, as she remarried after Pardon died. > > After years trying to prove relationship to the Bradford County LEWIS's > with no success, and attempting to link her to the Nathaniel/Thurston LEWIS > family of Susquehanna, also with no success......I am trying to find someone > that recognizes the William LEWIS, buried in the Lynn Cemetery, b. 1797 d. > 1850. > > Could William be associated with the Lemon twp/Wyoming names of > Abner, Andrew Jackson, Rebecca, George W., Horatio, Charles M. and Phebe. > Could he be the husband of Sarah A. b. 1803 listed in the 1860 Lemon Twp > census? > (....they hung around the Fish families....) > > I need to crack open this LEWIS thing.....so I can get started with my > wife's SMITHS!!! > > Rich in TAMPA > > > > Visit my WELCH Family Home Page > http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/rwelch/welchfam.htm > -----Original Message----- > > > > >