> Subject: [RIWASHIN] David Lewis or Daniel Lewis > Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 16:07:46 -0500 > From: "David Hoffman" <dvh592341@fastmail.fm> > To: RIWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com > > In tracking down the LANGWORTHYs, I came across extracts of deeds for > Westerly online and found the following item: > > Westerly, RI Deeds Vol. 7 > > Pages 92-3, John Lewis & Anna his wife, Robert Burdick & Dorcas his wife > and Daniel Lewis, children of David Lewis Deceased of Westerly ... > father’s will dated Feb. 1, 1717/8, ... eldest sister, Mary > Langworthy with her husband John Langworthy, ... quit claim to Mary & > John Langworthy, Aug. 4, 1721; recorded Nov. 25, 1748. Witnesses: Samuel > Langworthy and John Davis. > > <http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/westerly.html> > > Am I correct in reading this as David LEWIS having the following > children: John, Dorcas, Daniel and Mary? Was it David whose will was > dated 1 Feb 1717/1718? > > Savage attributes these children [plus Jonathan and Hannah] to Daniel > LEWIS and Mary BUTTON. He also mentions Daniel’s will of 1 Feb > 1717/1718. > > J.D. Champlin, Jr. in Early Settlers of Westerly, Rhode Island (NEHGR, > Vol. 14, p. 168) also mentions the same children as Savage along with the > same date for the will of Daniel LEWIS. > > All help, comments, suggestions, etc. greatly appreciated. > > David Hoffman Savage is unreliable. I show that Daniel Lewis m Mary Maxson. My source is Michael Cook, "Lewis Families." This needs to be verified since it is a secondary source. The abstract seems to me to be unclear. I suggest that you look up the original deed in the Westerly records or on the microfilm from the Family History Library at a Family History Center. I show the will of Daniel Lewis was dated 1 Feb 1717/18 and probed in Westerly 24 Feb 1717/8. The will neams wife Mary; sons, John (eldest), Jonathan (<21), and Daniel Lewis; and Dau: Mary, Dorcas and Hannah (<18). The will of David Lewis of Westerly was rejected 10 Nov 1718 because David was NCM. The records name his wife Elizabeth, and sons: Elisha (eldest), David (14-21), and a dau Mary (also 14-21). He also appears to have had a son Isaac and a daughter Prudence. There is an erroneous account on the internet attributed to a preliminary draft of a Lewis genealogy that I published in 1993 showing that Daniel's daughter Mary is the one who married Nathaniel Lewis. That is incorrect. Daniel's daughter Mary is the one who married John Langworthy. Nathaniel Lewis probably married Joseph Lewis' daughter, Mary. Savage also got Nathaniel's wife's parentage wrong. I show the following children for Daniel and Mary: John who m Anna Clarke; Mary who m John Langworthy; Dorcas who m Robert Burdick; Daniel m Martha Prosser; Jonathan; and Hannah m(1) William Crumb; m(2) Stephen Hall. Bill Wright