This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WBC.2ACI/271.677.1 Message Board Post: John Lewis, (William2 Lewis, Hugh1 Lewis) born Abt. 1595 in Wales; died 21 Aug, 1657 in VA. . He was the son of William Lewis and Margaret Puleston. He married Lydia.abt 1630 in Wales Lydia, born Abt. 1605. Came to America between 1640 and 1657. Notes for John Lewis: Subject: David Lewis-baptized 1695 Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 22:38:43 -0400 (EDT) From: [email protected] To: [email protected] The book PIONEER LEWIS FAMLIES, VOL 4, by Michael L Cook, C.G. gives a revised argument on the parents of David Lewis [ as opposed to that given by William Terrell Lewis in his LEWIS FAM. OF AMERICA---briefly [1] page 53--Tombstone Councilor John Lewis, Warner Hall, Gloucester Co., states he was son of John and Isabella Lewis. Also here is the grave of Mrs Isabella Yard, b. Aug 24, 1640--died Feb 9, 1703/04--she is accepted as the former Isabella Miller wife of Major John Lewis. [my note--as David baptized 1695, this would tend to remove her as his mother--William Terrell Lewis moved birth back to 1685] [2] page 74--Councilor John Lewis, born 1669 and wife Elizabeth Warner (MILDRED35 READE, GEORGE34, MILDRED33 WINDEBANK, FRANCES32 DYMOKE, ANNE31 TAILBOYS (TALOBI, ELIZABETH30 GASCOIGNE, WILLIAM29, JOAN28 NEVILLE, JOHN27, RALPH26 DE NEVILLE, RALPH25, MAUD24 DE PERCY, HENRY23, HENRY22, HENRY21, WILLIAM20, ISABEL19 BRUS, ADAM18, ADAM17, ROBERT16, ADAM15, ROBERT14 DE BRUSSE, RAGNVALD II13 BRUSESSON, BRUSI12 SIGURDSSON, SIGURD II11 DRIGA, HLODVER10 THORFINNSSON, THORFINN I ROLLO9 EINARSSON, EINAR8 ROGNVALDSSON, ROGNVALD I MORE EARL7 SUNNMORE, EYSTEIN GLUMRA6 IVARSSON, IVAR JARL5 NORWAY, HALFDAN II EYSTEINSSON KING4 SWEDEN, EYSTEINN I3 HALFDANSSON, HALFDAN2 OLAFSSON, OLAF1 INGJALDSSON) [ d. of Augustine Warner Jr and Mildred Reade] appear to have moved to Chemokins Plantation in western New Kent Co. abt 1689, having inherited that estate from his father. Here 8 children born in St Peter Parish, New Kent. [3] page 75--Jan 5, 1695, John Lewis resident of Chemokins, St Peter Parish made Vestryman. John left Chemokins in 1702 to Warner Hall, Gloucester Co.,[ inheirted by his wife]---children baptized Abington Parish 1702----[ my notes--David Lewis baptized May 5,1695, St Peter Parish-----the following from LEWIS OF WARNER HALL, by M. Sorley--page 56 "Between the years 1689 and 1702 there appear several entries relating to John Lewis in the Vestry Book of St Peter's Parish, in which Chemokin Plantation was located; there were of course others of the name Lewis in this general section of Virginia, but careful analysis leads to the conclusion that this John Lewis could not have been any other than the future Councilor. At a meeting of the Vestry on Jan. 5, 1695 John Lewis was elected a Vestryman for St Peter's Parish." [4] page 77--Cook gives examples of how William Terrell Lewis was confused--Cook suggest----John Lewis, b. 1594 Monmouthshire--d. 1657 [his grave found in 1948, with this data, from VA. MAG. HIST & BIOG, Apr 48 & Aug 54]---his son Col. John Lewis, abt 1618. Col John had son Major John Lewis abt 1639. Major John L. is the father of Councilor John Lewis ,.1669 and he is the father of David Lewis 1695.---Cook gives other children, wives etc and argument for inserting a Col. John L.-- Based on the Coat of Arms found on the tombstone of John Lewis I, a Mrs Grace McLean Moses researched this line back into Wales--book THE WELSH LINEAGE OF JOHN LEWIS---interesting, difficult to follow Welch names etc. Thurman [Buddy] Jackson [email protected] After a few days' rest at "Green Spring" the Rebel (Bacon) marched on to Tindall's Point, Gloucester County, where he made the home of Colonel Augustine Warner, Speaker of the House of Burgesses, his headquarters. From there he sent out a notice to all the people of the county to meet him at the court-house for the purpose of taking his oath. The records of Henrico County contain sundry charges of depredations committed by Bacon's soldiers, showing that the people's cause was strong in that section. Major John Lewis, of Middlesex, laid claim of damages at the hands of "one Matt Bentley," with "forty or fifty men-of- arms," in the ''time of the late rebellion." Major Lewis's inventory of his losses includes "400 meals" (which he declares were eaten at his house by Bacon's men during their two days encampment on his plantation), the killing of some of his stock, and carrying off of meal "for the whole rebel army," at Major Pate's house. The records of Westmoreland County show that the Baconians, under "General" Thomas Goodrich, had control in the Northern Neck of Virginia as late as November, 1676. Major Isaac Allerton, of Westmoreland, brought suit for thirteen thousand pounds of tobacco for damages his estate had suffered at the hands of a rebel garrison which had seized and fortified the house of his neighbor, Colonel John Washington. The jury gave him sixty-four hundred pounds. Children of John Lewis and Lydia are: i.John Lewis, born Abt. 1640 in Brecon, Wales; died 1726 in Hanover Co, VA; married Isabelle Miller Bef. 1677 in VA. John Lewis , Jr, born 1640 in Brecon, Wales; died 1720 in Hanover Co, VA; married Isabella Miller Abt. 1673 in (Probably) VA. ii.Robert Lewis, born Abt. 1636 in Wales; died in Gloucester Co, VA. iii.William Lewis, born Abt. 1634 in Wales; died in Ireland; married McClelland.