Nancy (Davis) Lewis (abt. 1756 - 1826)

Ancestors

Wife of John Francis Penny Lewis — married 1777 in Amherst County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 22 Jul 1826 at about age 70 in Lincoln County, Kentucky

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Biography

Possible parentage: Nathaniel Davis II and Elizabeth Adkins (see below:)

John F. P. Lewis was a son of John Lewis of Amherst County, VA, whose will was proved Dec. 7, 1789, and witnessed by William Carter, John Roach and Archeaus Gilliam.John F. P. Lewis m. Nancy Davis, who was the eldest daughter of Capt. Nathaniel Davis and Elizabeth Atkins.John F. P. Lewis' will, dated May 10, 1833, proved April 3, 1837, at Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky, was written and signed by him.He names his daughter, Caroline M. Senter, and other children including my husband's ancestor Robert T. Lewis (Caroline's brother), and sets aside one acre of land for a family burying ground, and a quarter-acre for a slave burying ground.

Sources

• personal knowledge- family info + Bible

• Lewis Surname DNA Project (info available via web)

• Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 19 September 2019), memorial page for Nancy Davis Lewis (1756–22 Jul 1826), Find A Grave: Memorial #129047225, citing Senter Family Cemetery, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Joyce Tinsley (contributor 47516959) . No gravestone photo

see also

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:332K-THM : accessed 2016-09-17), entry for John Francis Penny /Lewis/.