Born in North Carolina
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Isaiah Lewis
— married
about 1790 in Randolph, North Carolina, United States [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Died
at about age 76
in Lawrenceville, Lawrence, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Nov 2013
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Biography
Nancy was born in 1769. She died in 1845 at the age of 75 - 76.
Spouse: Isaiah Lewis 1769 - 1837. Findagrave #65125454
Children:
- Rebecca Lewis 1789 - 1881
- David Lewis 1790 - 1845
- Peter Lewis 1796 - 1821
- Ann Lewis bef. 1800 -
- Paul Lewis 1800 - 1872
- Philip Lewis 1800 - 1873
- Jacob Lewis 1802 - 1889
- John Lewis 1804 - 1841
- William Melton Lewis 1806 - 1861
- Isaiah Lewis Jr. 1808 - 1856
- Mary Lewis 1810 - 1856
Research Notes
Possible Parents: Peter Julian 1712 - 1806 & Mary Bales. Father, Peter Julian (or possibly Julian) was born in Cecil County, Maryland & died in Dorchester County, South Carolina. Mary Bales, though not confirmed as the mother, was born in Frederick County, Virginia and died in Randolph County, North Carolina.
Paul Lewis most likely died in Arkansas, while Isaiah Lewis, Jr would have most likely died in Indiana.
May be mother of other children.
Birth Location was either Guilford County, North Carolina or Randolph County, North Carolina. Was married to Isaiah Lewis in Guilford, Guilford County, North Carolina.
Sources
- Nancy is buried at the Collins Cemetery in Lawrenceville, Lawrence County, Illinois, USA. Her page lists and has links to her spouse, 8 children. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141848935/nancy-lewis Buried in unmarked grave. Cemetery is now part of overgrown farmland. Supposedly died of Cholera and was buried at night.
- Nancy: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LJJQ-HQ4 Lists her parents, 12 siblings, spouse, 10 children.
- The Lewis Family. Brothers Joab, Neriah & Isaiah. Among the pioneers who came into this section ok Kentucky in the early 1800's for the purpose os settling and improving the wild lands and surveying the trails were three brothers from the Yadin River area of North Carolina...: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/122216733?p=35920651&returnLabel=Isaiah%20Lewis%20(LTJT-VFT)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fmemories%2FLTJT-VFT
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nancy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nancy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nancy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nancy:
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~3.12%
Byron Lewis
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M207808 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A188421 [compare], Ancestry member bslewis55
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Robert Glenn :
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