Zephaniah Lewis
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Zephaniah Lewis (1736 - 1777)

Zephaniah Lewis
Born in Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jerseymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 19 Jun 1760 in Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jerseymap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 40 in Basking Ridge,Somerset County,New Jerseymap
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Biography

Born 16 July, 1736. Served as a Lieutenant in the New Jersey Regiment during the French War, 1758-1759 [1][2]

17 Jun 1760  Zephaniah Lewis..obtained license of marriage for himself and for Hannah Doughty of the same county, spinster [3]

Children of Zephaniah Lewis from Aaron Lewis Family Bible. [2]

Zephaniah Lewis died of Swamp fever on Jan 18, 1777, during the American Revolution. He is buried in the Basking Ridge Cemetery in NJ Jan. 18, 1777; m., June 19, 1760, Ann Doty, daughter of John (4) Doty (Samuel 3, Samuel 2, Edward 1, of the "Mayflower"), who was b. April 28, 1739; d. June 3, 1828. Ann Doty Lewis m., 2d, (???) Alward; 3d, (???) Ayres.[1]

Buried at Basking Ridge Presbyterian Churchyard
Inscription: Lewis, Zephaniah, d. Jan. 18, 1777, in 42nd yr.[4]


Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Early Lewises of Northern New Jersey compiled by Ralph Kimball Potter. Published 1972 in Lakewood, N.J.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Space:Aaron Lewis Family Bible-1, Rutgers University Archives
  3. NJ Department of Education, Division of State Archives & Libraries.
  4. Somerset County Historical Quarterly, Vol. I


Acknowledgments

This person was created through the import of rsturley20100927.ged on 16 November 2010.





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