Richard
Lewis
Born in North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Evan Lewis Sr.
and Susannah (Moon) Lewis
Brother of
Mary Elizabeth (Lewis) Hinshaw, Eleanor Neely Lewis, Rachel Lewis and Susanna (Lewis) Haworth
Husband of
Elizabeth (Manley) Lewis
— married
28 Sep 1805 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Susannah (Lewis) McCoy, Nancy Lewis, Absalom Manly Lewis, Mary Ann Lewis and Margret Mahalia Lewis
Died
at about age 39
in Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States
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Biography
Birth
Richard Lewis was born into the Quaker family of his parents Evan Lewis and Susannah (Moon) Lewis: "Richard Lewis was born the 2nd of the 12th 1784."[1] However, the Minutes of the Lost Creek Quakers says that he was born on 2 December 1785.[2]
Marriage
Richard married Elizabeth Manley (b. South Carolina; d. 1879 in Texas) on 28 September 1805 in Jefferson Co., Tennessee.[3]
Migration
Evan and Susannah received a certificate of transfer: "Certificates for other Friends who are known to have been living at or near Lost Creek at early dates were received at Westfield as follows: ... Evan and Susannah Lewis and children, from Hopewell, Va., 1791,12,24 ..."[4] So on Christmas Eve of 1791, when Richard was 6 or 7 years old, his parents were authorized to emigrate to the Quaker settlement at Lost Creek in what was then western North Carolina, thereafter Jefferson County, Tennessee.
Children
—
Death
Richard Lewis passed away in 1825.[5]
Sources
Footnotes
- ↑ A fly leaf from a record book reproduced by McNamara.
- ↑ Williams' > Lost Creek Meetings. See images.
- ↑ McNamara.
- ↑ Williams > Lost Creek Meetings.
- ↑ Tennessee Probate Court Books, Vol 2: 430.
Bibliography
- "Tennessee Probate Court Books, 1795-1927," images, FamilySearch (22 May 2014), Jefferson > Wills, 1811-1826, Vol. 2 > image 455 of 563; county courthouses, Tennessee.
- Billie R. McNamara, "Tennessee Ancestors," the genealogical journal of the East Tennessee Historical Society (December, 2006), reproduced in part in Jefferson County, Tennessee Genealogy and History.
- Duncan Rea Williams III, "Ciber Williams' Niche" (electronic text) > Quaker Roots > Quaker Meetings > Lost Creek Meetings.
- Genforum archived message (from Peggy Shaffer).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Richard:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Richard:
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