George Lewis (abt. 1561 - aft. 1611)

Born about 1561 in Y Fan, Bedwas, Glamorgan, Cymru

Ancestors

Died after 1611 after about age 50 in Greenwich, Kent, England

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Biography

George Lewis was born after 1560, because his oldest brother Edward^[1] was born in 1560.^[2]

George was the second son of Thomas Lewis of The Van and his first wife, Margaret, the daughter of Robert Gamage of Coity,^[3] and widow of Miles Mathew of Llandaff, Glam.^[1] The hamlet of Y Fan (Welsh) was in Bedwas parish, Caerphilly hundred, Glamorgan, Wales.^[4]

George had two brothers and four sisters,^[1] including:

1. Edward Lewis, oldest brother,^[1] Sir Edward was born 1560, died 1628;^[2]

George married three times:^[3]

1. Katherine, the daughter of Miles Mathew of Castell y mynach, and they had three sons;
2. Mary, the daughter of Francis Zouche, and they had one daughter:
3. Mary, the daughter of William Gore of Wiltshire, and they had three sons and four daughters.

George Lewis of Llystalybont, near Cardiff, Glamorgan, was burgess of Parliament for the Cardiff Boroughs in 1586 and was Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1610-11.^[3]

When George's father died in 1594, he inherited considerable property, which he increased by his marriages, achieving an estate estimated in 1645 to be £400 per annum.^[3]

Research Notes

A much cited source for the genealogy of this family is "The Lewis Family of Wales and America" by Edward Simmons Lewis published in The Journal of American History, Volume XXII, Third Quarter, Number 3, 1928, pps. 224-251. Much of the information in this article has been proven wrong by subsequent research. Verify anything stated in this book with primary documents. Lewis-10266, 18 April 2016.

Source

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} P S Edwards, "LEWIS, Thomas III (by 1533-94), of The Van, Glam." The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, S T Bindoff, ed, (Boydell and Brewere, 1982), The History of Parliament, Crown copyright and The History of Parliament Trust, (http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/lewis-thomas-iii-1533-94 : accessed 5 June 2016).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Henry John Randall, "Lewis family of Van, Glam.", Dictionary of Welsh Biography, Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, National Library of Wales (http://wbo.llgc.org.uk/en/s-LEWI-VAN-1548.html :accessed 5 June 2016).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} A.H.D, "LEWIS, George, of Llystalybont, nr. Cardiff, Glam." Commons 1558-1603, P W Hasler, ed, (Boydell and Brewere, 1981), The History of Parliament, Crown copyright and The History of Parliament Trust, (http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/lewis-george : accessed 4 June 2016).
4. ↑ GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Van AP/CP/Hmlt through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit, A Vision of Britain through Time. (http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10318464/relationships : accessed 4 June 2016).