James Lewis (abt. 1677 - 1766)

Born about 1677 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Judson) Lewis — married 11 Nov 1702 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 29 Jan 1766 at about age 89 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

James Lewis was born in 1677. He was the son of Benjamin Lewes and Hannah Curtiss. He passed away in 1766 ^[1]

His will is dated 9 November 1756 and proved on 24 June 1766 in Fairfield. He mentions his sons, David, John (eldest) and James, and his two daughters, Mary wife of Rev. Mr. Goodsell, and Abigail, wife of Nehemiah Beardslee.^[2]

His inventory was taken on 14 July 1766.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Edmund Lewis of Stratford, Connecticut, his father Benjamin, of Wallingford and Stratford and his possible ancestry, Helen Schatvet Ullman, Acton, MA, 2001
2. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 15-16, 1764-1775”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y93F-4 : 17 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627304, image 142-143, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 15, 1764-1767, Page 247-249.
3. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 15-16, 1764-1775”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y93X-P : 17 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627304, image 165-166, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 15, 1764-1767, Page 295-296.

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP93-1PYQ : 15 April 2022), James Lewis, ; citing Marriage, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 007833262.
• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQ1-FFS4 : 15 April 2022), James in entry for John Lewis, ; citing Birth, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 007833262.
• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPMZ-J2KS : 15 April 2022), James in entry for Mary Lewis, ; citing Birth, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 007833262.
• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMPH-LGS : 21 September 2020), James Lewis in entry for James Lewis, 1708.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F743-SV6 : 7 January 2020), James Lewis in entry for Dauid Lewis, 1711.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77L-BFW : 7 January 2020), James Lewis in entry for Abigail Lewis, 1722.
• "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7DW-XQ7 : 16 September 2020), James Lewis, 1766.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #20930700: Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
• Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiled & edited (1930-2). History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Fairfield, Connecticut), Genealogical Publishing Company, Vol. 1, Page 379.
• Orcutt, Samuel, (1886). A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Part II, Genealogies. (Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn.) page 1237.
• Wilcoxson, William Howard. History of Stratford, Connecticut, 1639-1939 (Stratford Tercentenary Commission, Stratford, Conn., 1939) Page 258.
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Judson Family of Stratford and Woodbury, Conn., The American Genealogist (The American Genealogist, Barrington, RI, 1944) Vol. 21, Page 271.
• Haslam, Patricia L. & Ullmann, Helen Schatvet. A Registry Book Belonging to the Episcopal Church at Stratford, Connecticut, 1722-1828, The Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Connecticut, 2011) Vol. 44, Page 85.
  • Burial record: "_Feb 1766 - Capt. James Lewis, AEt 89, by Mr. Newton"