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Phoebe Lewis (abt. 1738)

Phoebe Lewis aka Bayless
Born about in Somerset County, New Jerseymap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 1755 (to 1777) [location unknown]
Wife of — married 1777 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Biography

THE FOLLOWING notes on the Lewis family have been compiled from various sources, chiefly "Lewisiana, or the Lewis Letters," the "Records of the First Presbyterian Church of Morristown," and Littell's "Family Genealogies." A recent article in "Jersey Genealogy" (Newark "Evening News," Nov. 4, 1916) gave an interesting account of the family, and some of its data is incorporated here. Some unpublished records of the Basking Ridge church are indicated by the letters (B. R.), and after the mention of a will or the administration of an estate the number in parenthesis refers to the files in the Secretary of State's office at Trenton.[1]

The Thomas Lewis and Ann Doddridge children; 6. JACOB, b. Oct. 27, 1734, near Basking Ridge; d. 1801, near Uniontown, Pa.; m. (1) Dec. 29, 1755, Catherine Freeman; (2) Mary Brabant (daughter of John, son of Peter) Nov. 23, 1778. Her name is also given as Bebout. 7. ZEPHANIAH, whose date of birth is given as July 16, 1734, but either this date or that of his brother Jacob must be a mistake. He d. 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. 8. MARY, m. (???) Collyer. 9. SARAH; m. (???) Sayres. 10. ANN. No further record. 11. RACHEL. No further record[2].

Thomas Lewis is often credited with another daughter, Phebe, not mentioned in his will, who m. Major Platt Bayless and had seven children:--1, Samuel, b. May 14, 1769; d. Oct. 22, 1848; m. March 28, 1789, his cousin, or second cousin, Osee (38) Lewis. 2. Zephaniah; m. Elizabeth King. 3. Nancy; m. Stephen Breeze. 4. Sally; m. Joseph Fennery. 5. Phebe; m. (???) Fairchild. 6. Ruth; m. Jacob Walker. 7. Jane; died young[3].


Sources

  1. Somerset County Historical Quarterly Vol VI THE LEWIS FAMILY OF SOMERSET BY HOWARD S. F. RANDOLPH, NEW YORK CITY; https://archive.org/stream/somersetcountyhi06hone#page/n3/mode/2up
  2. Early Lewises of Northern New Jersey, by Ralph Kimbel Potter, 1972
  3. The Lewis Family of Somerset, Somerset County Historical Quarterly, Ed. A. Van Doren Honeyman, Plainfield, New Jersey, Vol. VI.–1917




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Lewis-2589 and Lewis-1040 appear to represent the same person because: These two are duplicates and need to be merged. Please approve and merge.
posted by Karen (Rollet) Lorenz

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