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 Some unpublished records of the Basking Ridge church are indicated by the letters (B. R.), and after the mention of a will or the administration of an estate the number in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].
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