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Thomas Lewis was born 11 Sep 1706 in Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland. He was the son of Jonathan Lewis, born 1680, Calvert County, Maryland in the area that is now Prince George's County, Maryland, and died 13 Feb 1724/25, Prince George's County, Maryland - Inventory (Age 45 years) and his wife Mary, born before 1690, Prince George's County, Maryland. They married before 1706 in Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland [1]
The 2nd son of Jonathan Lewis :Thomas Lewis, baptized.11 Jul 1706, is thought by many researchers to be the same as the Thomas Lewis who leased land from Thomas Lewis of Fairfax, (son of John Lewis of PG Co. d. 1711).In his Will of 1749, Thomas refers to him as "my friend" and leaves him the land on Difficult Run that is occupied by him and William Trammell. [2]
Thomas Lewis' known records have been printed on pages 1031-1034 of Vol 4 of Michael Cook's "Pioneer Lewis Families", but he gives him what I feel is an incorrect pedigree. Here is a summary of his family's records: Thomas Lewis (1706-ca 1790) Name of wife not known. Resided on the Loudon Co. side of Difficult Run.[2]
Thursday, 5 Mar 1772 (Richmond, VA, Journal of the House of Burgesses) A Petition of Thomas LEWIS, Administrator of the Estate of Richard COOMBS, deceased, setting forth that Mary COOMBS, for whose Appearance at a Court of Oyez and Terminez, in December 1767, as a Witness against James GOULDING, a Criminal sent from the County of Loudoun, to be tried before the said Court, the said Richard COOMBS, her Husband, was bound by Recognizance, appeared accordingly, and was examined; but that her allowance for Travelling and Attendance was not levied; and therefore praying, that the fame may now be levied for the petitioner, Were severally presented to the House, and read. (Journals of the House of Burgesses of VA, 1770-1772, Edited by John Pendleton Kennedy, Richmond, VA, p. 215) Monday, 9 Mar 1772 (Richmond, VA, Journal of the House of Burgesses) Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Commttee, that the petition of Thomas LEWIS, Administrator of the Estate of Richard COOMBS, deceased, to be allowed for Mary, the wife of the said Richard, her travelling to, and attending the Court of Oyez and Terminez, in December, 1767, as a Witness for the King against James GOLDING [sic], a Criminal from Loudoun County, is reasonable; and that the petitioner ought to be allowed six hundred and eighteen Pounds of Tobacco for the same. [3]
12 May 1777.Indenture of Feossment from Thomas Lewis Sr to Thomas Lewis Jr..Same to William Lewis. (Loudon Order Bk C. p. 34.)[2]
22 Mar 1780.Thomas Lewis Sr., Thomas Lewis Jr. and William Lewis of Loudon Co. to John Stonestreet of Prince Georges County, Maryland,
9 Apr 1781.Indenture of sale from Thomas Lewis Sr., Thomas Lewis Jr. and William Lewis to John Stonestreet.
7 Jun 1788.Thomas Lewis of Loudon to my son Daniel Lewis, a tract I now live on, 150 acs, at my death and stock and household furniture, except a feather bed and furniture to Levi Lewis.To sons William Lewis, Daniel Lewis and Levi Lewis, land in Fairfax on which the widowJohnston now lives.Wit. John Stonestreet, James Hopper, Walter Bayne and Thomas Lewis (Jr).Recorded 9 Jun 1788. (Loudon Deed Bk Q, p. 321)[2]
9 Jun 1788.Deed of gift from Thomas Lewis to his son Daniel Lewis, proved by oaths of John Stonestreet, Walter Bayner and Thomas Lewis. and ordered recorded.(Loudon Order Bk K, p. 457)[2]
Wife Anney, Left all his property to his son, Daniel William Lewis , except his interest tn the estate ofhis brother, Daniel Lewis, which is held in dower by Mrs. Penelope Sanders .This he leaves to his son George Wahington Lewis, and his daus. Sally Cox and Jane Harper.[2]
Thomas Lewis of Difficult Run, Fairfax and Loudoun County, Virginia, married Mary Moss, daughter of John and Frances Moss. [4]
There were several Thomas Lewises of Difficult Run; mine is the least prominent amongst them.) He was still alive 7 June 1788 when he deeded land and personal property to his sons William Lewis, Daniel Lewis, and Levi Lewis. [4]
It appears from circumstantial evidence that my Thomas Lewis belongs to the Lewis family of Prince George's County MD.[4]
The progenitor of the Lewis family of Prince George's County MD, Thomas Lewis, whose will was proven 5 June 1696 Prince George's County MD, had three sons: Richard Lewis, presumably the Richard Lewis whose will was proven 1719 Chowan County NC, John Lewis whose will was proven 20 April 1711, and Thomas Lewis about whom much less is known.[4]
Thomas Lewis Jr has therefore long been a catch basin for the hopes of those seeking a father for unconnected Lewises along either side of the Potomac.[4]
In "Pioneer Lewis Families" Michael Cook assigned Thomas Lewis the Younger four sons: 1. Thomas Lewis; married Elizabeth Thomas 2. John Lewis of Prince George's County MA; estate account 1748 Prince George's County MD; married Winifred Thomas 3. Richard Lewis; [frequently said to have married Susanna Stonestreet although he did not] 4. Jonathan Lewis of Prince George's County MD; estate inventory 13 February 1724 Prince George's County MD]; married Mary -----
A deed has surfaced showing that none of those sons belongs to Thomas Lewis Jr. The deed, dated 11 March 1755, is from his daughter Elizabeth and her husband Joseph Fry, at that time of Fairfax County VA, to William Robins of Prince George's County MD in which they conveyed to Robins Elizabeth's interest in Battersea [Prince George's County MD Liber NN, f.352]. (I am indebted to William Neal Hurley Jr for the reference.)
The deed states that Elizabeth's father Thomas Lewis was the son of Thomas Lewis who left him part of Battersea in his will; that her father was the brother of John Lewis and died after John; that her father died intestate without male issue; that he left four daughters: Mary, Elizabeth, Anne, and Catherine.
That deed leaves the above four men--Thomas, John, Richard, and Jonathan--as free agents. Given current research, can anyone connect those four men to their proper father? Does anyone have hard evidence about them?[4]
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