Stephen
Lewis
aka Lewes
Born about in Sussex Upon Delaware
Son of Thomas J Lewis
and Leah (UNKNOWN) Lewis
Husband of
Rachel (Meloy) Lewis
— married
before Feb 1810 (to about 1849) in Sussex Co., Delaware
Descendants 
Died before
before about age 87
in Dagsboro Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Jun 2013
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Biography
Stephen was born abt 1766 in Sussex Upon Delaware, son of Thomas Lewis and Leah UNKNOWN. [1]
Stephen married Rachel Meloy Ake before Feb 1810 as she was his wife in the Delaware probate records of Rachel's first husband Jonathan Ake. [2]
Stephen wrote his will 1 Nov 1849, probate 24 May 1853, "son Joseph ex, daus Rachel (wife of John Stone), Nancy (wife of David Long.)" He died between the 1850 census [3]
and the probate of his Will on 24 May 1853 in Dagsborough Hd., Sussex Co., Delaware [4]
Sources
- ↑ Will of Thomas Lewis, 14 Aug 1792 {probate 4 Dec 1792.} Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800 [database on-line] Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: Calendar of Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800.
- ↑ Delaware Public Archives. Collection: Probates RG 4545, Series 009; Jonathan Ake, 1807-1810 Sussex County, On Feb 13 1810 Administration to Stephen Lewis and Rachel his wife, late Rachel Ake
- ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census, Dagsborough Hundred, Sussex, Delaware; Roll: M432_55; Page: 161B; Image: 325 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
- ↑ Will of Stephen Lewis, Sussex County, Delaware Will Book L, 1 Jan 1852- 24 Feb 1860, summaries by Marguerite R. Moore, Westminster MD: Heritage Books, 2007, p4 (p78 of Will Book)
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Acknowledgments
- Thanks to John Long for starting this profile.
- Adopted and reformatted by Marj Adams
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Stephen by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Stephen:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Stephen by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Stephen:
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~1.56%
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