Born in Rockingham, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Lewis Thomas
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Mary (Thomas) Robertson, Jesse Thomas, John Thomas, Anthony Thomas [half], James Thomas [half], Anna (Thomas) Knowles [half], Joanna (Thomas) Knowles [half], Lucy (Thomas) Knowles [half], Christiana Thomas [half] and Elizabeth (Thomas) Lynch [half]
Wife of
Theophilus C Lewis
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Nancy Caroline (Lewis) Ray, William Langston Lewis, John Penn Lewis, Thomas Charles Lewis, Robert L. Lewis, Mary Jane Lewis, Sarah Margaret (Lewis) Baughn and Martha Ann (Lewis) Lauten
Died
at about age 82
in Rockingham, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Dec 2022
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Biography
Martha was born 25 December 1785 in Rockingham County, North Carolina. Her father was Lewis Thomas; her mother has not been definitely identified.
Martha Thomas and Theophilus Lewis were married before 1808 as that was when their first child was born.
In 1817 her father, Lewis Thomas, died. His will and probate was filed in Rockingham County, North Carolina and all eleven of his children were listed including Martha. [1]
Martha Thomas Lewis passed away in 1867.
The children of Martha Thomas and Theophilus Lewis are:
- Nancy Caroline Lewis (1808-1888)
- James Anthony Lewis (1810-1810)
- William Langston Lewis (1810-1873)
- John P. Lewis (1814-1860)
- Thomas Charles Lewis b. 1816
- Robert Lewis (1818-1897)
- Nathaniel Edward Lewis (1821-1821)
- Mary Jane Lewis (1824-1901)
- Sarah Margaret Lewis (1827-1910)
- Martha Ann Lewis (1830-1911)
Sources
- ↑ "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8G-M7N1 : 16 March 2018), Lewis Thomas, 1817; citing Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 2,110,608.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
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~1.56%
Leslie Jones
:
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LJonesTX
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~1.56%
Scott Williams :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member verdun1918
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Sue Warren :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NE6209482 [compare], Ancestry member sgarley44
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~0.78%
Virginia (Butter) Fields :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T653391 [compare], Ancestry member ginnybf
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T653391 [compare], FTDNA kit #208714
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Bill Fathauer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YQ7567654 [compare]
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~0.78%
Larry Thomas :
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Joe Fears :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch SJ3394136 [compare], FTDNA kit #265882
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~0.39%
~0.78%
Heather (Field) Lukaszewski :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A173006 [compare], Ancestry member hluka03
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