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Unknown (Unknown) Lewis (abt. 1662)

Unknown [uncertain] Lewis [uncertain] formerly [surname unknown]
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Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
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Wife of — married about 1680 in Calvert County, Province of Marylandmap [uncertain]
Descendants descendants
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Biography

This is the profile for the unnamed first wife of John Lewis before his marriage to Elizabeth Houser. Nothing is known about her. Her marriage year is calculated from the age of her presumed oldest children, and her birth year is estimated to be 18 years prior to her marriage.

It is possible that this unnamed first wife is Elizabeth Horner. Elizabeth Horner is poorly documented and often confused with Elizabeth Houser, the documented second wife of John Lewis. But Elizabeth Horner is the right age to be John Lewis's first wife, and the similarity in name would account for the confusion.

At the moment, however, this is all speculation!

1664 Birth and Parents

John Lewis' unnamed first wife was born about 1664 in Calvert County, Maryland[1]

1680 Marriage to John Lewis

About 1680 in Calvert County she married John Lewis, b. 1661, Calvert County, Maryland d. 20 Apr 1711, Prince George's County, Maryland - probate (Age 50 years) [1]

1702 Death

She died about 1702, aged about 38, in Prince George's County, Maryland. [1]

Children

The unknown first wife of John Lewis would likely be the mother of the following children, born to John Lewis before his marriage to Elizabeth Houser in 1702:

John Lewis had no children except by this first marriage. The children were all well educated, and received land from their mother.[2]

  1. Jonathan Lewis, b. 1680, Calvert County, Maryland - now Prince George's County, Maryland d. 13 Feb 1725, Prince George's County, Maryland - inventory [1]
  2. Stephen Lewis, b. c. 1685, to receive the first increase of the mare given to his brother John. Married Elizabeth Offutt, and died 1757 in Virginia. [3] Named in 1711 deed of gift from widow Elizabeth to her children. [4] Stephen Lewis, b. 1705, Prince George's County, Maryland. d. 15 Mar 1757, Fairfax County, Virgin ia (Age 52 years)[5]
  3. John Lewis, Jr, born before 1687. Died after 1732, Hamilton Parish, Prince William County, Virginia. [1] Received a dark bay mare, and a moiety of land on the North Branch of the Patuxent River lately occuped by Henry Cox of Calvert County, called Batterson's Vineyard, [3] d. after 1764 in Stafford Co, VA, who had sons John, Thomas, and Stephen. [3] Named in 1711 deed of gift from widow Elizabeth to her children. [4]
  4. William Lewis, b. Bef 1688, Calvert County, Maryland. Son of John Lewis and First Wife. No children [1]
  5. Samuel, born about 1689, to receive the fourth increase of the mare given to brother John. Also Samuel [3] Named in 1711 deed of gift from widow Elizabeth to her children. [4] Samuel Lewis, b. 1702, Prince George's County, Maryland, d. 13 Jun 1748, Prince George's County, Maryland (Age 46 years)[5]
  6. Sarah "unproven" Lewis, born between 1690 and 1692 in Calvert County, Maryland. Died after 1740 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. [1] Born about 1691; to receive the second increase of the mare given to John. [3] Named in 1711 deed of gift from widow Elizabeth to her children. To receive second increase of the dark bay mare given to John [4]
  7. Thomas Lewis, born. 1696, Prince George's County, Maryland died. 26 Sep 1749, Fairfax County, Virginia - probate [1] Received a bay mare called Bonny by deed of gift from his mother, Elizabeth. m. Elizabeth Payne and moved to Kentucky. [3] Named in 1711 deed of gift from widow Elizabeth to her children. [4] Thomas Lewis, b. 1696, Prince George's County, Maryland, d. 26 Sep 1749, Fairfax County, Virginia - Probate.
  8. Jane Lewis (shown as "Jane Elizabeth" on some internet genealogies), born 1697, Prince George's County, Maryland. [1] Married to Davis and had at least one son, John, named in his grandmother's deed of gift. [3] Named in 1711 deed of gift from widow Elizabeth to her children. [4] Deceased in 1711 when her son John Davis, grandson of Elizabeth Lewis, deceased, named as recipient in 1711 gift deed from Elizabeth Lewis, widow.[5]
  9. Priscilla Lewis, b. 1699, Prince George's County, Maryland d. Aft 1757, Prince George's County, Maryland [1] to receive the third increase of the mare given to John. [3] Named in 1711 deed of gift from widow Elizabeth to her children. [4]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Mike Marshall. Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties. Profile for Female MNU Lewis Accessed 26 December 2023 jhd
  2. ↑ Anon
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 William Neal Hurley, Jr. The Lewis Families. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc. 1999, p. 2-3
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Gift Deed
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Mike Marshall

Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of 229-Davies.ged on 19 October 2010.





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