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Lidia (___) Lewis is listed among the five persons for whom headrights were granted to Jon Lewis on 1 July 1653. The others included Jon. Lewis,Wm. Lewis, Edwd. Lewis, and Jon. Lewis, Junr.[1]
This leads many researchers to speculate that she was the the third wife of John Lews. However, there does not appear to be any reliable source for this claim and others point out that she also have been the wife of William Lewis.[2]
She reportedly died in 1680 near Gloucester, Virginia.[citation needed].
Liddea has long been linked with John Lewis on Ancestry trees, apparently solely based on the headright record cited above reflecting her emigration with the Lewis men to Virginia by 1653.
In "The Welsh Lineage of John Lewis" however, it's stated that no one has been able to ascertain exactly who Lidea was... it's suggested she's a second wife of John or wife to one of his sons.
Most sources list John Lewis as having had two wives: Johane Lewis and Catherine Philip. It has also been noted that John had a daughter named Letitia with his first wife, and that some records may have referred to her as Lidea.[3] So this may be John’s daughter, not wife. We simply cannot determine with certainty.
Either way, there is no evidence to suggest exactly who Lidea was or what her LNAB might have been. Somehow, this was tied back to the Warner family with whom the Lewis family is linked in the following generation. This profile was previously attached as a daughter to Thomas Warner and Elizabeth Southerton. No source was cited and there is no known evidence supporting this claim.
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Dave Lewis
1. Lidia was the wife of John Lewis.
2. Lidia's birth name was Warner and her parents were Thomas and Elizabeth (Sotherton) Warner.
We've not been able to find any proof or evidence of either of these claims. We know that Lidia was somehow related to John due to documents related to their arrival in Virginia. But there is nothing clear cut saying who she was, and no presented evidence that she was a Warner. For the marriage, we can leave it for now and mark it as uncertain, pending further research.
As to her origins, at the very least, we'd like to disconnect Lidia from these parents. We will plan to do that at the end of this month unless someone is able to add some evidence of this relationship. If you have something to include, please add to profile and post below.
Thank you!
edited by Crystal White
Project managers, do you have any input on this before changes are made? Thanks.
(It's unfortunate, I'd love a direct connection back into the Warner line, but I just don't think it's correct.)
The only evidence I have seen for Liddea is that a record which shows the Lewis family immigrating together includes: John (her current husband, Lewis-241), John's sons John & Edward, John's nephew William, and Liddea... who may be a wife, mother, daughter, or sister of any of the men. So I think she did exist but it's never been confirmed who she actually was.
Also I'm not sure which other husbands she was attached to, but the current (Lewis-241) is a well documented patriarch of a Colonial Virginia family. Unfortunately there are multiple profiles for him as well.
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