Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Charles William Lewis
and Mary Bullen (Irvine) Lewis
Sister of
William Irvine Lewis, Thomas Alexander Lewis, Ann Callender (Lewis) de Bonneville, Agnes Elizabeth Dunant (Lewis) Stiles, Armstrong J. Lewis and Callender Irvine Lewis
Wife of
Samuel McKean Leiper
— married
1832 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth Coultas Leiper, Thomas Irvine Leiper, Mary Bullen Irvine (Leiper) Biddle, Jane Duvall Leiper, Jane Duvall Leiper, Charles Lewis Leiper, Callender Irvine Leiper, Sarah Duncan Leiper and William Jones Leiper
Died
at about age 63
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Feb 2015
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Biography
Mary Balfour Lewis was born on Juy 14, 1815 in Virginia. She was the daughter of Charles William Lewis and Mary Bullen Irvine.[1]
At the age of 16, Mary married Samuel McKean Leiper on May 24, 1832, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennslvania, when he was 26.[2][3] They had nine children - Elizabeth Coultas (died young), Thomas Irvine, Mary Bullen Irvine, Jane Duvall (died young), Jane Duvall (died young), Charles Lewis, Callender Irvine, Sarah Duncan (died young) and William Jones.[4][3]
In 1840, Samuel and Mary headed a large household in Nether Providence, Delaware, Pennsylvania, that included 20 other males and 7 other females (likely related to the quarry that Samuel operated).[5] In 1850, the couple was farming with their children in Nether Providence, Delaware, Pennsylvania.[6]
Samuel died in February 1854. In 1860 and 1870, Mary was living with various children in Nether Providence, Delaware, Pennsylvania.[7][8]
Sometime after 1872, Mary married David Trainer, a widowed businessman from Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Mary died on April 26, 1878 in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, at the age of 62.[9][10][4] She was buried at Middletown Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Elwyn, Delaware, Pennsylvania.[11]
Sources
- ↑ Frazier, Irvin; Cowell, Mark W. Jr.; and Fisher, Lewis F. (1985). The Family of John Lewis, Pioneer. Fisher Publications, Inc., San Antonio, TX (1985). Pages 200-01.
- ↑ Samuel M. Leiper & Mary Lewis - Wedding - The United States Gazette - May 25 1832 - Page 2. Link
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Price, Norma A. (1976). From Meetinghouse to Statehouse 1683-1783: The Journey of One Family from Spiritual to Temporal Power in Pennsylvania. Wallingford, PA: Historic Delaware County Inc. 1976. Page II 17-18-19.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Link
- ↑ Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census. Year: 1840; Census Place: Nether Providence, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: 457; Page: 16; Family History Library Film: 0020544. Image
- ↑ Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census. Year: 1850; Home in 1850: Nether Providence, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: 776; Page: 18b. Image
- ↑ Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census. Year: 1860; Home in 1860: Nether Providence, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1105; Page: 525; Family History Library Film: 805105. Image
- ↑ Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census. Year: 1870; Census Place: Nether Providence, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1337; Page: 371A. Image
- ↑ Mary Lewis Leiper Trainer - Obituary - Delaware County Daily Times - Apr 27 1878 - Page 3. Link
- ↑ Mary Lewis Leiper Trainer - Obituary - Philadelphia Inquirer - Apr 30 1878 - Page 5. Link
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #80550717
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