Rhoda (Breed) Lewis (1789 - 1878)

Born 1 Jul 1789 in Stonington, Connecticut, United States of America

Ancestors

Died 13 Nov 1878 at age 89 in Pharsalia, New York, United States of America

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Biography

Rhoda Breed, born in 1789 at Stonington, Connecticut, was the third child of Rhoda (Greene) Breed (1767-1827) & Joseph Breed (1763-1828).

She married William Lewis [1782 - 1853; son of Hannah (Thompson; 1765 - 1806) and William Lewis (1760-1835)]. Their children ^[1]:

• I) Elias Lewis (1809 -), m. Laura White--7 children
• II) William Lewis (1810 - 1892), m. Caroline White--4 children
• III) Rhoda Lewis (1812 - 12 Aug 1863); m. Christopher Greene (1808 - 1860); 2 children
• IV) Joseph Lewis (1815 -), m. Melissa Ferrer--2 children
• V) Hannah Lewis (1818 - 1910), m. Samuel Nelson Tower--3 children
• VI) Isaiah Lewis (1820 - 1884), m. Ann Eliza Doran--4 children
• VII) Sally Marilla Lewis (1824 -), m. Charles Camp

This was an agricultural family, charted consistently in Pharsalia (Chenango County), New York ^[2],^[3],^[4]. By 1865, Rhoda was in the household of Emiline Brown, who was recorded as 22 her daughter (her identity not yet confirmed) ^[5], then in 1870 she resided with her son Elias ^[6].

Rhoda (Breed) Lewis died in Pharsalia, New York, 13 Nov 1878 at Pharsalia, New York. Her grave is in Pharsalia Center Cemetery, Pharsalia, Chenango County, New York, USA ^[7].

Sources

1. ↑ Breed Family Association #16 (March, 1963), Charles B. Newhall et.al.; p. 26, no. 215: https://archive.org/details/BreedFamilyAssociationVol161963OCR/page/n69
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTR-1P9 : 23 December 2020), Rhoda Lewis in household of William Lewis, Pharsalia, Chenango, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K63L-K7N : 3 March 2021), Rhoda Lewis in household of William Lewis, Pharsalia, Chenango, New York, United States; citing p. 9, line #15, family #66, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 819,850.
4. ↑ "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K63L-K7N : 3 March 2021), Rhoda Lewis in household of William Lewis, Pharsalia, Chenango, New York, United States; citing p. 9, line #15, family #66, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 819,850.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTR-1P9 : 23 December 2020), Rhoda Lewis in household of William Lewis, Pharsalia, Chenango, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8KR-S81 : 29 May 2021), Rhoda Lewis in entry for Elias Lewis, 1870.
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #69753471