Isaac Lewis (1763 - 1838)

Born 10 Oct 1763 in Orange, Colony of New York

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Galloway) Lewis — married 20 Nov 1796 in Monroe, Orange, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Jul 1838 at age 74 in Monroe, Orange, New York, United States

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Biography

Private Isaac Lewis served with New York Militia during the American Revolution.

Isaac Lewis is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A069965.

Isaac Lewis was born 11 October 1763, Monroe, Orange, New York, United States.

Death 2 July 1838, Monroe, Orange, New York, United States. Burial, 1838, Highland Mills, Woodbury, Orange, New York, United States. ^[1]

Isaac Lewis is DAR Ancestor #: A069965, he served as a Private in the New York Militia with Captains McKinstry and Westfall. His spouse: Hannah Galloway Little. Children in patriot file: Thomas who m. Mary Ann Bush. ^[2]

Burial: Cemetery of the Highlands, Highland Mills, Orange County, New York, located in section labeled “old cemetery” behind the Methodist Church. Photo at Find A Grave shows the American Flag and a marker.

Notes from Find a Grave: Isaac Lewis enlisted at the beginning of the Revolutionary War and served until 1781, a part of the time in Captain Thomas McKinstry's company and Colonel William Malcolm's New York Regiment of Levies. He re-enlisted again in April 1782 and served in the companies of Captain Francis Smith, Captain Abraham Westfall, Colonel Woodhull and Colonel Weisenfel. His service was rendered at White Plains, Cherry Valley and on the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers. Isaac's widow, Hannah Lewis, was allowed a pension in 1841 for the services Isaac had rendered during the Revolutionary War.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV2H-QLQM : 13 December 2015), Isaac Lewis, 1838; Burial, Highland Mills, Orange, New York, United States of America, Cemetery of the Highlands; citing record ID 62726554, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2 Dec 2020), "Record of Isaac Lewis", Ancestor # A069965.

• Lewis, Charles H., John Lewis of Berkshire, Vermont, Heritage Books, 2008, p. 61.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV2H-QLQM : 13 December 2015), Isaac Lewis, 1838; Burial, Highland Mills, Orange, New York, United States of America, Cemetery of the Highlands; citing record ID 62726554, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.