Male-line descendants of John Lewis-138

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: [unknown]
Surnames/tags: Lewis Lewes

This research project is a subset of Lewis Men of Early New England and the Lewis Name Study. Suggestions for improvement are welcomed.

John Lewis (abt.1613-1657) has at least two matching Big Y-tested men who trace their line to him. Like any early line, that doesn't mean the documented paper trails are free of errors. Several WikiTree members have done exemplary work in incorporating this information into WikiTree, yet there is always more to be done.

We focus on male-line descendants because only sons inherit their father's Y-chromosome. Our goal is to use Y-DNA test results to provide supporting, or contradictory, evidence to early paper trails (beyond the reach of autosomal DNA testing).

Initial Y-DNA Hypotheses

WikiTree member Edwin Lewis Jr traces his ancestry to John: (John Lewis138 -> Isaac Lewis-433 -> Isaac Lewis-13316 -> Joseph Lewis-27252 -> Joseph Lewis-37046 -> John Lewis-51997 -> William Farnsworth Lewis-51952 -> Andrew Parker Lewis-27559 -> Grover Carlisle Lewis-27558 -> Edwin Lewis-27556 -> Edwin Lewis-27555).

Edwin's Big Y-700 test, FTDNA kit# B361553, is included in a large grouping in the Lewis surname project at FTDNA, labeled in Jun 2023 as "Haplogroup R1b - Group 15." The group at this time contains matching members, including XX with surname "Lewis."

Male-line Descendant Profiles on WikiTree

Please remember several caveats:

• All of these lines and statistics are based on profiles present in WikiTree as of 8 Jun Apr 2023.
• Many lines are incomplete; some may include errors (including transcription errors introduced here).
• "One son" means one son is profiled on WikiTree, not necessarily that there was only one son.
• "Stub" means there isn't sufficient information in the profile to document sons.
• With John as generation 1, this project extends to generation 6. Autosomal DNA tests should begin to provide information for generation 6 and beyond.