Descendants of George Lewes Lewis

Generation No. 1

1.  GEORGE LEWES¹ LEWIS was born Abt. 1572.  He married DENISE FORMAN 1597 in Brenchley, Kent, England, daughter of CLEMENT FOREMAN and MARGERY BALDOCK.  She was born August 15, 1579 in Brenchley, Kent, England.

Children of GEORGE LEWIS and DENISE FORMAN are:

                   i.       MARGERY² LEWIS, b. December 04, 1597, Brenchley, Kent, England.

2.               ii.       GEORGE LEWIS, b. August 31, 1600, Brenchley, Kent, England.

                 iii.       JAMES LEWIS, b. April 17, 1603, Brenchley, Kent, England.

3.              iv.       JOHN LEWIS, b. November 01, 1606, Brenchley, Kent, England; d. December 08, 1676, New London, Connecticut.

                  v.       MARY LEWIS, b. 1608, Brenchley, Kent, England.

                 vi.       ELIZABETH LEWIS, b. February 02, 1612/13, Brenchley, Kent, England.

                vii.       GEORGE LEWIS, b. Abt. 1619, Brenchley, Kent, England.

Generation No. 2

2.  GEORGE² LEWIS (GEORGE LEWES¹) was born August 31, 1600 in Brenchley, Kent, England.  He married MARY UNKNOWN Bef. 1635 in Brenchley, Kent, England.  She was born in Brenchley, Kent, England.

Children of GEORGE LEWIS and MARY UNKNOWN are:

                   i.       MARY³ LEWIS, b. December 27, 1625, Brenchley, Kent, England; d. July 02, 1655, Scituate, Massachusetts; m. JOHN BRYANT, November 14, 1643, Scituate, Massachusetts; b. England; d. 1684, Scituate, Massachusetts.

                  ii.       GEORGE LEWIS, b. November 11, 1627.

                 iii.       THOMAS LEWIS, b. January 05, 1630/31.

                 iv.       JAMES LEWIS, b. March 25, 1632.

                  v.       EDWARD LEWIS, b. 1634.

                 vi.       JOHN LEWIS, b. March 02, 1637/38.

                vii.       EPHRAIM LEWIS, b. July 23, 1641.

               viii.       SARAH LEWIS, b. February 02, 1642/43.

3.  JOHN² LEWIS (GEORGE LEWES¹) was born November 01, 1606 in Brenchley, Kent, England, and died December 08, 1676 in New London, Connecticut.  He married SARAH MEED WFT Est. 1627-1669.  She was born WFT Est. 1593-1635 in Tenterden, Kent, England/Tenterden, England, and died May 12, 1657 in New London, Connecticut.

More About JOHN LEWIS:

Immigration: 1635, on the ship Hercules

Children of JOHN LEWIS and SARAH MEED are:

4.                i.       JOHN³ LEWIS, b. July 12, 1634, Tenterden, Kent, England/Tenterden, England; d. April 22, 1713, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.

5.               ii.       JOSEPH LEWIS, b. January 29, 1639/40, New London, Connecticut; d. 1706, Simsbury, Connecticut.

                 iii.       MARY LEWIS, b. January 29, 1639/40, New London, Connecticut.

                 iv.       SAMUEL LEWIS, b. April 21, 1641, New London, Connecticut.

                  v.       ELIZABETH LEWIS, b. July 10, 1642; m. BRYANT BORDEN.

                 vi.       SARAH LEWIS, b. December 24, 1647, New London, Connecticut; m. JOSEPH BRABROOK.

Generation No. 3

4.  JOHN³ LEWIS (JOHN², GEORGE LEWES¹) was born July 12, 1634 in Tenterden, Kent, England/Tenterden, England, and died April 22, 1713 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.  He married (1) MARY HUMPHREY June 16, 1675 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, daughter of MICHAEL HUMPHREY and PRISCILLA GRANT.  She was born October 24, 1653 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, and died in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.  He married (2) ELIZABETH HUNTLEY May 24, 1677 in New London, Connecticut, daughter of JOHN HUNTLEY and JANE.  She was born 1657 in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, and died December 26, 1741 in Groton, Connecticut.

Children of JOHN LEWIS and ELIZABETH HUNTLEY are:

                   i.       MOSES⁴ LEWIS.

                  ii.       ELIZABETH LEWIS, b. September 27, 1678.

                 iii.       MARY LEWIS, b. April 12, 1679.

                 iv.       SARAH LEWIS, b. August 18, 1683.

                  v.       JOHN LEWIS, b. August 16, 1685.

                 vi.       SAMUEL LEWIS, b. June 03, 1687.

6.             vii.       WILLIAM LEWIS, b. October 22, 1690, New London, Connecticut.

               viii.       HANNAH LEWIS, b. October 24, 1692.

5.  JOSEPH³ LEWIS (JOHN², GEORGE LEWES¹) was born January 29, 1639/40 in New London, Connecticut, and died 1706 in Simsbury, Connecticut.  He married (1) MARY SLAUGHTER.    He married (2) ELIZABETH CASE April 30, 1674 in Simsbury, Connecticut, daughter of JOHN CASE and SARA SPENCER.  She was born 1658 in Maspeth Kill, New York, and died October 09, 1718 in Simsbury, Connecticut.

Children of JOSEPH LEWIS and ELIZABETH CASE are:

                   i.       ELIZABETH⁴ LEWIS, b. March 20, 1673/74, Simsbury, Connecticut; d. WFT Est. 1702-1768; m. SMITH, WFT Est. 1702-1736, Simsbury, Connecticut; b. WFT Est. 1657-1677; d. WFT Est. 1702-1763.

7.               ii.      JOSEPH LEWIS, b. March 15, 1675/76, Simsbury, Connecticut; d. November 29, 1749, Waterbury, Connecticut.

                 iii.       JOHN LEWIS, b. January 08, 1679/80, Simsbury, Connecticut; d. May 09, 1717; m. ABIGAIL BACKON, WFT Est. 1711-1716; b. WFT Est. 1676-1694; d. WFT Est. 1711-1779.

Generation No. 4

6.  WILLIAM⁴ LEWIS (JOHN³, JOHN², GEORGE LEWES¹) was born October 22, 1690 in New London, Connecticut.  He married ELIZABETH BORDEN February 23, 1714/15 in New London, Connecticut. 

Child of WILLIAM LEWIS and ELIZABETH BORDEN is:

8.                i.       HANNAH⁵ LEWIS, b. November 26, 1716.

7.  JOSEPH⁴ LEWIS (JOSEPH³, JOHN², GEORGE LEWES¹) was born March 15, 1675/76 in Simsbury, Connecticut, and died November 29, 1749 in Waterbury, Connecticut.  He married SARAH ANDRUS April 07, 1703, daughter of ABRAHAM ANDRUS and REBECCA CARRINGTON.  She was born March 16, 1682/83, and died March 06, 1773 in Waterbury, Connecticut.

Children of JOSEPH LEWIS and SARAH ANDRUS are:

                   i.       THOMAS⁵ LEWIS.

                  ii.       SAMUEL LEWIS.

                 iii.       DAUGHTER LEWIS, b. August 12, 1704, Waterbury, Connecticut; d. September 07, 1704, Waterbury, Connecticut.

                 iv.       JOSEPH LEWIS, b. July 12, 1705, Waterbury, Connecticut; d. October 22, 1749, Waterbury, Connecticut.

                  v.       SARAH LEWIS, b. April 29, 1708; d. WFT Est. 1736-1802; m. OBADIAH WARNER, WFT Est. 1736-1770; b. WFT Est. 1691-1711; d. WFT Est. 1736-1797.

9.              vi.       JOHN LEWIS, b. April 14, 1711, Waterbury, Connecticut; d. February 24, 1799, Waterbury, Connecticut.

                vii.       MARY LEWIS, b. June 10, 1714, Waterbury, Connecticut; d. WFT Est. 1742-1808; m. DANIEL WILLIAMS, WFT Est. 1742-1776; b. WFT Est. 1697-1717; d. WFT Est. 1742-1803.

Generation No. 5

8.  HANNAH⁵ LEWIS (WILLIAM⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², GEORGE LEWES¹) was born November 26, 1716.  She married JONATHAN BEEBE March 1731/32.  He was born May 02, 1709, and died January 20, 1759.

Children of HANNAH LEWIS and JONATHAN BEEBE are:

                   i.       IRA⁶ BEEBE.

                  ii.       ZERUAH BEEBE.

                 iii.       ZERE BEEBE.

                 iv.       BORDEN BEEBE.

                  v.       JONATHAN BEEBE.

                 vi.       DAVID BEEBE.

                vii.       SEBA BEEBE.

               viii.       SILAS BEEBE.

                  ix.       REUBEN BEEBE.

9.  JOHN⁵ LEWIS (JOSEPH⁴, JOSEPH³, JOHN², GEORGE LEWES¹) was born April 14, 1711 in Waterbury, Connecticut, and died February 24, 1799 in Waterbury, Connecticut.  He married (1) MARY MUNN December 04, 1734 in Waterbury, Connecticut, daughter of SAMUEL MUNN.  She was born Abt. 1711 in Woodbury, Connecticut, and died September 30, 1749 in Waterbury, Connecticut.  He married (2) AME SMITH May 29, 1750 in Waterbury, Connecticut, daughter of CAPT. SAMUEL SMITH.  She was born 1720 in New Haven, Connecticut, and died September 26, 1796 in Waterbury, Connecticut.

More About JOHN LEWIS:

Burial: February 24, 1799, Buried in Ancient Cemetary, Nagatuck, CT. (C. Campbell saw grave in 1978)

Military service: 1780, Revolutionary War

Children of JOHN LEWIS and MARY MUNN are:

                   i.       DAVID⁶ LEWIS, b. Abt. 1736, Waterbury, Connecticut; d. 1754, Waterbury, Connecticut.

10.             ii.       JOHN LEWIS, b. December 10, 1740, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut (USA); d. March 05, 1812, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut (USA).

                 iii.       SARAH LEWIS, b. April 09, 1743, Waterbury, Connecticut; d. Berlin, Ohio.

Notes for SARAH LEWIS:

This stampless doesn’t have any postal markings and was likely hand carried by a friend. It is addressed to Mr. John Lewis, Salem, and is a one and one third page letter written by Sarah Sherwood. The headline is Berkshire November 19. There’s no year date, but judging by the contents of the letter it was written ca. 1805 or 1806. From what research I did, Sarah was the daughter of John Lewis and she was born in 1743 in Waterbury, Connecticut and married Nathan Sherwood. These Sherwoods moved to Ohio in 1805 along with several members of the Lewis family. I’m not sure where the Salem is, in Ohio or New England? I assume that a genealogist would be able to figure it out, but it‘s my guess her father was still in New England. Her spelling is quite phonetic, but she does well enough. One online record states that John Lewis Sr. died in 1799. Maybe Nathan Sherwood and his wife left the home town before Lewis Sr. died and she was not aware of his death? Or is this letter written by a daughter of Nathan Sherwood and his wife? It would be great fun to research all this.

Berkshire is in Delaware county, Ohio. There must have been a group of letters addressed to the Lewis family in CT at one time, as I just sold a letter from 1808 from Worthington, OH addressed to a Lewis. And Worthington is also in Delaware county. No doubt the letters are dispersed here and there and everywhere by now.

The lack of postal markings might be explained by there being no Berkshire Post Office established at such an early date.

Some abstracts:

"Most Honard Parents, I know have one moment time that I know [now] take to let you know sumthing how we got alongue [?] the first Day we set out we had a verry hard shoure of rain and wet our things verry much and did nt[?] get them dry till we got to our brothers in the jerses, thare we staid two days and got our close and beds dris.”

“… till we come to the mountings thare the weather was could and wet, lanson took a hard cold and remained so till we crost the three mountings that is called the three brothers, then we came to the alagany and the weather was verry cold and some snow we staid thare one day. Lanson gained some after that, john was taking sik but he soon got better then lewis was taken with pleurisy, we got him blead and he got some better.”

“… he thinks it is a fine country as his uncle john and lanson has got so much corn and fine wheet I suppose eight or nine hunard bushel and lanson five hundred [sic] bushel …”

“… and all other things that we want to mak us comfortable flax I think I never see no better than john has got, Betty was verry much disappointed not having no cloth brought as wod is Scars [?] …”

“… to know weather father is coming hear or know if he or not I want to know if he is or kno [sic]. Sarah is almost a Sleep wishes me to finish her Letter to be Re membed to brothers & sisters request that Flora [?] would write and all the best and Subscribe her yours, Sarah Sherwood.”

The handwriting of the last few lines [sentence] looks a bit different, and I think that possibly Nathan Sherwood finished writing for his wife, who was dozing off.

Condition of the letter rates good, some minor staining here and there, a small separation at a corner fold. Tiny red remant of old sealing wax.

As usual with stampless letters, after writing on one or more sides of a sheet of paper, the letter was folded several times and mailed. An interesting letter good for genealogy and history research. See my other auctions for similar items.

Children of JOHN LEWIS and AME SMITH are:

                 iv.       AME⁶ LEWIS, b. May 24, 1751, Waterbury, Connecticut; d. WFT Est. 1779-1845; m. SILAS CONSTANT, WFT Est. 1779-1813; b. WFT Est. 1734-1754; d. WFT Est. 1779-1840.

11.             v.       SAMUEL SMITH LEWIS, b. September 07, 1753, Waterbury, Connecticut; d. September 22, 1842, Nagatuck, Connecticut.

12.            vi.      DAVID LEWIS, SR., b. April 11, 1756, Waterbury, Connecticut; d. 1831, Berlin, Ohio.

Generation No. 6

10.  JOHN⁶ LEWIS (JOHN⁵, JOSEPH⁴, JOSEPH³, JOHN², GEORGE LEWES¹) was born December 10, 1740 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut (USA), and died March 05, 1812 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut (USA).  He married (1) SARAH GORDON November 17, 1763 in Waterbury, New Haven, Conneticut, daughter of JAMES GORDON.    He married (2) SARAH GORDON November 17, 1763 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut (USA), daughter of JAMES GORDON.    He married (3) SARAH GORDON November 17, 1763 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut (USA). 

Notes for JOHN LEWIS:

Sources:

Repository:

Name: Family History Library

Salt Lake City, Utah 84150

Title: Connecticut - The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - 1686 - 1853

Author: Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket

Publication: Baltimore - Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc

Call Number: US/CAN 974.6 V2wL v.50

Note:

Waterbury Records - This source is a transcription.

Page: pg. 217

Date: 28 Mar 2003

Repository:

Name: Family History Library

Salt Lake City, Utah 84150

Title: Connecticut - The town and city of Waterbury, Connecticut

Author: Sarah J. Pritchard and others; Edited by Joseph Anderson

Publication: New Haven: Price & Lee Company, 1896

Call Number: 974.67/W1 H2a FHL US/CAN Book

Note:

From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five.

These are family records which are placed at the back of the book, in the Appendix.

Page: Vol. 1; pg. 84 ap

Date: 8 Apr 2003

Repository:

Name: Family History Library

Salt Lake City, Utah 84150

Title: Connecticut - The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - 1686 - 1853

Author: Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket

Publication: Baltimore - Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc

Call Number: US/CAN 974.6 V2wL v.50

Note:

Waterbury Records - This source is a transcription.

Page: pg. 217

Note: dau of James, of Waterbury.

Date: 28 Mar 2003

Repository:

Name: Family History Library

Salt Lake City, Utah 84150

Title: Connecticut - The town and city of Waterbury, Connecticut

Author: Sarah J. Pritchard and others; Edited by Joseph Anderson

Publication: New Haven: Price & Lee Company, 1896

Call Number: 974.67/W1 H2a FHL US/CAN Book

Note:

From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five.

These are family records which are placed at the back of the book, in the Appendix.

Page: Vol. 1; pg. 85 ap

Note: dau of James Gordon.

Date: 8 Apr 2003

More About JOHN LEWIS:

Military service: 1780, Captain Revolutionary War

Record Change: January 07, 2004

Notes for SARAH GORDON:

Sources:

Repository:

Name: Family History Library

Salt Lake City, Utah 84150

Title: Connecticut - The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - 1686 - 1853

Author: Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket

Publication: Baltimore - Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc

Call Number: US/CAN 974.6 V2wL v.50

Note:

Waterbury Records - This source is a transcription.

Page: pg. 217

Note: dau of James, of Waterbury.

Date: 28 Mar 2003

Repository:

Name: Family History Library

Salt Lake City, Utah 84150

Title: Connecticut - The town and city of Waterbury, Connecticut

Author: Sarah J. Pritchard and others; Edited by Joseph Anderson

Publication: New Haven: Price & Lee Company, 1896

Call Number: 974.67/W1 H2a FHL US/CAN Book

Note:

From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five.

These are family records which are placed at the back of the book, in the Appendix.

Page: Vol. 1; pg. 85 ap

Note: dau of James Gordon.

Date: 8 Apr 2003

Children of JOHN LEWIS and SARAH GORDON are:

                   i.       ANNA⁷ LEWIS, b. January 05, 1765, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut  (USA); m. ASAHEL CHITTENDEN.

                  ii.       EZRA LEWIS, b. May 28, 1768, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut  (USA)

                 iii.       LEAVA LEWIS, b. July 25, 1770, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut  (USA). M. Dan Unkn

                 iv.       JOHN LEWIS, b. July 16, 1772, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut  (USA); d. 1846, Berlin, Ohio; m. ELIZABETH.

13.             v.       SARAH LEWIS, b. August 17, 1775, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut  (USA).; m. NATHAN SHERWOOD.

                 vi.       CHAUNCY LEWIS, b. January 16, 1779, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut  (USA).:m. HANNAH.

                vii.       ALANSON LEWIS, b. December 08, 1788, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut  (USA); d. 1813, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut  (USA).

11.  SAMUEL SMITH⁶ LEWIS (JOHN⁵, JOSEPH⁴, JOSEPH³, JOHN², GEORGE LEWES¹) was born September 07, 1753 in Waterbury, Connecticut, and died September 22, 1842 in Nagatuck, Connecticut.  He married ABIGAIL BALDWIN February 22, 1776.  She was born WFT Est. 1738-1764, and died WFT Est. 1792-1852.

Children of SAMUEL LEWIS and ABIGAIL BALDWIN are:

                   i.       THOMAS⁷ LEWIS, b. April 13, 1777; d. WFT Est. 1778-1867.

                  ii.       SALLY LEWIS, b. August 30, 1781; d. WFT Est. 1809-1875; m. H.H. PORTER, WFT Est. 1809-1843; b. WFT Est. 1764-1784; d. WFT Est. 1809-1870.

14.            iii.       MILO LEWIS, b. October 22, 1789, Nagatuck, Connecticut; d. WFT Est. 1810-1879, Nagatuck, Connecticut.

12. DAVID⁶ LEWIS, SR. (JOHN⁵, JOSEPH⁴, JOSEPH³, JOHN², GEORGE LEWES¹) was born April 11, 1756 in Waterbury, Connecticut, and died 1831 in Berlin, Ohio.  He married (1) SARAH ADAMS.  She died in Berlin, Ohio.  He married (2) ELIZABETH BENHAM WFT Est. 1787-1820 in Waterbury, Connecticut, daughter of EBENEZER BENHAM and ELIZABETH HOTCHKISS.  She was born 1755 in Wallingford, Connecticut, and died WFT Est. 1804-1850 in Berlin, Ohio.

More About DAVID LEWIS, SR.:

Military service: 1780,  Revolutionary War

Children of DAVID LEWIS and SARAH ADAMS are:

15.              i.       JOHN⁷ LEWIS, b. Bet. 1792 - 1801, Waterbury, Connecticut.

16.             ii.       SYLVIA LEWIS, b. Bet. 1800 - 1816, Waterbury, Connecticut; d. Iowa at age 90/91.

                 iii.       PATTY MARTHA LEWIS, b. Bet. 1800 - 1816; d. WFT Est. 1780-1885.

17.            iv.       HANNAH LEWIS, b. October 20, 1802, Waterbury, Connecticut; d. Abt. 1896, Berlin, Ohio.

                  v.       WARREN LEWIS, b. Bet. 1805 - 1807, Waterbury, Connecticut; d. WFT Est. 1780-1882.

Children of DAVID LEWIS and ELIZABETH BENHAM are:

18.            vi.      CHESTER⁷ LEWIS, b. WFT Est. 1773-1798, Waterbury, Connecticut; d. Bet. 1824 - 1826, Berlin, Ohio.

19.           vii.       ISAAC LEWIS, b. Bet. 1776 - 1790, Waterbury, Connecticut; d. 1827, Berlin, Ohio.

20.          viii.       DAVID LEWIS, JR., b. 1778, Waterbury, Connecticut; d. 1860, Berlin, Ohio.

21.             ix.       JOSEPH LEWIS, b. June 10, 1778, Waterbury, Connecticut; d. 1831, Berlin, Ohio.

22.              x.       ROSETTA LEWIS, b. April 03, 1779, Waterbury, Connecticut; d. 1872, New York, New York.

23.             xi.       BETSEY LEWIS, b. November 01, 1782, Waterbury, Connecticut; d. 1875.

Generation No. 7

13.  SARAH⁷ LEWIS (JOHN⁶, JOHN⁵, JOSEPH⁴, JOSEPH³, JOHN², GEORGE LEWES¹) was born August 17, 1775 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut  (USA).  She married NATHAN SHERWOOD. 

Notes for SARAH LEWIS:  SEE ABOVE

This stampless doesn’t have any postal markings and was likely hand carried by a friend. It is addressed to Mr. John Lewis, Salem, and is a one and one third page letter written by Sarah Sherwood. The headline is Berkshire November 19. There’s no year date, but judging by the contents of the letter it was written ca. 1805 or 1806. From what research I did, Sarah was the daughter of John Lewis and she was born in 1743 in Waterbury, Connecticut and married Nathan Sherwood. These Sherwoods moved to Ohio in 1805 along with several members of the Lewis family. I’m not sure where the Salem is, in Ohio or New England? I assume that a genealogist would be able to figure it out, but it‘s my guess her father was still in New England. Her spellin