Genealogie Wylie » John Lewis (1594-1657)

Persönliche Daten John Lewis 

• Auch bekannt als John Lewis Rycketts.
• Er wurde geboren am 22. Februar 1594 in St. Telios,Llantilio Pertholey,Monmouthshire,Wales.Quellen 3, 4, 5

  Pass auf: Alter bei der Heirat (3. Februar 1610) war unter 16 Jahre (15).

• Er ist verstorben am 21. August 1657 in New Kent County,now King and Queen County,Virginia, er war 63 Jahre alt.Quelle 6
• Er wurde beerdigt in 1657 Lewis Family Cemetery near Poropotanke Creek,King &, Queen County,VA.Quelle 7
• Ein Kind von Lewis Ap Prichard-Rycketts und Catherine Morgan
• Diese Information wurde zuletzt aktualisiert am 25. Juni 2023.

Familie von John Lewis

(1) Er ist verheiratet mit Johane Morgan Lewis.

Sie haben geheiratet am 3. Februar 1610 in St. Tela Church,Llantilio,Pertholey Parish,Wales, er war 15 Jahre alt.Quelle 8

Kind(er):

1. Gwenllian Lewis  
2. Lydia Lewis  
3. Watkin Lewis  

(2) Er ist verheiratet mit Catherine Philip.

Sie haben geheiratet am 21. November 1630 in St. Telios Church,Llantilio,Pertholey,Monmouthshire, England, er war 36 Jahre alt.Quelle 9

Kind(er):

1. John Lewis  1633-± 1690 
2. William Lewis  < 1634-????
3. Edward Lewis  < 1635-????

Notizen bei John Lewis

From the database of "Charles Lewis (of The Bryd) Ancestors and Descendants"on Rootsweb WorldConnect submitted by John B. Lewis ((XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)) the following:

"See KENMORE AND THE LEWISES, pp. 4 - 6, "The recent findings of three Lewis tombstones . . . has made it seem extremely likely that John Lewis, born in Monmouthshire, England, in 1594, was the first of the Lewis family of Warner Hall to arrive in this country."

According to "Genealogies of Virginia Families", p. 201, this John Lewis received a patent dated July 01, 1653, for 250 acres of land at the head of a branch belonging to Poropotank Creek, called Lewis Creek, formerly Totopotomo Creek, in Gloucester County, Virginia, due by and for importation of 5 persons into the colony. The names on the patent are: Jon. (John) Lewis, Lidia Lewis, Wm. Lewis, Edwd. Lewis and Jon. (John) Lewis, Junr. Also, on p. 224 there is a diagram of "The Lewis Family of Poropotank Creek, King & Queen County, Virginia" which includes a note that John Lewis (1594-1657) immigrated to Virginia circa 1650 with his wife and three sons. Virginia Land Patents, Book No. 3, page 4.)

Note: I believe that the preceeding reference may be incorrect in identifying the female on the patent. She may have been Lydia, the daughter of John Lewis (1594-1657) by his first marriage, and the three sons were by his second marriage.

Apparently John Lewis (b. 1594) arrived in America after May 6, 1652, (when he sold land in Llanfihangel, Crucorney) and before July 1, 1653, when he received his patent for land in Virginia."

Location of graveyard: Near Plain View in the present county of King and Queen .8 mile east of the Gloucester-West Point Highway and .4 mile west of Poropotank Creek. The graveyard is located in a clump of trees and bushes, covering probably a half acre and isolated from the woodland by open land. Aged trees indicate that it had been long abandoned as a cemetery. (Per Malcolm M. Harris, M.D. 1946)" .The road crosses the little creek and an Historic Marker is placed near the road.

Additional information came to light on Palm Sunday 1949: three additional tombstones were found hidden under three inches of earth and debris. For the first time the coat of arms used by the family in the seventeenth century is revealed. The site is about one half acre.

The tombstone inscription read that he died 21 Aug 1657 at the age of 63.

From "Virginia Magazine of History and Biographies" Vol. V, p. 215
" The fact that these handsomely carved tombstones were erected to members of the Lewis family between 1657 and 1718 is evidence of their prominence and prosperity in New Kent and King and Queen counties. -----It is not unlikely that other tombstones once existed in this cemetery and have been hauled away and used for harrow weights, door steps, and the like."

"It is evident that when the estate of Major John Lewis was divided the home plantation on Poropotank Creek went to the elder son Captain Edward Lewis (1667-1713), while the younger son Colonel John Lewis (1669-1725) received a large tract of land in New Kent County called Chemokins."

That Edward was receiving the "home plantation" of his father is evidence that he was the elder son. Capt. Edward Lewis and Colonel John Lewis are named in this order on April 21, 1690 in a land patent for 350 acres in King and Queen County.

Monmouthshire was then England and is now Wales.

Sources for the Ancestral line:
P. Bartrum: Welsh Geneal. AD 300-1400, Vol I pp 3, 7, 9; Vol.IV p. 806/7

P. Bartrum: Ped. of the Patriarchs, Natl. Lib. of Wales Journ. Vol 13, pp 106, 130

T. Jones: Hist. of Brecknockshire, Ch 4;
G. Moses: Gen. of John Lewis (1592-1657), pp 9 fo.;
J. A. Bradney: History of Monmouthshire Vol. I, pp 338-9;
M. H. Harris: John Lewis (1594-1657);
Va. Magazine of History & Biographies Vol 56 (1948) pp 195-205.

From "The Welsh Lineage of John Lewis (1592*-1657), Emigrant to Gloucester, VA" by Grace McClean Moses,
ISBN 080634542X: (* we now know that he was born in 1594)

John Lewis received his inheritance from his grandfather, Richard Lewis. Richard's oldest son, William, was dis interested in the family holdings as he had become a lawyer after attenting either Oxford or Cambridge and moved to London. Richard's second son was Lewis Prichard, who had died by the time his will was testated, leaving John, Lewis' oldest son as the heir of the Lewis estate.

John was a good man, having been raised by his uncle Edward after his father's death, and had earned a burgesship in the township of Abergavenny, bestowed upon him by the Lord of that place. This was a title granted to the most responsible and wealthy of a township, He was also referred to as as "Gentleman", in Wales this means someone who bears arms, a leader in time of war. It was during this time that he married Johane verch Morgan Lewis, a Lewis from another clan, not associated with the Rhys Goch line.

During this time in Wales, the English civil was was brooding. Cromwell and the Puritans had taken over the government and King Charles I was building his army in order to regain the throne of England. Most of the Welsh Gentry, of which John was, favored the Royals as opposed to Cromwell. John gathered men from Abergavenny and led them during the rebellion. During one of the battles, John held a castle that was taken by Cromwell's forces. He was subsequently banished from the kingdom for a peiod of two years for his participation in the rebellion. He spent his time in Barbados and upon his return, sold his interest in Wales, gathered his family and moved to Virginia in 1653.

John died 4 years after reaching the new country. His original land grant was for 250 acres, and four years later he had acquired more than 10,000. He had been referred to henceforth as John, "The Emigrant" Lewis.

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