Clymer Weir Cox Genealogy » MAJOR JOHN PERKINS LEWIS JR. (1633-1689)

Personal data MAJOR JOHN PERKINS LEWIS JR. 

• He was born on December 15, 1633 in Pertholey, Monmouthshire, Wales.
• Alternative: He was born in the year 1639 in Monmouthshire, Wales.
• Alternative: He was born in the year 1635 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia.
• Alternative: He was born in the year 1635 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, United States.
• Alternative: He was born on December 15, 1635 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.
• He died on December 2, 1689 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia or Chemokins Plantation, New Kent, VA, he was 55 years old.
• Alternative: He died on December 2, 1689 in St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, United States, he was 55 years old.
• Alternative: He died on December 2, 1689 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, he was 55 years old.
• Alternative: He died in the year 1672 in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States, he was 38 years old.
• A child of JOHN ROBERT CORBIT (VA) LEWIS and MARGARET (VA) PERKINS
• This information was last updated on June 13, 2023.

Household of MAJOR JOHN PERKINS LEWIS JR.

He is married to Isabella Trotman Miller.

Marriage
Date: 1665
Place: Virginia, United States

They got married in the year 1666 at Virginia, he was 32 years old.

Child(ren):

1. John Miller Lewis  1669-1725 

Notes about MAJOR JOHN PERKINS LEWIS JR.

MajorJohnLewisJr.
Born15 Dec 1635inAbergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
SonofJohn Lewis[uncertain] and [mother unknown]
Brother ofEdward LewisandJohn Lewis Jr
Husband ofIsabella (Miller) Lewis– married 1666 in Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia
DESCENDANTS
Father ofMary (Lewis) Dillard,Rebecca (Lewis) Lindsay,Edward Lewis,Elizabeth (Lewis) Woodson,John Lewis,Nicholas Lewis I,Sarah (Lewis) Willis,Abraham Lewis Sr.,Gawin Lewis,Patience (Lewis) Harrelson,Angelica (Lewis) FulleloveandOwen Lewis
Died2 Dec 1689at age 53inGloucester County, Colony of Virginia
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•1Biography
•1.1Children
•2Research Notes
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Biography
Major John Lewis is most noted for being the father of Councilor John Lewis.
John is first cited as headright for his father's 1653 land patent in then York County, Virginia.
John Lewis, Jr. would have been about 20 years of age when he accompanied his father to Virginia and about 24 when his father died. He is usually referred to as Major to distinguish him from his father and his son of the same name.
As "John Lewis Jr," he patented 250 acres, Gloucester Co. on 29 December 1655 at the main swamp of Poropotanke running down the same from the land of Col. Richard Lee, to Beech Spring &c.[1]
On 18 November 1658, he and James Turner were granted 1000 acres of land and marsh, called Lewis Island, for the transport of 20 persons.[2]
John Lewis Patent dated 23 November 1663: 1700 acres at the head of Poropotanke creek both sides, adjoining the lands of Mr. Major, Thomas Hanckes, George Austin, up Coates Branch to Col. Richard Lee‘s land, to the bridge swamp, thence down the bridge swamp and Poropontanke Swamp at the head of the Creek and so to the place where it began; 120 acres thereof patented to Timothy Lodell and Thomas Broughton Sept. 13, 1651, and assigned to John Lewis; 100 acres thereof patented by Howell Price Oct. 6, 1656 and assigned to said Lewis; and 600 acres not before granted.[3]
On 7 August 1667, granted 2000 acres, bounded by plantation of said Lewis, and lands of Timothy Lewis, Jim Land, Geo. Majie, John Chambers, John Aoy, John Land, and Geo. Sissims; for the transport of 19 persons: including William Jones, Morgan, Mary Bently, James Shepherd, Jeremy Morgan, Richard Moore, Tho Page, Sarah (illegible), other names illegible.[4]
John Lewis patent dated 16 August 1667: 2600 acres in Gloucester and New Kent Counties being upon both sides of Poropotanke Swamp, beginning at the mouth of a great branch next below the said Lewis‘ plantation by Old Woman‘s Poynt; boundaries mentioned as courses are run as follows, Timothy Lowdell‘s line, John Levingstone‘s line, a branch of Mattapony Swamp, Richard Jamor, Junr‘s land, George Major‘s land, head of Pepetico Swamp, John Chamberlain‘s land, John Fox‘s land Poropotanke Swamp, George Austin‘s line, head of Coale‘s branch, the land of Mr. Richard Lee, Bridge Swamp, Poropotanke Swamp to the mill, and down the creek to the beginning. Due 80 acres purchased of Timothy Lowdell, and 1000 acres of Howell Price and 600 acres as by patent Nov. 23, 1663, and the residues 820 acres due by and for the transportation of 19 persons.[5]
On 22 April 1668, granted 100 acres located on the northeast side of Cainhow‘s Swamp, bounded by lands of John Leoissone, Edward Wadkins, and John Kings, for the transport of 2 persons.[6]
In 1675, he was termed major (in the foot service) and patented in New Kent 10,000 acres with Lieut. Col. John Smith, Capt. Philip Lightfoot, Mr. Thomas Royston and Mr. John Buckner.[7]
Capt. John West sold a part of his Chemokins tract to Major William Lewis who was granted by patent 2600 acres of land on the southwest side of the York River including one half the divident commonly called Portholy alias Chymahocans, purchased by the said Lewis of Col. John West containing 1550 acres of land, bounded from the mouth of Mattadequin Creek south southwest towards the head of Tanxe Weyanoke Run. Mr. Joseph Croshaw‘s line towards Chimahocans dividend, and 775 acres purchased of Col. John West and 1825 acres for the transportation of thirty-seven persons.[8]This was a large tract of land that extended up from Weanoke Creek to Mattadequin Creek and back to the bluff, which was designated mountains in the early patents. This land was devised by the will of Major William Lewis to John Lewis of King and Queen County.[9]When John died his large estate was divided between his two sons, Edward Lewis and John Lewis.[10]
John was living at Chemokins at the time of Bacon‘s Rebellion (1676). It appears he suffered substantially during the ruckus. One of the rebel officers was called before a court afterwards and charged that while at Major Lewis‘ plantation in New Kent he killed three hogs and four sheep, used a great deal of corn, and took meal for the whole rebel army at Major Pate‘s (who also resided in the area).
He served as a Vestryman of St. Peter‘s Parish, New Kent County, and a Major in the County militia. In 1680, he was captain of horse in the militia of New Kent, and one of its justices.
Note: John was the older of two sons who came to Virginia in 1653 with John the Emigrant. He was born in Abergavenny, and baptized Dec 15, 1633[11]
He obtained his first land grant in 1655, after turning 21. When Major William Lewis died, he willed the Chemokins estate to John. John was a Vestryman of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County.
He was also a Major in the New Kent County Militia (hence his identifier of Major John). New Kent is the county and parish where Chemokins is located.:: In one court record, Major John Lewis is mentioned as a surveyor.[12]
He married Isabella Miller, daughter of James Miller the Elder of York County, and they had sons John and Edward.
Major John Lewis's Family notes:
Major John's wife Isabella had a brother named James (the Younger), who died without heirs. In his will, he left his entire estate to his sister, with reversion to her sons John and Edward.
Isabella's gravestone is in the small cemetery where Emigrant John is also buried. This would indicate she died before Major John, and he had her buried in his family cemetery and ordered a stone for her. Major John?s tombstone has never been discovered, and the exact date of his death is unknown. No probate of his will, if he had one, has been found.
Note: John had at least two sons, John and Edward, after Johanne's death. One author says his second wife was Catherine Phillip, but I am not aware of source documents to support that assertion.
John Lewis's son John was baptized at the Church of St Teilo on December 15, 1633, and the church record does not name his mother. It appears the Patronymic naming system was abandoned by 1633 because emigrant John is listed in the church register as John Lewis and not John Lewis Prickett. The baptism of emigrant John's youngest son Edward is not in the church
Much confusion results from an additional record which shows a John Lewis as headright for Col. George Reade, the forefather of George Washington, in 3/1658.[citation needed]Perhaps, this was his son Colonel John "Councillor" Lewis II.
John Lewis was in America in 1658 can be shown by the York County records of October 8, 1658 and that he was headright of Col. George Reade on March 1658.
In about 1660, John inherited Chemokins after the death of his brother, William. And by 1666 in New Kent County, Virginia,John married Isabella Miller b. 8/24/1640 New Kent County, Virginia.John and Isabella lived the remainder of their lives, probably on the original homestead. John is said to have managed Chemokins through a series of overseers which included some of his sons.
John died 2 December 1689 in New Kent County, Virginia. Isabella would later marry Robert Yard of England. But after her death, Isabella was returned to the Lewis Plantation and is buried in the Old Lewis Cemetery in what is now King and Queen County, Virginia.
Their daughter-in-law was Elizabeth Isabelle Warner (daughter of Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade) who married Colonel John "Councillor" Lewis II son of John Lewis and Isabella Miller.
John Lewis died in 1689 and was buried in the Old Lewis Cemetery in what is now King and Queen County, Virginia.[13]
Children
John Lewis Jr.'s children included:[citation needed]
1Mary Lewis
2Rebecca Lewis
3Edward Lewis
4Elizabeth Lewis
5John Lewis
6Col John Lewis
7Sarah Lewis
8Nicholas Lewis
9John Zachary Lewis(first name John?)
10Abraham Lewis Sr.
11Gawin Lewis
12Patience Lewis
13Angelica Lewis
14Owen Lewis
These claimed children are attached to different fathers:
1Charles Lewis
2William Lewis
3David Lewis
Research Notes
There are many genealogies and family histories. For example: Thomas M. Green'sHistoric families of Kentucky[14]& Sarah Travers (Lewis) Scott Anderson'sLewises, Meriwethers and Their Kin.[15]that claim John Lewis marriedIsabella Warnerdaughter (sometimes probably daughter) ofAugustine Warner Sr.and sister ofAugustine Warner Jr. These genealogies have since been proven incorrect. John married instead Isabella Miller.[16]
In the merge (15 December 2017) of Lewis-3791 and Lewis-15239, datafields from Lewis-15239 were retained. Seethis pageto see the datafields not retained, which included the following information:
•birth location Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia Colony
•marriage date 1666 (Lewis-15239 had 24 August 1640), both had wife as Elizabeth Miller
•death date 2 December 1689
•only son for Lewis-152339 wasJohn Zachary Lewis, all other children were attached to Lewis-3791.
•Wife is Isabelle Miller.
•Life and Migration Info on John Lewis b~1592 Monmouthshire Wales UK
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=ace48470-0628-46d1-ab88-e0e0e02f3028&tid=15289954&pid=2773
•He may have died as late as 1726.
•John Lewis (1633-1726) never married Isabella Warner
Questionable Death Date
It was John Lewis of Henrico County whose probate was filed on 2 Apr 1688 on the oath of witnesses Anne Tye and John Mackmioll.[17]The inventory was taken on 2 Dec 1689 leaving a third each to the relict (now wife of Samuel Trottman), son William, and daughter Sarah to be held by her guardian William Lewis.[18]
Estimated Birth & Birth Location
Prior to 16 February 2021, the datafields for this profile had his birth as 15 Dec 1635, Pertholey, Monmouthshire, Wales, and the text had the following statements:
•Maj. John Lewis was born c. 1634 in Monmouthshire, Wales.[citation needed]
•Others believe he was born in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia Colony.[citation needed]
Questionable Gateway Ancestors
John Lewis Jr.was previously categoried in the Questionable Gateway Ancestors category, a category no longer used by the Magna Carta Project.
Since John Lewis is not one of the 240 Gateway Ancestors documented by Douglas Richardson inMagna Carta Ancestry,he is not within the scope of theMagna Carta Project.
Sources
1?Land Patent Book 4, p. 6 More citation details sought.
2?New Kent County Deeds, p. 321; more citation details sought.
3?Land Patent Book 5, p. 299; more citation details sought
4?New Kent Co. Deeds, volume? page?
5?Land Patent Book 6, p. 17; more citation details sought
6?New Kent Co. Deeds, volume #? page #?
7?General Court Records, volume? page? more citation details sought
8?Patent Book No. 4, page 55
9?Hening, 377-379
10?Old New Kent County History, Vol. 1, pp. 189-90
11?Register of St Teilo church, Moses p.25
12?Sorely, p27
13?Find A Grave:Memorial #77192418;Note: Find a grave has father listed as Robert L Lewis.
14?Green, Thomas Marshall.Historic families of Kentucky.(Cincinnati: R. Clarke, 1889)Archive.orgPage 85.incorrect
15?Anderson, Sarah Travers Lewis Scott.Lewises, Meriwethers and Their Kin.(Richmond, VA: The Dietz Press, 1938)Archive.org waitlistPage?,incorrect
16?Lewis of Warner Hallby Merrow Egerton Sorley, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1935.Archive.org waitlistPage?
17?Benjamin B Weisiger, compiler,Colonial Wills of Henrico County, Virginia, Part 1, 1654-1737, (Richmond VA: self published, 1976), p 22 (item p.266).
18?Weisiger,Colonial Wills of Henrico County, Virginia, Part 1, 1654-1737, p 27 (item p.105).
See also:
•http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~marshall/esmd45.htm
•Geni Entry 1(which contains multiple sources)
•Geni Entry 2
•Lewis of Warner Hall: The History of a Family
•Marshall Family
•Warner Family
•Warner Hall
•Lewis Descendants
•Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Virginia Census, 1607-1890: Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
•Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702œ1981;Ancestry Record 61266 #90122486; Name: John Lewis; Household Members: Isabella Miller 1640-1704 and John Lewis.
•Christ Church Parish, Virginia Marriages, 1653-1812;Ancestry Record 4307 #1502; Name: John Lewis; Spouse: Eliza O. Brissell; Marriage Date: 24 Oct 1681; Comment: of New Kent County; of this prsh.
•U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s;Ancestry Record 7486 #4115842; Name: John Lewis; Arrival year: 1636; Arrival Place: Virginia; Primary Immigrant: Lewis, John; Source Publication Code: 2772. Annotation: Includes 25,000 names from records of the Virginia State Land Office. Excerpts of the Irish names from the Greer list were published in no. 6258, O'Brien, Early Immigrants to Virginia.... Source Bibliography: GREER, GEORGE CABELL. Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666. Richmond [Va.]: W.C. Hill Printing Co., 1912, 376p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1978. Repr. 1982.

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Father dead before birth of son, Lewis-3791Dec 7, 2016.

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