Capt. John Lewis1

#6017, (1758 - 1823)
Father*Col. William Lewis1 (1724 - 1811)
Mother*Anne Montgomery1 (s 1736 - c 1808)

Family 1

Jane S. Thomson
Children 1.Eugenia Ann Lewis2 (1789 - )
 2.Sophia Lewis2 (1790 - )

Family 2

Mary Preston d. 1824
Children 1.Mary Lewis2 (1795 - )
 2.William Lynn Lewis2 (1799 - )
 3.John1 Lewis2 (1801 - )
 4.Ann Montgomery Lewis5 (1802 - )
 5.Sarah Elizabeth Lewis5 (1806 - )
 6.Margaret Lynn Lewis5 (1808 - )
 7.John Benjamin Lewis6 (1810 - )
 8.Thomas Preston Lewis6 (1812 - )
 9.Polydora Lewis5 (1817 - )

Family 3
Child 1.Susannah Preston Lewis2 (1794 - )
He was with Gen. Washington at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-1778.2 
Capt. John Lewis was also known as Maj.3 
Birth*1758He was born in 1758.2 
1776He began military service in 1776 as lieutenant.4 
say 1781He ended military service say 1781; with the rank of Major.4 
Marriage*1788He married Jane S. Thomson, daughter of Col. William Thomson, in 1788; his 1st.2,3 
Marriage*1793He married Mary Preston, daughter of Col. William Preston, in 1793.3,2 
Death*1823He died in 1823 at Sweet Springs, Virginia.3 

Citations

  1. [S632] John L. Peyton, "John Lewis and His Descendants", Virginia Historical Register and Literary Companion V:I (Jan. 1852): pp. 24-26.
  2. [S645] John Meriwether McAllister, editor, Genealogies of the Lewis and Kindred Families (Columbia, MO: E. W. Stephens Publishing Co., 1906), p. 185.
  3. [S252] Wm. Terrell Lewis, Genealogy of the Lewis Family in America (Louisville, KY: The Courier-Journal Job Printing Co., 1893), p. 12.
  4. [S645] John Meriwether McAllister, Genealogies of the Lewis and Kindred Families, p. 186.
  5. [S644] J. Lewis Peyton, compiler, Memoir of John Howe Peyton in Sketches by His Contemporaries (Staunton, VA: A. B. Blackburn & Co., 1894), p. 241 ff.
  6. [S644] J. Lewis Peyton, Memoir of John Howe Peyton, p. 241 ff; younger brothers to Ann.