John Lewis
1678 - Yes, date unknown-
Name John Lewis Birth 1678 Ireland - "Lewis is not a french name but is as distinctively Welsh as Llewellyn--from whom their descent is more likely than from any Frenchman--or Howell or Griffith.
Gender Male Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I14634 Main Tree Last Modified 6 Feb 2018
Family Margaret Lynn, b. Ireland Marriage - John Lewis left Ireland a fugitive; Sir Mungo Campbell had slain "before his eyes" an invalid brother and died himself along with one of his "cruel henchmen" beneath the "strong hands of Lewis.
Historic Families of Kentucky, 1889
Immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1729. Went "beyond the Blue Mountains" with John Salling and John Mackey. Moved to Staunton "in the midst of the large tract afterward patented by Governor Gooch to Wm. Beverly, two of the Randolphs and John Robinson and called The Beverly Manor."
The writer of Historic Families of Kentucky believed that John Lewis and Erphraim McDowell were born of mothers who were sisters; p5.
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Children 1. Samuel Lewis 2. Andrew Lewis 3. Thomas Lewis Last Modified 4 Mar 2011 Family ID F5277 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - John Lewis,a relative of Ephraim McDowell
had left Ireland, a fugitive; Sir Mungo Campbell, an oppressive landlord, bad attempted in a lawless and brutal
manner to evict him from premises of which lie held a
freehold lease, had slain before bis eves an invalid brother, and, with one of bis cruel henchmen, bad died the death of the unrighteous beneath the strong hand of Lewis.
First seeking refuge in Portugal, where lived a brother of
his wife, be was by him advised to find a safer asylum in
the great central valley of Pennsylvania, whither Avere
then flocking many of the Protestants of Lister. His first
resting place was at Lancaster, where be was in time
joined by his sons, Samuel, Thomas, and Andrew, and by
his noble -wife, Margaret Lynn. [1]
- John Lewis,a relative of Ephraim McDowell
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Sources - [S51] Thomas Marshall Green, Historic Families of Kentucky, (Cincinnati, Ohip: Robert Clarke & Co., 1889.).
- [S51] Thomas Marshall Green, Historic Families of Kentucky, (Cincinnati, Ohip: Robert Clarke & Co., 1889.).