Gwenllian LEWIS

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• Immigration: Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America; 1653

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Multiple sources included:
1) Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, April 1948 and August, 1954
John LEWIS, born 1594 Monmouthshire, d. 1657. His grave not discovered until 1948.
2) Land Patent Book No. 3, p 4
3) Epitaphs of Gloucester and Mathews counties in Tidewater Virginia, through 1865, pp. 95-99
4) Old New Kent County History, Vol 1, pp 268-271
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Descendants of John, the Immigrant, Lewis
of Monmouthshire, Wales
John Lewis and his progeny are the Warner Hall family of Lewises. Cited on his tombstone;John Lewis bourne in Monmouthshire,; John was believed to be descended from the Lewis Family of Wales. However, DNA evidence proves that John is not related to Edmund ;the Immigrant; Lewis of Middlesex Co VA. This John is a descendant of the Lewis Family Monmouthshire, England.
John Lewis was born 1594 in Monmouthshire, Wales. He grew up on one of this Lewis family holdings in Monmouthshire, the easternmost county of Wales. On 11/21/1630 in Monmouthshire, Wales, John married Lydia Lewis b. c. 1610 in Wales. John and family lived in Wales until about 1653 when they immigrated to York Co VA. The first record of John is found in the 7/1/1653 York Co VA land patent where he received 250 acres as head-right for transportation of five persons--himself, wife Lydia, William, Edward, and John, Jr.
John lived a good life and sired an enormously successful line which married into the most powerful families of Virginia--Washington, Marshall, Fielding, Meriwether, Daingerfield, Taliaferro. Descendants of John would sire presidents. But, perhaps, the most remarkable thing about John of Monmouthshire is his almost three-hundred-year anonymity. Most historians know of Councilor John Lewis, and some know of his father, Maj. John Lewis of Chemokins. But until the 1948 discovery of John, Immigrant; tombstone on the original family plantation, no one knew of this John Lewis.
Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Apr 48 Aug 54:
John Lewis, b. 1594 Monmouthshire, d. 1657. . .his grave found in 1948.
John died 8/21/1657 on the family plantation. The cemetery is now located in New Kent Co VA.
Born 1594 Monmouthshire, Wales
Married 11/21/1630 in Monmouthshire, Wales, to Lydia Lewis b. c. 1610 in Wales
Immigrated c. 1653 to York Co VA
Land Patent Book No. 3 p. 4:
1 July, 1653, land granted to John Lewis, 250 acres, head of a branch of Poropotanke Creek called Lewis Creek (formerly Totopotomoye Creek) in Gloucester Co. Adjoining lands of Capt. Francis Morgan and Samuel Sally. Transported 5 persons: John Lewis, Lidia Lewis, Wm. Lewis, Edward Lewis, John Lewis Jr.
1653 New Kent Co VA Land Record
Epitaphs of Gloucester and Mathews Counties in Tidewater Virginia through 1865, pp. 95-99:
The dividing line between Gloucester County and King and Queen County is Poropotank Creek. On the King and Queen side of this creek JOHN LEWIS in 1653 received a patent for a tract of land; this land was not far from paradise in Gloucester. . . .
Old New Kent County History, Vol. 1, pp. 268-271:
On the left of the road which passes up a slight hill on the King and Queen side of the creek lies the Lewis Plantation. This was the seat of the first JOHN LEWIS who had his first patent to 250 acres of land in 1653, and added more land. JOHN LEWIS lived here several years before his death in 1657.
1654 New Kent Co split from York Co
Died 8/21/1657 New Kent Co VA
1691 King and Queen split from New Kent Co
Buried at Old Lewis Cemetery, King and Queen Co VA
Here lieth interred the body
of JOHN LEWIS (borne in Monmouth-
shire) died the 21th of August
1657 aged 63 years. The anagram
of his name, I shew no ill

John married Johane LEWIS on 3 Feb 1611 in Llantilo Pertholey, Monmouthshire, Wales. Johane was born in 1589 in Llanddewi, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales; died on 6 May 1652 in Llantilio Pertholey, , Monmouthshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lewis married Catherine MORGAN about 1581. Catherine (daughter of Watkin AP MORGAN and Gwenllian Powell GAMAGE) was born in 1563 in Machen, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Wales; died on 29 Sep 1615 in Monmouthshire, Wales; was buried after 29 Sep 1615 in Machen, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Note: ; Patronymics describes the process of giving a child the father's given, or forename, as a surname. This means that a family's name changes in successive generations. The Welsh patronymic system describes family trees in terms of the male line only and rec
• Name: Richard AP LEWIS
• Name: Richard AP THOMAS LEWIS
• Name: Richard Gwyn ap Llweelyn ANWYL LEWIS

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Richard Lewis, I

Birth:1537 Crickhowell, Breconshire, Wales
Died 1628 in Crickhowell, Breconshire, Wales
father Lewis Ap Thomas and Maud Thomas
spouse Nest Verch Thomas
children
Lewis ap Richard; Hugh Lewis and Thomas Lewis

About Richard Lewis, I
Will dated 15 March1627, proved 18 April 1628. Eldest son kept father's surname, others followed Welsh tradition and used his first (ap Richard).
Information from: www.glenncourt.com Sources: Bradney, History of Monmouthshire, vol. 1, p. 153; Duke, Kenmore and the Lewises, pp. 4? 11; Harris, "John Lewis," pp. 195? 205; Hotten, Original Lists of Persons of Quality, pp. 79, 103, 108; Lewis, Lewis Patriarchs, pp. 74? 82; Moses, Welsh Lineage, pp. 1? 20 ff.; New England Historical & Genealogical Register, vol. 18, p. 81; Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, vol. 1, p. 229; Sorley, Lewis of Warner Hall, pp. 17? 29, 293? 300, 445? 68; St. Teilo's parish register; VA tombstone records.

Richard Lewis, I's Timeline
1537 Birth of Richard; Crickhowell, Breconshire, Wales
1560 Age 23Birth of Hugh Lewis
1569 Age 32Marriage of Richard Lewis to Nest Thomas; Llanelli, Breconshire, Wales
1570 Age 33 Birth of Lewis ap Richard; Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, , Wales
1596 Age 59, Birth of Thomas Lewis
1628 Age 91Death of Richard at Crickhowell, Breconshire, Wales
Crickhowell, Breconshire, Wales

Richard married Lady Nesta FERCH THOMAS. Lady (daughter of Thomas AP PHILIP LLEWELLYN and Unknown) was born in 1541 in Llanelly, Breconshire, Wales; died in 1626 in Llanelly, Breconshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Watkin married Gwenllian Powell GAMAGE. Gwenllian was born in 1548 in Llantilo Pertholey, Monmouthshire, Wales; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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