James Lewis

Abt 1689 - 1752  (~ 63 years)

• Name	James Lewis  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Alternate birth	1688	Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island   [6]
  Birth	Abt 1689	Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island   [7]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate death	May 1752	Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island   [7]
  Death	Between 4 May 1752 and 23 May 1752	Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island   [6]
  Person ID	I7434	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	James Lewis,   b. 3 Jun 1664, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island d. Between 6 Mar 1740 and 30 Sep 1745, Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Sarah Babcock,   b. Abt 1669, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island d. 1740, Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island (Age ~ 71 years)
  Marriage	1687	Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island   [8, 9]
  Family ID	F1292	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susanna Petty,   b. 6 Jul 1716, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island
  Marriage	1747  [5, 6, 7]
  Children	+ 1. Gideon Lewis,   b. 15 Dec 1749, Rhode Island d. 5 May 1805 (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F3539	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2020

  
  

• Notes

  He was a cooper. He married his first wife Abigail, whose origins are unknown, about 1708 in Washington County, Rhode Island. All of his children and all of his Fordice stepchildren are mentioned in his will.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3763] Babcock and Allied Families by Louis Effingham De Forest. New Haven, Connecticut: De Forest Publishing Co., 1928. [S868] Rhode Island, Birth Index, 1636-1930, on ancestry.com. [S3750] Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899, on ancestry.com. [S2089] M. S. Lewis, "Book XIV.: John Lewis, Westerly, Rhode Island." Lewis Letter v. 1, nos. 1-12, p. 47. [S3824] The Petty-Pettis Genealogy: Descendants of John Petty of Springfield, Massachusetts, 1668 by Robert Joseph Curfman. Kansas City, Missouri, 1985. [S4169] Find a Grave page for James Lewis, Jr. [S1113] Life History of Elisha Hurt Groves and Lucy Simmons by Murland R. Packer. 1997. [S1113] Life History of Elisha Hurt Groves and Lucy Simmons by Murland R. Packer. 1997., place only. [S3510] The Ancestry of Nathan Lewis Harrison Revisited Nineteen Years Later by Keith Harrison. 2008.