John 'Councillor' LEWIS Esq.
- Born: 30 Nov 1669, New Kent County, VA
- Marriage: Elizabeth WARNER in 1685 in Gloucester County, VA
- Died: 14 Nov 1725, Gloucester County, VA at age 55
Noted events in his life were:
• Residence: Chemokins (Port Holy), 1669, New Kent County, VA. birth
Jan 5, 1695, John Lewis resident of Chemokins, St Peter Parish made Vestryman. John left Chemokins in 1702 to Warner Hall, Gloucester Co VA
[Pioneer Lewis Families , Vol. 4, p. 75]
Chemokins alias Port Holy, lying in the parish of St. Peters in New Kent county, containing 1,300 acres more or less, and being part of a patent granted to Major William Lewis, was in the possession and seizing of Major John Lewis of Warner Hall in 1717, who deeded it to his son Charles.
[Hening's Statutes, VII., p. 377]
• Residence: Warner Hall: Gloucester County, VA. death
• Cemetery: Warner Hall, 1725, Gloucester County, VA. Colonel John Lewis:
"Here Lyeth Interred
the Body of Coll John Lewis
son of John and Isabella Lewis,
and one of his Majestys Hon'ble
Council for this Colony who was
born ye 30th of November 1669 & departed
this Life on ye 14th of November 1725."
[http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/gloucester/cemeteries/tombs000.txt]
• See also. http://members.fortunecity.com/deep_south_roots/d113.htm#P4121
http://www.e-familytree.net/f11167.htm#f133
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~marshall/esmd45.htm
http://lewis187.home.mchsi.com/Lewis/Councilor-99.htm#5
John married Elizabeth WARNER, daughter of Col. Augistine WARNER Jr. and Mildred READE, in 1685 in Gloucester County, VA. (Elizabeth WARNER was born on 24 Nov 1672 in Gloucester County, VA and died on 6 Feb 1719 in Gloucester County, VA.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Alt. Marriage, 1684, Gloucester County, VA.
• Alt. Marriage, 1689, Gloucester County, VA.
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