Samuel Lewis

#92, (1716 - )
Father*John Lewis (1678 - 1762)
Mother*Margaret Lynn (1693 - 1773)
Birth*1716He was born in 1716 at IrelandG. 
1731He removed with John Lewis and Margaret Lynn to Lancaster Co., PennsylvaniaG, in 1731 from Philadelphia.1,2 
1731He accompanied Margaret Lynn in 1731 from Ireland to Philadelphia to join John.3 
1732He lived with John Lewis and Margaret Lynn in 1732 at Staunton, Virginia.4 
1755He was at the Battle of Monongahela (Fort Pitt, Braddock's Defeat) in 1755.5 

Citations

  1. [S506] Gen. Andrew Lewis’ bust installed in Virginia Capitol, Salem Times Register, Salem, VA, 24 Mar 2010, online OurValley.org, "John Lewis, the father of Andrew Lewis, brought his family from Ireland to Lancaster, Pa., in 1731."
  2. [S520] VWH.
  3. [S637] Delia McCulloch, "Heroes of the Battle of Point Pleasant", American Historical Magazine III (Jan 1908--Nov 1908): pp. 624 ff.
  4. [S699] Oren F. Morton, History of Rockbridge County Virginia (Staunton, Virginia: The McClure Co., 1920), p. 76.
  5. [S252] Wm. Terrell Lewis, Genealogy of the Lewis Family in America (Louisville, KY: The Courier-Journal Job Printing Co., 1893), p. 6, with three brothers.