Gen. Andrew Lewis1

#94, (1720 - )
Father*John Lewis (1678 - 1762)
Mother*Margaret Lynn (1693 - 1773)

Family

Elizabeth Givens
Children 1.John Lewis7,6 (s 1750 - )
 2.Thomas Lewis7,6 (s 1753 - )
 3.Samuel Lewis7,6 (s 1756 - )
 4.Andrew Lewis Jr.7,6 (1759 - )
 5.Annie Lewis7,6 (s 1761 - )
 6.William Lewis7 (1764 - )
Birth*1720He was born in 1720 at IrelandG. 
1731He removed with John Lewis and Margaret Lynn to Lancaster Co., PennsylvaniaG, in 1731 from Philadelphia.2,3 
1731He accompanied Margaret Lynn in 1731 from Ireland to Philadelphia to join John.4 
1732He lived with John Lewis and Margaret Lynn in 1732 at Staunton, Virginia.5 
Marriage1749He married Elizabeth Givens in 1749 at Augusta Co., VirginiaG.6,7 
1755He was at the Battle of Monongahela (Fort Pitt, Braddock's Defeat) in 1755.8 
1774Commanded the Virginians at the battle of Point Pleasant (WV) in 1774.1,9 

Citations

  1. [S632] John L. Peyton, "John Lewis and His Descendants", Virginia Historical Register and Literary Companion V:I (Jan. 1852): pp. 24-26.
  2. [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."
  3. [S520] VWH.
  4. [S637] Delia McCulloch, "Heroes of the Battle of Point Pleasant", American Historical Magazine III (Jan 1908--Nov 1908): pp. 624 ff.
  5. [S699] Oren F. Morton, History of Rockbridge County Virginia (Staunton, Virginia: The McClure Co., 1920), p. 76.
  6. [S701] J. Lewis Peyton, History of Augusta County Virginia (Staunton, Virginia: Samuel M. Yost & Son, 1882), p. 286. Hereinafter cited as History of Augusta County Virginia.
  7. [S252] Wm. Terrell Lewis, Genealogy of the Lewis Family in America (Louisville, KY: The Courier-Journal Job Printing Co., 1893), p. 11.
  8. [S252] Wm. Terrell Lewis, Genealogy of the Lewis Family in America, p. 6, with three brothers.
  9. [S504] Wikipedia, online Wikipedia.com, "The Battle of Point Pleasant — known as the Battle of Kanawha in some older accounts — was the only major action of Dunmore's War. It was fought on October 10, 1774, primarily between Virginia militia and American Indians from the Shawnee and Mingo tribes. Along the Ohio River near modern Point Pleasant, West Virginia, American Indians under the Shawnee Chief Cornstalk attacked Virginia militia under Colonel Andrew Lewis, hoping to halt Lewis's advance into the Ohio Country. After a long and furious battle, Cornstalk retreated. After the battle, the Virginians, along with a second force led by Lord Dunmore, the Royal Governor of Virginia, marched into the Ohio Country and compelled Cornstalk to agree to a treaty, ending the war." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Point_Pleasant).