Col. Charles Lewis1

#97, (11 March 1736 - October 1774)
Father*John Lewis (1678 - 1762)
Mother*Margaret Lynn (1693 - 1773)

Family

Sarah Murray b. 1743
Children 1.Elizabeth Lewis6 (1762 - )
 2.Margaret Lewis6 (1765 - )
 3.John Lewis6 (1766 - )
 4.Mary Lewis6 (1768 - )
 5.Thomas Lewis6 (1771 - )
 6.Andrew Lewis6 (1772 - 1833)
 7.Charles Lewis Jr+6 (1774 - 1803)
Birth*11 March 1736He was born on 11 March 1736 at VirginiaG.2,3,4 
1755He was at the Battle of Monongahela (Fort Pitt, Braddock's Defeat) in 1755.5 
Marriage*1760He married Sarah Murray, daughter of ____ Murray and Margaret _____, in 1760.2,6 
Death*October 1774He died in October 1774 at Mason Co., West VirginiaG, at age 38 in the battle of Point Pleasant.7 

Citations

  1. [S632] John L. Peyton, "John Lewis and His Descendants", Virginia Historical Register and Literary Companion V:I (Jan. 1852): pp. 24-26. Peyton gives five sons to John: Thomas (eldest, m. Strother, 13 children); Samuel (d. without issue); (Gen.) Andrew; William (m. Anne Montgomery, 8 children; and (Col.) Charles.
  2. [S637] Delia McCulloch, "Heroes of the Battle of Point Pleasant", American Historical Magazine III (Jan 1908--Nov 1908): p. 628.
  3. [S252] Wm. Terrell Lewis, Genealogy of the Lewis Family in America (Louisville, KY: The Courier-Journal Job Printing Co., 1893), p. 6. W. T. Lewis adds two daughters to the five sons given by Peyton, viz. Margaret (b. 1726) and Anne (b. 1728), both died unmarried.
  4. [S632] John L. Peyton, "John Lewis and His Descendants", pp. 24-26; no year or place of birth given.
  5. [S252] Wm. Terrell Lewis, Genealogy of the Lewis Family in America, p. 6, with three brothers.
  6. [S252] Wm. Terrell Lewis, Genealogy of the Lewis Family in America, p. 13.
  7. [S632] John L. Peyton, "John Lewis and His Descendants", pp. 24-26.