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I. Lewis Buckner Allen7, b. 1773; d. July 20, 1835, at Hickory Flat, near Florence, Ala. Married Mary Catherine Jones, daughter of Richard C. Jones and Elizabeth Crowley Ward, of Amelia Co., Va.
II. Julius Allen7, a bachelor, who inherited the old home on the Dan River and afterward left it to his nephew, David Allen.
III. Fauntleroy Allen7.
IV. Felix Allen7. Married Margaret White.
V. Christian Allen7. Married Sallie Fortson.
VI. Sallie Fauntleroy Allen7. Married Joseph Woodson.
VII. David Bushrod Allen7, moved to Mississippi.
VIII. Mary Meriwether Allen7. Marricd John Ross.
VII. Lewis Buckner Allen7 and Mary Catherine Jones left issue :
I. Elizabeth Crowley Allen8, b. 1817; d. March 5, 1849, Alabama. Married (April 3, 1834) Captain Clinton Heslep.
II. William Ward Allen8. Married and moved to Texas.
III. Ann Catherine Allen8. Married John Donalson; descend- ants live in Aberdeen, Miss.
IV. John Lewis Allen8. Married Joscphine Middlebrook.
V. Apphia Lewis Allen8. Married John Hightower; descendants live in Texas.
VI. Richard Allen8, d. single.
VIII. Elizabeth Crowley Allen8 was b. 1817; d. March 5, 1849. Married (April 3, 1834) Captain Clinton Heslep, b. December
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10, 1810, in West Calm, Pa., and was the son of Joseph Heslep and wife, Susan Kendig. Joseph Heslep moved to Kentucky in 1813 and then to Alabama. He was very wealthy, having developed the first iron works in that part of the country. His sister Hanna married Bernard Van Leer, and they were the ancestors of the Van Lecrs of Nashville, Tenn.
Elizabeth Crowley Allen and her husband, Captain Clinton Heslep, left issue :
I. Mary Cornelia IIeslep9, b. 1835, at Hickory Flat, near Florence, Ala .; d. at Florence, 1902. Married John Hood. Issue :
I. James Hood10.
II. Lizzie Hood10. Married Harris.
III. John Hood10, of the United States Navy.
IV. Chalmers Hood10.
V. Cole Hood10.
VI. Clinton Hood10.
VII. Mary Hood10.
II. Christian Heslep9, b. 1837, Alabama; d. 1890, St. Louis, Mo.
III. Lewis Buckner Hcslepº, b. June 22, 1838, Alabama; d. Junc 1, 1905, St. Louis, Mo. Married (Nov. 22, 1860) Griselda A. Seat, in Trenton, Tenn., a daughter of Capt. Robert Seat, and his wife, Martha Gilchrist. Martha Gilchrist was a daughter of Dr. Allen Gil- christ, whose father, Thomas Gilchrist, married Martha Joncs, sister of Gen. Willie Jones and Gov. Allen Jones, of Revolutionary famc, in North Carolina. Dr. Allen Gilchrist's sister, Griselda Gilchrist, married Col. William Polk, of Tennessee, who was the father of Gen. Leonidas Polk, of Civil War famc.
IV. Joseph Heslep", b. May 1, 1842, Florence, Ala.
V. Clinton Heslepº, b. Sept. 11, 1843, at Brown's Port, Perry Co., Tenn .; d. in Florence, after Civil War.
IX. Lewis Buckner Heslep® and Griselda A. Scat, his wife, had issue :
I. Cornelia Sallie Heslcp10, b. March 1, 1862, Trenton, Tenn. Married (Sept. 22, 1880, St. Louis, Mo.)
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Robert G. Hogan, b. in England and nephew of Hon. John Hogan, of St. Louis, who represented that eity in Congress, and was known by the sobriquet of "Honest John."
II. Vernon Benton Heslep10, b. April 15, 1864, in Columbus, Ky.
III. Lewis Buekner Heslep1º, b. Feb. 4, 1867, Trenton, Tenn.
X. Cornelia S. Heslep1º married Robert G. Hogan, and had issue :
I. Reginald R. Hogan11, lieutenant in United States Marine Corps, b. Dec. 21, 1881, St. Louis, Mo.
II. Hazel Heslep Hogan11, b. June 28, 1883, St. Louis. Married (April 5, 1903, in St. Louis) Ephraim Bre- vard Cockrell, son of former United States Senator Francis Marion Cockrell.
III. Robert Cecil Hogan11, b. July 26, 1885, St. Louis.
IV. Gladys Griselda Hogan11, b. Mareh 7, 1889, St. Louis.
V. George Vernon Hogan11, b. Mareh 10, 1895, in Webster Grove, St. Louis Co., Mo.
HON. THOMAS LEWIS.
Thomas Lewis2, the second son of the founder, was born in Donegal, Ircland, April 27, 1718; died January 31, 1790. He was a man of strong and cultivated mind, of spirit and enterprise, and during the colonial period and the Revolutionary War rendered important serviees to the country. In 1746 he was appointed colonial surveyor of Augusta, and much of Washington's great wealth was acquired by surveys of land under his authority and in common with him. He and Col. John Wilson represented the county in the House of Burgesses almost uninterruptedly from 1745 to 1767, and they voted in 1765 for Patrick Henry's celebrated resolutions deelaring that "this general assembly have the only exelusive right and power to lay taxes and impositions npon the inhabitants of this eolony; that any efforts in an oppo- site direction are illegal, unconstitutional and unjust, and have a manifest tendency to destroy British as well as American free- dom."
In 1775 he was unanimously eleeted delegate to the Colonial ('ongress, and was one of the first to enroll his name among the
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"Sons of Liberty." He was commissioner of the old confederacy of the thirteen colonies in 1778, to treat with the Indian tribes at the battle of Point Pleasant. He was a member of the con- vention which ratified the constitution of the United States.
After the Revolution, Gen. Washington made him a visit at Lewis- ton, in Rockingham, and there arranged their land claims. His descendants still own and reside upon his estate, Lewiston, near Port Republie, in the present county of Rockingham. He had a literary taste, and when not engaged in business was generally to be found in his library. He died at his residenee in Rocking- ham County, on the Shenandoah River, three miles from Port Republie, January 31, 1790. In his will he fixed the place on his own estate where he wished to be buried, and desired that the burial serviee might be read from the Book of Common Prayer by his friend Peachy Gilmer. Married (January 26, 1749) Jane, the daughter of William Strother, Esq., of Stafford Co., Va., whose estate, opposite to Fredericksburg, joined the residence of the father of Gen. Washington, with whom (Gen. W.) she was a school- mate and nearly of the same age.
Hon. Thomas Lewis2 and Jane Strother, his wife, had issue :
3. I. Thomas Lewis3, b. 1749.
4. II. Margaret Ann Lewis3, b. 1751; d. 1834.
ɔ̃. III. Agatha Lewis3, b. 1753; d. 1836.
6. IV. Jane Lewis3, b. 1755 ; d. 1790.
7 .. V. Andrew Lewis3, b. 1757; d. 1810, single.
8. VI. Thomas Lewis3, b. 1760; d. 1847, single.
9. VII. Mary Lewis3, b. 1762; d. 1829. Married John Mc- Elhany. Issue unknown.
10. VIII. Elizabeth Lewis3, b. 1765.
11. IX. Anne Lewis3, b. 1767. Married, first, Mr. Douthat- no issue; second, Mr. Freneh, of Kentucky. Issue unknown.
12. X. Franees Lewis3, b. 1769. Married Miss Yaneey, of Rockingham Co., Va., and at her death, 1845, left one son :
I. Col. William B. Yaneey.
13. XI. Charles Lewis3, b. 1772. Married Anne Hanee, of Maryland.
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14. XII. Sophia Lewis3, b. 1775. Married John Carthrae, of - Rockingham Co., Va .; removed to Missouri. Issue unknown.
15. XIII. William Benjamin Lewis3, b. 1778. Married Miss Hite, and at his death, 1842, left issue :
16. I. William H. Lewis4. Married Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. John Lewis, of Bath Co. Issue un- known.
17. II. Gen. George Lewis+. Married Miss Effinger.
18. III. Mary Jane Lewis4.
III. Margaret Ann Lewis3 (Thomas2, John1), b. 1751. Mar- ried McClenahan, of Staunton, Va., by whom she left one child :
19. I. John McClenahan4.
Her husband dying, she afterwards married Col. Wmn. Bowyer, of Staunton, by whom at her death, in 1834, she left issue:
20. II. William C. Bowyer+.
21. III. Strother Bowyer+.
22. IV. Luke Bowyer4.
23. V. Peter C. Bowyer4.
24. VI. Matilda Bowyer4.
III. Agatha Lewis3 (Thomas2, John1), daughter of Col. Thomas Lewis and Jane Strother, his wife, b. 1753; d. 1836, aged 83. Married, first, Capt. Frogg, d. leaving one daughter; she left one daughter.
Agatha Lewis married, second, Col. John Stuart, of Green- brier Co., Va., by whom she left issue :
25. I. Elizabeth Frogg+, b. 1773.
Issue by second marriage :
26. II. Charles A. Stuart+, b. 1775.
27. III. Lewis Stuart4, b. 1777.
28. IV. Margaret Stuart4, b. 1779.
29. V. Jane Stuart4, b. 17 -.
I shall complete the Stuart lineage before taking up Charles Lewis's braneh :
IV. Elizabeth Frogg+ (Agatha3, Thomas2, John1), daughter of Agatha Lewis and Capt. Frogg. Married Major Isaae Estill, of Monroe Co. and left issue.
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30. I. Wallaee Estill5.
31. II. John Estill5.
32. III. Estill5.
33. IV. Agnes Estill5.
IV. Charles A. Stuart+ (Agatha Lewis3, Thomas2, John1), son of Agatha Lewis and John Stuart, of Greenbrier Co., Va. Married Miss Robertson, of Augusta Co., Va., and had following issue :
34. I. Robertson Stuart5. Married Miss Bradford, of Orange, Va.
35. II. Jane Stuart5. Married Margaret Lewis. Issue un- known.
36. III. Elizabeth Stuart5, single.
IV. Lewis Stuart4 (Agatha Lewis3, Thomas', John1), son of Agatha Lewis and Col. John Stuart, b. 1777. Married Sarah Lewis and had issue :
37. I. Rachael Stuart5. Married Gen. Davis, Mississippi.
38. II. Jane Stuart5. Married Samuel Priee.
39. III. Agnes Stuart5. Married Charles L. Peyton.
40. IV. Charley Stuart5, unmarried.
41. V. Margaret Stuart5. Married James Davis.
42. VI. Lewis Stuart5, unmarried.
43. VII. Henry Stuart5, unmarried.
44. VIII. Andrew Stuart5, unmarried.
IV. Margaret Stuart4 (Agatha Lewis8, Thomas2, John1), daughter of Agatha Lewis and Col. John Stuart, b. 1779. Married Col. Andrew Lewis,* of Point Pleasant, 1802 ; he d. 1833, leaving issue :
45. I. Agnes Lewis5, b. 1805.
46. II. John Lewis5, b. 1807; d. 1811.
47. III. Elizabeth Lewis5, b. -; d. 1812.
48. IV. Mary J. Lewis", b. 1811. Married Charles R. Bald- win in 1833; d. 1835.
49. V. John Stuart Lewis5.
50. VI. Margaret Lewis5, b -; d. 1819.
"NOTE .- Col. Andrew Lewis (Charles2, John1) was son of Col. Charles Lewis and Sarah Murray.
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51. VII. Sarah Frances Lewis5, b. 1817. Married Dr. Creigh, of Lewisburg, W. Va. Issue unknown.
52. VIII. Elizabeth Lewis6, b. 1819.
53. IX. Andrew Lewis5, d. young.
IV. Jane Stuart+ (Agatha Lewis3, Thomas2, John1), daughter of Agatha Lewis and Col. John Stuart, b. 17 --. Married Major Robert Crockett, of Wythe Co., W. Va., and left. the following issue :
54. I. Maria Crockett5. Married Judge James E. Brown.
55. . II. Agatha Crockett". Married James McGavoc, and left issue.
56. III. Charles Crockett5. Married Mary Bowyer, of Bote- tourt and left issue.
57. IV. Stuart Crockett5. Married Margaret Taylor, of Smyth Co., and left issue.
58. V. Frank Crockett5. Married
59. VI. Gustavus Crockett5. Married Eliza Erskine.
60. VII. Augustine Crockett5, d. unmarried.
V. Agatha Estill6 (Elizabeth4, Agatha Lewis3, Thomas2, John1), daughter of Elizabeth Frogg and Major Isaac Estill. Married Henry Erskine of Greenbrier and had issue:
61. I. Elizabeth Erskine6. Married Gustavus Crockett.
62. II. Margaret Lewis Erskine®. Married Charles S. Gay, of Richmond, Va., who removed to Augusta Co., Va., and had issue :
63. I. Charles Gay7, killed in battle Malvern Hill.
64. II. Fanny Gay7. Married Richard M. Catlett, a lawyer of Staunton, Va.
65. III. Elizabeth Gay7.
66. IV. Erskine Gay7, unmarried.
67. V. Agatha Gay7.
68. VI. William Gay7.
69. VII. Carrie Gay7. Married W. M. Allen, of Staunton, Va.
70. VIII. Margaret Gay7, d. young.
71. IX. William Lewis Gay7, d. young.
72. X. John Robertson Gay7, d. young. .
73. III. Jane Erskine®. Married William Boyd, a lawyer of Buchanan, in Botetourt Co., Va., and had issue:
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74. I. Henry Boyd™.
75. II. Aliee Boys Boyd7.
76. III. William Boyd7.
77. IV. Andrew Boyd™.
V. Rachel Stuart5 (Lewis+, Agatha Lewis3, Thomas2, John1), daughter of Lewis Stuart and Sarah Lewis, his wife. Married Gen. Davis, of Mississippi, and had issue :
78. I. Runnels Davis6.
79. II. Charles Davis".
80. III. Sarah Davis6.
81. IV. Mary Davis6.
82. V. Alfred Davis6.
83. VI. Davis".
84. VII. Davis6.
V. Jane Stuart5 (Lewis4, Agatha Lewis3, Thomas2, John1), daughter of Lewis Stuart and Sarah Lewis, his wife. Married Samuel Priee, of Lewisburg, W. Va., formerly Lieutenant-Gov- ernor of Virginia and in 1876 United States Senator for West Virginia, and at her death, in 1873, left issue :
85. I. Margaret Priee6.
86. II. Mary PrieeG.
87. III. John Priee6.
88. IV. Sally Priee6.
89. V. Jennie Priee®.
90. VI. Lewis Priee6.
V. Agnes Stuart5 (Lewis4, Agatha Lewis3, Thomas2, John1), daughter of Lewis Stuart and Sarah Lewis, his wife. Married Charles L. Peyton, son of C. Peyton and a great nephew of Presi- dent Jefferson, of Greenbrier Co., W. Va., and had issue :
91 I. Thomas Peyton6.
92. II. Elizabeth Peyton6.
93. III. Lewis Peyton6.
94. IV. Charles Peyton".
95. V. Harry Peyton6. 96. VI. Caroline PeytonG.
V. Maria Crockett5 (Jane Stuart4, Agatha Lewis3, Thomas2, John1), daughter of Jane Stuart and Major Robert Crockett, of
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Wythe Co., Va. Married Judge James E. Brown, by whom she had issue :
97. I. William Brown®, d. unmarried.
98. II. Jane Brown®, d. unmarried.
99 III. Fanny Peyton Brown". Married Col. Joseph F. Kent. She d. 1861, leaving issue :
I. Betty Kent7. Married George M. Harrison. (See Volume I, Chapters VI and VII.)
II. John Kent7, unmarried.
III. Jane Kent7. Married Howe Peyton Cochran.
IV. Emma Kent™. Married Jno. O. Yates.
V. Alexander Kent7, d. unmarried.
After the death (1861) of Mrs. Kent, Col. Joseph F. Kent married, second, Virginia Frances Peyton, b. 1841. Issue :
I. Joseph Kent7.
II. Susan Peyton Kent7.
III. Mary Preston Kent™.
II. Susan Peyton Kent7. Married (6th of January, 1904) by Rev. Mercer P. Logan, D. D., at St. John's Episcopal Church, Wytheville, Va., to Mr. Edmund Fontaine Broun, of Charleston, W. Va .*
IV. Alexander Brown, fourth child of Judge Brown, was a most promising young man, who, after graduating with distinction at the University of Virginia, commenced the law practice in Wythe, but dicd soon after.
The Baltimore Sun of August 13, 1905, has the following article on :
THE OLD HOME OF NELLY CUSTIS.
Of the many old Colonial Homes in Virginia which are still in a splendid state of preservation, perhaps none can claim greater historical interest or more pleasing associations than does old Woodlawn Mansion, the
#Being in Wytheville that winter I (L. Pecquet du Bellet) was at the wedding. I was at the reception and handed all the telegrams of con- gratulations to the bride and groom. A lovelier bride I have never seen. The parlors were crowded with guests from various States of the Union. The presents were very handsome, costing several thousand dollars.
The mother of the bride is a very dear friend of mine. I receive some very interesting letters from her. (Peyton Family, Hayden's Virginia Genealogies, pp. 461-566.)
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original home of Mrs. Elcanor Custis Lewis, nee Nelly Custis, the adopted daughter of General George Washington. Since Woodlawn was built ono hundred years have rolled into the great abyss of the past, yet it stands to-day a complete and solid result of finc old-time architecture, in no respect reduced from its ancient splendor or magnificence.
Woodlawn is located in lower Fairfax County, lying directly on the road known as the Alexandria pike, and an hour's drive from that old city of Alexandria, where centers so much of history, sentiment and anecdote concerning America's greatest general, the illustrious Washington. The commanding site upon which this mansion is built was formerly a part of the Mount Vernon estate, but, with the acres surrounding it, was given by General Washington to his adopted daughter, Nelly Custis, upon her marriage to his favorite nephew, Lawrence Lewis, afterwards Major Lewis of Woodlawn. Its architecture is of Colonial date, being one of the finest specimens of that period and better known as the Georgian architecture. Within the long drawing-room of that historic mansion, on the last anni- versary of the birthday of her devoted foster-father, Nelly was made the bride of Lawrence Lewis, Washington himself giving the blushing young beauty away to the beloved nephew, afterwards Major Lewis, of Wood- lawn. This event took place on the 22nd of February, 1799. Mrs. Eleanor Custis Lewis slecps to-day beneath the marble shaft that marks her grave at Mount Vernon, only a few feet away from the tomb containing the honored dust of her beloved hero and foster-father. Upon this monument the noble traits of this gentlewoman are thus written:
"Sacred to the memory of Eleanor Parke Custis, granddaughter of Mrs. Washington and adopted daughter of General Washington. Reared under the roof of the Father of His Country, this lady was not more remarkable for her beauty of person than for the superiority of her mind. She lived to be admired and died to be regretted, July 15, 1852, in the seventy- fourth year of her age."
Woodlawn has changed owners many times, and is the property to-day of Mr. Paul Kester, the popular young playwright.
Since writing the above I am the happy recipient of the follow- ing extract from Mrs. Penrose N. Ions, of San Angelo, Texas, taken from the "History of Huguenots," by Samuel Smiles :
Jean Louis was forced to flee from France, during the persecutions of the Huguenots, which followed the revocation of the "Edict of Nantes." He came of a Protestant family of wealth, position and influence, of the town of Castred. He made good his escape to England, and as the English were in need of experienced officers in Flanders, he was gladly welcomed and given a commission as Captain in Queen Anne's Army in the "Low Countries." For his gallantry and valuable services he was made Field Marshal, Earl of Ligenter and Baron of Greniskilin.
He was with Marlborough in Flanders, and attracted his attention at the storming of Liege. At Blenheim he was the only captain of his
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regiment who survived. At Kenice (or Menice) he led the grenadiers in storming the counters. He fought at Malplaquet, where he was made Major of Brigade. He was in all of Marlborough's battles, and at Det- tingen as Lieutenant-General, he won still higher distinction. The intre- pidity with which he led the British Infantry won the battle of Fontenoy. Placed in command of the British forces in Flanders, he was taken prisoner at the engagement of Sanfield. Restored to England he was made Commander-in-Chief, and Colonel of the Fort Guards. During his career, he was in nineteen battles and twenty-three sieges.
GENERAL JOHN LEWIS.
The first General John Lewis had a son named ---; he was the eldest and died early. He had rented in fee simple, for a hundred years, the estate of Lord Dunraven, in Ireland. John Lewis, the eldest son of the dead man, sueeeeded to the titles and estates and settled in Ireland. That John Lewis went to Seot- land and married Margaret, the daughter of Lord Lynn, who lived on Loeh (Lake) Lynn.
John Lewis, then an earl, and his wife lived happily for a few years. Then the profligate Earl of Dunraven wanted to give (rent) the estate to a boon companion. He eame with an armed band to drive John Lewis away. He fired into the house and killed a brother of Lewis, who was ill in bed. John Lewis, who had been absent, returned, and, seeing the armed Earl, he shot him dead. English soldiers were sent to arrest John Lewis for kill- ing the Earl of Dunraven, but the Irish of the whole country arose and helped him to eseape to the west coast. All the land- lords near John Lewis armed their followers and eseorted him to the coast, and he eseaped to Franee. Feeling unsafe in France, he made his way alone and on foot over to the mountains in Spain. Relatives knelt to King George and begged a pardon for John Lewis. As he was safe in Spain and the King could not get him, he thought to make good use of him and try to get the Indians to kill him, so he (the King) said John Lewis should lose titles and property, but if he would go to Virginia, and go far beyond all of his good subjeets, he (the King) would for- give and rent him a traet of land, 100,000 aeres, provided he built a fort and beeame a shield to all of his good and loyal sub- jeets. So, as he could not help himself, John Lewis came to Virginia. His brother brought over the family of John Lewis
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and a shipload of. tenants-MeHughs (now ealled MeCues) and MeLungs and many other Valley families, all Presbyterians. As soon as they got to Virginia they were on a level with John Lewis.
John Lewis had the following children: Samuel, Thomas, An- drew, William, Margaret Anne, Charles and Aliee. Aliee married Mr. Madison and was the mother of Bishop Madison. Mr. Madi- son was the first and only member of the family to belong to the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Thomas Lewis married Jane Strother. His sketeh has been given above.
II. Col. Charles Lewis2 (John1), the youngest son of the founder, John Lewis, and Margaret Lynn, his wife; was killed October 10, 1774, at the battle of Point Pleasant. Married Sarah Murray, an English lady, half-sister of Col. Cameron, of Bath Co., Va. She was a near relative of Linley Murray, who wrote the grammar.
Col. Charles Lewis left following issue :
3. I. Elizabeth Lewis3, b. 1762 ; d. single.
4. II. Margaret Lewis8, b. 1765.
5. III. John Lewis3, b. 1766.
6. IV. Mary Lewis3, b. 1768.
2- V. Thomas Lewis3, b. 1771.
8. VI. Andrew Lewis3, b. 1772.
9. VII. Charles Lewis3, b. 1774.
III. Col. John Lewis3 (Charles2, John1), son of Col. Charles Lewis and Saralı Murray, his wife, of Bath Co., Va. Married Rachel Miller, of Augusta Co., and left at his death, 1843, the following issue :
10. I. Sarah Lewis4.
11. II. Henry Miller Lewis4. Married Miss O'Connor, of Georgetown, Ky., and left issue.
12. III. Charles C. Lewis4.
13. IV. Naney Lewis4. Married Gen. Samuel IIanee Lewis, of Roekingham Co., Va.
14. V. James Lewis4. Married Eliza Diekinson, of Bath Co., Va. Issue unknown.
15. VI. William Lewis4. Married Eliza C. Miller, of Augusta Co., Va. Issue unknown.
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16. VII. John Lewis4. Married Mary J. Lewis, daughter of William Benjamin Lewis, of Rockingham Co., Va., and Miss Hite. W. B. Lewis3 was youngest son of Thomas Lewis2 and Jane Strother. Issue unknown.
17. VIII. Elizabeth Lewis4. Married Wm. H. Lewis, son of Wm. Benjamin Lewis and M. Hite. Issue un- known.
18. IX. Hannah Lewis4, unmarried.
19. X. Rachel Lewis4, d. unmarried.
III. Charles Lewis3 (Thomas2, John1), son of Thomas Lewis2 and Jane Strother, his wife; b. 1772; d. 1832, near Port Republie, Rockingham Co., Va. Married Anne Hance, of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He inherited the homestead on the Shenandoah River in what is now Rockingham Co., Va. Charles Lewis and Anne Hance had issue :
I. Thomas Lewis+. Married Delia Fletcher. Issue :
I. Anne Lewis5.
II. Samuel Hanee Lewis4.
III. Charles Chambers Lewis4. Married Mary Allen and had following issue :
I. Charles Chambers Lewis5.
II. James Lewis5.
III. Andrew Lewis".
IV. Mary Lewis5.
V. Henry Clay Lewis5.
VI. William Lewis5.
VII. George Kemper Lewis5.
IV. Mary Lewis+. Married Dr. Nuseo Chambers, of Clinton Co., Ohio.
V. Margaret Strother Lewis4. Married Rev. C. B. Tippett, of Maryland.
IV. Gen. Samuel Hanee Lewis4 (Charles3, Thomas2, John1), son of Charles Lewis® and Anne Hance, a prominent eitizen of Virginia, was a graduate of Washington College (now Washing- ton and Lee), a man of great literary tastes, profoundly religious, of high moral worth, and beloved friend of Bishops Meade and Cobb. While exceedingly genial among his intimate friends, he
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was a man remarkable for his strict religious observances, for his stern deportment in the presence of frivolity, and for his iron will and high integrity, both in private as well as in public life. He represented his county in the Legislature for many years, and his name is dear to the church in Virginia, in whose councils he was so long a ruling spirit. He died at his home, Lewiston, Rockingham Co., of cancer of the neck, in 1868.
He married, first, Nancy Lewis, the granddaughter of Col. Charles Lewis, killed at the battle of Point Pleasant; sccond, Anna Maria Lomax, daughter of Judge J. T. Lomax, of Freder- icksburg, Va .; third, Mrs. Fry. No issue by this marriage.
Issue by first marriage :
I. Charles H. Lewis5, United States Minister to Portugal, 1873. Married a daughter of Judge Lomax and had issue of one daughter.
II. John Francis Lewis5.
III. Samuel H. Lewis5. Married a Miss Dabney.
IV. Elizabeth Lewis5. Married Rev. J. C. Wheat.
V. Mary Lewis5, d. unmarried.
VI. Anne Lewis5, d. unmarried.
VII. Margaret Lynn Lewis5, d. unmarried.
VIII. William Meade Lewis5, d. unmarried.
Issue by second marriage :
IX. Charlotte Lewis6. Married Beverly Botts and has issue.
X. Lunsford Lomax Lewis5.
XI. Cornelia Lewis5, d. unmarried.
XII. Anne Maria Lewis5, d. unmarried.
V. John Francis Lewis® (Samuel+, Charles3, Thomas2, John1), second son of Gen. Samuel Hance Lewis and Nancy Lewis, his first wife. He inherited all of his father's sterling qualities, and was one of the leading men of his day in Virginia. Of magnificent physical proportions-six fect three inches tall-his mental attri- butes were quite as remarkable. He was especially noted for his reckless bravery, his impulsive denunciation of wrong, and his utter disregard for public opinion when he considered it to be in error. His first appearance in public life was when he was sent as delegate to the convention at the outbreak of the Civil War, which was to decide whether Virginia would secede from the
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