| 1st Generation: | WILLIAM LEWIS, Sr., born in France around 1660 and returned to Wales in 1687, where he married Mary McClelland (of Scotland) in 1688 and settled in Northern Ireland. They had three sons, William Lewis, Jr., John Lewis, and Andrew Lewis, all who moved their families to the New World in the 1700s, settling in North Carolina and Virginia. William Lewis, Sr. established a new law practice in Northern Ireland, where he lived out the remainder of his life, dying in 1720.
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| 2nd Generation: | WILLIAM LEWIS, Jr., born in Northern Ireland around 1690 and he died in North Carolina in 1755. William Lewis, Jr. brought his family (wife's name unknown) to the Black River area of North Carolina in 1736 (New Hanover County - now Pender County). His five children were all born in Northern Ireland: James (b. 1723), Mary (b. 1724), Jane (b. 1726), Jacob (b. 1728), and William III (b. 1730). |
| 3rd Generation: | WILLIAM LEWIS, III, born in Northern Ireland around 1730, died Hanover County, NC (now Duplin County) in 1800, m. married in 1748 (wife's name unknown) and they had six sons: William, Thomas, Jacob, Benjamin, John, and Frederick. William Lewis III was a farmer and produced turpentine and tar. He was also a surveyor and, with his brother Jacob, laid out a road from North Central New Hanover County to the Northwest Cape Fear River. He lived all his life in Northern New Hanover County.
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| 4th Generation: | JOHN LEWIS, born 1754 in New Hanover Co., NC, died 1842 Robeson Co., NC. Married 1) Delilah Powell - d. 1778 Marion Co, SC; two sons and several daughters. Married 2) 1780 Hanover Co, NC, Nancy Orr - d. 1800; one son. Married 3) 1820
Robeson Co, NC, Zilphia Powell; six children |
| 5th Generation: | JAMES LEWIS, b. 11/27/1772, d. 1857, m. 1/10/1797 Edith Walters. Left Marion County, SC soon after adulthood and settled in Robeson County, NC.
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| 6th Generation: | DAWSON LEWIS, b. Robeson County, NC, 3/27/1817, d. 4/2/1884, m. 11/25/1840 Annie Eliza Jenkins. |
| 7th Generation: | JOHN PINKNEY LEWIS, b. 3/8/1844, d. 10/8/1925, m. 10/2/1867 Mary Ann Easterling. |
| 8th Generation: | JOHN MEMORY LEWIS, b. Robeson Co., NC 5/19/1881, d. ?, m. Mary Abigail Nye. |
| 9th Generation: | Living |
| 1st Generation: | JAMES R. LEWIS, b 1793 NC, d 1862 NC, m Arthesia Stevens. Known Ch: (1) Oates Stevens Lewis, b 1816 NC, d bef 1880 AL (2) James M. Lewis, b 1820 NC, d 1892 (3) Henry Dewey Lewis, b Apr 25, 1822, Faison Co., NC, d 1899 Faison Co., NC.
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| 2nd Generation: | HENRY DEWEY LEWIS, b Apr 25, 1822, Faison Co., NC, d 1899 Faison Co., NC, m 1st Nancy Stevens, m 2nd Jane E. Pridgen. |
| 3rd Generation: | WILLIAM ALFORD LEWIS, bb Jul 1851 NC, d 1923, Athens, AR, m 1st Zilpha Elizabeth Wiggins Feb 1870, Sampson Co., NC, m2nd Fletcher Jane Harwell, Apr 5, 1896, AR.
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| 4th Generation: | MAJOR LOYD LEWIS (Dock), b Apr 15, 1880 NC, d Oct 8, 1936 Little River Co., AR, m Maggie Lee Hollowell, Nov 8, 1903, Little River Co., AR. |
| 5th Generation: | FLETCHER LOYD LEWIS, b Oct 22, 1910, Little River Co., AR, d Feb 17, 1983, Childress, TX, m 1st Marie Mary Jane Bass, Nov 18, 1915, AR, m 2nd Annabelle Sigler.
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| 6th Generation: | PAUL LOYD LEWIS, b May 1, 1936, Childress, TX, d Jan 18, 2004, OK, m Frances Lee Newman, Dec 18, 1952, OK. |
| 7th Generation: | LIVING
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