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From: Hugh Puckett< >
Subject: Re: [LEWIS-L] re: Lewis i
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 01:10:00 GMT


L>At 09:28 PM 6/2/1999 -0700, wrote:
> "I seem to recall reading that the name Lewis is as common a name as
>can be in Wales. I am in the US and have researched one of these Pioneer
>Lewis Families that settled in Philadelphia pre-revolutionary war. From
>what I read here, seems that the preponderance of Lewises in the US came
>from Wales. At least that is what it seems like...."

L> The Lewis surname is pretty much a Welsh name although early history
>finds them coming into Wales from England, and France mainly. William
>Penn, who was granted the land near and around Philadelphia was a Quaker.
>The land was set up by Penn to be given to those folks in Wales who were
>suffering religious persecusions. There were many of these folks who were
>Lewises. One of my lines was a immigrant Quaker named Richard Lewis. He
>came to this country (Philly) with his wife and two boys in 1713. Richard
>was known as a "Weighty Quaker". One of his boys named Thomas died young.
>The other named James settled and married in Berks Co. PA. James son
>Daniel made his was down to North Carolina where he died in 1801 (I think!)
> Welsh research is difficult to say the least and that is why records
>from there are few and fragmented. I was fortunate enough to locate the
>stomping grounds of my Richard and learn a bit of the trials and
>tribulations of the Quakers in Wales from about 1650 to early 1700s. I
>also was able to get several colored pictures of the area of his youth in
>Montgomeryshire near Welshpool.
> If anyone is seeking info on this line, let me know.

L> Jay

Jay, is this Daniel Lewis the one who was in Rowan Co., NC? If so I
would like very much to know how you connected him to James Lewis? My
ancestor, James Lewis, who lived on Kings Cr. in Wilkes Co., NC has been
very difficult to trace. I have nothing to show where he lived before he
got to Kings Cr. or who was his wife, or who were his parents. I've
wondered if he might have been related to Daniel.

D. Hugh Puckett
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