Individual Details

Edmund Lewis

(Bet 21 Oct 1745 and 1746 - 8 Jun 1805)

'Sailed from Paris to La Martinique to New Orleans to New York then to Boston in 1760. A sister about 16 came with him, but died soon after their arrival. His will proved in Salem, August 5, 1805. Is said to have been at the school Du Plessis in Paris with Lafayette. His family bible was in possession of Mrs. Blany and burned, but the family record was saved. He owned several ships and was wealthy. He refused to say anything about his family except that 'they all died suddenly one day.' He had no relatives in this country. There were others of the name in Marblehead no way related. 'A lady (a descendant of Capt. Lewis) riding in Marblehead som time ago met an old gent. and asked if he knew the family, 'Yes indeed' was the reply, 'the daughters were all very handsome, and every one fit for a duchess, you look just like them. It was a pretty sight to see the 8 daughters coming out of church all dressed in white, and the sons, with cocked hats under their arms for fear of disturbing their powdered wigs, waiting for them at the steps.''

Events

BirthBet 21 Oct 1745 and 1746France
Residence1760Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage19 Oct 1769Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States - Tabitha Rhoades Russell
Event-Misc1771
Event-Misc1773
Event-Misc1774
Milit-BegBet 1 Sep 1776 and 16 Nov 1776Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Event-Misc1790
Event-Misc1793
Probate17 May 1805Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Death8 Jun 1805Age: 57, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
BurialMarblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Title (Nobility)Captain
ProbateEssex, Massachusetts, United States

Families

SpouseTabitha Rhoades Russell (1752 - 1814)
Child*Child Lewis ( - )
ChildElizabeth Lewis (1770 - 1848)
ChildEdmund Lewis (1772 - 1820)
ChildMiriam Lewis (1774 - 1776)
ChildMiriam Russell Lewis (1775 - 1832)
ChildTabitha Russell Lewis (1777 - 1865)
ChildJohn Lewis (1781 - 1786)
ChildHannah Lewis (1783 - 1871)
ChildRebecca Lewis (1785 - )
ChildJohn Lewis (1786 - 1809)
ChildCharlotte Lewis (1789 - 1822)
ChildMary Caroline Lewis (1791 - )
ChildWilliam Russell Lewis (1794 - 1825)
ChildPolly Lewis ( - 1846)
FatherEdmond Lewis (1721 - 1760)
SiblingUnknown Lewis (1744 - 1760)

Endnotes

1. Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to about 1850, Volume: Electronic Edition (n.p: Search & ReSearch Publishing Corp., Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, 1998, n.d).

2. Ancestry.com, Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2013 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

3. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

4. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

5. Compiler: Essex Institute, Peabody Essex Museum, Essex Institute Historical Collections (n.p: Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1910, n.d), p. 62.

6. Compiler: Abby A. Lewis (1834 - 1922), 'Louis Russell History ', Version: handwritten book of descendants of Louis Russell and Mary Savage (n.p: Marblehead Historical Society, n.d).

7. Compiler: Essex Institute, Peabody Essex Museum, Essex Institute Historical Collections (n.p: Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1910, n.d), p. 62.

8. Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to about 1850, Volume: Electronic Edition (n.p: Search & ReSearch Publishing Corp., Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, 1998, n.d), Marblehead 2:264.

9. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

10. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

11. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

12. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

13. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

14. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

15. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Massachusetts, Essex County, Probate Records; Author: Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court (Essex County); Probate Place: Essex, Massachusetts.

16. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate Records and Indexes 1638-1916; Author: Massachusetts. Court of Insolvency (Essex County); Probate Place: Essex, Massachusetts.

17. Compiler: Essex Institute, Peabody Essex Museum, Essex Institute Historical Collections (n.p: Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1910, n.d), p. 62.

18. Ancestry.com, Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2013 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

19. Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to about 1850, Volume: Electronic Edition (n.p: Search & ReSearch Publishing Corp., Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, 1998, n.d), Marblehead 2:604.

20. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Massachusetts, Essex County, Probate Records; Author: Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court (Essex County); Probate Place: Essex, Massachusetts.

21. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

22. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

23. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Massachusetts, Essex County, Probate Records; Author: Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court (Essex County); Probate Place: Essex, Massachusetts.

24. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate Records and Indexes 1638-1916; Author: Massachusetts. Court of Insolvency (Essex County); Probate Place: Essex, Massachusetts.

25. Ancestry.com, Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2013 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

26. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

27. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Massachusetts, Essex County, Probate Records; Author: Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court (Essex County); Probate Place: Essex, Massachusetts.