Individual Details

Elizabeth Warner

(24 Nov 1672 - 5 Feb 1720)

[[Category:Gloucester County, Virginia Colony]][[Category:Gloucester County, Virginia]][[:Space: Warner Hall|Warner Hall]]

== Biography ==
'''Elizabeth (Warner) Lewis''':'''Born''' November 24, 1672 at "Chesake"Born "at Chesake" is from her tombstone. It is possibly a contraction for "Chesapeake" (area where [[:Space: Warner Hall|Warner Hall]] was built). [[#Sorley|Sorley]] says "We have seen that the first Augustine Warner acquired lands at "Cheesecake" or "Chesake", Gloucester County, in 1652." at Warner Hall, Gloucester County, VirginiaMyHeritage: [https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-15131331-3-3834/elizabeth-lewis-born-warner-in-myheritage-family-trees?s=216760841Elizabeth Warner]}
:'''Parents''' Augustine Warner, Jr (1642-1681) & Mildred Reade (1643-1686)
:'''Marriage''' in 1692 to Col. John Lewis (1669-1725) at Warner Hall, Gloucester County, Virginia
: Elizabeth, born in 1672, was the third daughter of [[Warner-326|Augustine Warner II]]. She married [[Lewis-684|John Lewis]]. She inherited Warner Hall, and they moved there about 1702 from Chemokins, New Kent County.''Lewis of Warner Hall: The History of a Family, Including the Genealogy of Descendants in Both the Male and Female Lines, Biographical Sketches of Its Members, and Their Descent from Other Early Virginia Families,'' compiled by Merrow Egerton Sorley [http://books.google.com/books?id=yeWgvfDpwbwC&pg=PA57&lpg=PA59&focus=viewport&dq=elizabeth+lewis+bolling+warner+hall+Gloucester+virginia&output=html_text Google book, page 57]
: Elizabeth was the mother of fourteen children, according to her [[#Gravestone|gravestone]]. The "names of nine of them are known from records in Hening' s Statutes-at-Large and in the Parish Register of Abingdon Parish, Gloucester (in which Warner Hall was located)."

: Children cited in various sources were:# [[Lewis-2520|John Lewis]], born before 1701 in New Kent County.# [[Lewis-683|Charles Lewis]], born before 1701 in New Kent County.# [[Lewis-2595|Robert Lewis]], born at Warner Hall, in August 1704.# [[Lewis-3839|Catherine]], baptized 2 November 1705. Twin to Elizabeth, died young.# [[Lewis-3836|Elizabeth]], baptized 2 November 1705. Twin to Catherine, died young.# [[Lewis-1864|Elizabeth]], born 6 May 1706 or 1700-1749, m Ridge
# [[Lewis-3841|Isabella]], baptized 18 December 1707.
# [[Lewis-3831|Anne]], baptized 14 February 1712.# [[Lewis-3841|Mary]]} (no baptismal or any records have been found to show that she was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Warner Lewis), married Major Throckmorten
: Elizabeth (Lewis) Warner died February 5, 1720 at Warner Hall, Gloucester County, Virginia.

===Burial===: Elizabeth is buried in the Warner Hall Colonial Family Cemetery with her husband, John Lewis, at Naxera, Gloucester County, Virginia.Find a Grave memorial #[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7656611 7656611] for Elizabeth ''Warner'' Lewis

===Gravestone===
:Here lyeth Interred ye body of

:Elizabeth Lewis

:the daughter of Col. Augustine Warner

:and Mildred his Wife

:and late Wife of John Lewis Esq.

:She was born at Chesake the 24th of November 1672

:Aged 47 years 2 months and 12 days

:and was a Tender Mother of 14 children.

:She departed this life
:the 6th Day of February 1719/1720Transcription as posted at "[http://www.carolshouse.com/cemeteryrecords/warner/ Augustine Warner Family Cemetery]," which does show "1719/1720". The transcription in Tyler also shows both years, with 17 followed by 19 over 20. Tyler's transcription also appears to reflect more accurately the line breaks on the tombstone.Tyler, Lyon G. "Inscriptions on Old Tombs in Gloucester Co., Virginia." The William and Mary Quarterly. Vol. 2, No. 4 (Apr., 1894), [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915402?seq=9&Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=Mary&searchText=warner&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3DMary%2Bwarner%26amp%3Bfilter%3Djid%253A10.2307%252Fj100408#page_scan_tab_contents p. 227]

== Warner Hall ==
: Elizabeth became the owner of Warner Hall after her brother [[Warner-879|Robert]] died childless about 1701.[[:Space: Warner Hall|Warner Hall]]
: Elizabeth and Councillor John Lewis's oldest son, John, inherited Warner Hall.Family Notes on Councilor John Lewis, [http://lewisathome.com/lewis/book/chapter-9-councilor-john-lewis/ Lewis at Home] by Mark Lewis
: For generations, the Lewises lived at Warner Hall, and members of the family migrated to all parts of the United States. Their descendants built Belle Farm, Eagle Point, Abingdon, Severby, Severn Hall, and Kenmore, all in Virginia.http://home1.gte.net/mimieric/Augustine.html no longer online: [https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20080506061725/http://home1.gte.net/mimieric/Augustine.html Augustine Warner I (1610-1674) and Warner Hall] (via archive.org's WayBack Machine)

: See [[:Space: Warner Hall|Warner Hall]] for the home's history.

== Objects ==: Warner Hall Graveyard, [http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=caae0c40-8556-4073-a5a0-00fd9ccb5e6f&tid=62215837&pid=259 Ancestry link], jpg
: John Lewis, [http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=ba953447-7da2-4987-afcb-1a79863bdbed&tid=62215837&pid=259 Ancestry link], jpg


== Sources ==

: See also: * History of Warner Hall, [http://www.warnerhall.com/historic-virginia-bed-and-breakfast-inn/ Inn at Warner Hall]

    Events

    Birth24 Nov 1672Chesake, Gloucester County, Virginia
    Death5 Feb 1720Warner Hall, Gloucester County, Virginia
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    Families

    FatherAugustine Warner (1642 - 1681)
    MotherMildred Reade (1643 - 1694)
    SiblingMary Warner (1663 - 1700)
    SiblingMildred Warner (1671 - 1701)
    SiblingElizabeth Warner (1672 - 1719)