Name |
Thomas Lewis |
Birth |
cir 1789 |
Wales |
Gender |
Male |
Residence |
1824 |
Dolefawr, Ciliau Aeron, Cardiganshire, Wales |
Census |
1840 |
Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA |
Census |
1850 |
5th Ward, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
Also Known As |
30 Mar 1852 |
Gallia County, Ohio, USA |
Thomas T. Lewis |
- The middle initial T appears on the deed dated 30 March 1852 for the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 29, township 6 (Raccoon), range 16 in Gallia County, Ohio. The property was sold to Thomas Lewis by Daniel D. Thomas and consisted of 40 acres. The middle initial also appears on the delinquent tax list for Gallia County dated 26 January 1849 for section 18, township 6 (Raccoon), range 16. These are the only references found thus far (January 2024) that assign a middle initial to Thomas Lewis.
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Immigration |
Between 1 July and 30 September 1839 |
Port of arrival: Baltimore, Maryland, USA [1] |
Occupation |
Shoemaker |
Burial |
1854 |
Tyn Rhos Cemetery, Perry Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA |
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Thomas Lewis
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Thomas and Margaret Williams Lewis The Lewis stones are located near the front of the cemetery. |
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Thomas and Margaret Lewis The Lewis stones are the two in the middle of the picture, Thomas on the left and Margaret on the right. They are near the front of the cemetery near Tyn Rhos Road. |
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Thomas and Margaret Lewis and the (new) Tyn Rhos church Margaret's stone is the one with the large white area on it, and Thomas's is to its right from this back view. |
Death |
23 Mar 1854 |
Gallia County, Ohio, USA |
Probate |
25 May 1854 |
Gallia County, Ohio, USA |
Civil Journal 1, page 101
Case L-35 |
Notes |
- The marriage record of Thomas Lewis and Margaret Williams states that they were both from the parish of Cilcennin in Cardiganshire, Wales. According to the obituary of his son, David D. Lewis, the Thomas Lewis family emigrated to the United States in 1834, and lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, "for a good many years" before moving on to Gallia County, Ohio, where many emigrants from Cardiganshire had settled in the first half of the 1800s. However, abstracts of passenger lists of the port of Baltimore, Maryland, show the family arriving between 1 July and 30 September 1839. At the time of the 1850 census, the Thomas Lewis family was living in the 5th Ward in the city of Pittsburgh. The census lists Thomas Lewis, age 58; Margaret Lewis, age 61; David Lewis (shoemaker), age 27; Lewis Lewis (laborer), age 22; Evan Lewis (laborer), age 21; Eleanor Lewis, age 17, and; John Lewis, age 10. All were born in Wales, with the exception of John, whose birthplace is given as Ohio. There were two Thomas Lewises who filed naturalization papers in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, during the 1840s. It is not known if either is this Thomas. The first filed his Declaration of Intention on 2 January 1844, and the other on 14 October 1846. Both gave their birthplace as Wales. Thomas Lewis' will was written on 14 March 1854, and was probated in Gallia County, Ohio, on 25 May 1854. He left his estate to his wife, Margaret, including the northeast quarter of section 29, township 6 (Raccoon), range 16, consisting of approximately 40 acres, which would go to his son David after Margaret's death; the northwest half of the northwest quarter of section 18, township 6, range 16, consisting of approximately 80 acres, which his executor, David Lewis, was to sell to support Margaret, and; lot 44 in the town of Centerville in Gallia County. He also mentioned his other children and his grandson, John Howell. Margaret Lewis sold the lot in Centerville to A.S. Combs on 11 July 1865.
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Person ID |
I171 |
Bryan-Martin |
Last Modified |
14 Aug 2024 |
Family |
Margaret A. Williams, b. cir 1788, Wales d. 11 Oct 1867, Centerpoint, Gallia County, Ohio, USA (Age 79 years) |
Marriage |
31 Dec 1816 |
Cilcennin, Cardiganshire, Wales [2] |
Children |
| 1. Lewis Lewis, b. cir 1816 d. 11 Sep 1817 (Age 1 year) |
| 2. Jane Lewis, b. cir 1817 |
| 3. Lewis Lewis, b. cir 1819 d. Feb 1825 (Age 6 years) |
| 4. Daniel T. Lewis, b. cir 1820, Wales d. 14 Dec 1895, Venedocia, Van Wert County, Ohio, USA (Age 75 years) |
| 5. Thomas Lewis, b. cir 1822 |
| 6. David D. Lewis, b. 8 Jan 1824, Wales d. 13 Dec 1904, Wellston, Jackson County, Ohio, USA (Age 80 years) |
| 7. Martha Lewis, b. cir 1826, Wales |
| 8. Lewis Lewis, b. 29 Nov 1827, Wales d. 11 Jun 1905, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 77 years) |
| 9. Evan Lewis, b. cir 1830, Wales |
| 10. Eleanor Lewis, b. cir 1833, Wales |
| 11. Margaret Lewis, b. cir 1838, Wales |
| 12. John H. Lewis, b. cir 1840, Ohio, USA d. 18 Mar 1914, Medicine Bow, Carbon County, Wyoming, USA (Age 74 years) |
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Family ID |
F45 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
15 Nov 2023 |