LEWIS Robert, II

- Yes, date unknown

• Name	LEWIS Robert  [1]
  Suffix	II
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1635	Gloucester County, VA   [1]
  	Arrived on the ship "Blessing"
  	.
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	Some historians claim that the Welsh Lewis family descended from the French line of monarchs (Louis). However, the oldest known Lewis from the explorer's family was Ben Robert Lewis of Wales. The patriarch of the Virginia Lewises came in 1635 on a ship called the "Blessing." Robert Lewis II served as an officer in the British Army and arrived to claim a land grant in a part of York County that is now in Gloucester, VA. He married a woman named Elizabeth before emigrating, and once in Virginia, they parented two children, William and Major John Lewis. William died without having any children, so John inherited 33,333 1/3 acres from his father. [1]
  Person ID	I9225	Booth Family
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2013

  
  

  Family	LEWIS Elizabeth --Unknown--   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Maj. LEWIS John   d. Yes, date unknown   2. LEWIS William   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3087	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Immigration - Arrived on the ship "Blessing" - 1635 - Gloucester County, VA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1048] The Meriwether Family, (http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/lewisandclark/students/projects/homesteads/genealogy/meriwethers.html), accessed Jul 1, 2009) (Reliability: 2).