LEWIS, Capt. John

1747 - 1825  (78 years)   Has 58 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

LEWIS, Col. Fielding

1725 - 1781  (56 years)

Birth	7 Jul 1725	Spotsylvania County, Colony of Virginia, UK
Died	Dec 1781	Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
Buried	St. Georges Episcopal Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
	Address: St. Georges Episcopal Cemetery 905 Princess Anne St. Fredericksburg, Virginia USA
Father	LEWIS, Col. John IV,   b. 22 Mar 1691/92, Colony of Virginia, England
Mother	FIELDING, Frances,   b. Abt 1701, Colony of Virginia, England
Family 1	WASHINGTON, Catharine,   b. 11 Feb 1723/24
Married	18 Oct 1746
Children	1. LEWIS, Frances + 2. LEWIS, Capt. John,   b. 22 Jun 1747, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Colony of Virginia, UK
Family 2	WASHINGTON, Elizabeth "Betty",   b. 20 Jun 1733, Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia, UK
Married	7 May 1750	Colony of Virginia, UK

WASHINGTON, Catharine

1724 - 1750  (26 years)

Birth	11 Feb 1723/24
Died	19 Feb 1749/50
Father	WASHINGTON, John,   b. 1692
Mother	WHITING, Catharine,   b. 22 May 1694, Colony of Virginia, England
Family	LEWIS, Col. Fielding,   b. 7 Jul 1725, Spotsylvania County, Colony of Virginia, UK
Married	18 Oct 1746
Children	1. LEWIS, Frances + 2. LEWIS, Capt. John,   b. 22 Jun 1747, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Colony of Virginia, UK

THORNTON, Lucy

1750 - 1770  (20 years)

Birth	1750
Died	19 Mar 1770
Father	THORNTON, Lt. Col. John
Mother	GREGORY, Mildred,   b. 1718
Family	LEWIS, Capt. John,   b. 22 Jun 1747, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Colony of Virginia, UK
Married	Abt 1769

• Name	LEWIS, John  [1, 2, 3]
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	22 Jun 1747	Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Colony of Virginia, UK   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	7839253
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7839253
  Death	23 Nov 1825	Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, USA   [1, 3]
  Age	78 years
  Burial	Lewis - Bibb Cemetery, Auburn, Logan, Kentucky, USA   [3]
  	Address: Lewis - Bibb Cemetery Auburn, Kentucky USA
  	Find A Grave website (http://www.findagrave.com/): Memorial #7839253.
  Person ID	I3881	Cochrane Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	LEWIS, Col. Fielding,   b. 7 Jul 1725, Spotsylvania County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. Dec 1781, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 56 years)
  Mother	WASHINGTON, Catharine,   b. 11 Feb 1723/24   d. 19 Feb 1749/50 (Age 26 years)
  Family ID	F1564	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	THORNTON, Lucy,   b. 1750   d. 19 Mar 1770 (Age 20 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1769  [2, 4, 5]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 21 years and 6 months - She : ~ 19 years.
  Family ID	F1565	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Jun 1747 - Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Colony of Virginia, UK Death - 23 Nov 1825 - Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, USA Burial - Address: Lewis - Bibb Cemetery Auburn, Kentucky USA - - Lewis - Bibb Cemetery, Auburn, Logan, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S635] The Meriwether Society, Inc., Society - Meriwether, ((http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meriweth/ : 2015)), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015), ID #: I15793, John Lewis; Various Meriwether Society sources. [S634] Holdridge Ozro Collins, Book - Washington Family Genealogy (Hathi Trust), (Los Angeles, California: The Society Sons of the Revolution in the State of California, 1900.), 18 Jun 2015, p 10, 14. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 24 Jul 2015, accessed 24 July 2015<, Memorial #7839253, Capt. John Lewis. [S635] The Meriwether Society, Inc., Society - Meriwether, ((http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meriweth/ : 2015)), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015), ID #: I37959, Lucy Thornton; Various Meriwether Society sources. [S1597] Marshall Wingfield, Book - Caroline Co., VA History, (Richmond, VA: Press of Trevet Christian & Co., Inc., 1924.), 3 Jul 2025, p 475-477.