 Abt 1704 - Bef 1765 (~ 61 years)
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| Name |
LEWIS Robert [1, 2] |
| Prefix |
Col. |
| Suffix |
III |
| Birth |
Abt 1701-1704 |
Gloucester County, VA ("Warner Hall")  [1, 2] |
| Christening |
Aug 1704 |
Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, USA [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Bef Dec 1765 |
Greenville, Augusta, Virginia, USA [1, 2] |
| Burial |
Cismont, Albemarle County, VA ("Belvoir") [1, 2] |
| Notes |
- Robert Lewis was born on May 4, 1702, in Gloucester County, Virginia, the child of John and Elizabeth. He married Jane Meriwether and they had one son together in 1735. He then married Elizabeth Thornton in 1757 in Louisa County, Virginia. He died on January 10, 1765, in Albemarle County, Virginia, at the age of 62, and was buried in Rivanna, Virginia.
Children
John LEWIS b: 31 AUG 1726 in "Chemokins", St. Peters Parish, New Kent County, Virginia
Jane LEWIS b: 1 Jan 1727/8 in Hanover County, Virginia
Elizabeth LEWIS b: 1729 in Hanover County, Virginia
Anne LEWIS b: ABT 1731 in Virginia
Mary LEWIS b: ABT 1732 in Virginia
Nicholas LEWIS b: 19 Jan 1733/4 in "Belvoir", Hanover County, Virginia
Charles LEWIS b: Between 27 Apr 1734 and 1 Sep 1736 in Virginia
William LEWIS b: ABT 1735 in Virginia
Mildred LEWIS b: 1 SEP 1737 in Albemarle County, Virginia
Robert LEWIS b: ABT 1739 in Virginia
Sarah LEWIS b: ABT 1745 in "Belvoir", Albemarle County, Virginia
Isabella LEWIS
There is Lake Meriweather there, possible named for her family
Colonel Robert Lewis married Jane Meriwether, the daughter of Nicholas Meriwether II and Elizabeth Crawford, and established a new estate at Belvoir. This was the first of 11 intermarriages between the Meriwether and Lewis families. Robert Lewis amassed a large amount of land in Goochland and Albemarle Counties throughout his life, which he later divided among his children. He acquired the land in Ivy Depot, VA in 1740. Locust Hill, the childhood home of Meriwether Lewis, was built on this land, and Meriwether's father was the first Lewis to inhabit it. (Meriwether, 1964)
Col Robert Lewis
Birth: May 4, 1702 Gloucester Co., VA
Death: Jan. 10, 1765 VA
Robert Lewis was the third son of Col. John Lewis and Elizabeth Warner. He was born at Warner Hall in Gloucester County, the family home of his mother. He married Jane Meriwether (1705-1757), the daughter of Nicholas Meriwether and Elizabeth Crafford. They had eleven children. Robert Lewis had land in Gloucester but he deeded that to his eldest son, John Lewis of "Halifax" and opted, along with his father-in-law, Nicholas Meriwether, to push out to unoccupied lands in the Piedmont area of Virginia. "Both took out grants for themselves of thousands of acres, being good judges of fertile, well watered selections." (Anderson, p. 62) In 1736, he obtained a grant for 4,000 acres on the Hardware River, and in 1740, he took a grant for 6,500 acres on Ivy Creek. Along with other grants, he accumulated a total of 21,660 acres, enabling him to bequeath land to all of his children. He also held an interest in 100,000 acres in Greenbrier County (now West Virginia). He built his home, "Belvoir," in the part of Louisa County that joined Albemarle County in 1761, apparently near the location of this cemetery. He served in the House of Burgesses 1744-1746 and was County Lieutenant for Louisa County. After his wife's death, Robert Lewis married Elizabeth Thornton in 1761, grandmother of Meriwether Lewis. Elizabeth's 1st husband Thomas was a son of Jane Meriwether's brother David.
Family links:
Parents:
John Lewis (1669 - 1725)
Elizabeth Warner Lewis (1672 - 1720)
Spouses:
Jane Meriwether Lewis (1705 - 1757)
Elizabeth Thornton Lewis*
Children:
Anne Lewis*
Nicholas Lewis (1734 - 1808)*
Mary Lewis (Cobbs) Thomson (1735 - 1812)*
William Lewis (1748 - 1779)*
William Lewis (1748 - 1779)*
Siblings:
John Lewis (1692 - 1754)*
Charles Lewis (1696 - 1779)*
Catherine Lewis (1702 - 1705)*
Isabella Lewis Clayton (1706 - 1742)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial: Belvoir Family Cemetery Rivanna, Albemarle Co., VA
Created by: Kaaren Crail Vining
Record added: Jan 15, 2006
Robert Lewis of "Belvoir" (1702 - 1765) & Jane Meriwether
Robert Lewis was the third son of Col. John Lewis and Elizabeth Warner. He was born at Warner Hall in Gloucester County, the family home of his mother. He married Jane Meriwether (1705-1745/55), the daughter of Nicholas Meriwether and Elizabeth Crawford. They had eleven children. Robert Lewis had land in Gloucester but he deeded that to his eldest son, John Lewis of "Halifax" and opted, along with his father-in-law, Nicholas Meriwether, to push out to unoccupied lands in the Piedmont area of Virginia. "Both took out grants for themselves of thousands of acres, being good judges of fertile, well watered selections." (Anderson, p. 62) In 1736, he obtained a grant for 4,000 acres on the Hardware River, and in 1740, he took a grant for 6,500 acres on Ivy Creek. Along with other grants, he accumulated a total of 21,660 acres, enabling him to bequeath land to all of his children. He also held an interest in 100,000 acres in Greenbrier County (now West Virginia). He built his home, "Belvoir," in the part of Louisa County that joined Albemarle County in 1761. He served in the House of Burgesses 1744-1746 and was County Lieutenant for Louisa County. Of their eleven children, two played key roles in Lucy Meriwether Lewis Marks' life:
William Lewis of "Locust Hill" was Lucy's first husband.
Nicholas Lewis, who inherited "The Farm" from his grandfather Nicholas Meriwether, married Lucy's first cousin, Mary Walker, daughter of Dr. Thomas Walker and Lucy's aunt, Mildred Thornton
Of the remaining nine children, six of them married other Lewises.
After his wife's death, Robert Lewis married Elizabeth Thornton, Lucy's mother, in 1761.
At the time he made his Will, he was living in Fredericksville Parish,Louisa County. In the document, he named sons John, Nicholas, Robert,Charles, and William; daughters Jane Meriwether, Mary Cobbs, MildredLewis, Sarah Lewis, Ann Lewis (wife of John Lewis), Children "nowliving" were named as John Lewis, Jane Meriwether, Aaron Lewis,Nicholas Lewis, Mary Cobbs, Mildred Lewis, Robert Lewis (infant),Charles Lewis, William Lewis, Sarah Lewis. A daughter ElizabethBarrett was referred to as deceased. The absence of his wife fromthis document indicates she was also already deceased.
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| Person ID |
I2134 |
Booth Family |
| Last Modified |
9 Sep 2015 |
| Family |
MERIWETHER Jane, b. Abt 1705, Greensville County, Virginia d. Bef Sep 1757 (Age ~ 52 years) |
| Marriage |
1725 |
Greenville, Augusta, Virginia, USA |
- Jane died before Sep 1757 in Albemarle County, probably at "Belvoir." About 1758, Robert Lewis married Elizabeth (Thornton) Meriwether, widow of Jane's nephew, Thomas Meriwether. There were no children by this marriage and Robert died before December 1765, when his will was proved. (Robert was the paternal grandfather and Elizabeth was the maternal grandmother of Capt. Meriwether Lewis. The Meriwethers & Lewises of the day liked to keep family connections close.)
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| Children |
| | 1. LEWIS Anne, b. Abt 1731, Greenville, Augusta, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. LEWIS John, b. 31 Aug 1726, New Kent County, VA (Saint Peter's Parish, Chemokins) d. 21 Jan 1788, Caswell, North Carolina (Age 61 years) |
| | 3. LEWIS Jane, b. 1 Jan 1727, Hanover County, VA d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 4. LEWIS Elizabeth Lewis, b. 1729, Hanover County, VA d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 5. LEWIS Mary, b. Abt 1732, Hanover County, VA d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 6. LEWIS Nicholas, b. 1733-19 Jan 1734, Hanover County, VA ("Belvoir") d. 8 Dec 1808, Albermarle County, Va (Age 74 years) |
| | 7. LEWIS Charles, b. Between 27 Apr 1734 and 1 Sep 1736, Greenville, Augusta, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 8. LEWIS William, b. Abt 1735, Locust Hill, Albemarle, Virginia d. 14 Nov 1779, Cloverfields, Albemarle, Virginia (Age ~ 44 years) |
| | 9. LEWIS Mildred, b. 1 Sep 1737, North Garden, Albemarle, Virginia, USA d. 12 Sep 1780, Chemokin, New Kent, Virginia, USA (Age 43 years) |
| | 10. LEWIS Robert, b. Abt 1739, Greenville, Augusta, Virginia, USA d. 7 Nov 1780, Granville, NC (Age ~ 41 years) |
| | 11. LEWIS Sarah, b. Abt 1745, Albemarle County, VA ("Belvoir") d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 12. LEWIS Isabella d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Family ID |
F714 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
9 Sep 2015 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - Abt 1701-1704 - Gloucester County, VA ("Warner Hall") |
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 | Christening - Aug 1704 - Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, USA |
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 | Marriage - 1725 - Greenville, Augusta, Virginia, USA |
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| Death - Bef Dec 1765 - Greenville, Augusta, Virginia, USA |
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| Sources |
- [S955] Barbara Lipscomb Records (Reliability: 3).
- [S1048] The Meriwether Family, (http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/lewisandclark/students/projects/homesteads/genealogy/meriwethers.html), accessed Jul 1, 2009) (Reliability: 2).
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