Col John Lewis III

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Col John Lewis III

Birth
New Kent County, Virginia, USA
Death
14 Nov 1725 (aged 55)
Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Naxera, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Son of John Lewis and Isabella Miller and one of His Majesty's Honorable Council for this Colony.
Elizabeth, the third daughter of Augustine Warner II, became the wife of John Lewis and inherited Warner Hall.
Their son, John Lewis II (1702-1754) was a member of His Majesty's Council, and was prominent in Gloucester County. The Lewis Family occupied Warner Hall for generations, and members of the family immigrated to all parts of the United States. Lewis family descendants built a number of important Virginia homes including Belle Farm, Eagle Point, Abingdon and Severn Hall.
Son of John Lewis and Isabella Miller and one of His Majesty's Honorable Council for this Colony.
Elizabeth, the third daughter of Augustine Warner II, became the wife of John Lewis and inherited Warner Hall.
Their son, John Lewis II (1702-1754) was a member of His Majesty's Council, and was prominent in Gloucester County. The Lewis Family occupied Warner Hall for generations, and members of the family immigrated to all parts of the United States. Lewis family descendants built a number of important Virginia homes including Belle Farm, Eagle Point, Abingdon and Severn Hall.

Inscription

"Here Lyeth Interred
the Body of Col[onel] John Lewis
son of John and Isabella Lewis,
and on of his Majestys Hon[orable]
Council for this Colony who was
born ye 30th of November 1669 &
departed
this Life on ye 14th of November 1725."

This Transcription contributed by Kim Curlin Wettroth [email protected] .....
Info from Lyon G. Tyler's 1894 article in the William and Mary Quarterly quoted in "Warner Hall Story of a Great Plantation" by David Brown & Thane Harpole 2004.