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Jan 1, 2018 · John Lewis’s son John was baptized at the Church of St Teilo on December 15, 1633, and the church record does not name his mother. It appears the Patronymic naming system was abandoned by 1633 because emigrant John is listed in the church register as John Lewis and not John Lewis Prickett.
Aug 6, 2020 · Lewis’s humorous and earnest origin story is captured in the children’s book Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis (2016), written by Jabari Ansim and illustrated by E.B. Lewis. Beautiful illustrations and cheerful text depict John Lewis and the chickens apprehending the gospel through their life together.
This John is a descendant of the Lewis Family of Monmouthshire, the easternmost county of Wales on the Severn Estuary. John Lewis was baptized 2/22/1592 at St Telios Church, Llantilio Pertholey, Monmouthshire, Wales. This was the family church wherein reside the Lewis family records.
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John Lewis was born circa 1594 in Monmouthshire, Wales.(A prior birth date of 22 Feb 1592 has been removed. There was a John Lewis of Llantillio Pertholey that was baptised on that date, but he has been proven to be a different man. See research notes below.) John died on 21 August 1657, aged 63 years, and was buried in the Lewis family cemetery, o...
Disputed Origins
Research to determine his parents is required. Some online trees show: 1. William Lewis (abt.1560-1657) and Margaret (Puleston) Lewis (abt.1565-aft.1594) 2. Lewis (ap Richard) Prichard (abt.1565-1616) and Catherine (Morgan) Prichard (1565-1615) Interested descendants may want to view this book published in 1992: The Welsh Lineage of John Lewis (1592-1657), Emigrant to Gloucester, Virginia, By Grace McLean Moses . See below in Research Notes for comments regarding this book.
Additional Notes
After Lewis ap Richard's early death, his son John Lewis Prichard (our emigrant ancestor, later called John Lewis after the end of the Patronymic naming system) was raised by his Uncle Edward. Richard Lewis, of Llangatock Crickhowell, Breconshire, Gent. d. 1628 = Nest, daughter of Thomas ap Gwlym ap Llewelyn of Llanelli, Breconshire.Lewis Prichard (ap Richard) aka as Rycketts (Richard) of Llantilio Pertholey, Monmouthshire (d. 1616) = Catherine (d. 1615) Bur. Llantilio Pertholey. Son John Lew...
Malcolm H Harris, "John Lewis (1594-1657) of Monmouthshire, England, and Gloucester and New Kent Counties, Virginia." The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography LVI, no. 2 (1948):...FamilySearch Wiki contributors, "King and Queen County, Virginia Genealogy," FamilySearch Wiki, (https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=King_and_Queen_County,_Virginia_Genealogy&oldid=2...Malcolm Hart Harris, "Captain Edward Lewis (1667-1713) of King and Queen County, Virginia, and His Family." The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography LXI, no 4 (1954): 477-88. (Subscription...Source: #S-2059540563 Page: Place: Virginia; Year: 1636; Page Number: . Note: Ancestry Record pili354 #4115842Note: Data: Text: Arrival date: 1636 Arrival place: Virginia APID: 1,7486::4115842- Male
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Dec 5, 2016 · E.B. Lewis’s luminous watercolors are the perfect complement to Asim’s lyrical prose, which together carry the story of how John Lewis incubated his talent for wielding words that move and mobilize mind, body, and spirit. John loved to tell the chicks the Good News. When he fed and watered them, he spoke about the value of hard work and ...
Sep 9, 2020 · September 9, 2020. 3. When John Lewis was alive, he told the story of preaching to the chickens in his parents’ farm as a boy so often that his friends and associates were tired of it. Sometimes they stopped him from telling it before he could start. I wish I would have heard him tell it once.
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