Lewis Family History & Genealogy

History

THE LEWIS’S COME TO THE NEW WORLD

In 1605, Sir William Lewis was sent to the New World by King James to raise cotton for Britain in what would become the state of South Carolina. Taking his brothers with him, he conveniently left a wife and five daughters behind.

Name Origin

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Spellings & Pronunciations

Lewis was also spelled Louis and in Scotland instead of Lewis the name was McClary

Nationality & Ethnicity

Lewis is English in origin and AngloSaxxon ethnicity

Famous People named Lewis

Merriweather Lewis was an explorer
Isaac Lewis was a Colonel on the Rebel side of the Civil War
Walker Lewis lived in the lost state Franklin

Early Lewises

These are the earliest records we have of the Lewis family.

• Owerydd Lewis born 1270
• Mary Fitz Lewis Neville born 1478
• William Lewis born 1560
• Robert Lewis born 1574
• Richard Lewis born 1590
• John "The Immigrant" Lewis, I born 1594
• Liddea Edward Warner Lewis born 1610
• Sarah Lewis Woodson born 1645
• John of Lewis, Ii, of Westerly born 1660
• Nicholas Lewis born 1671