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About Ann Robertson
Ann Lewis, the only daughter of Elizabeth and Francis Lewis, fell in love with a post-captain in the British navy, named Robertson. Her father refused to consent to their marriage and a clandestine wedding ensued. Had she remained in America, it is probable that reconciliation would have been effected, but as Captain Robertson and his bride soon after sailed for England all intercourse ceased. Robertson was a brave, reckless sort of man, it is said, not given to taking much thought of the morrow. When in years afterward Mrs. Robertson was left a widow in straitened circumstances a small sum of money was sent her every year anonymously and it was not until the death of Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, that the identity of the donor was made known. The Queen was reported to have said that the wife of a gallant sailor like Captain Robertson ought not to suffer penury. One of Mrs. Robertson's daughters, Marianne Robertson, married John Bird Sumner, archbishop of Canterbury. Another, Louisa Lewis Robertson, married, John Mathias Turner, bishop of Calcutta, and a third Ann Robertson became the wife of Sir James Moncrieff, Lord Advocate of Scotland a son Thomas Campbell Robertson was involved with India's political policies
http://colonialhall.com/lewis/lewisElizabeth.php
There is a disputed whether she was died in London 1829 (as per the family tree) or, as Google states
In 1745, Lewis married to Elizabeth Annesley (died 1779), a sister of his business partner. Together, they were the parents of seven children, only three of whom survived to adulthood:
Ann Lewis (1748–1802), who married Capt. George Robertson (1742–1791) of the British Royal Navy, against her father's wishes, and immediately thereafter, left for England, never to speak or see her family again.[citation needed] Francis Lewis Jr. (1749–1814), who served as churchwarden of St George's Parish in Flushing from 1791 to 1794. He married Elizabeth Ludlow (d. 1831),[8] daughter of Gabriel Ludlow, Esq. Morgan Lewis (1754–1844), who married Gertrude Livingston, the daughter of Judge Robert Livingston of Clermont.
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Ann Robertson's Timeline
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1748
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Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1779 |
1779
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Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
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1780
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Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
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1782
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November 1789
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Kenilworth, Warwickshire, UK
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May 25, 1802
Age 54
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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