James Lewis

James LEWIS was born 6 SEP 1767. He married Elizabeth STEWART. He was the son of Gideon LEWIS and Nancy OSBORNE.

Disputed Origins

This James Lewis was the son of Gideon Lewis and Nancy Osborne, not Col. Robert Lewis, Jr., of Granville County & Mary Frances Lewis. Y DNA test results show that if you take the 700+ marker test and you are a direct-in-line-male descendant of Gideon Lewis you'll get this result: R-BY137177 belonging to haplogroup R1b 09. If you belong to the line of Robert Lewis you will be in haplogroup R1b 08. The two families are separated by 2700 years.

Descendants of Gideon Lewis Y DNA test results match descendants of James Theophilus Lewis, Sr., which suggests they were brothers.

The SAR and DAR linkages were based on the Paxton report which was based on an older ladies faulty memory back in the 1890s; the report for <DAR Ancestor #: A070116 > currently shows many conflicts, and needs updating.

Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stewart-3436

Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" Stewart was b. 25 Feb 1770[1] probably in Wilkes County, NC, to John Stewart [2] and Hannah Boone. He attended Daniel Boone on his first expedition to Kentucky and was killed by Indians.[1]

She married James Lewis,[1] probably in 1786.[2]

In 1818 they moved to Crawford County, Indiana, and in 1820 they went to Jackson County, Missouri, where James Lewis died about 1840.[1]

Children of James and Elizabeth (Stewart) Lewis:[1]

1. William, b. 27 September 1787
2. Jesse, b. 9 April 1790
3. Ann, b. 27 February 1792
4. Gideon, b. 27 September 1795
5. Joshua, b. 26 November 1797
6. Stewart, b. 29 May 1800
7. Daniel P., b. 20 January 1802
8. Byram, b. 13 August 1804
9. Polly, b. 16 November 1806
10. James, b. 12 November 1808
11. Isaac T, b. 29 Jan 1811 (living in 1897 at the time of publication)
12. Elizabeth, b. 10 October 1813

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Biography

Somewhere in the Northwest part of North Carolina James met and married Ann Elizabeth Stewart, who was born February 25, 1770. They sometimes spelled the name Stuart. They lived in Wilkes County. Ann was the youngest daughter of John Stewart and his wife Hannah Boone, youngest daughter of Squire Boone and a sister of Daniel Boone. At least one of his children, the oldest, William, born a year after the marriage of James, while they were still in North Carolina, died on a farm he had settled on in California in 1853. Thus it seems that this child crossed the entire continent before the days of transcontinental railroads. James and his family lived on land Southeast of Rocheport (Boone County), Missouri, known as Terrapius Neck from 1817 to 1820. Their children were: William, born September 27, 1787; Jessie born April 09, 1790; Ann, born February 27, 1792; Gideon, born September 27, 1795; Joshua, born November 26, 1797; Stewart, born May 29, 1800; Daniel, born January 02, 1802; Byrum, born August 15, 1804; Polly, born November 16, 1806; James, born November 12, 1808; Isaac, born January 29, 1811; and Elizabeth, born October 10, 1813.

James moved from North Carolina to Barren County, Kentucky, where his younger children were born. Between 1816 and 1825 they lived in Crawford Co., Indiana, St. Charles, Boone and Jackson Counties, Missouri. They had only a short stay in St. Charles County for the purpose of visiting Daniel Boone and family. James died early in the forties and both he and wife Elizabeth are buried in an old burying ground on the farm of Mr. Elliott near Platte City, Missouri.

From Paxton, William McClung. Annals of Platte County, Missouri. Platte Co., MO: Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Company, 1897. Page 557.

References

1. Paxton, William McClung. Annals of Platte County, Missouri. Platte Co., MO: Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Company, 1897. Page 557. < GoogleBooks >
2. Stewart Clan Magazine, Volumes 1-10. G.T. Edson, 1922. Page 206.< GoogleBooks >
3. https://www.familytreedna.com/public/lewissurnamednaproject/default... Haplogroup R1b - Group 09
4. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61060418/article-about-jesse-stewar...
5. https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/193970/I501/james-lewis/individual James LEWIS was born 6 SEP 1767. He married Elizabeth STEWART. He was the son of Gideon LEWIS and Nancy OSBORNE.
6. as of August 2022, James Lewis & his wife Elizabeth Stewart & their descendants are listed on the DAR GRS database under <DAR Ancestor #: A070116 > for LEWIS, ROBERT (1739-1781). Presumably this will be updated in due course.