Mourning Lewis

Van Pelt Family traceable to bef 1600- AKA Morning

Many sources cite this John (or Jan) Van Pelt as the father of Mourning. It may be that this is because Mrs. Stevenson tells the family legend (pages 2,3) of Mourning arriving from Holland in a ship captained by her father, and that this Van Pelt, whose name is often preceeded in the records by ―Captain is a likely candidate. But the legend does not hold together since it is now clear that Captain John is of the wrong generation, did not disappear at sea on returning to Holland, and did not have a ―Hendrick as father. So if we assume for the moment that Hendrick (Henry) Janse Van Pelt was the grandfather of Mourning, the next question is who might be the father or mother. We know that Hendrick Janse had a son of about the right age to be Mourning‘s father: Hendrick, Jr. born 1720. We do not know when or if he married, who were his children, or when he died. Only by ruling out others, some have reached the tentative conclusion that he is the father of Mourning. We only know he was born in 1720, baptized on Jan. 1, 1721 in Port Richmond, N.Y. If he ever lived in North Carolina, he left no ―footprint‖ of recorded deeds or other transactions. The property sale from 1766, quoted above, implies that the grandfather passed his some of his estate to Mourning and not to her father. But Hendrick, Sr. died in 1747, when Mourning would have been young, about two. This provides indirect evidence that her father might have died before 1747, explaining his absence in the record.

Bertie Co., NC

Deed: 1766 9 Oct - L-2, 74-William Lewis and his wife Mourning (x) of Dobbs County to Eleazer Ouinby (Quinby?) mariner, 16 pounds proc. 250 ac which was bequeathed to Mourning Van Pelt now wife of sd William Lewis by her grandfather Hendrick Van Pelt on Tumbling Branch. Wit: John Freeman, James Freeman Mar. Ct. 1767. John Johnston C/C

After Rev. War granted 1000 acres in Georgetown, Book 70 Page 305 6/4/1798.

The will of William Lewis was made May 14, 1811, and recorded Aug. 28, 1811. His wife survived him and died May 9, 1817. He was said to have met Mourning Van Pelt in Charleston, where her father's ship was in port. The young couple soon married. Her father, impressed by the possibilities for settlers, returned to Holland to settle his estate, planning to return with his family, but was never heard from again.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87427897/mourning-lewis

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