Sargent Nathaniel Lewis

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Find a Grave # 144300699 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144300699/nathaniel-lewis)

Birth: Oct. 22, 1740 Litchfield County Connecticut, USA

Married to Esther Tuttle on Jaunary 16, 1767 Father of Elizabeth (Lewis) Hale, interred in McKune Cemetery, Oakland Township, Susquehanna County, PA

Nathaniel Lewis, born October 22, 1740; Litchfield County, CT. His death occurred in Wells, Rutland County, VT

In 1762 Nathaniel Lewis served in the French and Indian War under Captain Archibald McNeil

In the first year of the Revolutionary War, Nathaniel Lewis served as sergeant, in a Litchfield Company under Capt. David Welch.

Nathaniel Lewis married Esther Tuttle on January 16, 1767 in Litchfield, CT

Their children were: - Elizabeth Lewis, b. November 20, 1767, Wells, VT, d. February 16, 1842, Harmony, Susquehanna Co., PA (married Isaac Hale) - Nathaniel Lewis, b. May 27, 1768, d. October 26, 1860, Amboy, Lee County, IL - John Lewis, b. October 03, 1770 - Enos Lewis, b. May 16, 1772 - Esther Lewis, b. May 31, 1774 - Jekial Lewis, b. August 20, 1776 - Molly Lewis, b. January 09, 1779 - Reuben Lewis, b. January 13, 1782 - Amos Lewis, b. April 07, 1785
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Their oldest daughter, Elizabeth married in 1790 to Isaac Hale, afterwards removing from Wells, Rutland County, VT, to Willingborough, Luzerne County, PA.

Isaac Hale and Nathaniel Lewis lived near each other, on the north side of the river, as early as 1791. Afterwards, Nathaniel bought a place on the south side, and resided there for many years. Shortly after 1810 the boundaries of Willingborough was remapped. The region where Isaac and Nathaniel's families had settled became known as Harmony of Susquehanna County, PA.

Gershom & Mary's children: - John Lewis, b. Oct 1736, Guilford, CT, d. 30 Oct 1758 - Gersham Lewis, b. 30 May 1738, Guilford, CT, d. 21 Jan 1739 - Mary Lewis, b. Abt 1740, Guilford, CT, d. 9 Sep 1815, Southington, CT - Nathaniel Lewis, b. 22 Oct 1740, Guilford, CT - Elisabeth Lewis, b. 21 Apr 1743, Colchester, CT, d. 1820, Waterborough, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada - Osias Lewis, b. Abt 1749, Litchfield, Litchfield, CT, d. 1812 - Reuben Lewis, b. 22 Mar 1753, Litchfield, CT, d. 6 Jul 1779, Litchfield, CT
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Spouse:

 Esther Tuttle Lewis (1747 - ____)

Children:

 Elizabeth Lewis Hale (1767 - 1842)*

• Calculated relationship

Burial: Wells Town Cemetery Wells Rutland County Vermont, USA

Created by: NancyM Record added: Mar 28, 2015 Find A Grave Memorial# 144300699

Nathaniel Lewis born 1740 in Litchfield, Conn. Married Esther Tuttle 1767. Moved to Wells and Rutland, Vermont and later to Harmony in Chautauqua Co. New York. In 1762 Nathaniel Lewis served in the French and Indian War under Captain Archibald McNeil. He was Sargent, 4th Company, 1st Connecticut Regiment under Capt. David Welch of the Litchfield Company in the Northern Department, Nov. 10, 1775. (Welch's home is on the Nat'l Historic Register in Litchfield.) In 1781 he is shown as serving in Capt. Abel Merriman's Company of Col. Thomas Lee's Regiment of Vermont Militia. (Col. Lee shows up in Vermont court records as a leader of the Vermont Regulators who in 1786 led a mob of one hundred Vermont men and interrupted a court proceeding.)

GEDCOM Note

Service Source:  GOODRICH, ROLLS OF THE SOLS IN THE REV WAR 1775-1783, P 467