William Lewis, Jr

In 1735, Henry McCulloch was granted 60,000 acres of land along the Black River, north of present-day Wilmington, NC, and he convinced many families in Northern Ireland to move to this area, including William Lewis, Jr. William Lewis, Jr. brought his family (wife's name unknown) to the Black River area of North Carolina in 1736 (New Hanover County - now Pender County). .

William Lewis, Jr. was born in Northern Ireland around 1690 and he died in North Carolina in 1755. As much of his lineage that is available continues in this site. More will be added as research uncovers it.

WILLIAM LEWIS, Jr., born in Northern Ireland around 1690 and he died in North Carolina in 1755. William Lewis, Jr. brought his family (wife's name unknown) to the Black River area of North Carolina in 1736 (New Hanover County - now Pender County). His five children were all born in Northern Ireland: James (b. 1723), Mary (b. 1724), Jane (b. 1726), Jacob (b. 1728), and William III (b. 1730).

Origins

WILLIAM LEWIS, Sr., born in France around 1660 and returned to Wales in 1687, where he married Mary McClelland (of Scotland) in 1688 and settled in Northern Ireland. They had three sons, William Lewis, Jr., John Lewis, and Andrew Lewis, all who moved their families to the New World in the 1700s, settling in North Carolina and Virginia. William Lewis, Sr. established a new law practice in Northern Ireland, where he lived out the remainder of his life, dying in 1720.
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William Lewis, Jr. was the first known Lewis to "permanently" settle in New Hanover County, North Carolina, arriving in 1736 in the Black River area that is now Pender County. William Lewis, Jr. was born in Northern Ireland around 1690 and he died in North Carolina (New Hanover County) in 1755.