Thomas Jones Lewis (1709-1808)
Details on Thomas are somewhat conflicted. My "Lewis Lineage" document starts
b. ca. 1700-1715, in Piscataway tmp. N.J. m. ca. 1730-33 - Ann, maiden name unknown, b. 1757, d. Mar 24, 1808, aged 93, at Basking Ridge, N.J. Thomas d. approx Oct. 5, 1763 at Barnardstown, Somerset Co. NJ. date of proving of his will.
If this is available elsewhere it may be what led some people on Ancestry to conclude that Thomas died in 1808, when careful reading indicates it was his wife Ann who died then (Thomas's death date is unknown). Other records at Ancestry show Thomas's death in 1763.
The document continues:
Children, named in will: Jacob, said to have been b. Oct. 27, 1734, near Basking Ridge; Zephaniah, m. Ann Doughty or Doty; Mary, m. Colyer; Sarah, m. Sayers; Ann, no record; Rachel m. Andrew Tone.
This document is so far the closest I have to an authoritative source.
Other records from Ancestry suggest that Thomas's wife, only known as "Ann" in the Lewis Lineage, was more fully named Sarah Anna Maria Dandridge (1715-1808).
The New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 has the following:
1768, Sept. 17. Lewis, Thomas, of Bernards Town, Somerset Co.; will of. My wife to have use of that part of plantation where I live, that I bought of Edward Lewis, of 31 acres, which was first conveyed by James Alexander to Samuel Rolfe, and by him to Edward Lewis. Sons. Jacob and Zepheniah, the plantation I bought of Daniel Sutton, of 190 acres, and they are to pay the bonds which I owe to John Avers and John Primrose. Daughters, Ann, Sarah, Mary and Rachel, my personal estate. Executor--my brother, Edward Lewis, of Bernards Town. Witnesses- -Zachariah Sutton, William Doty, John Brees. Proved Oct. 5, 1763.
Lib. HI, p. 309.
- Parents: Samuel Lewis (1673-1739), Susanna Jones (1675-1739)
- Spouse: Sarah Anna Maria Dandridge (1715-1808)
- Siblings:
- Children: Jacob Lewis (1734-), Zephaniah Lewis, Mary Lewis, Sarah Lewis, Ann Lewis, Rachel Lewis (1744-1840)