Maj. John LEWIS

  Noted events in his life were:

• Land: 250 acres, 1653, Gloucester County, VA. Mr. John Lewis, 250 acres at the head of a branch belonging to Poropotanke Creek, called Lewis Cr. But formerly Totopotomoys Creek in Glouchester County, 1 July 1653. Transported 5 persons: John Lewis, Lidia Lewis, Wm. Lewis, Edward Lewis, John Lewis Jr.

[Land Patent Book No. 3 p. 4]

• Land: 250 acres, 1655, Gloucester County, VA. John Lewis, Jr. 250 acres, Gloucester Co. 29 December 1655 at the main swamp of Poropotanke running down the same from the land of Col. Richard Lee, to Beech Spring &c.

[Land Patent Book No. 4, p. 6]

• Land: 1000 acres, 1658, New Kent County, VA. To all and whereas and now know ye that I the said Samuel Mathews Esq and give and grant unto John Lewis and James Turner one thousand acres of Land and Marsh called Lewis' Island lying and being in the County of New Kent Bonded on the East side on the north side and on the west side with the River and on the south side with Parencess Creek that divides this Land from the Land of John Pouncy. The said Land being due unto the said John Lewis and James Turner by and for the Transportation of twenty persons and to have and yealding and dated the 18^th of November 1658.
[8 New Kent Co VA Land Record]

• Land: 1688 acres, 1662, New Kent County, VA. To all etc whereas etc me Know ye that I the said Sir William Berkeley Governor & give and grant unto John Lewis and Thomas Mitchell one thousand six hundred and Eighty acres of land lying and being in the county of New Kent beginning at a Spanish Oak in the Line of W. Mitchell Land. . .to Lt Cole Jacob's Corner. . .line of Mr. Mitchell's Land. . .The said Land being due by Transportation and To have & to Hold and to be Sold and yielding and paying and which payment to be made yearly from the entry of the survey and rights in the office being the 30^th of October 1662 provided and Dated the 15^th of January 1662.

[New Kent Co VA Deeds, p 565]

• Land: 1000 acres, 1662, New Kent County, VA. John Lewis & James Turner 1000 Acres Patent issued the 18^th March 1662 in the said Lewis & Turner's names and granted by William Berkeley, Knight, his Magesties Governor & Ira Hickman.

[3/1662 New Kent Co VA Land Record ]

• Land: 1700 acres, 1663, New Kent County, VA. John Lewis Patent dated November 23, 1663; 1700 acres at the head of Poropotanke creek both sides, adjoining the lands of Mr. Major, Thomas Hanckes, George Austin, up Coates Branch to Col. Richard Lee's land, to the bridge swamp, thence down the bridge swamp and Porpopontanke Swamp t the head of the Creek and so to the place where it began; 120 acres thereof patented to Timothy Lodell and Thomas Broughton Sept. 13, 1651, and assigned to John Lewis; 100 acres thereof patented by Howell Price Oct. 6, 1656 and assigned to said LEWIS; and 600 acres not before granted.

[Land Patent Book No. 5, p. 299]

• Land: 2000 acres, 1667, New Kent County, VA. To all and whosoever and now know ye that I the said Wm. Berkley, Knt., Governor, do give and grant and on John Lewis two thousand acres of Land in New Kent and proper upon fiven of proper banke swamp beginning at the mount of a great branch north below the said Lewis Plantation. . .to a hickory in Tymothy Lewis oak Line. . .by a branch of Mahogany Swamp. . .to the corner of Geo Majie Land. . .possetion Swamp. . .along John Chambers Land. . .from up land of John Aoy to in South Swamp. . .to John Land. . .Geo Sissims lyne of trees. . .to said road of Cobb branch. . .to the Land where it began. Land being as follows. Eighty acres part through of Tymothy Lewis and one Thousand acres of and six hundred acres granted to the same Lewis by plat Dted the 23 November 1663 and the being hundred and Twenty being due by and for the Transfer of nineteen persons to have and to hold provided and Dated this Seventh August 1667. Persons transported: William Jones, Morgan, Mary Bently, James Shepherd, Jeremy Morgan, Richard Moore, Tho Page, Sarah.

[8/7/1667 New Kent Co VA Land Record ]

• Land: 80 acres + 1000 acres + 600 acres + 820 acres, 1667, New Kent County, VA. JOHN LEWIS; patent dated August 16, 1667, 2600 acres in Glouchester and New Kent Counties being upon both sides of Poropotanke Swamp, beginning at the mouth of a great branch next below the said LEWIS' plantation by Old Woman's Poynt; boundaries mentioned as courses are run as follows: Timothy Lowdell's line, John Levingstone's line, a branch of Mattapony Swamp, Richard Jamor, Junr's land, George Major's land, head of Pepetico Swamp, John Chamberlain's land, John Fox's land Poropotanke Swamp, George Austin's line, head of Coale's branch, the land of Mr. Richard Lee, Bridge Swamp, Poropotanke Swamp to the mill, and down the creek to the beginning. Due 80 acres purchased of Timothy Lowdell, and 1000 acres of Howell Price and 600 acres as by patent Nov. 23, 1663, and the residues 820 acres due by and for the transportation of 19 persons.

[Land Patent Book No. 6, p. 17]

• Land: 100 acres, 1668, New Kent County, VA. To all etc to whom go now know yea that I the sayd Berkerly, Knt, Governor, etc give and grant unto an John Lewis one hundred acres of Land Lying in part County and on the NE side of Caine hole swamp. . .of John Leoissone land next Edward Wadkins land. . .to Cain hole swamp. . .to the head spring this land and John Kings then joining to the said Leoissone Land. . .The Land Grant being by and for the transportation of two persons and to have and to hold adjoining and paying present 22^nd day of April 1668. Tho C

• Land: 10000 acres, 1675, New Kent County, VA. 1675 John Lewis patented 10,000 acres with Lieut. Smity, Capt Lightfoot, Mr. Royston and Buckner

• Military Service: Bacon's Rebellion, 1676, VA. General Court Records:
John Lewis' residence in 1676 being near Major Thomas Pate's, where Bacon encamped, he suffered severely from the depredations of his troops.

"Persons who Suffered by Bacon's Rebellion":
15 Oct. 1677 Col. John West, a person greatly impaired in his stock and goods by the Rebells, and a most constant Loyall Gentleman during the late Rebellion, and was for some time after Bacon's death Inprisoned by the Rebell Partie."

"Major John Lewis a sufferer in the same kind as the former."

Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, p. 67:
At Middlesex Court in Feb 1677 one Matyhew Bentley was summoned to answer the charge that during the late rebellion, when in command of forty or fifty men-in-arms at Major Lewis' plantation in New Kent county, he killed three hogs and four sheep, used a great deal of corn, and took meal for the whole rebel army at Major Pate's The Pate residence was just south of Chemokins.

[http://lewis187.home.mchsi.com/Lewis/Councilor-99.htm#5]

• Cemetery: Lewis Plantation, 1689, King and Queen County, VA. Maj. John Lewis
Unknown Location

[wife, remarried]
Here lieth interred the body of
Mrs. Isabella Yard born the 24^th of
August 1640 and departed this life
the ninth day of February 1703/4
aged 6_ years 5 months & 16 days

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http://lewis187.home.mchsi.com/Lewis/Councilor-99.htm#5

John married Isabella MILLER, daughter of James MILLER and Unknown, in 1666 in New Kent County, VA. (Isabella MILLER was born on 24 Aug 1640 in New Kent County, VA and died on 19 Feb 1703 in Gloucester County, VA.)