Lewis Flint was born in 1786, in Harrison, West Virginia, United States. He married Mary Jackson on 12 March 1805, in Harrison, West Virginia, United States.
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1786– Male
– Female
English and German: topographic name for someone who lived near a significant outcrop of flint (from Old and Middle English, Low German flint), or a nickname for a hard-hearted or physically tough individual, metaphorically as hard as flint.
Welsh: habitational name from Flint in Clwyd, which gave its name to the old county of Flintshire.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Flinte ‘shotgun’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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