When Leonard Lewis II was born on 2 March 1707, in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States, his father, Leonard Leiwis, was 39 and his mother, Elisabeth Hardenbergh, was 36. He married Tryntje Catherine Van Kleeck about 1736, in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He died on 9 August 1759, in his hometown, at the age of 52.
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English: from the Middle English, Old French personal name Lewis, Leweis, Lowis, from ancient Germanic (originally West Frankish) Hludwig (itself from hlōd- ‘fame, famous’ + wīg- ‘battle’). This was Latinized as Ludovicus and Chlodovisus, which were gallicized as Clovis or Clouis, French Louis. The name may also appear as Lawis, Laweys, Lawes, by unrounding of the vowel of Lowis on the analogy of the variation between Low and Law as pet forms of Middle English Lourence alias Laurence. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Laws 2 and compare Lawrence .
Welsh: adopted for the Welsh personal name Llywelyn (see Llewellyn ).
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lughaidh ‘son of Lughaidh’. This is one of the most common Old Irish personal names. It is derived from Lugh ‘brightness’, which was the name of a Celtic god.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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