Brief Life History of Dinah
When Dinah Lewis was born in 1729, in Newtown Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Phineas Lewis, was 26 and her mother, Hannah Mercer Pennell, was 26. She married John A Whitaker Sr on 16 September 1748, in Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 1 May 1769, in West Caln Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, at the age of 40.
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- Family Data Collection - Births
- Dinah Lewis, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- Dinah Lewis Whitaker, "Find A Grave Index"
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Name Meaning
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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