When Frances Lewis was born on 8 October 1751, in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Joseph Lewis, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Dexter Hasey, was 20. She married John Barter on 20 November 1772, in Barters Island, Boothbay, Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died in 1779, in Barters Island, Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Lewis Cemetery, Trevett, Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1760: Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Lincoln, Maine, United States
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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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