Morgan Lewis

Male1728–

Brief Life History of Morgan

When Morgan Lewis was born in 1728, in Eglwysilan, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Rowland Lewis, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth Thomas, was 22. He married Jane Evans about 1751. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters.

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Family Time Line

Morgan Lewis
1728–
Jane Evans
1730–
Marriage: about 1751
Lewis Lewis
1746–
Margaret Lewis
1749–
Mary Lewis
1749–
William Lewis
about 1751–
Morgan Lewis
1754–

Sources (1)

  • Morgan in entry for Morgan Lewis, "Wales, Glamorgan Parish Registers, 1558-1900"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1751
  • Children (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (3)

    1815

    Age 87

    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    1823

    Age 95

    Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

    1831 · Merthyr Uprising 

    Age 103

    Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.

    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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