Brief Life History of Letitia
When Letitia Lewis was born in 1794, in Loudoun, Virginia, United States, her father, Lewis Lewis, was 39 and her mother, Elizabeth Evans, was 36. She married Josiah Records on 29 July 1815, in Pendleton, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died in 1822, in Livingston, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 28.
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- Leticia Lewis, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Letitia Records in entry for William Hobbs and Elizabeth Records, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Letica Lewis, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1796 · Wilderness Road Opens to Wagons
In 1796, the Wilderness Road opened up for wagon use. The route was used by colonial and early settlers to reach Kentucky from the East. It started in Virginia, and went southward to Tennessee and then went north to Kentucky. The main danger of this route was Native American attacks.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
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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