Brief Life History of George
When George Lewis was born on 4 October 1784, in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Lewis Lewis, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Evans, was 26. He married Asenath Hutchins on 11 March 1811. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He lived in Pendleton, Henry, Kentucky, United States in 1850. He died on 18 July 1861, in Pendleton, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 76.
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- Geo Lewis, "United States Census, 1860"
- George Lewis, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- George Lewis in entry for Lilbern Lively and Lettica Lewis, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1787 · Second State to Ratify U.S. Constitution
On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
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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