When Betsy Mariah Lewis was born on 25 April 1837, in Wethersfield, Wyoming, New York, United States, her father, James Benjamin Lewis, was 30 and her mother, Betsey, was 27. She married John Harold Standish about 1857, in Leighton Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Wayland, Allegan, Michigan, United States in 1860. She died on 7 February 1904, in Leighton Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Hooker Cemetery, Wayland, Allegan, Michigan, 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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