When Frances "Fanny" Lewis was born in 1798, in Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States, her father, Tureman D. Lewis, was 39 and her mother, Mary Polly Davidson, was 42. She married William Johnson on 18 November 1818, in Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Berkeley Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States in 1860. She died on 1 September 1873, in Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States, at the age of 75.
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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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