Brief Life History of Amos
When Amos Lewis was born on 10 July 1709, in Radnor Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, David Lewis, was 39 and his mother, Anne Jones, was 44. He married Hannah Knowles on 12 September 1734, in Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, and was buried in Friends Arch Street Meeting House Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Amos Lewis and Hannah Knowles marriage in the U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
- Amos Lewis, "Find A Grave Index"
- Amos Lewis in the Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Will Index, 1682-1819
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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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