Caleb Lewis

Brief Life History of Caleb

When Caleb Lewis was born in 1792, in New York, United States, his father, Elijah John Lewis, was 28 and his mother, Lucy O'Dell, was 21. He married Hepzibeth Chamberlain in 1834, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Angelica, Angelica, Allegany, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died on 20 July 1851, in Allegany, New York, United States, at the age of 59.

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Family Time Line

Caleb Lewis
1792–1851
Hepzibeth Chamberlain
1803–1854
Marriage: 1834
Lucy Lewis
1828–1915
Rachel Reed Lewis
1835–
Henry Ridenbark Lewis
1836–
Mary Morrison Lewis
1843–
Martha Lewis
1847–
David Lewis
1849–

Sources (2)

  • Caleb Lewis, "United States Census, 1840"
  • Caleb Lewis, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (7)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1806

Historical Boundaries: 1806: Allegany, New York, United States

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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