When William Lewis was born in 1748, in Belvoir, Albemarle, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Robert Lewis I, was 44 and his mother, Jane Meriwether, was 56. He married Lucy Meriwether on 31 August 1769, in Albemarle, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 14 November 1779, in Albemarle, Virginia, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Keswick, Albemarle, Virginia, 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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