Messenger LEWIS
SOURCES: 1. Clay County,Kentucky Land Records (FHL#976.9145) pgs 274-275 2. Daughters of American Revolution Patriot Index (FHL#973. C42da 1990) pg 1795 3. Clay County,Kentucky Histories & Families (FHL#976.9 H2c) 4. Clay County,Kentucky Death Record (FHL#976.9145 V28j) 5. Clay County Ancestral News, Jul 1996, Vol 12, #2, pgs 30,31 (FHL#976.9145 D25c)
NAME: John aka James
He married Freelove Shaw Abt 1786 at Prob Fishkill, Dutchess, New York . Freelove Shaw was born at of Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut 7 May 1769 .
They were the parents of 10
children:
William Lewis
born Abt 1786.
Malinda Lewis
born 29 Dec 1789.
Thomas Lewis
born 21 Oct 1792.
David Lewis
born 1795.
John Lewis
born 1 Jan 1798.
Sarah Lewis
born 1 Mar 1802.
Peggy Lewis
born 31 Jan 1808.
Betsy Lewis
born 3 Aug 1810.
Samuel Lewis
born 31 Jan 1808.
Mary Ann Lewis
born 9 Apr 1813.
Messenger Lewis died 28 Jul 1836 at Sangamon, Illinois .
Freelove Shaw died 5 Apr 1835 at Sangamon, Illinois .