Person:Augustus Lewis (1)
Augustus Johnson Lewis
b.10 Oct 1759 Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
d.18 Mar 1851 Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 20 Apr 1755
  1. Augustus Johnson Lewis1759 - 1851
Spouse and Children
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  1. Joseph Hoxsey Lewis - Aft 1851
  2. Simeon P. Lewis1782 - 1832
  3. Penelope Lewis1785 - 1865
  4. Deborah H. LewisAbt 1791 - 1858
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Facts and Events
Name Augustus Johnson Lewis
Gender Male
Birth[4] 10 Oct 1759 Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
Marriage to Susannah Perry
Death? 18 Mar 1851 Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
Burial? Charlestown, RI, Historical Cemetery #24, Cross Mills, RI

Augustus Johnson Lewis was named for a popular politician in Rhode Island during the 1750s, Augustus Johnston. Unfortunately, in 1765 Augustus Johnston was appointed Stampmaster by the King. His popularity immediately ended. The mob hanged him in effigy. He was forced to resign. The king then appointed him a judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court in South Carolina.

Augustus Johnson Lewis' mother died shortly before his second birthday. He was raised by his uncle Judge Joseph Hoxsie who gave him the Pasquisett Farm in Charlestown. Augustus Johnson Lewis lived to be 101 years old, dying as a pauper in Charlestown, in the home of his granddaughter, Arleville Co. (Browning) Larkin, wife of Reuben Larkin.

References
  1.   gravestone, in Charlestown, RI, Historical Cemetery.
  2.   (LE35) AUGUSTUS JOHNSON LEWIS, in Wright, William E. Ancestors and descendants of William Browning Greene and Mary Hoxsie Lewis: with allied families. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Gateway Press, c1993)
    381.
  3.   Charlestown Historical Society. Charlestown Rhode Island Births, Deaths and Marriages 1738 - 1849.

    Lewis, Augustus Johnson, of Amos and Mary. October 10, 1759. Charlestown Town CouncilVitals
    Book 1738-1759:172

  4. ↑ Charlestown - Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
    24.

    LEWIS, Augustus J., of Amos and Mary, [born] Oct. 10, 1759.

  5.   Letter of testimony regarding service of Beriah Lewis in Beriah Lewis pension file.
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