Person:Edmund Lewis (10)

Essex County Probate File #: 16746 (Ancestry.com)

                                  Name: Edmund Lew
                                  File Date: 06 Aug 1805
                                  Residence: Marblehead
                                  Occupation: gentleman
                                     Type: testate
                                Comment: case beyond 1840

Database: Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.

               Combined Matches: 4
               Volume 9
               page 736
               Lewis, Edmund.Private, Capt. William Hooper's co.; enlisted Sept. 1, 1776;
               discharged Nov. 15, 1776; service, 2 mos. 15 days. Roll dated Marblehead.

               Volume 9
               page 736
               Lewis, Edmund.Petition dated Boston, Sept. 25, 1781, signed by George Dodge, Jr.,
               in behalf of himself and others, of Salem, asking that said Lewis be commissioned                as commander of the ship Washington (privateer); ordered in Council Sept. 26,                    1781,  that a commission be issued.

               Volume 11
               page 309
               Negles, Richard.2d Lieutenant, brigantine Free Mason (privateer); petition dated
               Marblehead, July 27, 1778, signed by Edmund Lewis, in behalf of himself and others,
               of Marblehead, asking that John Conway be commissioned as commander of said
               vessel; ordered in Council July 27, 1778, that a commission be issued.

Buried at Unitarian cemetery, Marblehead MA[russell.FTW]

"Sailed from Paris to La Martinique to New Orleans to New York then to Boston in 1760. A sister about 16 came with him, but died soon after their arrival. His will proved in Salem, August 5, 1805. Is said to have been at the school Du Plessis in Paris with Lafayette. His family bible was in possession of Mrs. Blany and burned, but the family record was saved. He owned several ships and was wealthy. He refused to say anything about his family except that 'they all died suddenly one day.' He had no relatives in this country. There were others of the name in Marblehead no way related. "A lady (a descendant of Capt. Lewis) riding in Marblehead some time ago met an old gent. and asked if he knew the family, 'Yes indeed' was the reply, 'the daughters were all very handsome, and every one fit for a duchess, you look just like them. It was a pretty sight to see the 8 daughters coming out of church all dressed in white, and the sons, with cocked hats under their arms for fear of disturbing their powdered wigs, waiting for them at the steps.'"

Lewis, Capt. Edmund, died 8 June 1805, 57 years [#174] UU Church burial recordsEssex County Probate File #: 16746 (Ancestry.com) Name: Edmund Lewis File Date: 06 Aug 1805 Residence: Marblehead Occupation: gentleman Type: testate Comment: case beyond 1840

Database: Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. Combined Matches: 4 Volume 9 page 736 Lewis, Edmund.Private, Capt. William Hooper's co.; enlisted Sept. 1, 1776; discharged Nov. 15, 1776; service, 2 mos. 15 days. Roll dated Marblehea

Volume 9 page 736 Lewis, Edmund.Petition dated Boston, Sept. 25, 1781, signed by George Dodge, Jr., in behalf of himself and others, of Salem, asking that said Lewis be commissioned as commander of the ship Washington (privateer); ordered in Council Sept. 26, 1781, that a commission be issued.

Volume 11 page 309 Negles, Richard.2d Lieutenant, brigantine Free Mason (privateer); petition dated Marblehead, July 27, 1778, signed by Edmund Lewis, in behalf of himself and others, of Marblehead, asking that John Conway be commissioned as commander of said vessel; ordered in Council July 27, 1778, that a commission be issued.

Buried at Unitarian cemetery, Marblehead MA[russell.FTW]

"Sailed from Paris to La Martinique to New Orleans to New York then to Boston in 1760. A sister about 16 came with him, but died soon after their arrival. His will proved in Salem, August 5, 1805. Is said to have been at the school Du Plessis in Paris with Lafayette. His family bible was in possession of Mrs. Blany and burned, but the family record was saved. He owned several ships and was wealthy. He refused to say anything about his family except that 'they all died suddenly one day.' He had no relatives in this country. There were others of the name in Marblehead no way related. "A lady (a descendant of Capt. Lewis) riding in Marblehead some time ago met an old gent. and asked if he knew the family, 'Yes indeed' was the reply, 'the daughters were all very handsome, and every one fit for a duchess, you look just like them. It was a pretty sight to see the 8 daughters coming out of church all dressed in white, and the sons, with cocked hats under their arms for fear of disturbing their powdered wigs, waiting for them at the steps.'"

Lewis, Capt. Edmund, died 8 June 1805, 57 years [#174] UU Church burial records

'Sailed from Paris to La Martinique to New Orleans to New York then to Boston in 1760. A sister about 16 came with him, but died soon after their arrival. His will proved in Salem, August 5, 1805. Is said to have been at the school Du Plessis in Paris with Lafayette. His family bible was in possession of Mrs. Blany and burned, but the family record was saved. He owned several ships and was wealthy. He refused to say anything about his family except that 'they all died suddenly one day.' He had no relatives in this country. There were others of the name in Marblehead no way related. 'A lady (a descendant of Capt. Lewis) riding in Marblehead som time ago met an old gent. and asked if he knew the family, 'Yes indeed' was the reply, 'the daughters were all very handsome, and every one fit for a duchess, you look just like them. It was a pretty sight to see the 8 daughters coming out of church all dressed in white, and the sons, with cocked hats under their arms for fear of disturbing their powdered wigs, waiting for them at the steps.

1. ↑ Unitarian Church burial records, Marblehead MA.
2. ↑ Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Marblehead, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1903-08)
   604.

   LEWIS: Edmund, Capt., June 8, 1805, a. 57 y. G. R. 2.

3. ↑ Compiler: Essex Institute, Peabody Essex Museum. Essex Institute Historical Collections. (Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1910)
   p. 62.
4.   Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to about 1850, Volume: Electronic Edition. (Search & ReSearch Publishing Corp., Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, 1998)
   Marblehead 2:604.
5. ↑ c 1748
6.   LEWIS, Edmund Unitarian Cem Marblehead MA 55 Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.3, p. _Serial: 11912; Volume: 4 Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots: Volume 3 LEWIS Edmund Unitarian Cem, Marblehead MA 55 Is this Edmund?
7. ↑ Captain Edmund Lewis was of French origin.
   His family came from Paris, France, to the island of Martinique, W. I.,
   where all save Edmund and a younger sister
   were drowned by a tidal wave or great storm. With his
   sister he removed to New Orleans and thence to New
   York and from there in 1760 to Boston. He then came
   to Marblehead where some French families resided, and
   soon after his sister died at the age of 16 years. During
   the War of the Revolution he was a prisoner at Halifax, N. S.,
   and with eight ship captains escaped through the
   mouth of a drain, taking refuge under a dory, while the
   English fired over them. He was also on board the " Tomahawk,"
   and taken prisoner after peace was declared. He
   married, Oct. 19, 1769, Tabitha, daughter of John and
   Miriam (Rhodes) Russell of Marblehead, who received her
   father's mansion house by his will. She was baptized
   July 5, 1752, and died at Danvers, Aug. 28 (g. s. 29),
   1814, aged 62 years (Mhd. rec.). Capt. Lewis was a ship
   master and died June 8 (g. s.) (June 10, family records)
   1805, aged 57 years.