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Elizabeth Anne Givens Lewis

Birth
County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Death
1781 (aged 56–57)
Bedford, Bedford County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Salem, Salem City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Unmarked grave
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Daughter of Samuel & Sarah Cathey Givens.

Elizabeth Givens was born 1724 in County Antrim IRE and died aft. 1781 in Salem VA. She was the daughter of Samuel Givens and Sarah Cathey.

Married General Andrew Lewis in 1749 at Augusta Co VA.

In 1749 Andrew Lewis married Elizabeth Givens, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Cathey) Givens formerly of County Antrim, Ireland.

General Andrew Lewis and his wife established their own home. They called it Richfield, and it was located in what today is Roanoke County near Salem.

Children:

Maj. John Lewis, 1746 – 1772

Col. Samuel Lewis, 04 Sept 1748 – 1763 Greenbrier, W. Va.

Thomas Lewis, 1752 – 1800

Col. Andrew Lewis, Jr., 1759 – 1844

Ann Anna Lewis, 1760 – 1848, She married Rowland T. Madison 1781. Rowland was born 1753. Rowland was the son of John Madison and Agatha Strother.

Col. William Gaston Lewis, 1764 – 17 Jan 1825 near Little Rock, Ar.

Charles Lewis, 1768 – 1781

Joshua Lewis, 1772 – 1833

Agatha Lewis, 1779 – 1852

Elizabeth Lewis, 1805 –

My ggg-grandmother, Elizabeth Lewis married Joseph Sidney Cochran in 1827. They have been recognized, as a "First Texas Family", having settled in Jasper County Texas in 1832 when it was still The Republic Of Texas.

Elizabeth (Lewis) Cochran's gg grandparents were General Andrew H. Lewis and Elizabeth Givens Lewis.
by Terry Lee Cochran

(bio by: Terry Lee Cochran )

Daughter of Samuel & Sarah Cathey Givens.

Elizabeth Givens was born 1724 in County Antrim IRE and died aft. 1781 in Salem VA. She was the daughter of Samuel Givens and Sarah Cathey.

Married General Andrew Lewis in 1749 at Augusta Co VA.

In 1749 Andrew Lewis married Elizabeth Givens, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Cathey) Givens formerly of County Antrim, Ireland.

General Andrew Lewis and his wife established their own home. They called it Richfield, and it was located in what today is Roanoke County near Salem.

Children:

Maj. John Lewis, 1746 – 1772

Col. Samuel Lewis, 04 Sept 1748 – 1763 Greenbrier, W. Va.

Thomas Lewis, 1752 – 1800

Col. Andrew Lewis, Jr., 1759 – 1844

Ann Anna Lewis, 1760 – 1848, She married Rowland T. Madison 1781. Rowland was born 1753. Rowland was the son of John Madison and Agatha Strother.

Col. William Gaston Lewis, 1764 – 17 Jan 1825 near Little Rock, Ar.

Charles Lewis, 1768 – 1781

Joshua Lewis, 1772 – 1833

Agatha Lewis, 1779 – 1852

Elizabeth Lewis, 1805 –

My ggg-grandmother, Elizabeth Lewis married Joseph Sidney Cochran in 1827. They have been recognized, as a "First Texas Family", having settled in Jasper County Texas in 1832 when it was still The Republic Of Texas.

Elizabeth (Lewis) Cochran's gg grandparents were General Andrew H. Lewis and Elizabeth Givens Lewis.
by Terry Lee Cochran

(bio by: Terry Lee Cochran )



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