*Notice- A slight update to the profile will occur for end of 2022. Virginia land acquisition records will remain in full.*
He is not the son of Robert Lewis. The tentative identification of Robert Lewis as his father in the 1903 Sorley book was already suspect as this article from the William and Mary College Quarterly in 1901 indicates.
The grave of his father and his spouse were not discovered until 1948.
Grace McLean Moses book from 1984 correctly identifies his father as John Lewis.
John was the older of two sons who came to Virginia in 1653 on the ship with their father John the Emigrant as well as with Major William and Lida Lewis and his brother Edward Lewis. He was born in Abergavenny, and baptized Dec 15, 1633 (Register of St Teilo church, Moses p.25)
He obtained his first land grant in 1655, after turning 21. When Major William Lewis died, he willed the Chemokins estate to Major John Lewis. John was a Vestryman of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County.
He was also a Major in the New Kent County Militia (hence his identifier of Major John). New Kent is the county and parish where Chemokins is located.
In one court record, Major John Lewis is mentioned as a surveyor. (Sorely, p27)
He married Isabella Miller, daughter of James Miller the Elder of York County, and they had two sons John and Edward.
Major John Lewis – Family notes:
Major John's wife Isabella had a brother named James (the Younger), who died without heirs. In his will, he left his entire estate to his sister, with reversion to her sons John (this John is Councilor John Lewis who married Elizabeth Warner) and Edward.
Isabella's gravestone is in the small cemetery where Emigrant John is also buried. She died after Major John Lewis as she remarried after his death and her headstone lists her as "Isaballa Yard".
Major John Lewis's tombstone has never been discovered, and the exact date of his death is unknown. No probate of his will, if he had one, has been found.
The records of St Peter's Parish do not corroborate any more children than the two sons John and Edward. To date I am unaware of any documentation to support the existence of other children.Major John Lewis is most noted for being the father of Councilor John Lewis.
John is first cited as headright for his father's 1653 land patent for 250 acres in then York County, Virginia.
John Lewis, Jr. would have been about 20 years of age when he accompanied his father to Virginia and about 24 when his father died. He is usually referred to as Major to distinguish him from his father and his son of the same name.
As "John Lewis Jr," he patented 250 acres, Gloucester Co. on 29 December 1655 at the main swamp of Poropotanke running down the same from the land of Col. Richard Lee, to Beech Spring &c.
On 18 November 1658 he and James Turner were granted 1000 acres of land and marsh, called Lewis Island for the transport of 20 persons.
John Lewis Patent dated 23 November 1663: 1700 acres at the head of Poropotanke creek both sides, adjoining the lands of Mr. Major, Thomas Hanckes, George Austin, up Coates Branch to Col. Richard Lee's land, to the bridge swamp, thence down the bridge swamp and Poropontanke Swamp at the head of the Creek and so to the place where it began; 120 acres thereof patented to Timothy Lodell and Thomas Broughton Sept. 13, 1651, and assigned to John Lewis; 100 acres thereof patented by Howell Price Oct. 6, 1656 and assigned to said Lewis; and 600 acres not before granted.
On 7 August 1667 granted 2000 acres, bounded by plantation of said Lewis, and lands of Timothy Lewis, Jim Land, Geo. Majie, John Chambers, John Aoy, John Land, and Geo. Sissims; for the transport of 19 persons: including William Jones, Morgan, Mary Bently, James Shepherd, Jeremy Morgan, Richard Moore, Tho Page, Sarah (illegible), other names illegible.[4]
John Lewis patent dated 16 August 1667: 2600 acres in Gloucester and New Kent Counties being upon both sides of Poropotanke Swamp, beginning at the mouth of a great branch next below the said Lewis' plantation by Old Woman's Poynt; boundaries mentioned as courses are run as follows, Timothy Lowdell's line, John Levingstone's line, a branch of Mattapony Swamp, Richard Jamor, Junr's land, George Major's land, head of Pepetico Swamp, John Chamberlain's land, John Fox's land Poropotanke Swamp, George Austin's line, head of Coale's branch, the land of Mr. Richard Lee, Bridge Swamp, Poropotanke Swamp to the mill, and down the creek to the beginning. Due 80 acres purchased of Timothy Lowdell, and 1000 acres of Howell Price and 600 acres as by patent Nov. 23, 1663, and the residues 820 acres due by and for the transportation of 19 persons.
On 22 April 1668 granted 100 acres located on the northeast side of Cainhow's Swamp, bounded by lands of John Leoissone, Edward Wadkins, and John Kings, for the transport of 2 persons.
In 1675 he was termed major (in the foot service) and patented in New Kent 10,000 acres with Lieut. Col. John Smith, Capt. Philip Lightfoot, Mr. Thomas Royston and Mr. John Buckner.
Capt. John West sold a part of his Chemokins tract to Major William Lewis who was granted by patent 2600 acres of land on the southwest side of the York River including one half the divident commonly called Portholy alias Chymahocans, purchased by the said Lewis of Col. John West containing 1550 acres of land, bounded from the mouth of Mattadequin Creek south southwest towards the head of Tanxe Weyanoke Run. Mr. Joseph Croshaw's line towards Chimahocans dividend, and 775 acres purchased of Col. John West and 1825 acres for the transportation of thirty-seven persons. This was a large tract of land that extended up from Weanoke Creek to Mattadequin Creek and back to the bluff, which was designated mountains in the early patents.
This land was devised by the will of Major William Lewis to John Lewis of King and Queen County. When John died his large estate was divided between his two sons, Edward Lewis and John Lewis (This was Councilor John Lewis III).
Major John Lewis was living at Chemokins at the time of Bacon's Rebellion (1676). It appears he suffered substantially during the Rebellion. One of the rebel officers was called before a court afterwards and charged that while at Major Lewis's plantation in New Kent he killed three hogs and four sheep, used a great deal of corn, and took meal for the whole rebel army at Major Pate's (who also resided in the area).
John Lewis the immigrant's son, Major John Lewis Jr. was baptized at the Church of St Teilo on December 15, 1633, and the church record does not name his mother. It appears the Patronymic naming system was abandoned by 1633 because emigrant John is listed in the church register as John Lewis and not John Lewis Prickett. The baptism of emigrant John's youngest son Edward is not in the church records.
About 1660, John inherited Chemokins after the death of William, who may have been a maternal uncle. By 1666 in New Kent County, Virginia, John married Isabella Miller b. 24 August 1640 in New Kent County, Virginia. John and Isabella lived the remainder of their lives, probably on the original homestead. John is said to have managed Chemokins through a series of overseers which included some of his sons.
John is said to have died 2 December 1689 in New Kent County, Virginia. Isabella would later marry Robert Yard of England. But after her death, Isabella was returned to the Lewis Plantation and is buried in the Old Lewis Cemetery in what is now King and Queen County, Virginia.
Their daughter-in-law was Elizabeth Isabelle Warner (daughter of Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade) who marriedtheir son, Colonel John "Councillor" Lewis III.
John Lewis died in 1689 and was buried in the Old Lewis Cemetery in what is now King and Queen County, Virginia. No headstone has been found for his grave.
He is not the son of Robert Lewis. The tentative identification of Robert Lewis as his father in the 1903 Sorley book was already suspect as this article from the William and Mary College Quarterly in 1901 indicates.
The grave of his father and his spouse were not discovered until 1948.
Grace McLean Moses book from 1984 correctly identifies his father as John Lewis.
John was the older of two sons who came to Virginia in 1653 on the ship with their father John the Emigrant as well as with Major William and Lida Lewis and his brother Edward Lewis. He was born in Abergavenny, and baptized Dec 15, 1633 (Register of St Teilo church, Moses p.25)
He obtained his first land grant in 1655, after turning 21. When Major William Lewis died, he willed the Chemokins estate to Major John Lewis. John was a Vestryman of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County.
He was also a Major in the New Kent County Militia (hence his identifier of Major John). New Kent is the county and parish where Chemokins is located.
In one court record, Major John Lewis is mentioned as a surveyor. (Sorely, p27)
He married Isabella Miller, daughter of James Miller the Elder of York County, and they had two sons John and Edward.
Major John Lewis – Family notes:
Major John's wife Isabella had a brother named James (the Younger), who died without heirs. In his will, he left his entire estate to his sister, with reversion to her sons John (this John is Councilor John Lewis who married Elizabeth Warner) and Edward.
Isabella's gravestone is in the small cemetery where Emigrant John is also buried. She died after Major John Lewis as she remarried after his death and her headstone lists her as "Isaballa Yard".
Major John Lewis's tombstone has never been discovered, and the exact date of his death is unknown. No probate of his will, if he had one, has been found.
The records of St Peter's Parish do not corroborate any more children than the two sons John and Edward. To date I am unaware of any documentation to support the existence of other children.Major John Lewis is most noted for being the father of Councilor John Lewis.
John is first cited as headright for his father's 1653 land patent for 250 acres in then York County, Virginia.
John Lewis, Jr. would have been about 20 years of age when he accompanied his father to Virginia and about 24 when his father died. He is usually referred to as Major to distinguish him from his father and his son of the same name.
As "John Lewis Jr," he patented 250 acres, Gloucester Co. on 29 December 1655 at the main swamp of Poropotanke running down the same from the land of Col. Richard Lee, to Beech Spring &c.
On 18 November 1658 he and James Turner were granted 1000 acres of land and marsh, called Lewis Island for the transport of 20 persons.
John Lewis Patent dated 23 November 1663: 1700 acres at the head of Poropotanke creek both sides, adjoining the lands of Mr. Major, Thomas Hanckes, George Austin, up Coates Branch to Col. Richard Lee's land, to the bridge swamp, thence down the bridge swamp and Poropontanke Swamp at the head of the Creek and so to the place where it began; 120 acres thereof patented to Timothy Lodell and Thomas Broughton Sept. 13, 1651, and assigned to John Lewis; 100 acres thereof patented by Howell Price Oct. 6, 1656 and assigned to said Lewis; and 600 acres not before granted.
On 7 August 1667 granted 2000 acres, bounded by plantation of said Lewis, and lands of Timothy Lewis, Jim Land, Geo. Majie, John Chambers, John Aoy, John Land, and Geo. Sissims; for the transport of 19 persons: including William Jones, Morgan, Mary Bently, James Shepherd, Jeremy Morgan, Richard Moore, Tho Page, Sarah (illegible), other names illegible.[4]
John Lewis patent dated 16 August 1667: 2600 acres in Gloucester and New Kent Counties being upon both sides of Poropotanke Swamp, beginning at the mouth of a great branch next below the said Lewis' plantation by Old Woman's Poynt; boundaries mentioned as courses are run as follows, Timothy Lowdell's line, John Levingstone's line, a branch of Mattapony Swamp, Richard Jamor, Junr's land, George Major's land, head of Pepetico Swamp, John Chamberlain's land, John Fox's land Poropotanke Swamp, George Austin's line, head of Coale's branch, the land of Mr. Richard Lee, Bridge Swamp, Poropotanke Swamp to the mill, and down the creek to the beginning. Due 80 acres purchased of Timothy Lowdell, and 1000 acres of Howell Price and 600 acres as by patent Nov. 23, 1663, and the residues 820 acres due by and for the transportation of 19 persons.
On 22 April 1668 granted 100 acres located on the northeast side of Cainhow's Swamp, bounded by lands of John Leoissone, Edward Wadkins, and John Kings, for the transport of 2 persons.
In 1675 he was termed major (in the foot service) and patented in New Kent 10,000 acres with Lieut. Col. John Smith, Capt. Philip Lightfoot, Mr. Thomas Royston and Mr. John Buckner.
Capt. John West sold a part of his Chemokins tract to Major William Lewis who was granted by patent 2600 acres of land on the southwest side of the York River including one half the divident commonly called Portholy alias Chymahocans, purchased by the said Lewis of Col. John West containing 1550 acres of land, bounded from the mouth of Mattadequin Creek south southwest towards the head of Tanxe Weyanoke Run. Mr. Joseph Croshaw's line towards Chimahocans dividend, and 775 acres purchased of Col. John West and 1825 acres for the transportation of thirty-seven persons. This was a large tract of land that extended up from Weanoke Creek to Mattadequin Creek and back to the bluff, which was designated mountains in the early patents.
This land was devised by the will of Major William Lewis to John Lewis of King and Queen County. When John died his large estate was divided between his two sons, Edward Lewis and John Lewis (This was Councilor John Lewis III).
Major John Lewis was living at Chemokins at the time of Bacon's Rebellion (1676). It appears he suffered substantially during the Rebellion. One of the rebel officers was called before a court afterwards and charged that while at Major Lewis's plantation in New Kent he killed three hogs and four sheep, used a great deal of corn, and took meal for the whole rebel army at Major Pate's (who also resided in the area).
John Lewis the immigrant's son, Major John Lewis Jr. was baptized at the Church of St Teilo on December 15, 1633, and the church record does not name his mother. It appears the Patronymic naming system was abandoned by 1633 because emigrant John is listed in the church register as John Lewis and not John Lewis Prickett. The baptism of emigrant John's youngest son Edward is not in the church records.
About 1660, John inherited Chemokins after the death of William, who may have been a maternal uncle. By 1666 in New Kent County, Virginia, John married Isabella Miller b. 24 August 1640 in New Kent County, Virginia. John and Isabella lived the remainder of their lives, probably on the original homestead. John is said to have managed Chemokins through a series of overseers which included some of his sons.
John is said to have died 2 December 1689 in New Kent County, Virginia. Isabella would later marry Robert Yard of England. But after her death, Isabella was returned to the Lewis Plantation and is buried in the Old Lewis Cemetery in what is now King and Queen County, Virginia.
Their daughter-in-law was Elizabeth Isabelle Warner (daughter of Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade) who marriedtheir son, Colonel John "Councillor" Lewis III.
John Lewis died in 1689 and was buried in the Old Lewis Cemetery in what is now King and Queen County, Virginia. No headstone has been found for his grave.
*Notice- A slight update to the profile will occur for end of 2022. Virginia land acquisition records will remain in full.*
He is not the son of Robert Lewis. The tentative identification of Robert Lewis as his father in the 1903 Sorley book was already suspect as this article from the William and Mary College Quarterly in 1901 indicates.
The grave of his father and his spouse were not discovered until 1948.
Grace McLean Moses book from 1984 correctly identifies his father as John Lewis.
John was the older of two sons who came to Virginia in 1653 on the ship with their father John the Emigrant as well as with Major William and Lida Lewis and his brother Edward Lewis. He was born in Abergavenny, and baptized Dec 15, 1633 (Register of St Teilo church, Moses p.25)
He obtained his first land grant in 1655, after turning 21. When Major William Lewis died, he willed the Chemokins estate to Major John Lewis. John was a Vestryman of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County.
He was also a Major in the New Kent County Militia (hence his identifier of Major John). New Kent is the county and parish where Chemokins is located.
In one court record, Major John Lewis is mentioned as a surveyor. (Sorely, p27)
He married Isabella Miller, daughter of James Miller the Elder of York County, and they had two sons John and Edward.
Major John Lewis – Family notes:
Major John's wife Isabella had a brother named James (the Younger), who died without heirs. In his will, he left his entire estate to his sister, with reversion to her sons John (this John is Councilor John Lewis who married Elizabeth Warner) and Edward.
Isabella's gravestone is in the small cemetery where Emigrant John is also buried. She died after Major John Lewis as she remarried after his death and her headstone lists her as "Isaballa Yard".
Major John Lewis's tombstone has never been discovered, and the exact date of his death is unknown. No probate of his will, if he had one, has been found.
The records of St Peter's Parish do not corroborate any more children than the two sons John and Edward. To date I am unaware of any documentation to support the existence of other children.Major John Lewis is most noted for being the father of Councilor John Lewis.
John is first cited as headright for his father's 1653 land patent for 250 acres in then York County, Virginia.
John Lewis, Jr. would have been about 20 years of age when he accompanied his father to Virginia and about 24 when his father died. He is usually referred to as Major to distinguish him from his father and his son of the same name.
As "John Lewis Jr," he patented 250 acres, Gloucester Co. on 29 December 1655 at the main swamp of Poropotanke running down the same from the land of Col. Richard Lee, to Beech Spring &c.
On 18 November 1658 he and James Turner were granted 1000 acres of land and marsh, called Lewis Island for the transport of 20 persons.
John Lewis Patent dated 23 November 1663: 1700 acres at the head of Poropotanke creek both sides, adjoining the lands of Mr. Major, Thomas Hanckes, George Austin, up Coates Branch to Col. Richard Lee's land, to the bridge swamp, thence down the bridge swamp and Poropontanke Swamp at the head of the Creek and so to the place where it began; 120 acres thereof patented to Timothy Lodell and Thomas Broughton Sept. 13, 1651, and assigned to John Lewis; 100 acres thereof patented by Howell Price Oct. 6, 1656 and assigned to said Lewis; and 600 acres not before granted.
On 7 August 1667 granted 2000 acres, bounded by plantation of said Lewis, and lands of Timothy Lewis, Jim Land, Geo. Majie, John Chambers, John Aoy, John Land, and Geo. Sissims; for the transport of 19 persons: including William Jones, Morgan, Mary Bently, James Shepherd, Jeremy Morgan, Richard Moore, Tho Page, Sarah (illegible), other names illegible.[4]
John Lewis patent dated 16 August 1667: 2600 acres in Gloucester and New Kent Counties being upon both sides of Poropotanke Swamp, beginning at the mouth of a great branch next below the said Lewis' plantation by Old Woman's Poynt; boundaries mentioned as courses are run as follows, Timothy Lowdell's line, John Levingstone's line, a branch of Mattapony Swamp, Richard Jamor, Junr's land, George Major's land, head of Pepetico Swamp, John Chamberlain's land, John Fox's land Poropotanke Swamp, George Austin's line, head of Coale's branch, the land of Mr. Richard Lee, Bridge Swamp, Poropotanke Swamp to the mill, and down the creek to the beginning. Due 80 acres purchased of Timothy Lowdell, and 1000 acres of Howell Price and 600 acres as by patent Nov. 23, 1663, and the residues 820 acres due by and for the transportation of 19 persons.
On 22 April 1668 granted 100 acres located on the northeast side of Cainhow's Swamp, bounded by lands of John Leoissone, Edward Wadkins, and John Kings, for the transport of 2 persons.
In 1675 he was termed major (in the foot service) and patented in New Kent 10,000 acres with Lieut. Col. John Smith, Capt. Philip Lightfoot, Mr. Thomas Royston and Mr. John Buckner.
Capt. John West sold a part of his Chemokins tract to Major William Lewis who was granted by patent 2600 acres of land on the southwest side of the York River including one half the divident commonly called Portholy alias Chymahocans, purchased by the said Lewis of Col. John West containing 1550 acres of land, bounded from the mouth of Mattadequin Creek south southwest towards the head of Tanxe Weyanoke Run. Mr. Joseph Croshaw's line towards Chimahocans dividend, and 775 acres purchased of Col. John West and 1825 acres for the transportation of thirty-seven persons. This was a large tract of land that extended up from Weanoke Creek to Mattadequin Creek and back to the bluff, which was designated mountains in the early patents.
This land was devised by the will of Major William Lewis to John Lewis of King and Queen County. When John died his large estate was divided between his two sons, Edward Lewis and John Lewis (This was Councilor John Lewis III).
Major John Lewis was living at Chemokins at the time of Bacon's Rebellion (1676). It appears he suffered substantially during the Rebellion. One of the rebel officers was called before a court afterwards and charged that while at Major Lewis's plantation in New Kent he killed three hogs and four sheep, used a great deal of corn, and took meal for the whole rebel army at Major Pate's (who also resided in the area).
John Lewis the immigrant's son, Major John Lewis Jr. was baptized at the Church of St Teilo on December 15, 1633, and the church record does not name his mother. It appears the Patronymic naming system was abandoned by 1633 because emigrant John is listed in the church register as John Lewis and not John Lewis Prickett. The baptism of emigrant John's youngest son Edward is not in the church records.
About 1660, John inherited Chemokins after the death of William, who may have been a maternal uncle. By 1666 in New Kent County, Virginia, John married Isabella Miller b. 24 August 1640 in New Kent County, Virginia. John and Isabella lived the remainder of their lives, probably on the original homestead. John is said to have managed Chemokins through a series of overseers which included some of his sons.
John is said to have died 2 December 1689 in New Kent County, Virginia. Isabella would later marry Robert Yard of England. But after her death, Isabella was returned to the Lewis Plantation and is buried in the Old Lewis Cemetery in what is now King and Queen County, Virginia.
Their daughter-in-law was Elizabeth Isabelle Warner (daughter of Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade) who marriedtheir son, Colonel John "Councillor" Lewis III.
John Lewis died in 1689 and was buried in the Old Lewis Cemetery in what is now King and Queen County, Virginia. No headstone has been found for his grave.
He is not the son of Robert Lewis. The tentative identification of Robert Lewis as his father in the 1903 Sorley book was already suspect as this article from the William and Mary College Quarterly in 1901 indicates.
The grave of his father and his spouse were not discovered until 1948.
Grace McLean Moses book from 1984 correctly identifies his father as John Lewis.
John was the older of two sons who came to Virginia in 1653 on the ship with their father John the Emigrant as well as with Major William and Lida Lewis and his brother Edward Lewis. He was born in Abergavenny, and baptized Dec 15, 1633 (Register of St Teilo church, Moses p.25)
He obtained his first land grant in 1655, after turning 21. When Major William Lewis died, he willed the Chemokins estate to Major John Lewis. John was a Vestryman of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County.
He was also a Major in the New Kent County Militia (hence his identifier of Major John). New Kent is the county and parish where Chemokins is located.
In one court record, Major John Lewis is mentioned as a surveyor. (Sorely, p27)
He married Isabella Miller, daughter of James Miller the Elder of York County, and they had two sons John and Edward.
Major John Lewis – Family notes:
Major John's wife Isabella had a brother named James (the Younger), who died without heirs. In his will, he left his entire estate to his sister, with reversion to her sons John (this John is Councilor John Lewis who married Elizabeth Warner) and Edward.
Isabella's gravestone is in the small cemetery where Emigrant John is also buried. She died after Major John Lewis as she remarried after his death and her headstone lists her as "Isaballa Yard".
Major John Lewis's tombstone has never been discovered, and the exact date of his death is unknown. No probate of his will, if he had one, has been found.
The records of St Peter's Parish do not corroborate any more children than the two sons John and Edward. To date I am unaware of any documentation to support the existence of other children.Major John Lewis is most noted for being the father of Councilor John Lewis.
John is first cited as headright for his father's 1653 land patent for 250 acres in then York County, Virginia.
John Lewis, Jr. would have been about 20 years of age when he accompanied his father to Virginia and about 24 when his father died. He is usually referred to as Major to distinguish him from his father and his son of the same name.
As "John Lewis Jr," he patented 250 acres, Gloucester Co. on 29 December 1655 at the main swamp of Poropotanke running down the same from the land of Col. Richard Lee, to Beech Spring &c.
On 18 November 1658 he and James Turner were granted 1000 acres of land and marsh, called Lewis Island for the transport of 20 persons.
John Lewis Patent dated 23 November 1663: 1700 acres at the head of Poropotanke creek both sides, adjoining the lands of Mr. Major, Thomas Hanckes, George Austin, up Coates Branch to Col. Richard Lee's land, to the bridge swamp, thence down the bridge swamp and Poropontanke Swamp at the head of the Creek and so to the place where it began; 120 acres thereof patented to Timothy Lodell and Thomas Broughton Sept. 13, 1651, and assigned to John Lewis; 100 acres thereof patented by Howell Price Oct. 6, 1656 and assigned to said Lewis; and 600 acres not before granted.
On 7 August 1667 granted 2000 acres, bounded by plantation of said Lewis, and lands of Timothy Lewis, Jim Land, Geo. Majie, John Chambers, John Aoy, John Land, and Geo. Sissims; for the transport of 19 persons: including William Jones, Morgan, Mary Bently, James Shepherd, Jeremy Morgan, Richard Moore, Tho Page, Sarah (illegible), other names illegible.[4]
John Lewis patent dated 16 August 1667: 2600 acres in Gloucester and New Kent Counties being upon both sides of Poropotanke Swamp, beginning at the mouth of a great branch next below the said Lewis' plantation by Old Woman's Poynt; boundaries mentioned as courses are run as follows, Timothy Lowdell's line, John Levingstone's line, a branch of Mattapony Swamp, Richard Jamor, Junr's land, George Major's land, head of Pepetico Swamp, John Chamberlain's land, John Fox's land Poropotanke Swamp, George Austin's line, head of Coale's branch, the land of Mr. Richard Lee, Bridge Swamp, Poropotanke Swamp to the mill, and down the creek to the beginning. Due 80 acres purchased of Timothy Lowdell, and 1000 acres of Howell Price and 600 acres as by patent Nov. 23, 1663, and the residues 820 acres due by and for the transportation of 19 persons.
On 22 April 1668 granted 100 acres located on the northeast side of Cainhow's Swamp, bounded by lands of John Leoissone, Edward Wadkins, and John Kings, for the transport of 2 persons.
In 1675 he was termed major (in the foot service) and patented in New Kent 10,000 acres with Lieut. Col. John Smith, Capt. Philip Lightfoot, Mr. Thomas Royston and Mr. John Buckner.
Capt. John West sold a part of his Chemokins tract to Major William Lewis who was granted by patent 2600 acres of land on the southwest side of the York River including one half the divident commonly called Portholy alias Chymahocans, purchased by the said Lewis of Col. John West containing 1550 acres of land, bounded from the mouth of Mattadequin Creek south southwest towards the head of Tanxe Weyanoke Run. Mr. Joseph Croshaw's line towards Chimahocans dividend, and 775 acres purchased of Col. John West and 1825 acres for the transportation of thirty-seven persons. This was a large tract of land that extended up from Weanoke Creek to Mattadequin Creek and back to the bluff, which was designated mountains in the early patents.
This land was devised by the will of Major William Lewis to John Lewis of King and Queen County. When John died his large estate was divided between his two sons, Edward Lewis and John Lewis (This was Councilor John Lewis III).
Major John Lewis was living at Chemokins at the time of Bacon's Rebellion (1676). It appears he suffered substantially during the Rebellion. One of the rebel officers was called before a court afterwards and charged that while at Major Lewis's plantation in New Kent he killed three hogs and four sheep, used a great deal of corn, and took meal for the whole rebel army at Major Pate's (who also resided in the area).
John Lewis the immigrant's son, Major John Lewis Jr. was baptized at the Church of St Teilo on December 15, 1633, and the church record does not name his mother. It appears the Patronymic naming system was abandoned by 1633 because emigrant John is listed in the church register as John Lewis and not John Lewis Prickett. The baptism of emigrant John's youngest son Edward is not in the church records.
About 1660, John inherited Chemokins after the death of William, who may have been a maternal uncle. By 1666 in New Kent County, Virginia, John married Isabella Miller b. 24 August 1640 in New Kent County, Virginia. John and Isabella lived the remainder of their lives, probably on the original homestead. John is said to have managed Chemokins through a series of overseers which included some of his sons.
John is said to have died 2 December 1689 in New Kent County, Virginia. Isabella would later marry Robert Yard of England. But after her death, Isabella was returned to the Lewis Plantation and is buried in the Old Lewis Cemetery in what is now King and Queen County, Virginia.
Their daughter-in-law was Elizabeth Isabelle Warner (daughter of Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade) who marriedtheir son, Colonel John "Councillor" Lewis III.
John Lewis died in 1689 and was buried in the Old Lewis Cemetery in what is now King and Queen County, Virginia. No headstone has been found for his grave.
