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• Birth	1 May 1772	Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Jan 1857	Mt. Zion Cemetery, Exeter Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
  Died	4 Jan 1857	Exeter Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania   [2]
  Person ID	I65446	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Oliver LEWIS, b. 23 Sep 1738
  Mother	Ruhanah LEWIS, b. 19 May 1743
  Family ID	F29198	Group Sheet
  Family	Eunice CHAPMAN, b. Abt 1780, Connecticut
  Married	Abt 1796  [2]
  Children	> 1. Oliver (Rev.) "The Weeping Prophet" LEWIS, b. Abt 1797, Connecticut > 2. Levi Chapman LEWIS, b. Apr 1798, Connecticut   3. Joseph LEWIS, b. Abt 1800   4. George LEWIS, b. Abt 1802   5. John LEWIS, b. Abt 1805 > 6. Rumulah LEWIS, b. 1806, New York > 7. Simeon LEWIS, b. 14 Nov 1807, New York   8. William LEWIS, b. Aft 1808 > 9. Nathan LEWIS, b. Abt 1810, Orange County, New York   10. Robert D. LEWIS, b. Aft 1811, Exeter Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania   11. Sally A. LEWIS, b. 23 Jun 1819, New York (Probably Orange County)
  Family ID	F24558	Group Sheet

• Notes

  [levi_chapman_lewis.ged] From the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys History: "Both his parents and all four grandparents are direct descendants of John Lewis, the founder of this family in America. Oliver Lewis resided some years in his native town and there married Eunice Chapman, and they were the parents of fourteen children: Oliver a blacksmith by trade, but was better known as the weeping prophet. He traveled on horseback throughout the Wyoming Valley, and as a result of his labors hundreds of men were converted.... The family removed to Orange County, New York, where death claimed his loving wife an dhelpmate. Subsequently he removed to Exeter Township, six miles above West Pittston, Pennsylvania. Here Oliver Lewis and his children resided, and here he died." Source: Please cite original sources. Compiled by: J. K. Loren

• Sources

  [S961] Genealogical & Family History of The Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys, Pennsylvania, (Lewis Publishing Co., NY and Chicago 1906), Vol. 1 page 470. [S2371] v105t1642.ftw, Tom Lathrop, RR7 Box 7052, Montrose, PA 188011, (World Tree Contributor). Date of Import: Dec 6, 2003