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| Researcher | Given names | County | Family Information |
| Kim | Hannah | Oneida, Madison, Onondaga |
I have read in a few places that my ancestor
Hannah JOHNSON (1746-1830), wife of Thomas Winthrop LEWIS
(1747-1831), was related to the JOHNSON family
of Van Buren, Onondaga Co., NY.
I have seen no proof or reasoning for this
statement. Anybody have any suggestions or information?
First Generation
1. Thomas Winthrop LEWIS was born in 1747 in
Canaan, Litchfield Co., CT.1,2
He signed a will on 22 Jun 1831 in Pompey,
Onondaga Co., NY.3 The will mentions grandson William R. Lewis,
son of Thomas J. Lewis; grandson Ezra Ensworth; granddaughters
Susannah Ensworth, Nancy Newkirk and Flora Ensworth the wife of
B. Pierce; daughters Polly Coburn and Electy B. Morgan.
Executors Wm. R. Lewis and Benjamin D. Lewis.
Witnessed by John Morse and Joel Wright of Pompey. The will was
proved on 1 Aug 1831 in the County of Onondaga, New York. He
died on 27 Jun 1831 in Pompey, Onondaga Co., NY.1-5
He was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Cazenovia,
Madison Co., NY.4-6 He was a teacher.1
Thomas Winthrop LEWIS and Hannah JOHNSON were
married before 1770.1,5 They appeared in the census in 1790 in
Litchfield, Litchfield Co., CT.7 They appeared in the census in
1800 in Whitestown, Oneida Co., NY.8 They appeared in the
censuses in 1810, 1820 and 1830 in Pompey, Onondaga Co.,
NY.1,9,10,11,12 When Thomas Winthrop Lewis
came to the Town of Pompey, he took up about a 300 acre tract of
land in the town. Thomas may have purchased his Pompey property
in 1811, when he acquired land in lot 33; in 1816 he purchased
land in lot 22; the next year lot 32, and in 1827, lot 23.
Numerous purchased were made after these
dates. These lots came together near the Lewis homestead.
Hannah JOHNSON was born in 1746 in Litchfield
or Newington, CT.1 She died on 28 Jun 1830 in Pompey, Onondaga
Co., NY.1,2,5,13 She was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Cazenovia,
Madison Co., NY.5,6,13 She was a housekeeper.
Thomas Winthrop LEWIS and Hannah JOHNSON had
the following children:
Sources
1. Dwight H. Bruce, Onondaga's Centennial
(Boston: The Boston History Company, 1896), p. 229.
2. Unknown author, Lewis notes of
type-written and handwritten nature (before 1985).
3. Last Will and Testament of Thomas
Winthrop Lewis, Onondaga County, NY; Onondaga County Surrogate's
Court, Book E, pp. 134-8.
4. Thomas Winthrop Lewis tombstone, Bethel
Cemetery, Pompey Hollow Road, Cazenovia, Madison Co., NY.
5. Sylvia Shoebridge, Nancy Edwards,
Johanne Alexander, Harold Rodman, and B.J. Zercher, Pompey Our
Town in Profile, 2 volumes (Pompey, NY: Township of Pompey,
1976), I: 235.
6. Sylvia Shoebridge, compiler, Epitaphs
Found in Pompey Cemeteries (Pompey, NY: Pompey Historical
Society, 1995), p. 10.
7. Thomas Lewis household, 1790 US Census,
Litchfield, Litchfield Co., CT, p. 69, line 6; National Archives
microfilm publication M637, roll 1, image 0353. Viewed at
Ancestry.com 23 Sep 2004.
8. 1800 Census, Whitestown, Oneida Co.,
NY; p. 183.
9. 1810 Census, Town of Pompey, Onondaga
Co., NY; p. 19.
10. Lewis Family Record Dictated by Persis
Cordelia Lewis, taken down by John F. Lewis (30 July 1896).
11. 1820 Census, Town of Pompey, Onondaga
Co., NY, p. 146.
12. 1830 Census, T/Pompey, Onondaga Co.,
NY; p. 294.
13. Hannah Lewis tombstone, Bethel
Cemetery, Pompey Hollow Road, Pompey,Madison Co., NY.
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| Beth Hanson | Isaac, Ernest, | Onondaga |
Seeking parents for Isaac JOHNSON who was born
in Onondaga County, New York, in 1850. He has a brother Ernest
who was born in 1852. Their mother's name is Chloe. She is the
daughter of Calvin and Mary HOPKINS COSSITT of Pompey, Onondaga,
New York.
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