David Lewis, Jr.

1791 - 1811  (20 years)

• Name	David Lewis
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	25 Dec 1791	Ludlow, Vermont, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Dec 1811	Ludlow, Vermont, United States
  	Listed in "Record of Deaths in the Town of Ludlow, Vermont, From 1790 to 1901", page 5 https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=gnUjAQAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA7-IA1&hl=en
  Person ID	I3158	Lewis Family Tree
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	David Lewis,   b. 7 May 1768, Pepperell, Middlesex, MA ,   d. 8 Mar 1813, Ludlow, Vermont  (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Mary "Polly" Boynton,   b. Unknown,   d. Unknown
  Married	28 Sept 1786	Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts
  	From a "family group sheet" accessed 1 July 2023: https://www.fgs-project.com/vermont/groups/l/lewis-david.html
  Notes	The previous information I've gathered indicated that David Lewis married Polly (no last name known) but the information from "Edmund Lewis of Lynn, Massachusetts, and Some of His Descendants" (page 50) indicates that David Lewis married a woman named Mary Boynton. This may indicate that Ara Lewis' father may have been a different David Lewis and not necessarily the one that traces back to Edmund. It is, at any rate, a glaring inconsistency. 09/14/2022 - After further investigation, it seems that "Polly" was indeed a nickname or shortened version of "Mary". Various web sites reference this weird transition from Mary to Polly. From Wikipedia, "Polly is a given name, most often feminine, which originated as a variant of Molly (a diminutive of Mary)." So, it seems that this David's wife who is referenced as Polly could be Mary Boynton as referenced in the "Edmund Lewis of Lynn Mass" book. I'd still like to find more definitive records, such as a marriage certificate, but for the moment I will move forward with David's wife being the Mary Boynton of reference.
  Family ID	F13	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  A record of his death appears in "Record of Deaths in the Town of Ludlow, Vermont" and lists his age as 21. Thus, he was likely born in 1790. https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=gnUjAQAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA60-IA1&hl=en A record of his birth appears in the Vermont Vital Records and indicates his mother's name as Polly, not Mary: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-9LH2-X?i=442&cc=1784223