David Lewis

1768 - 1813  (44 years)

• Name	David Lewis
  Birth	7 May 1768	Pepperell, Middlesex, MA
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Mar 1813	Ludlow, Vermont
  	Taken from "Records of Deaths in the Town of Ludlow, Vermont" https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=gnUjAQAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA60-IA1&hl=en
  Person ID	I55	Lewis Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Lewis,   b. 10 Apr 1731, Billerica, Middlesex, MA d. 10 Nov 1776, Pepperell, Middlesex, MA (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Persis Crosby,   b. 9 Aug 1733, Billerica, Middlesex, MA d. Unknown
  Marriage	8 Apr 1755
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary "Polly" Boynton,   b. Unknown   d. Unknown
  Marriage	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.
  Children	1. David Lewis, Jr.,   b. 25 Dec 1791, Ludlow, Vermont, United States d. 31 Dec 1811, Ludlow, Vermont, United States (Age 20 years)   2. Ara Lewis,   b. 23 Aug 1792, Ludlow, Windsor, VT d. 8 Jul 1868, North Stockholm, St. Lawrence, NY (Age 75 years)   3. Francis Lewis,   b. 30 Aug 1794, Ludlow, Vermont, United States   4. Polly Lewis,   b. 6 Sept 1796, Ludlow, Vermont, United States d. 12 Sept 1800, Ludlow, Vermont, United States (Age 4 years)   5. Loring Lewis,   b. 24 Oct 1798, Ludlow, Vermont, United States d. 31 Jul 1799, Ludlow, Vermont, United States (Age 0 years)   6. Abigail Lewis,   b. 31 Jul 1800, Ludlow, Vermont, United States d. 26 Dec 1885, Depeyster, St. Lawrence County, New York (Age 85 years)   7. Benjamin Green Lewis,   b. 3 Oct 1802, Ludlow, Vermont, United States d. 9 August 1884, Stockholm, St. Lawrence Co, New York (Age 81 years)   8. Reverend Elnathan Lewis, ,   b. 16 Sept 1804, Ludlow, Vermont, United States d. 22 Dec 1853, Grundy County, Illinois, United States (Age 49 years)   9. Calvin Lewis,   b. 3 Aug 1806, Ludlow, Vermont, United States   10. Mary Lewis,   b. Abt 1809, Ludlow, Vermont, United States   11. Loring Lewis,   b. 20 Feb 1810, Ludlow, Vermont, United States   12. David Lewis,   b. 18 Aug 1812, Ludlow, Vermont, United States
  Family ID	F13	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2023

  
  

• Notes

  A "family group sheet" accessed 30 June 2023: https://www.fgs-project.com/vermont/groups/l/lewis-david.html List Mary "Polly" Boynton as his wife and lists his children