Reverend Elnathan Lewis,

1804 - 1853  (49 years)

• Name	Elnathan Lewis
  Title	Reverend
  Suffix
  Born	16 Sept 1804	Ludlow, Vermont, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Dec 1853	Grundy County, Illinois, United States
  Person ID	I5696	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

  From Find A Grave, accessed 1 July 2023: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119625087/elnathan-lewis