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Benjamin Lewis

Benjamin Lewis

Male 1770 - Aft 1830  (> 61 years)   Has 4 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name Benjamin Lewis
    Birth 1765/1770 
    Gender Male
    _UID FCC2E7C34F301B49947598DA8E7D101BFC99 
    Death Aft 1830  Montgomery Co, AL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I127635  Marty and Karla Grant
    Last Modified 12 May 2026

    Father Edmond Lewis,   b. Bef 1735   d. Aft 1766, Northampton Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 33 years)
    Mother Jane   d. Abt Sep 1794, Northampton Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage Bef 1753  Northampton Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 6D05384902883740AF90EE6ED389CE36EF11 
    Family ID F35661  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Chambliss   d. Aft 1820, Darlington Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage Bef 1802  Darlington Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID C947570E4F0F6D4295829ADD5FC6CE9FA24A 
    Children 
     1. Edmond Lewis,   b. 1790/1800   d. Aft 1830, Montgomery Co, AL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 31 years)
     2. John Lewis,   b. Bef 1802   d. Aft 1802, Darlington Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 2 years)
     3. Lucy Lewis,   b. Bef 1802   d. Aft 1802, Darlington Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 2 years)
     4. Thomas Lewis,   b. Bef 1802   d. Aft 1802, Darlington Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 2 years)
    Family ID F35662  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2026

  • Notes 
    • !NAMED-WILL:29 Oct 1789 Northampton Co., NC
      Jane Lewis "being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory ..."
      - my son James Lewis 100a "the plantation whereon I now live"
      - my son Benjamin Lewis 100a being part of the land that I now live on, that part where he began to make improvements ...
      - my son William Lewis 100a ... the plantation he now lives on ...
      - after my death ... what remains divided between
      William Lewis
      Benjamin Lewis
      Selah Lewis
      Patience Griggs
      Fanny Howell
      - my son James Lewis my sole Executor
      S: Jane Lewis (her mark)
      W: Etheldred Smith, Mary Brown (her mark), Jeremiah Warwick (his mark)
      Proven September court 1794 by Jeremiah Warwick.
      James Lewis qualified as Exec.


      !CENSUS:1790 x


      !DEED: 3 Sep 1791 Northampton Co., Nc
      Jane Lewis of Northampton to Benjamin Lewis of same ...
      for love and affection to my son ...
      100a
      S: Jane Lewis
      W: Henry Peebles, Robert Boykin, Benjamin Howell (his mark);


      !DEED:14 Dec 1791 Northampton Co., NC
      Jane Lewis & Ben Lewis of Northampton to William Lewis of Northampton
      40 pounds ... 160a ... Ben Browns line ... Charles Gregory ... Littlebury Smith ... Warren Harts line ... James Lewis line ...
      S: Jane Lewis (her mark), Ben Lewis
      W: Henry Peebles, Cordal Dupre, Mathew Gregory
      Pr Mar 1792 court by Mathew Gregory;


      !SURVEY: 5 Dec 1797 Cheraw District,
      for Benjamin Lewis, 265a
      South side of Black Creek water of Peedee adj John Cooper, John Padget


      !SURVEY:10 Oct 1799 Cheraw District, SC
      Benjamin Lewis, 210a between Flat and Black Creek
      adj Thomas Chambliss, John Chambliss, Peter Hinds?


      !CENSUS:1800 x


      !NAMED-WILL:19 May 1802 Darlington Co., SC
      John Chambliss of Darlington Dist., SC
      - daughter Sarah Chambliss 300a joining Benjamin Lewis
      - dau Patty Gandy
      - grandson Elias Gandy 150a
      - Abijah Gandy grandson 150a
      - Mashack Gandy ...
      - granddau Patty Gandy ...
      - granddau Molley Gandy
      - my two grandsons Edmond & John Lewis 300a that Benjamin Lewis now lives on
      - to Lucy Lewis
      - to Thomas Lewis
      - son James Chambliss 300a
      - son Thomas Chabmliss 300a
      - dau Franky Brown 300a that she now lives on
      - dau Jean Lewis 300a that she now lives on
      - son Henry 300a
      - son John Chambliss 400a that I now live on
      - my well beloved wife Lucy Chambliss
      - to Charles Williams
      - George Brown and Albert Ford my executors
      S: John Chambliss
      W: Hardy Brian, Isaac Morgan, Rees Perkins


      !DEED:20 Nov 1809 Darlington Co., SC Deed Book B, pp. 231-232
      Cornelius Mandeville to Benjamin Lewis for $381
      for 386 acrees S Sd Great Pee Dee River on Hurricane Creek adj Samuel Rowel, John Hinds, Kinchen Adams, Est. of Col Able Coll ... Charles Jenkins ...
      S: Cornelius Mandeville
      W: Bright WIlliamson, Thomas Conn;


      !CENSUS:1810 Darlington Dist., SC p. 11
      Benjn. Lewis age 26-44 (1765/1784) 21110-32010-0-1
      three houses from:
      James Lewis age 26-44 (1765/1784) 12020-20010-0-1


      !WITNESS-DEED: 8 Mar 1817 Darlington Co., SC Deed Book G, pp. 91-92
      William Houze to Trustees Methodist Church ...
      S: James Houze, William Houze
      W: John Griggs, Benjamin Lewis
      * Note that Benjamin Lewis son of Jane Lewis d 1789 Northampton had a sister married to a Griggs.


      !CENSUS:1820 Darlington Dist., SC p. 70
      Benjamin Lewis age 45+ (bef 1775)
      010121-02001-0-Slaves=1000-1001


      !CENSUS:1830 x
      * Montgomery Co., AL p. 401
      Benjamin Lewis age 60-69 (1760/1770)
      000101001-0000001
      * Not sure if same Benjamin from 1820 Darlington, but others from Darlington seem to be in Montgomery also in 1830, Edmond, James ...


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