Peerage Record – 17618

     Colonel Robert Lewis was born in 1704 at Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, U.S.A.^G.¹ He was the son of John Lewis, Jr. and Elizabeth Warner.¹ He was baptised on 4 May 1704 at Abingdon Parish, Albemarle, Virginia, U.S.A.^G.¹ He married Jane Meriwether, daughter of Thomas Meriwether, in 1725 at Gloucester, Virginia, U.S.A.^G.¹ He died on 21 February 1765 at Albemarle, Virginia, U.S.A.^G.¹

     Jane Meriwether was the daughter of Thomas Meriwether.¹ She married Colonel Robert Lewis, son of John Lewis, Jr. and Elizabeth Warner, in 1725 at Gloucester, Virginia, U.S.A.^G.¹
     From 1725, her married name became Lewis.¹

     William Lewis was born in 1735 at Locust Hill, Albemarle, Virginia, U.S.A.^G.¹ He was the son of Colonel Robert Lewis and Jane Meriwether.¹ He married Lucy Meriwether, daughter of Thomas Meriwether and Elizabeth Thornton.¹ He died on 14 November 1779.¹

     Lucy Meriwether was born on 4 February 1751 at Albemarle, Virginia, U.S.A.^G.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas Meriwether and Elizabeth Thornton.¹ She married William Lewis, son of Colonel Robert Lewis and Jane Meriwether.¹ She died on 8 September 1837 at age 86 at Albemarle, Virginia, U.S.A.^G.¹
     Her married name became Lewis.¹

     Elizabeth Thornton was born in 1719 at Snow Creek, Essex County, Virginia, U.S.A.^G.¹ She was the daughter of Colonel Francis Thornton, Jr. and Mary Taliaferro.¹ She died in 1774 at Albemarle, Virginia, U.S.A.^G.¹

     Captain Meriwether Lewis was born on 18 August 1774 at Locust Hill, Albemarle, Virginia, U.S.A.^G.¹ He was the son of William Lewis and Lucy Meriwether.¹ He died on 11 October 1809 at age 35 at Natchez Trace, Tennessee, U.S.A.^G.¹