Fielding

to him as Capt. John Lewis. He rose to Colonel Commandant of the militia of Gloucester County and most of the records of the 18th century accord him that title.

In 1704, Col. John Lewis was appointed a member of the Council along with his brother-in-law, John Smith of

Sample:

“Purton”. He continued on the Council for the rest of his life. The end of his life in 1725/6 marks the end of an era in the Lewis history. Thenceforward, the history of the entire family is not so closely bound up with the vicinity of Warner Hall.

Frances

While many of its members continued to reside in this home and nearby localities for several generations, descendants Born [date unknown] in King Queen, Virginia

moved over the whole of Virginia and, eventually, throughout the southern states.

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

Elizabeth Warner

[sibling(s) unknown]

She brought into the Lewis family not only the ancestral lines of Martiau, Reade, and Warner, but also the ownership Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

of Warner Hall itself. She had 14 children in all, with the names of nine being known. Their baptismal records are in the m.

Abingdon Parish Register.

From The George Washington Foundaion’s website:

Richard

Born 1665 in Bristol, Somerset, England

Col. John Lewis IV

Son of and

b: 30 November 1669 in New Kent

[sibling(s) unknown]

Co., VA d: 14 November 1725 in Gloucester Co., VA at

Husband of — married March 5, 1697 in England

Warner Hall.

Father of

Elizabeth Warner md. 1685 in Gloucester Co., VA b: 24

Died September 20, 1717 in Maryland, United States

November 1672 in Cheske, Gloucester Co., VA d/o

1. Frances married ___ Fielding.

Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade.

Known children of Frances include:

6 i. Col. John Lewis V b: February 1686/87 in New kent

2. i. Henry Fielding.

Co., VA

Priscilla Churchill md. bet. 1706-1717 b: bet. 1685-

2. Henry Fielding m.(Frances1); m. ___; 2nd husband; d. 1712. He resided at King and Queen Co., VA. He left a will on 26

1713

Oct 1704 at King and Queen Co., VA; proved 27 Nov 1712.

Francis Fielding md. 1718 b: bet. 1694-1704 in

___ married John Howell; 1st husband. She died by 1704. Known children of Henry Fielding and ___ were:

Gloucester Co., VA d/o Henry Fielding and

Lane Howell

3. i. Frances Fielding, b. between 1700 and 1704 at Virginia; m. Col. John Lewis.

7 i. Elizabeth Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

Frances Fielding (Henry2, Frances1); b. between 1700 and 1704 at Virginia; m. Col. John , son of Col. John Lewis Jr. and 7 ii Mary Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

Elizabeth Warner, circa 1718; 1st wife; d. 27 Oct 1731.

7 iii. Col. Warner Lewis b: 10 October 1720 in Warner

Hall, Glouseter Co., VA

m. Col. John Lewis was born in 1694. He resided at ‘Warner Hall’, Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co., VA. He married

7 iv. Mildred Lewis b: 12 december 1726 in Warner

Priscilla Churchill, daughter of Col. William Churchill and Elizabeth Armistead, not later than 1735; 2nd wife, 2nd Hall, Gloucester Co., VA d: 4 July 1727

husband.

7. v. Capt. Charles Lewis b: 25 November 1730 in

Fielding Lewis’ grandfather

Warner Hall. Gloucester Co., VA. d: abt. 1777

Excerpted from Lewis of Warner Hall by Merrow Egerton Sorley “Councilor” John Lewis inherited from his father

7 vi. Frances Fielding Lewis b: 27 October 1731 in

the Chemokins estate in St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent Co., VA. His father had made this estate his principal place of resi-Gloucester Co., VA d: bet. 1772 -1826