Jariah Lewis and Lydia Merritt

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Husband Jariah Lewis ¹

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           Born: 18 Mar 1772 - ? Gloucester, Providence Co, RI 1
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         Father: Nehemiah Lewis (Abt 1740/1750-Bet 1780/1783) 1
         Mother: Amy Hawkins (Abt 1751-      ) 1

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       Marriage: 1794 or 1795

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Wife Lydia Merritt ¹

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           Born: 5 May 1776 - Killingworth, Middlesex Co, CT 1
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         Father: Michael Merritt (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Lucy Chittenden (1736-      ) 1

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Children

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1 M Russell Lewis ¹

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2 M Chittenden Lewis ^{1 2}

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           Born: 8 Sep 1799 - Hampton, Washington Co, NY 1
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           Died: 14 May 1886 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH 1
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         Spouse: Harriet H. Burton (1800-      ) 1
           Marr: 5 Oct 1822 - Malone, Franklin Co, NY 1

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3 M William Lewis ¹

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4 M Jariah Lewis ¹

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5 F Clorinda Lewis ¹

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6 F Olive Lewis ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Jariah Lewis

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He bought, in November, 1796, one-half of a saw mill that was built in 1785 at Fair Haven (Vermont?) by Gamaliel Leonard, and he seems to have rebuilt the mill but not to have owned it long, for on December 31, 1803, "John Coggswell of Whitehall, N. Y." sold one-half of the mill built by Jariah Lewis to James Witherill. Mr. Lewis also lived at Georgia, Vermont. He held the rank of captain. He was killed in a saw mill accident at Poultney, Vermont.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 602.

2 —, Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Biography of Pennsylvania, Vol. II (New York: Atlantic Publishing & Engraving Co., 1889), Pg 165.