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Warner Lewis (1750–1750) After a short mourning period, on May 7, 1750, Lewis married 16 year old Elizabeth Washington (1733-1797), the sister of George Washington and another second cousin. [11] They had 11 children together, including: [12] Fielding Lewis, Jr. (1751–1803), who married Anne Alexander and, after her death, Nancy Alexander ...
Willard InterContinental Washington, established just prior to the Civil War by Henry "Harry" C. Augustus Willard (1822–1909), 5th great-grandson (8th generation descendant) of Simon Willard.
Francis Lewis (March 21, 1713 – December 31, 1802) was an American merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. [1] He was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation as a representative of New York in the Continental Congress .
The Livingston family of New York is a prominent family that migrated from Scotland to the Dutch Republic, and then to the Province of New York in the 17th century. Descended from the 4th Lord Livingston, [1] its members included signers of the United States Declaration of Independence (Philip Livingston) and the United States Constitution (William Livingston).
The second son of Francis Lewis, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Lewis fought in the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. He served in the New York State Assembly (1789, 1792) and the New York State Senate (1811–1814) and was New York State Attorney General (1791–1801) and the third governor of New York (1804–1807).
The Van Rensselaer family (/ ˈ r ɛ n s l ər,-s l ɪər /) is a family of Dutch descent that was prominent during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries in the area now known as the state of New York. Members of this family played a critical role in the formation of the United States and served as leaders in business, politics and society.
Nathaniel Appleton Jr. (1731–1798) Nathaniel Walker Appleton (1755–1795) Nathaniel Walker Appleton Jr. (1783–1848) Charles Tilden Appleton (1809–1859) William Channing Appleton (1812–1892) Charles Henderson Appleton (1784–1831) [2] Charles Dawes Appleton (1810–1886) George Dawes Appleton (1818–1890)
James Francis Armstrong (April 3, 1750 – January 19, 1816) was a chaplain from New Jersey in the American Revolutionary War and a Presbyterian minister for 30 years in Trenton, New Jersey. Armstrong was born in West Nottingham, Maryland .