Israel Lewis 1717-1770

4th great grandfather of my stepfather

Israel Lewis

Son of David Lewis, a preacher from Wales

Born 1717

Died March 05, 1770

Married

Jane Drew

Daughter of William & Christian Drew

Born 1725

Died April 19, 1804

Children:

Israel Lewis 1748 – 1820

David Lewis 1750 – 1835

Jane Lewis 1751 – 1841

Leyson Lewis 1755 – 1821

George Lewis 1756 – 1830 m. Drusilla Howlett

Robert Lewis 1760 – 1827

James Lewis 1762 – 

Mary Lewis 1765 – 

Time Line:

1717 - Israel Born

REVEREND ISRAEL LEWIS was born about 1717, and died March 05, 1770. He was the son of DAVID LEWIS, a preacher from Wales. ISRAEL LEWIS married JANE DREW May 13, 1745 in St. Luke, Old Street, Finsbury, London. She was born 1725, and died April 19, 1804. - Gillian Rickard

The closest record I could find is this one - it is possible that Israel's middle name is David, but I have no way of knowing - 
David Lewis
10 Mar 1717 10 Mar 1717 Saint Benet Pauls Wharf,London,London,England Parents - David, Ann

1725 - Jane is baptized
Name: Jane Drew
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 2 Nov 1725
Baptism Place: Wendron,Cornwall,England
Father: William Drew
Mother: Cristian

FHL Film Number: 90273

1745 - Marriage

Name Israel Lewis
Spouse Jane Drew
Marriage 13 May 1745 - St Luke, Finsbury, Middlesex, England

Name: Israel Lewis
Marriage Date: 13 May 1745
Parish: St Luke, Finsbury
County: Middlesex
Borough: Islington
Spouse: Jane Drew
Record Type: Marriage

Register Type: Parish Register

1748 - Freedom

Freedom: 1748, Maidstone Freemen Index 1734-1787, Purchase Index

 By purchase: the index includes the surname, forename and occupation of the purchaser and the year freedom was granted. Usually this cost £15. Freedom by purchase ended in 1771.

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1770 Death

England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
Name: Israel Lewis
Probate Date: 19 Jun 1770

Residence: Maidstone, Kent, England

Burial - 
Name: Israel Reverend Lewis
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 10 Mar 1770
Burial Place: All Saints, Maidstone, Kent, England
FHL Film Number: 1736877
Reference ID: Item 1

Name: Jane Lewis
Gender: Female
Burial Date: 27 Apr 1804
Burial Place: Maidstone
FHL Film Number: 1736877
Reference ID: BK1/DCB/BT1/152/992

Research:

About the  Maidstone Freemen Index 1598 - 1842 -
An index of persons granted freedom of the Borough of Maidstone, Kent.

Freemen had certain advantages in the town. They had the right to vote for the town's two Members of Parliament. The 1832 Reform Act gave the vote to all men who occupied property in the town worth £10. Freemen retained their votes for life provided they lived within 7 miles of the town. In 1835 the Municipal Corporations Act reduced the size of the corporation (council) and these were to be elected by all male ratepayers. Source: "The History of Maidstone" by Peter Clark and Lyn Murfin.
Persons usually gained their freedom in one of three ways: apprenticeship to a freeman, because their father was a freeman, or by purchasing their own freedom. Some of the entries come from calendars only and further information is not available. There were no freedoms given between 1742 and 1747 because of the loss of the towns charter of incorporation and borough status due to political disputes.

1. By apprenticeship: the index includes the surname and forename of the apprentice, the year freedom was granted, the surname, forename and occupation of their master who was himself a freeman. Usually, the name of the father of the apprentice can be obtained from the Apprenticeship Enrollment books (Md/Ra1/1-3) which cover 1692-1812. In addition the information listed in the full index is repeated a separate masters index. This is useful for identifying all the apprentices of a particular master except his own sons.

2. By patrimony: the index includes the surname and forename of the son, the year freedom was granted, the name and occupation of their father who was himself a freeman. If it is stated in the record that someone was apprenticed to their father, this is stated in this full index. They are not included in the masters index.

3. By purchase: the index includes the surname, forename and occupation of the purchaser and the year freedom was granted. Usually this cost £15. Freedom by purchase ended in 1771.


4. Not available: Some persons were listed in the indexes to the freedom lists but further information was not recorded. The index gives surname, forename and the year freedom was granted. There are separate books of Apprenticeship Enrollment (Md/Ra/1-3) which would give further information on any who were apprenticed from 1692. All entries prior to 1694 are of this type.

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Surname           Forename          Year    Type         Surname of Master/Fath   Forename M/F      Occupation

Lewis             Daniell           1711    Purchase                                          Threadtwister
Lewis             David             1780    Patrimony       Lewis                 Israel            Clerk
Lewis             Israel            1748    Purchase
Lewis             Israel            1773    Patrimony       Lewis                 Israel            Clerk dead
Lewis             James             1712    NA
Lewis             Leyson            1781    Patrimony       Lewis                 Israel            Clerk dead
Lewis             Robert            1793    Patrimony       Lewis                 Israel            Gent. dead
Lewis             Thomas            1674    NA
Lewis             William           1644    NA

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Also, we have the initial history of the Descendants of Israel Lewis, the father of George Lewis, prepared by Gillian Rickard:

Descendants of Israel Lewis

Generation No. 1

  1. REVEREND ISRAEL LEWIS was born about 1717, and died March 05, 1770. He was the son of DAVID LEWIS, a preacher from Wales. ISRAEL LEWIS married JANE DREW May 13, 1745 in St. Luke, Old Street, Finsbury, London. She was born 1725, and died April 19, 1804.
  Burial: March 10, 1770, All Saints, Maidstone
  Freedom: 1748, Maidstone Freemen Index 1734-1787, Purchase Index


More About JANE DREW: 
Burial: April 27, 1804, All Saints, Maidstone

Children of ISRAEL LEWIS and JANE DREW are:

  i. ISRAEL LEWIS, b. 1748; d. December 28, 1820; m. SARAH SMITH; d. 1785.

  Burial: Anabaptist Burial Ground at Tovil, Kent
Christening: August 07, 1748, Earl St. Presbyterian Chapel, Maidstone
Codicil: March 20, 1807
Freedom: 1773, Maidstone Freemen Index 1734-1787, Patrimony Index
Probate: May 09, 1821
Will: December 13, 1805 
More About SARAH SMITH: 
Burial: February 15, 1785, All Saints, Maidstone



ii. DAVID LEWIS, b. 1750; d. after 1830. 
  Christening: April 22, 1750, Earl St. Presbyterian Chapel, Maidstone
Freedom: 1780, Maidstone Freemen Index 1734-1787, Patrimony Index
Residence: 1835, London, Maidstone Freeman's Roll 1835

  iii. JANE LEWIS, b. 1751; d. 1841. 

iv. LEYSON LEWIS, b. 1755; d. after 1821. 

v. GEORGE LEWIS, b. 1756; d. 1830. 

vi. ROBERT LEWIS, b. 1760; d. September 13, 1827. 
  Burial: Anabaptist Burial Ground at Tovil, Kent
Christening: May 13, 1760, Earl St. Presbyterian Chapel, Maidstone
Codicil: August 28, 1827
Freedom: 1793, Maidstone Freemen Index 1788-1842, Patrimony Index
Will: August 28, 1827

  vii. JAMES LEWIS, b. 1762. 
  Christening: October 15, 1762, Earl St. Presbyterian Chapel, Maidstone

  viii. MARY LEWIS, b. 1765; m. WILLIAM ELLIOTT.
  Christening: March 03, 1765, Earl St. Presbyterian Chapel, Maidstone



Generation No. 2 

2. JANE LEWIS was born 1751, and died 1841. She married THOMAS COOPER, April 26, 1774 in All Saints, Maidstone. He died after 1805.

  More About JANE LEWIS:

  Burial: February 08, 1841, All Saints, Maidstone

Christening: December 25, 1751, Earl St. Presbyterian Chapel, Maidstone

More About THOMAS COOPER:

Parish: 1774, Allhallows

  The children of JANE LEWIS and THOMAS COOPER are: 

i.LEWIS COOPER, b. 1776; d. October 28, 1842. 

ii. JAMES COOPER, b. 1792; d. May 24, 1820. 

More About JAMES COOPER: 

Burial: Anabaptist Burial Ground at Tovil, Kent

Christening: June 24, 1792, Earl St., Presbyterian Chapel, Maidstone

  iii.GEORGE COOPER, b. 1795; d. after 1827.

  More About GEORGE COOPER:

Christening: July 31, 1795, Earl St. Presbyterian Chapel, Maidstone

  iv. ANN COOPER, d. after 1827; m. WILLIAM GREEN; d. after 1827.

  v.DAVID COOPER, d. between 1821 - 1827.

  vi.ELIZABETH COOPER, d. after 1827. 

vii.LEYSON COOPER, d. after 1805; m. ELIZABETH NEWSON, October 01, 1810, St. Saviour, Norwich, Norfolk (per LDS); b. about 1779; d. 1851.

  More About ELIZABETH NEWSON: 

Burial: May 25, 1851, All Saints, Maidstone 

viii.ROBERT COOPER, d. after 1827. 

ix.SARAH COOPER, d. after 1827; m. BENJAMIN SEATON; d. after 1827.



LEYSON LEWIS was born in 1755, and died after 1821. He married ELIZABETH "ELVY" HARRIS, June 23, 1784 in All Saints, Maidstone. She was born about 1761, and died 1827.

  More About LEYSON LEWIS: 

Christening: March 23, 1755, Earl St. Presbyterian Chapel, Maidstone

Freedom: 1781, Maidstone Freemen Index 1734-1787, Patrimony Index

Parish: 1784, St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, Norfolk

  More About ELIZABETH "ELVY" HARRIS: 

Burial: January 25, 1827, All Saints, Maidstone 

The children of LEYSON LEWIS and ELIZABETH HARRIS were:



i. JANE LEWIS, b. about 1787; d. 1816.

ii. LEYSON> LEWIS, b. 1788; d. 1825.

More About LEYSON LEWIS:



Burial: March 24, 1825, All Saints, Maidstone

Christening: August 22, 1788, Octagon - Presbyterian, Norwich, Norfolk, per LDS



ii i.ISRAEL HARRIS LEWIS, b. about 1792; d. 1878.



iv.ELIZABETH LEWIS, d. after 1840; m. JOSHUA WILLIAM ALDER, August 26, 1819, St. Bartholomew Exchange, London, England (per LDS); b. about 1789, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England; d. September 11, 1837, Muncy Creek Township, Pennsylvania.



More About JOSHUA WILLIAM ALDER:



Graduation: Princeton, at age of 16



v.P HOEBE LEWIS, d. after 1827; m. JOHN HODGES, July 24, 1820, East Farleigh, Kent, England (per LDS); d. after 1827.



GEORGE LEWIS was born 1756, and died 1830. He married DRUCILLA HOWLETT after 1804. She died after 1840.

More About GEORGE LEWIS:
Burial: New York
Christening: November 16, 1756, Earl St. Presbyterian Chapel, Maidstone

The child of GEORGE LEWIS and DRUCILLA HOWLETT was an unknown female Lewis.



Generation No. 3



LEWI S COOPER was born 1776, and died October 28, 1842. He married MATILDA HAYWARD, January 15, 1799 in All Saints, Derby, England (per LDS). She was born 1783, and died June 17, 1854.

More About LEWIS COOPER:



Burial: Anabaptist Burial Ground at Tovil, Kent



M ore About MATILDA HAYWARD:



Burial: Anabaptist Burial Ground at Tovil, Kent



T he child of LEWIS COOPER and MATILDA HAYWARD was EMILY COOPER, b. 1802; d. September 10, 1877.



More About EMILY COOPER:



Burial: Anabaptist Burial Ground at Tovil, Kent



D AVID COOPER died between 1821 - 1827. He married LOUISA ________.



The children of DAVID COOPER and LOUISA __________ were:



i.ELIZA COOPER, b. about 1814; d. 1838.

More About ELIZA COOPER:



Burial: July 06, 1838, All Saints, Maidstone



ii. FEMALE1 COOPER, d. after 1827.



iii.FEMALE2 COOPER, d. after 1827.



iv. FEMALE3 COOPER, d. after 1827.



v. FEMALE4 COOPER, d. after 1827.



vi. FEMALE5 COOPER, d. after 1827.



vii.FEMALE6 COOPER, d. after 1827.



JANE LEWIS was born about 1787, and died 1816. She married ______ ALDER.



More About JANE LEWIS:



Burial: April 01, 1816, East Farleigh Parish, England



The child of JANE LEWIS and ________ ALDER was:



J ANE ALDER, b. about 1814; d. 1816.

More About JANE ALDER:



Burial: June 07, 1816, East Farleigh Parish, England



ISRAEL HARRIS LEWIS was born about 1792, and died 1878. He married after 1821 in England.

More About ISRAEL HARRIS LEWIS:



Christening: April 15, 1792, Octagon - Presbyterian, Norwich, Norfolk, per LDS



Th e child of ISRAEL HARRIS LEWIS and his unknown wife was:




L EYSON LEWIS, b. 1828, Gallants, East Farleigh, Kent; d. 1896; m. ISABELLA MARTINEAU, October 05, 1853, Norwich, Norfolk; b. March 19, 1832; d. 1900.