Lewis
Joseph
1752 – 1817
Joseph Lewis is thought to be the son of Abraham and Rebekah Marshall Davis Lewis. However, more research is needed to validate Joseph’s lineage and family details.
Marriages
Joseph first married a daughter of Edward Beck. Her name is believed to have been Rebecca, Esther, or Rebecca Esther. Joseph married a second time to Sarah “Sally” Bell, daughter of John and Sarah Bell. From these two marriages came at least 17 children as that number are listed in Joseph’s will. His children include Rebecca, Ester, Anne, Susannah, Rachel, Polly, Jesse, Joseph, Abraham, Isaac, Elizabeth, Johnathon, James, Sally, Martha, Jemima, and Lovey.
Location, Location, Location
Joseph is thought to have been born in Loudon County, Virginia. However, he spent much of his adult like in Henry and Franklin counties in Virginia. Then, about 1797, Joseph moved his family to Franklin County, Kentucky and within a couple of years to Shelby County, Kentucky, where they settle along Six Mile Creek. After he died in 1817, members of the Lewis family moved to Switzerland and Jefferson counties in Indiana. These counties border Ripley County, where Roger Ellis lived.