John William Lewis
1802 - 1886 (84 years)-
Name John William Lewis Nickname William Born 1802 St. Margaret's Bay, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 
Christened 21 Sep 1803 St. Paul's Church, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Gender Male _UID ACBE87D8E431184A88D5039199588CC472D3 Died Feb 1886 Sydney NW Arm, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Buried 5 Feb 1886 St. George (Anglican), Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Person ID I1903 Victoria Boutilier's Genealogy Pages Last Modified 23 Nov 2023
Father Henry Lewis, b. Abt 1760, Cardiff, Wales(?) , d. 21 Feb 1849, Sydney North West Arm, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age ~ 89 years) Mother Catherine Elizabeth Boutilier, b. 9 Feb 1770, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 14 Feb 1847, Sydney North West Arm, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 77 years) Married 16 Oct 1788 St. Paul (Anglican), Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Notes - There is a marriage bond for Elizabeth Boutellier and Henry Lewis dated 16 October 1788, Halifax County. Henry Lewis and James Bouttellier, farmers. "Jaques Bouteillie" (signed with his own signature). Registration Year: 1788- Book 1700 page 733
Family ID F57 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Mary Sophia Chapman, b. Abt 1807, d. Sep 1862, Sydney NW Arm, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age ~ 55 years) Married 23 Dec 1825 St. George (Anglican), Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Notes - married by banns
Children 1. Charles Archibald Lewis, b. 16 Jan 1827, Sydney NW Arm East Side, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown2. Charlotte Elizabeth Lewis, b. 12 Dec 1828, NW Arm Sydney River, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 20 Apr 1921, Point Edward, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 92 years)3. Eleanor Mary Lewis, b. 2 Oct 1831, Sydney NW Arm, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown4. Henry Seymour Lewis, b. 22 Jan 1837, Sydney North West Arm, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown5. Alfred Joseph Lewis, b. Abt 1840, Sydney North West Arm, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. Between 1901 and 1911, Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age ~ 61 years)6. David Thomas Lewis, b. Abt 1843, Sydney NW Arm, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 8 Aug 1921, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age ~ 78 years)Last Modified 23 May 2017 Family ID F752 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Eliza Jane Kennedy, b. Abt 1824, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. Aft 1891, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age ~ 68 years) Married 1866 Last Modified 23 May 2017 Family ID F962 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - 1825
Lewis, William
Petition to Wallace: Petitioner is a native of this province, age 21, single. He asks a lot at Point Edward, where it is stated that 2000 acres lie at the disposal of the crown. His father served in Cornwallis' army. He has six brothers, three of whom have received 100 acres each. William Daly has applied for the same lot, but petitioner, in a second petition, explains his claim.
Cape Breton no.: 3037
NSARM microfilm: 15799
1825
Daly, William
Petition to Wallace: Petitioner is a native of Sydney, age 33, single. He holds 55 acres by purchase, on which lot he now resides and carries on the business of burning lime in addition to farming. He asks a certain 200 acres at Point Lewis as a source of fire wood. Note: approved for a warrant, not to interfere with the sixty acres reserved for military purposes.
Cape Breton no.: 3017
NSARM microfilm: 15799
1871 Census of Canada Balls Bridge div 2 p 54 hh 171
William Lewis 68 farmer no write Church of England
Jane Lewis 46 Baptist
Theodore J. McConnell 14 born United States Baptist in school
James W. McConnell 12 born Nova Scotia Baptist in school
Peter McConnell 10 Baptist in school
Benjamin William Lewis 3
Laura Jane Lewis 2 ("unsound mind" box is checked)
1881 Census of Canada
William LEWIS M Male English 79 Nova Scotia Farmer Baptist
Jane LEWIS M Female English 56 Nova Scotia Baptist
Theodor MCCONNEL Male English 24 Nova Scotia Baptist
James MCCONNEL Male English 21 Nova Scotia Baptist
Census Place Ball's Creek, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Family History Library Film 1375802
NA Film Number C-13166
District 6
Sub-district E
Division 1
Page Number 21
Household Number 77
burial appears in St. George, Sydney records as William Lewis.
Court of Probate Cape Breton County AD11
Estate of William Lewis of NW Arm farmer
Joseph N. Lewis and Henry Grant of NW Arm executors (sign)
Inventory dated March 27, 1886, Point Edward; signed John G. Lewis and Wallace Lewis.
"I William LEWIS of North West Arm...bequeath to my beloved wife Jane LEWIS the western half of my farm on which I reside and running from the Highway to the Back fence with the Buildings and orchard thereon with the Live stock....together with my farming Implements and Household furniture. I leave to James McCONNELL the southern side of my Back Land which is six chains in width and bounded on the east by the Barrasois, on the south by CRAWLY's Land on the west by Robert HILL and on the North by Land deeded to Sharlotte TURNER. I leave to my son Alfred the remainder of my farm....I leave to my daughter Maria GRANT one dollar, and I leave to my son David one dollar. And I...appoint Henry GRANT and Joseph LEWIS my executors...[signed] at North West ARm on the first day of December...Eight hundred and eighty five" Signed William Lewis, wits Irving Lewis, George Lewis (sign)
- 1825