tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38696983.post6235624303021527455..comments2024-01-26T00:51:41.975-08:00Comments on AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors: A Civil War Soldier: Pvt. John Wallace LEWIS (1839 - 1908)Miriam Robbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12021845886261585678noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38696983.post-41577620238661653812008-05-17T08:01:00.000-07:002008-05-17T08:01:00.000-07:00Sorry to take so long to respond, Thomas.I don't b...Sorry to take so long to respond, Thomas.<BR/><BR/>I don't believe my Lewises are of Welsh descent. They appear to be of English descent, settling in Washington Co., Rhode Island not long after the Great (Puritan) Migration. I actually descend from this line twice, as I have an ancestral couple who were distant cousins.Miriam Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12021845886261585678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38696983.post-18632926881467099592008-05-14T14:25:00.000-07:002008-05-14T14:25:00.000-07:00Is your Lewis line in upstate New York originally ...Is your Lewis line in upstate New York originally from Wales? I ask since my Lewises were part of the influx of Welsh laborers for the Erie Canal in the early 1800s - mostly stonecutters.Thomas MacEnteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925130637060406529noreply@blogger.com