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| | University of Delaware: LEWIS FAMILY PAPERS |
 | | The Lewis family of Newark, Delaware, who came to be prominent farmers and landholders during the mid- to late- nineteenth century, was descended from Philip Lewis, Sr., who owned farmland in Little Creek Hundred in Kent County, Delaware. |
 | | As the population of the town increased and the center of Newark expanded, portions of the Lewis’ land were appropriated by the city for the purpose of building roads, such as Delaware Avenue, or were sold to various businesses, institutions, and residents. |
 | | Of particular interest is the Lewis family Bible, in which Catherine Lewis and others family members recorded births, deaths, and marriages that occurred in both the Lewis family and the Lum family, in addition to recording the same records for Eliza Ivory, a Lewis family slave. |
| www.lib.udel.edu /ud/spec/findaids/lewisfam.htm (4554 words) |
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