Elizabeth Annesley Lewis
(1715-1779)
BIRTH
1715
PLACE
New York
DEATH
1779
PLACE
New York, United States
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Francis Lewis
(1713-1802)
CHILDREN
Ann Lewis
(1748-1802)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Elizabeth Annesley Lewis was the wife of New York merchant and Declaration signer Francis Lewis. British troops captured her when they occupied Long Island in 1776, and the family’s Whitestone property was damaged. She was later released through a prisoner exchange, but accounts describe her health as weakened by captivity. Her experience records the war’s impact on civilians. Sources disagree whether she died in 1778 or 1779; that date remains open.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Elizabeth Annesley’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Elizabeth Annesley is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Elizabeth Annesley died in 1779, in New York, United States. Elizabeth Annesley Lewis was the wife of New York merchant and Declaration signer Francis Lewis. British troops captured her when they occupied Long Island in 1776, and the family’s Whitestone property was damaged. She was later released through a prisoner exchange, but accounts describe her health as weakened by captivity. Her experience records the war’s impact on civilians. Sources disagree whether she died in 1778 or 1779; that date remains open. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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