Fielding Lewis
BIRTH
Jul 7, 1725
Gloucester County, Virginia
DEATH
December 7, 1781
Fredericksburg, Virginia
FAMILY
FATHER:
Lawrence Lewis
(1767-1839)
MOTHER:
Betty Washington Lewis
(1733-1797)
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Lewis, Fielding
(1725-1781)
Fielding Lewis was an American merchant, member of the House of Burgesses and a Colonel during the American Revolutionary War. He lived in Fredericksburg, Virginia and also owned a plantation in Spotsylvania County, which later became known as Kenmore. His brother-in-law was George Washington.
BIRTHPLACE:
MARKER
Warner Hall Marker
4645 George Washington Memorial Hwy, Gloucester, VA 23061
HOMES:
MUSEUM
Kenmore
1201 Washington Ave, Fredericksburg, VA
GRAVE:
CHURCH
St George's Episcopal Church
905 Princess Anne St, Fredericksburg, VA 22401
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BROTHER
Augustine Washington Sr.
(1694-1743)
BROTHER
George Washington Lewis
(1757-1821)
BROTHER
William Howell Lewis, Sr
(1771-1822)
SISTER
Mary Ball Washington
(1709-1789)
BROTHER
Lawrence Lewis
(1767-1839)
SISTER
Frances Parke Lewis Butler
(1799-1875)
SISTER
Betty Washington Lewis
(1733-1797)
BROTHER
Robert Lewis
(1769-1829)
BROTHER
Lorenzo Lewis
(1803-1847)
WIFE
Betty Washington Lewis
(1733-1797)
Betty Washington Lewis
(1733-1797)
Robert Lewis
(1769-1829)
George Washington Lewis
(1757-1821)
William Howell Lewis, Sr
(1771-1822)
Lawrence Lewis
(1767-1839)
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Virginia Capitol Building | E Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM | ||
Kenmore | 1201 Washington Ave, Fredericksburg, VA | MUSEUM |
DIED:
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Dec 7, 1781
Fielding Lewis was born on Jul 7, 1725 in Gloucester County, Virginia. 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.
The available biographical record identifies Fielding Lewis with work or public activity as a merchant, planter, soldier. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. Fielding Lewis died on Dec 7, 1781 in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.