| 词条 | Lawrence Lewis (1767–1839) |
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| name = Lawrence Lewis | image = Lawrence lewis.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = April 4, 1767 | birth_place = Fredericksburg, Virginia | death_date = {{death date and age|1839|11|20|1767|04|04}} | death_place = Arlington, Virginia | death_cause = | resting_place = Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = "Woodlawn," Fairfax County, Virginia | nationality =American | other_names = | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation = | spouse =Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis | partner = | children = 8 | parents = Fielding Lewis Betty Washington Lewis | allegiance = United States | rank = Major | branch = United States Army | serviceyears = 1794 | battles = Whiskey Rebellion | title = }} Lawrence Lewis (April 4, 1767 – November 20, 1839) was a nephew of George Washington who married Nelly Custis, a granddaughter of Martha Washington. LifeHe was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1767 to Fielding Lewis and Betty Washington Lewis, the sister of George Washington. He volunteered for service in 1794 to help suppress the Whiskey Rebellion and served as aide-de-camp to General Daniel Morgan, achieving the rank of major.[1] Washington, after finishing his tenure as president, called on several of his nephews to assist him at his Mount Vernon plantation. On August 4, 1797, he wrote to Lewis inviting him to serve as his personal secretary.[2] While at Mount Vernon, Lewis came to know Eleanor "Nelly" Parke Custis, the granddaughter of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington and Daniel Parke Custis. She and her brother, George Washington Parke Custis, had been informally adopted by George and Martha Washington after the 1781 death of their father, John Parke Custis. At Mount Vernon she acted as the social director, entertaining the many visitors to the former president. WoodlawnLewis and Nelly Custis were married at Mount Vernon on February 22, 1799,[1] and resided there for the first several years of their marriage. Their first child, Frances Parke Lewis, was born at Mount Vernon estate on November 27, 1799. After George Washington's death on December 14, 1799, Lewis served as the primary executor of his will. As a wedding gift from the Washingtons, the couple had received {{convert|2000|acre|km2}} of the Mount Vernon plantation. From 1800 to 1805, Lewis oversaw the construction of the Woodlawn Plantation, designed by the physician-architect William Thornton.[1] Lewis and his wife lived at Woodlawn until about 1830, when they settled at the new Audley estate in what is now Clarke County, Virginia. Lewis had purchased the tract of {{convert|571|acre|km2}} from George Washington's extensive real estate holdings. He died in 1839 in Arlington, Virginia and was buried in the vault at Mount Vernon, close to the sarcophagi of George and Martha Washington.[1] FamilyThe Lewises had eight children, four of whom lived past infancy:
References1. ^1 2 3 4 Sorley, Merrow Egerton. [https://books.google.com/books?id=wCowEcMe3BcC Lewis of Warner Hall] (1935, reprinted 1979), pp. 202-210. {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Lawrence}}2. ^"George Washington to Lawrence Lewis (August 4, 1797)"{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, The Constitutional Sources Project. Accessed August 12, 2008. 9 : 1767 births|1839 deaths|American planters|Burials at Mount Vernon|Lewis family|Military personnel from Fredericksburg, Virginia|United States Army officers|Washington family|Custis family of Virginia |
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