John SELBY and Jane DARBY (General)

by cmp, Tuesday, December 04, 2007, 07:34 (6010 days ago) @ biddy

Re James Lewis married Rachel Hoskin 1768,
Woolaston

Rachel was alive until 30/04/1836,when she died in Woolaston aged 87 years.

She and James Lewis had several children , the last two being: -

Walter (born 1788)
and
Benjamin (born 1791)

She and James Lewis are my GGG grandparents, through a further son, Joseph(b 1783)

I have a copy of her will, dated 1832 and executed after her death in 1836.

Her name is still given as Rachel Lewis at this time, suggesting she did not remarry.

The only beneficiaries of the will are four of her surviving Lewis sons.

In view of the dates of birth of the youngest sons, and the above info from the will and death registers, it seems unlikely - despite the coincidence of both the name and the presence of an Edmund Hoskin as a witness at the later marriage - that she is therefore the same Rachel Lewis who married James Derby in 1787.

Hope this helps your research