I believe they originated in Wales, and went to the Isle of Wight. Later, Lewises from Wight settled in "Isle of Wight County, Virginia." Later, some lived near Charlottesville, Virginia, where one became a co-leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Those Lewises of course knew President Thomas Jefferson.

Evelyn Lewis, born in Oklahoma, married my first-cousin Lt. Colonel Ambrose Herold, and they live in Dallas, Texas.

Henry Kirchner, born in Oklahoma, told me he was a great-nephew of Archie Lewis, a champion salesman of Ford Cars. Archie was murdered in 1937 by Dallas gangsters, who mistook him for his twin brother, a labor organizer at the Ford plant, in Dallas.

I know a lady, "M.C.," who tells me that Archie Lewis was her great-uncle, too. She tells me that Archie's family are descendants of the "Isle of Wight" Lewises.