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Orange Family
Genealogy – Lewis Orange 1720 - 1792 |
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Generation 5: ·
Lewis Orange:
1720 – 1792 married unknown ·
Keziah
Orange: 1732 - 1792 o
William
Orange: 1759 – 1815 o
Lewis
Orange: 1756 – 1779 o
Joshua
Orange: 1750 – 1812 o
Lucretia
Orange: 1760 - 1824 Lewis Orange (son of Louis/Lewis)
was born about 1720 and died after 1792. His wife (marriage date
unknown) Keziah was born about 1732 and died about 1792. They had
four children with William Orange being the direct descendant born
January 26, 1759 in Cumberland County. Lewis Orange (spelled Oring) bought 400 acres of land on May 24, 1756 in the
central part of Cumberland County from Julius Allen, a Henrico County Patentee[xxii]. Lewis owned 135 acres along Stamping Branch, a
fork of Little Guinea Creek in Virginia that he gave to William. On this land
was a family cemetery. This land is thought to be different
than the land left by Lewis Orange 1670 to his son Lewis
Orange 1720. Henrico County was split in 1728 to add
Goochland County. Goochland County was split in 1749 to add
Cumberland County (part south of the James River). Since Lewis's
will was executed in 1734 in Henrico County after the formation of Goochland
County, the land cannot be in Cumberland County. Lewis Orange (spelled Oringe) shows as having a law suit brought against him in
Cumberland County in May 24, 1762 and June 28, 1762, an Alias Capias was
awarded.[xxiii] The law suit person was Thomas Yuille. Lewis Orange and wife Keziah
(thought to be Lewis 1720) sold land in Cumberland County Virginia to Thomas
Moore for 26 pounds and five shillings on January 24, 1771.[xxiv] The total land sold was 105 acres of the
400 acres that Lewis bought in 1756. Another Indenture shows up on April 20,
1776 that says Lewis Orange sold 105 acres to Thomas Moore.[xxv] Lewis Orange sold his land to John
Farmer and Thomas Moore. The Farmer name shows additionally as a surety for
William's marriage and also Edith Orange marries Burnell Farmer
on Dec. 12, 1812 in Amelia County, Va. William is the direct descendent. In the 1782 census,[xxvi] Joshua Orange is listed with a total of 4
white people in Cumberland County. Lewis Orange 1720 is also
listed as a separate head of household and with 4 white people. This
must be Lewis Orange 1720 since Lewis 1756 (his son) died in the
Revolutionary War. Related Orange records: I found records of the name Keziah, it
was an Indian name in North Carolina.
There was a Chief Nicholas that married a Huguenot named Elizabeth
Maria Calais Duneveaux. Some web sites say they had a daughter named
Rebecca Keziah. Some web sites say
this person married Lewis Orange. They
say Rebecca Keziah then married William Smith and had a daughter in
1762. The William Smith genealogy was
approved in 1953 by the sons of the American Revolution.[i] However,
the Rebecca is Rebecca Moore and she married William Smith in 1758. The land deed indicates that Keziah was
Lewis’s wife first name and that they were still married in 1771. I cannot find any factual documents to
support Rebecca Keziah related to Lewis Orange. Therefore, I have listed Keziah Orange as
Lewis Orange’s spouse as stated in the land deed. Peter Orange (Lewis’s uncle) appears
with Peter Depp on the 1744 list of inhabitants of King William Parish.[xxvii] He is also listed in the Huguenot Immigration
to Virginia records.[xxviii] On March 28, 1754 Peter Orange died in
Amelia County Virginia and left 100 pounds to his wife Ann.[xxix] The will was originally created before
there was an Amelia County in 1734/1735. It is probably not the land that
Lewis Orange gave him in Henrico County. Amelia County was not ever part of
Henrico County, therefore Peter must have moved. Amelia County is adjacent to
Cumberland County. John Orange owned land in Henrico County
in August 6, 1762 near John Parsons's land which was on the west side
of Beachen Run.[xxx] Since John ended up with the Houses, he
may have ended up with all of the land in Henrico County. Since Peter showed
up in Amelia County and Lewis-2 in Cumberland County. Joshua Orange enlisted in the
Revolutionary war on February 15, 1776 and was discharged on March 5, 1778.[xxxi] He was from Cumberland County and joined
the 5th Virginia Battalion. He was in the Rifle Regimen 5th VA. Battalion and
shows as a Corporal.[xxxii] Joshua Orange was born ca. 1758. He served in the VA militia during
Dunmore's War. This was a war with the Indians in the land between the
Alleghenies and the Ohio River. So he was an Indian fighter. He must have
been a good shot since he was with Morgan's Rifles during the Revolutionary War.
His service in Dunmore's War is noted in the Library of Virginia card file,
card 31 of 53. And if you're interested in Dunmore's War, do a Google search
on [Dunmore's +war] and you'll get several pages of links. The "OhioKids" link gives a nice, simple description, and
the "newriver" link gives a more thorough
treatment. Lewis Orange 1756 enlisted on February
12, 1778 and was shown as sick in Brunswich on
November, 1778 and dead on January 13, 1779.[xxxiii] He did not pick up his last pay sent on
June 16, 1786 so it is assumed the records are correct. His pay was picked up
by Jos Carrington. Lewis 1756 joined the 7th VA. Reg't.
Both Lewis Orange 1756 and Joshua are listed as soldiers who have not
received bounty land.[xxxiv] Last
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