St. Patrick’s Parish Vestry Book
St. Patrick’s Parish covered the area of Prince Edward County, Virginia. The book covers the years of 1755 to 1761, which happens to cover the time which Anderson Lewellin was born, my 4th great grandfather. I am still looking for the smoking gun that would finally tie Anderson to Jesse Lewellin as his father. So, I paid a researcher to get the microfilm and do some research. Here is what we discovered:
1763 – Jesse Lewellin, fined 5 shillings for not going to church
1763 – Daniel Lewellin, fined 5 shillings for getting drunk
That is what they call anticlimactic! Although I am now convinced more than ever that I am related!
I also researched the Processioner’s Returns of St. Patrick’s Parish from 1760 to 1767. It was interesting to find that although there are a number of Lewellins living in Prince Edward County at this time, only Jesse and Daniel were mentioned. Matthew Rice lived very close. This is significant because Matthew married Margaret Lewellin who appears to be Anderson and Jesse’s sister. Matthew’s brother, Charles, may have been the father of Lucy Rice, Anderson’s wife.
Source: The Vestry Book of St. Patrick’s Parish, 1755 – 1761
Source: The Virginia Genealogist, Vol.. 31, No. 2, April-June 1987, pp. 84 – 90