British Subject. Daughter of American merchant John Delaware Lewis, who carried on business in Russia. Fanny's sister was Mary Soffrona who married Rev Thomas Pruen, a rector in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, England. The mother of the two sisters is currently unknown. John Delaware Lewis married again in 1824 to Emma Clewlow and they had two children, a son also called John Delaware Lewis, who became a member of parliament in England for Devenport in 1868. The second child was a daughter born in 1829. Within days of her birth, mother Emma died, and the fate of the child, Amy Eliza, is currently unknown . The Soffrona sisters are mentioned in John Delaware Lewis's will (copy available from National Archive) and he settled property on them, but the main estate passed to his son.
British Subject. Daughter of American merchant John Delaware Lewis, who carried on business in Russia. Fanny's sister was Mary Soffrona who married Rev Thomas Pruen, a rector in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, England. The mother of the two sisters is currently unknown. John Delaware Lewis married again in 1824 to Emma Clewlow and they had two children, a son also called John Delaware Lewis, who became a member of parliament in England for Devenport in 1868. The second child was a daughter born in 1829. Within days of her birth, mother Emma died, and the fate of the child, Amy Eliza, is currently unknown . The Soffrona sisters are mentioned in John Delaware Lewis's will (copy available from National Archive) and he settled property on them, but the main estate passed to his son.
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