Mat Woodworth (boldlinedesign@gmail.com), a most talented commercial artist, drew our Lewis family crest, and Monica and Ray Sommerville of Sommerville Pottery in Pulteney, NY are making pottery including handmade mugs, trivets, cheese boards and other ceramic items. Click on “Lewis Family” to get to more photos and pricing information.
We are one of many Lewis families from Wales. Our crest was borne by Rhys Goch ca 1070. Rhys was a local tribal chieftain from the area near present-day Abergavenny, Wales. The crest is a Welsh dragon with a bloody severed left hand in it’s mouth. No one knows the exact story of the dragon with the bloody hand. There is a woodcarving of the crest in black oak over the fireplace of the dining room at Gregygnog, a manor that is now a residential educational center of the University of Wales Institute of Rural Health. It is #10 at this web page Blayney Room Lewis Crest
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Hello,
I’m looking for information on Irving John Lewis born 1915, Jacob Oliver Lewis born approximately 1825 (Father of Irving) and Samuel S Lewis (Father of Jacob). Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Keith Lewis
I was astounded to come across your site today with the illustration of the crest. Years ago my father should me a picture in a one of the books of British Heraldry and stated it was our family crest. I was about 10 years old at the time and often tried to find it. Our crest if I remember it correctly is so similar to yours.I thought I remembered it as a greyhound, wearing a collar I think, but divided in colour vertically and rising out of a daffodil. The greyhound was weeping. Now compare my description with your illustration and it is possible that this is what I really saw 62 years ago!
the lewis family rules so does the u.s.a