Plantation, it has been designated a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Spotsylvania County voters elected Lewis to represent them in the House of Burgesses following the death of William Waller before the 1760 session, and he served alongside Zachariah Lewis, then William Grymes, William Johnson and Benjamin Grymes. Years earlier, Lewis had sought a place on the Governor's Council, but that went to his stepbrother Robert Carter of Nomini Hall. As relations with Britain soured, Lewis, who commanded the local militia, accepted appointment as Commissary General of Munitions, with the rank of colonel. Personal life As was common among the First Families of Virginia, Lewis married relatives. On October 18, 1746. Lewis married his second cousin Catharine Washington, the daughter of John Washington (an uncle of George Washington) and Catharine Whiting. They had three children before she died on February 19, 1750, including John Lewis (1747–1825). After a short mourning period, on May 7, 1750, Lewis married 17 year old Betty Washington (1733-1797), the sister of George Washington and another second cousin. They had 11 children together, including: Fielding Lewis, Jr. (1751–1803), who married Anne Alexander and, after her death, Nancy Alexander. He had children by both wives. Augustine Lewis (1752–1756), who died as a child. Warner Lewis (1755–1756), who died in infancy. George Washington Lewis (1757–1831), who married Catherine Daingerfield, had issue (grandparents of Princess Catherine Murat). Mary Lewis (1759–1759), who died in infancy. Charles Lewis (1760–1793) Samuel Lewis (1762–1810) Elizabeth Lewis (1765–1830), who married distant cousin Charles Carter, had issue. Lawrence Lewis (1767–1839), who married step-cousin Eleanor Parke Custis (George Washington's step-granddaughter) and had children. Robert Lewis (1769–1829), who married cousin Judith Carter Browne and had children. Howell Lewis Sr. (1771–1822), who married Ellen Hackley Pollard and had several children Lewis' great-granddaughter Catherine Willis Gray married into the Bonaparte family of France. A sixth-generation descendant, Fielding Lewis Wright, served as Governor of Mississippi. Death and legacy Lewis died in Fredericksburg in 1781 at the end of the Revolutionary War. Before her death in 1789, Mary Washington asked to be buried at her favorite spot at Kenmore, and her daughter Betty arranged for that. Betty outlived Lewis by 16 years, dying in 1797. In 1833 a memorial was started at Mary Washington's gravesite, but never completed. Following the United States Centennial in 1889, numerous historic and lineage societies were formed; the