Warwick Valley Dispatch (9 Jun 2020): son Christopher Ford named; born Warwick Hospital; still living Greenwich/Warwick as of Joan’s Aug 2024 obituary.
Elder sister of Joan and Lily; called Hopie. Of Greenwich, Conn. as of Dec 2023; still living as of Joan's Aug 2024 obituary. Birthday May 24 (year unread; elder sister of Joan b. 1930). Son Christopher Ford locked 2026-09-16 from Warwick Valley Dispatch. LEAD only (not locked): Newstimes 13 Nov 2009 wedding of granddaughter Elizabeth Frances Cox (parents Emily & John Charles Cox of Greenwich; reception at grandmother Mary Hope Lewis) implies a second child Emily Cox or a Cox in-law — no child-of sentence for Emily.
Facts
- Name
- Mary Hope Lewis
- Birthplace
- Warwick, New York
- Generation
- 2
- Status
- confirmed
- Sex
- Female
Parents
Spouses
Children
Sources
- Lily McLean 2023 obituary names niece Faith O'Grady of Ireland.
two sisters, Joan Lewis Jewett of McLean, Va., and Mary Hope Lewis of Greenwich, Conn.
- Named as son of Mary Hope Lewis (Hope) in Warwick Valley Dispatch birthday article, 9 Jun 2020: quarantining with her at the Maple Ave family home in Warwick.
Hope, born at the Warwick Hospital around the corner on Forester Ave., has been quarantining at the family home on Maple Ave. with her son Christopher Ford and his family. Her parents, Madison and Elizabeth Sanford Lewis, helped save the church from destruction in 1953. Hope’s younger sisters, Joan Jewett and Elizabeth McLean, are quarantining in Virginia and Maryland respectively…
- Mary Hope Lewis (daughter of Madison H. Lewis × wife of Wyndhurst, Warwick / E. 73rd St.) married Frank Richards Ford 3d in Dutch Reformed Church, Warwick, 24 Jun 1950; sisters Joan Sanford Lewis and Elizabeth Lewis in wedding party.
WARWICK, N. Y., June 24- Miss Mary Hope Lewis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Madison H. Lewis of 12 East Seventy-third Street, New York, and Wyndhurst, Warwick, was married here this afternoon to Frank Richards Ford 3d, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ford Jr. 02 Driftway, Southport, Conn., and 530 East Eighty-sixth Street, New York, in the Dutch Reformed Church. ... Miss Joan Sanford Lewis, sister of the bride, and Miss Nancy Ellen Angell were maids of honor. The bridesmaids were the Misses Elizabeth Lewis, another sister of the bride; Cornelia Ford, sister of the bridegroom; ...
- Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richards Ford 3d of Greenwich announced engagement of their daughter Emily Van Orden Ford to John Charles Cox (son of Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Cox of Rockport, Mo.); wedding planned 23 Jun 1979 in Greenwich.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richards Ford 3d of Greenwich, Conn., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Emily Van Orden Ford, to John Charles Cox of Oyster Bay, L.I., son of Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Cox of Rockport, Mo. Miss Ford, who was presented in New York in 1970, and her fiancé plan to be married June 23 in Greenwich.
- Emily Van Orden Ford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richards Ford 3d of Greenwich, married John Charles Cox (son of Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Cox of Rock Port, Mo.) at First Presbyterian Church, Greenwich, 23 Jun 1979; sister Maria Hope Ford bridesmaid; cousin Lucy Dewitt Jewett maid of honor.
In the First Presbyterian Church in Greenwich, Conn., yesterday, Emily Van Orden Ford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richards Ford 3d of Greenwich, was married to John Charles Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Cox of Rock Port, Mo. ... Lucy Dewitt Jewett was maid of honor for her cousin. Maria Hope Ford, the bride's sister; Claire Frances Cox, the bridegroom's sister; ... were bridesmaids.