Mary Hope Lewis

Life and records

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.

Family

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1. Grandson of Elizabeth M. L. McLean (Lily) and named among her five grandchildren, grouped with Elle Reynolds and Margaux Reynolds; Lisa Reynolds listed as Lily's daughter and Hal Reynolds as son-in-law.

   two sisters, Joan Lewis Jewett of McLean, Va., and Mary Hope Lewis of Greenwich, Conn.

2. Named as father of bridegroom John Charles Cox of Rock Port/Rockport, Mo., in NYT engagement and wedding notices for Emily Van Orden Ford.

   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.

3. Named mother of F. Richards Ford IV (Rick Ford) on Maoyan celebrity biography.

   Rick Ford，F. Richards Ford IV was born and raised in Greenwich, CT on December 21, 1956 to parents Mary Hope Lewis of New York City and F. Richards Ford III of Southport, CT. His mother is a graduate of Wellesley College and his father a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Virginia Law School.

4. Wellesley graduate (NYT 1950 wedding headline; Rick Ford bio: 'His mother is a graduate of Wellesley College').

   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; ...

5. Portrait (photo provided) of Mary Hope Lewis ringing the Bells of Hope on her birthday, May 24, 2020; goes by Hope; born at Warwick Hospital.

   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…

6. Mother (maiden Burchell) of F. Richards Ford III; named with husband Frank Richards Ford, Jr. on son's fetched Greenwich Time/Legacy 2021 obituary.

   Dick is survived by his wife Phoebe, his younger sister Susan Hammaker. He is also survived by Mary Hope Lewis, his first wife and their five children: Emily Cox, Madison Ford, F. Richards "Rick" Ford IV, Christopher Ford, Mariah Brown and his eight grandchildren.

7. Named with husband as parents of bridegroom John Charles Cox in NYT 1979 wedding notice (Rock Port, Mo.).

   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.

8. Portrait (photo provided) of Mary Hope Lewis ringing the Bells of Hope on her birthday, May 24, 2020; goes by Hope; born at Warwick Hospital.

   Mary Hope Lewis celebrated her birthday on Sun., May 24 by ringing 'The Bells of Hope' ... Hope, born at the Warwick Hospital around the corner on Forester Ave.

9. Wellesley graduate (NYT 1950 wedding headline; Rick Ford bio: 'His mother is a graduate of Wellesley College').

   Mary Lewis Wed to Frank Ford 3d; Wellesley Graduate Is Married