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LEWIS, FRANCIS, only son of Morgan Lewis, Newport, Monmouthshire, and Mary, dau. of Francis Pettingal, Newport, Monmouthshire, Alderman of Newport; b. 21 Mar 1713/4; adm. (aged 16) Feb 1730/1; worked in counting house of London merchant; formed trading partnership with Richard Annesley, shipping goods to North America; emigrated to North America in 1738; settled in New York city c. 1740; merchant in business there to 1775; delegate to Provincial Convention and member of Committee of Fifty-One, New York 1774; delegate to Continental Congress 22 Apr 1775 – Nov 1779; signed Declaration of Independence 1776 as delegate for New York; member and subsequently chairman, Board of Admiralty 1779 – 17 Jul 1781; m. 1745 Elizabeth, sister of his business partner Richard Annesley; d. 31 Dec 1802.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.