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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



gagements, he did not neglect his re- 

 ligious duties, being ever ready to do 

 his share in promoting order and dis- 

 cipline in the Society of Friends, of 

 which he was a zealous member. His 

 children were Samuel, Mary, William, 

 Elizabeth, Christopher and Sarah. Sam- 

 uel intermarried with Hannah Stretch 

 of Philadelphia, and Mary with Joseph 

 Pennock, son of Christopher Pennock. 

 The latter marriage was accomplished 

 before two Justices of the Court in 

 1705, at the residence of the bride's 

 father, Joseph Pennock not being in 

 membership with Friends. William 

 removed to Kennet, and married Eliza- 

 beth Read of that neighborhood, and 

 became eminent as a preacher amongst 

 Friends ; and Sarah intermarried with 

 John, the son of George Maris, of 

 Springfield. For a further account of 

 Elizabeth see Elizabeth Shipley. Samuel 

 Levis the immigrant, died at an ad- 

 vanced age in the year 1728. See 

 William Garrett. 



Lewis, Henry, with his wife Mar- 

 garet and family, came from the parish 

 of Narbeth, in the County of Pembroke, 

 Wales, and settled in Haverford town- 

 ship in 1082. By trade he was a car- 

 penter. As a member of the Society, 

 of Friends, he was strict in the per- 

 formance of his religious duties, and 

 during the short period he lived, after 

 reaching his new home, he devoted 

 much of his time to civil affairs and 

 acts of benevolence. Before the estab- 

 lishment of Haverford Meeting, in 1684, 

 he belonged to Philadelphia Monthly 

 Meeting, and was by that body ap- 

 pointed one of a committee " to visit 

 the poor and the sick, and administer 

 what they should judge convenient, at 

 the expense of tlie monthly meeting." 

 He held the office of " peacemaker"' for 

 the County of Philadelphia, and was 

 foreman ot the first grand jury for that 

 County, Haverford and Radnor at that 

 time being regarded as belonging to 

 Philadelphia. He died in 1G88, leaving 

 his wife and three children, Henry, 

 Samuel and Elizabeth, all born in 

 Wales, to survive him. Henry inter- 

 married with Mary, the daughter of 

 Robert Taylor of Springfield, Elizabeth 

 with Riciiard Hayes of Haverford, but 

 it is not known that Samuel married. 

 The second Henry became a man of 

 considerable note, was a member of the 



Assembly in 1715 and 1718, and wag 

 employed in other public trusts. His 

 descendants are numerous, and many 

 of them have been remarkable for in- 

 tellectual superiority. The most noted 

 was the late Enoch Lewis, the mathe- 

 matician. The elder Henry Lewis had 

 been a pecuniary sufferer in his native 

 country on account of his religion. 



Lewis, Ralph, with his wife Mary 

 and family, emigrated from the parisli 

 of Ulan, in Glamorganshire, and came 

 over in company with John Bevan in 

 1683 or 1684, and settled in Haverford. 

 He was a member of the Society of 

 Friends by convincement, and the cer- 

 tificate brought with him attests the ex- 

 cellence of his character and the in- 

 nocency of his life. His children who 

 survived him were Mary, who inter- 

 married with James, and Lj-dia, who 

 intermarried with Joseph Sharpless, 

 both sons of the immigrant John 

 Sharpless, Abraham, who intermarried 

 with Mary, daughter of Anthony Mor- 

 gan, Thomas, who intermarried with 

 Jane, daughter of Rees Meridith of 

 Radnor, Sarah, who intermarried with 

 William, son of Richard Walters of 

 Merion, and Samuel intermarried with 

 Phebe, daughter of Josiah Taylor of 

 Marple. Ralph Lewis died about 1710, 

 and his wife six years earlier. 



Lewis, John, came from Pembroke- 

 shire, Wales, and with his wife Eliza- 

 beth, and family, settled in Haverford 

 in 1683. As a member of the Society 

 of Friends he was active and influ- 

 ential. He died in I7u4, leaving his 

 wile and one son and two daughters, 

 viz : John, Elizabeth and Margaret to 

 survive him. Elizabeth intermarried 

 with John, the son of Daniel Reece of 

 Newtown, and John with Sarah Price of 

 Merion. The children of the latter mar- 

 riage were Elizabeth, Philip, Stephen 

 and Josiah. John Lewis had suffered 

 a share of the persecution that was 

 waged against the Quakers, before 

 leaving his native country. 



Lewis, William, with his wife, Ann, 

 came from the parish of Ulan, in Gla- 

 morganshire, Wales, about the year 

 1686, and settled in the northeastern 

 part of Haverford township. He was 

 a brother of Ralph Lewis Their son, 

 David, was married to Ann Jones, of 



