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he should be buried by the side of his mother in the cemetery at Lewis- 

 boro, close to the Rectory where he drew his first breath. The grave 

 stone which marks his resting place, bears the following inscription ; — 



JOHN LEWIS, 

 born 

 Feb. 4, 1793, 

 Died 

 Oct. 1, 1871. 

 He was a liberal benefactor to 

 the common schools of Lewis- 

 boro, after whom the town is 

 named, also the donor of the 

 * adjoining Parsonage property 

 to the Protestant Episcopal 

 church of St. John's. 



Also 



In memory of 



MARGARET LEWIS, 



Mother of the above, who died 



May 31, 1819, 



2E 56 years. 



By his wife Mary, daughter of Samuel Bishop of Darien, who prede- 

 ceased him, he had no issue. His brother Isaac married Eliza, daughter 

 of Thomas Greenly of New Canaan, and has issue, besides others, 

 William T. Lewis, of Clinton, Middlesex County, Conn., who is the 

 executor of his late uncle John Lewis's will, and who has generously 

 aided the church in her improvements on the glebe. There is a good 

 likeness of John Lewis preserved in the rectory of St. Paul's, presented 

 by his nephew William T. Lewis in 1872. 



On the 12th of July, 187 1, was celebrated here the " Centennial An- 

 niversary " of the founding of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Lower 

 Salem and Lewisboro. On which occasion the corner stone of St. 

 Paul's church was laid by the Right Rev. the Bishop of the Diocese 

 and an address delivered by the Rev. Alfred H. Partridge a former 

 rector of the Parish. a 



As early as 1800, if not previous to this date, Episcopal services were 

 occasionally held in this neighborhood in a house which formerly stood 



a On this occasion an early morning service was held at St. John's church, followed at 11 

 A.m., by the Holy Communion which was administered by the Bishop to a large number of 

 clergy and laity. The Rector preaching the Centennial sermon from the Text. " As we have 

 heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God, God will 

 establish it forever, Selah. We have thought of thy loving kindness. O God, in the midst of 

 Thy temple," (Psl. xlviii:8-9.) 



