Image by Albert Rosenthal, 1906, after an engraving from John Sanderson, Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence (1824), Independence National Historical Park. https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/declaration/bio27.htm
Francis Lewis was born in 1713 in Wales. He attended school in England then moved to New York for business. Lewis was later taken prisoner in France before returning back to New York where he made a home in Whitestone. He was a member of the Continental Congress for years before the Revolutionary War and was a signatory of the Declaration of Independence.
"Signers of the Declaration," National Park Service, accessed September 28, 2023, https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/declaration/bio27.htm "Francis Lewis," USHistory.org, accessed June 30, 2023, https://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/signers/lewis.html