Francis Lewis was an Episcopalian. From: B. J. Lossing, Signers
of the Declaration of Independence, George F. Cooledge &
Brother: New York (1848) [reprinted in Lives of the Signers of
the Declaration of Independence, WallBuilder Press: Aledo, Texas
(1995)], pages 71-72: Francis Lewis was born in Wales, in the
town of Landaff, in the year 1713. His father was an Episcopal
clergyman, his mother was a clergyman's daughter, and Francis
was their only child. He was left an orphan when only about five
years old, and was taken under the care and protection of a
maiden aunt, who watched over him with the apparent solicitude
of a mother.From: Robert G. Ferris (editor), Signers of the
Declaration: Historic Places Commemorating the Signing of the
Declaration of Independence, published by the United States
Department of the Interior, National Park Service: Washington,
D.C. (revised edition 1975), page 94-96: Few other signers [of
the Declaration of Independence] felt the tragedy of the War for
Independence mor directly t