"Robert Lewis, eldest son of Ellis and Elizabeth (Newlin) Lewis, born 1mo. 21, 1714, was a member of Colonial Assembly from Chester county, 1745-46, but soon after that date removed to Philadelphia and engaged in mercantile pursuits for the remaining years of his life. He was buried at Philadelphia Friends' burying-ground, 4mo. 13, 1790. He married at Concord Meeting, Chester county, 3mo 23, 1733, Mary Pyle, born 1714, died 6mo. 26, 1782. She was a daughter of William Pyle, of Thornbury, Chester county, who was a member of Colonial Assembly, 1721-3, and a Justice of Chester County Courts, 1724-8."[1]
"Robert Lewis, son of Ellis Lewis and Elizabeth his wife of the Township of Kennet, in the County of Chester, and Province of Pa., and Mary Pyle daughter of Wm. Pyle and Olive his wife, of Thornbury Township in the county and Province aforesaid were married the 23rd day of the 3rd mo. 1733, at Concord Meeting in the said County. The following is an account of the births of the children of the above mentioned Robert Lewis and Mary his wife.[2]
Robert Lewis was buried in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 18, 1790.[3]
Robert Lewis was the oldest son and child of Ellis Lewis and Elizabeth Newlin Lewis. He married March 23, 1733, at the Concord Meeting, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, to Mary Pyle, 1714-1782, daughter of William Pyle, 1685-1734, and Olive Bennett, 1690-1732/33. Robert's other siblings were; Nathaniel Lewis, 1717-1757, Ellis Lewis, Jr.-grandfather of Chief Justice Ellis Lewis, III, of Pennsylvania, and Mary Lewis, 1716-1760, who married Joshua Pusey.
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