Born at Plymouth, UK. Married Maria Agnes Philpott, daughter of Edward Philpott, Civil Commis sioner, Uitenhage, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Maria was born at U itenhage on 4 Oct 1852 and married Lewis on 13 April 1871. They had at least 7 children: John, Dora, Edward, Francis, Ethel, Lewis, and Sophia, up to 1886.
