Francis Lewis

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Francis Lewis was a Welsh-born American merchant and statesman best known as one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence representing New York.

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Francis Lewis canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
signer of the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
ageAtDeath 89 ⓘ
burialPlace Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
child Morgan Lewis ⓘ
continentOfBirth Europe ⓘ
continentOfDeath North America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1713-03-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1802-12-30 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Welsh ⓘ
familyName Lewis ⓘ
givenName Francis ⓘ
immigratedTo New York ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English ⓘ
memberOf Committee of Sixty (New York) ⓘ
Continental Congress ⓘ
militaryService British Army commissary during the French and Indian War ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableAchievement signer of the Declaration of Independence for New York ⓘ
notableFact one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence born outside the American colonies ⓘ
notableRelative Morgan Lewis ⓘ
notableWork signing of the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ
occupation merchant ⓘ
politician ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
partOf Founding Fathers of the United States ⓘ
placeOfBirth Llandaff ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
politicalAlignment Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
positionHeld delegate to the Continental Congress ⓘ
member of the Continental Congress from New York ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
represented New York ⓘ
Province of New York ⓘ
residence Long Island ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
significantEvent signed the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Annesley ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Flushing Cemetery → notableBurial → Francis Lewis ⓘ
Jesus College, Oxford → hasAlumni → Francis Lewis ⓘ
Morgan Lewis → father → Francis Lewis ⓘ
Elizabeth Annesley → spouse → Francis Lewis ⓘ
Francis Lewis Park → namedAfter → Francis Lewis ⓘ