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Note: !# L 1 REF: GENEOLOGY OF THE LEWIS FAMILY IN AMERICA FROM MIDDLE OF 17th CENTURY DOWN TO PRESENT TIME, by William Terrell Lewis of Perryville, Winston County, Miss., 1893. INFO: Edward fled England to Wales to avoid Catholic persecution. Tradition in the Lewis family in Am. that the name originated in France, that it was "Louis", meaning strong or brave. After the family settled in Wales, the name was Anglicized to "Lewis". All the Welsh Lewises are related, as they sprang from the same stock. About the middle of the 17th Century four brothers left Wales.
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