Early Life
Lewis was born in London in 1796. At the age of nineteen he started work as a surveyor and draughtsman in the London office of the Inspector General of Fortifications. In 1819 he married Elizabeth Clements, who bore him three sons and a daughter. Another son was to be born later in Sydney, Australia. After eight years in private practice Lewis received an appointment as assistant surveyor in the office of surveyor-general of New South Wales. He set sail with his family in 1829 and arrived in Sydney in March, 1830.
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