Francis Lewis

Francis Lewis (d. 1780) served as pastor of the Baptist congregation at Newbury between 1748 and 1774. After his departure, students from Bristol Academy supplied for a time until a Mr. Stephens took over as pastor for two years, 1776-78. In 1779 Lewis returned, only to die in January 1780. Timothy Thomas, brother-in-law to Caleb Evans and Thomas Mullett, supplied for a while before James Bicheno left Bristol Academy and assumed the pastorate at Newbury later that year.  See W. J. Lewendon, Notes on Newbury Baptists (Newbury: Simpson & Son, 1940), 12-14.