He was the son of Lewis Lewis, a cordwainer and later a miner from Cornelly, and his wife, Margaret. He moved to Merthyr Tydfil with his family in 1819, where he and his father found work in the mines.
Lewis Lewis, a cordwainer who later worked as a miner from Cornelly, was the father of this individual along with his wife Margaret. The family moved to Merthyr Tydfil in 1819, where they both sought work in the local coal mines.