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Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia: Also, a Condensed Account of the Nelson, Walker, Pendleton, and Randolph Families, with References to the Bland, Burwell, Byrd, Carter, Cary, Duke, Gilmer, Harrison, Rives, Thornton, Welford, Washington, and Other Distinguished Families in
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and William Read, also a Philadelphia merchant, to represent his firm and Willing & Cuwen, and deliver correspondence regarding invoices of goods shipped, and other financial records. The firm worked with many prominent Chinese merchants, including Consequa (his trading name:
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The Provincial Councillors of Pennsylvania: Who Held Office Between 1733-1776 and Those Earlier Councillors who Were Some Time Chief Magistrates of the Province, and Their Descendants
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Francis engaged in mercantile pursuits with his uncle Thomas Willing and cousin, Thomas Mayne Willing, under the name Willing & Francis. From 1805 to 1822, they focused on the
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In the summer of 1794, Francis married his first cousin, Dorothy Willing (1772–1842). She was one of thirteen children of his maternal uncle, and namesake,
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Best Companions: Letters of Eliza Middleton Fisher and Her Mother, Mary Hering Middleton, from Charleston, Philadelphia, and Newport, 1839-1846
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in the 1740s and 1750s, and his wife, Ann (née Shippen) Willing. His maternal grandmother was herself a granddaughter of Philadelphia mayor
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family in connection with their proprietary interests in provincial Pennsylvania, and served as the first cashier of the
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and the transport of opium and tea. His uncle was also a partner in the firm of Willing & Morris with
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Willing) Francis (1733–1812). Among his siblings was older brother John Francis, who married a daughter of
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Mary Willing Francis (1803–1827), who married her first cousin, Dr. Robert Powel Page, a grandson of the
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Elizabeth Francis (1796–1866), who married Henry Harrison. After his death, she married her cousin,
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Through his daughter Mary, he was a grandfather of Maria Byrd Page (1822–1854), who married Lt.
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His paternal grandparents were Elizabeth (née Turbutt) Francis and
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Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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Willing & Francis employed many prominent men, including
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Fisher, Eliza Middleton; Middleton, Mary Hering (2001).
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In 1808, Francis purchased the ship, 698: 696: 694: 485: 428:Thomas Francis, who married Miss Smith. 229:. Among his extended family was uncle 845:. Publishers' Print. Company. p.  571:The Historical Society of Pennsylvania 431:Anne Francis (1802–1864), who married 838:Page, Richard Channing Moore (1893). 553: 551: 549: 382:Dorothy Willing Francis, portrait by 7: 253:). His maternal grandparents were 946:Historical Society of Pennsylvania 876:. Porter & Costes. p. 185 736:University of South Carolina Press 337:and, his brother, John Francis of 14: 617:Garden Shrubs and their Histories 313:, the area of Guangzhou to which 870:Browning, Charles Henry (1891). 766:Tansill, Charles Callan (1946). 237:). Among his first cousins were 972:19th-century American merchants 936:Rhode Island Historical Society 804:Keith, Charles Penrose (1883). 413:, and Abigail Willing (wife of 397:. Dorothy's siblings included 271:First Bank of the United States 112: 619:. 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Gilbert Stuart
Province of Pennsylvania
British America
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tench Francis Jr.
Tench Francis Sr.
Charles Willing
Thomas Willing
James Willing
Turbutt Francis
Province of Pennsylvania
British America
Tench Francis Jr.
née
John Brown
John Brown Francis
U.S. Senator
Governor of Rhode Island
William Penn
Bank of North America
Tench Francis Sr.
Attorney General of the Province of Pennsylvania
Turbutt Francis
Edward Shippen IV
Tench Tilghman
George Washington
Tench Coxe
Continental Congress
Charles Willing

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