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Genealogy of the Francis family, 1645-1903.

Contributed by Charles S. Young, Newton centre, Mass.

With additions from an annotated copy of the genealogy, by Wyman, from the library of Wm. H. Whitmore of Boston.

1RICHARD Francis of Cambridge; m. Alice;——b. 1609; children:—
1-2Stephen; b, Feb. 7, 1645.
3Sarah; b. Dec. 4, 1646; m. John Squire.
4John; b. Jan. 4, 1650; m. Lydia Cooper.
Richard d. March 24, 1687, aged about 81. This would make the date of his birth about 1606. Consequently he must have come from some foreign country previous to 1645, the date of the birth of his first child.
1-2STEPHEN Francis; m. Hannah Hall, daughter of Thomas of Cambridge, Dec. 27, 1670, who d. April 2, 1683. He then married Hannah Dickson, Sept. 16, 1683; d. Sept. 24, 1719; children:—
2-5Hannah; b. Sept. 28, 1671; d. June 17, 1677.
5 1/2Lydia; m. Nathaniel Peirce.

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6Stephen; b. Aug. 15, 1674.
7Hannah; b. June 18, 1677; d. young.
8Hannah; b. April 7, 1680.
9John (called Jr., 723); m. Elizabeth Frost, daughter of
John of Cambridge, Sept. 13, 1705.
1-4John Francis (called John, Sr., 1722), who d. Jan. 3, 1728; m. Lydia Cooper, Jan. 5, 1688, who d. Aug. 24, 1725, aged 63 years; children:—
4-9 1/2John; b. Oct, 10, 1688; d. young.
10John; b. Feb. 17, 1690.
11Stephen; b. Nov. 2, 1691.
12Nathaniel; b. about 1692; named in divis. of his father's estate.
13Samuel; b. Jan. 17, 1696.
14Anna; b. Nov. 2, 1697; m. Benj. Dana July 23, 1724.
15Joseph; b. Jan. 5, 1700; m. Elizabeth Harris.
16Ebenezer; b. Oct. 30, 1701; d. March 3, 1702.
17Lydia; b. April 20, 1703; m. Joseph Tufts, Jan. 2, 1727.
18Ebenezer; b. March 25, 1708; d. Feb. 2, 1727.
4-10 John Francis (called John 3d, 1722); m. Dorothy——.She died Sept. 25, 1737, aged 33; he d. Aug. 31, 1750; children:
10-18 1/2Mary; b. Jan. 26, 1732, died early.
18aJohn, who m. Jane Teel (widow of Samuel); he d. 1786; his wife d. 1800.
18bDorothy, who m. Ephraim Roberts of Gloucester prior to 1752.
4-11STEPHEN Francis, blacksmith, is mentioned in his brother Ebenezer's will (18). Stephen is the one who m. Love, widow of Josiah Wyman of Woburn, July 14, 1740. He died July 13, 1771 His wife d. June 22, 1767; children:——
1-19Stephen; b. March 7, 1741; d. June 26, 1749.
Seth; b. Jan. 14, 1744; d. Oct. 31, 1791.
4-12NATHANIEL Francis; m. Sarah Whitmore, May 16, 1723, and 2d, Ann Cutter, widow of Samuel, March 31, 1743. He d. Sept. 2, 1764; children:—
12-2Nathaniel; b. Jan. 6, 1732.
22Benjamin; b. Nov. 11, 1734.
23Richard; b. Jan. 2, 1736. (Soldier, 1757.)
23 1/2William; bap. Feb. 6, 1737.
4-13SAMUEL Francis; m. Mary—, who died April 21, 1774. He d. Sept. 29, 1775; children:—

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13–aMary; m. William Tufts.
30John; m. Deborah.1
bLyd a; m.———Blunt.
cRebecca; m. 1st, Ichabod Tufts; 2d, Aaron Blanchard.
24Anna; b. Nov. 28, 1726; m. Josiah Dixon, June 16, 1748. She was burned to death May 19, 1771.
25Samuel; b. Jan., 1728; d. Oct. 15, 1775.
26Sarah; bap. Oct. 26, 1729; b. in Charlestown Oct. 11, 1729; m. Josiah Smith of Lexington, Nov. 15, 1750; d. April 27, 1757.
4-15JOSEPH Francis; m. Elizabeth Harris in Bradford, Dec. 18, 1735. He died Feb. 1, 1749, and his widow d. Dec. 2, 1786; children:—
15-26 1/2Elizabeth2; b. Nov. 7, 1736 (single 1763; school mistress).
27Lydia; b. Dec. 12, 1737 (single 1763, of Boston).
28Joseph; b. July 12, 1741; m. Elizabeth Usher, May 15, 1764. He served at Prospect Hill during the Revolution.
13-30John Francis, jun., who d. April 2, 1776, had by wife Deborah3:—
30-31Manning; b. Nov. 20, 1748; d. Sept. 6, 1749.
32Phebe; b. May 25, 1753.
33Deborah; b. April 21, 1755; m. John Lagood, Feb. 9, 1755.
34Sarah; b. May 22, 1757.
35John; b. April 6, 1760.
36David; b. June 23, 1764.
37Mary; b. May, 1767.
38EBENEZER had by his wife, Rachel, widow of Ebenezer Tufts, whom he m. Nov. 15, 1733,
38-39Susanna; b. Nov. 28, 1734; m. Samuel Cutter, April 28, 1757.
40Abigail; b. Oct., 1736.
41Lucy; b. March, 1739.
42Sarah; b. June 6, 1741; m. Thomas Wyer of Charlestown, March 8, 1756.
43Ebenezer; b. Dec. 22, 1744.
44William; b. April 20, 1746.
45Thomas; b. July 15, 1748; m. Susanna Hill, July 11, 1771, in Cambridge.
46Aaron; b. Feb. 16, 1751.
47John; b. Sept. 28, 1753.
Ebenezer; d. July 16, 1774.

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12-21NATHANIEL, Jr.; m. Phebe Frost, daughter of Thomas, of Charlestown, April 12, 1751; children:
21-48Nathaniel; b. Oct. 13, 1752.
49Jonathan; b. Jan. 27, 1755.
50Stephen; b. July 25, 1757.
51Joseph; b. Aug. 8, 1759.
52Phebe; b. Sept. 13, 1761.
53Thomas; b. May 3, 1763.
54Caleb; b. March 8, 1766.
55Joshua; b. July, 1767; d. in Boston, Feb., 1812.
12-22BENJAMIN Francis; m. 1st, Lydia Converse (published in Charlestown, March 11, 1757), who d. Jan., 1788; 2d, Sarah Hall, Oct. 20, 1768, and d. June 5, 1798; children:
22-56Benjamin; b. Sept. 6, 1759; d. in Baltimore.
57James.
58William; lived in Newburyport.
59Convers; b. July 14, 1766; lived in Wayland.
60Ebenezer.
61Simon.
62Nathaniel.
63Stephen.
64Sarah; m. John Bound of Middletown.
65Lydia; m. Job. Wyeth of Cambridge.
11-23RICHARD Francis, by his wife, Hannah Winship, daughter of Samuel of Lexington, whom he m. March 20, 1760, had:—
23-66Richard; b. Dec. 16, 1760.
67Loring; b. June 7, 1762.
68Samuel; b. Aug. 26, 1764.
69Daniel; b. June 25, 1766.
22-59CONVERS Francis; m. Susanna Rand, May 11, 1788, who d. May 7, 1814; children:—
James; b. June 12, 1789; lived at Wayland.
Susanna; b. Oct. 7, 1790; m. J. K. Frothingham of Charlestown.
Mary; b. May 29, 1793; m. Warren Preston; d. Sept. 21, 1847.
Convers; b. Nov. 9, 1795, of Harvard College.
Lydia; b. Feb. 11, 1802; m. David L. Childs. She was noted as a novelist and an abolitionist.
15-28JOSEPH Francis and Elizabeth Usher, daughter of Hezekiah and Jane (Greenleaf); m. May 15, 1764; children:—

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Joseph.
Elizabeth (married Tower).
Mary (unmarried).
John (kept a grocery store on Eliot street, Boston).
Thomas Dakin (kept grocery store Pleasant street, Boston,) b. Oct. 6, 1785.
Thomas Dakin Francis; m. Martha Everly Wise, in Boston, April 10, 1805 Children:—
Joseph; (died in infancy).
Martha; b. Dec. 18 (?) 1808; m. Francois Lecompte.
Mary Elizabeth; b. April 24, 1810; m. Isaac Groves.
Rebecca; b. Feb. 17, 1812; m. Noah Porter.
George Washington; b. Feb. (?) 1814; m. Fannie Jones.4
Susant Blood; b. Aug. 21, 1817; m. Oliver Wales.
Deborah; b. March 10, 1820; m. Lyman Senter.
Thomas; b. Feb. 26, 1822; m. Marilla L. G. Shaw (married son living).
Ann Sharp; b. March 6, 1824 (unmarried).
Daniel Sharp; b. April I, 1826 (twin brother died in infancy); m. Sarah Sampson (no children).
Mary Elizabeth Francis; m. Isaac Groves, Nov. 5, 1834; children:—
Charles Alfred Groves; b. Aug. 31, 1832; m. Elizabeth Lord.
Elizabeth Augusta; b. May 27, 1837; m. Erastus Talbot Colburn; no children.
Martha Francis; b. April 24, 1839; m. Austin Valancourt Tilton.
Anna Francis; b. Feb. 6,; m. Charles Sanderson Young.
Elizabeth Augusta Groves; m. Erastus Talbot Colburn; children:—
Grace Talbot; b. Aug. 8, 1869.
George Erastus; b. June 7, 1873; d. Aug. 31, 1874.
Helen Elizabeth; b. April 12, 1876.
Mary Francis; b. May 3, 1877.
Martha Francis Groves; b. April 24, 1839; m. Austin Valancourt Tilton; children:—
Mary Stearns; b. July 9, 1874; d. Aug. 25, 1876.
Anna Francis Groves; m. Charles Sanderson Young; d. April 4, 1882. Left daughter, Anna Martha; b. March 6, 1882.

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1 Carter [Ed.].

2 Known in Medford as ‘Ma'am Betty;’ d. in Medford Jan. 25, 1829. [Ed.]

3 Carter [Ed.].

4 There may be two sons.

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Susan Blood (Francis) Wales is still in good health, and from her I have obtained the above information about her grandfather, Joseph Francis' children, and her father, Thomas Dakin Francis, and his descendants.

C. S. Y.

Medford, MA. 1905.

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