Person:John Francis (36)

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Sergeant John Francis
b.4 Sep 1658 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.28 Dec 1711 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1651
  1. Susanna Francis1651 - 1727/28
  2. Sergeant John Francis1658 - 1711
  3. Sarah Francis1664 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Sergeant John Francis1658 - 1711
  • W.  Sarah DixCal 1658 - 1682
m. 10 Feb 1680
Spouse and Children
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m. 16 Jan 1683
  1. Mary Francis1689 -
  2. Abigail Francis1694/95 - Bef 1776
  3. Joseph Francis1698 - 1776
  4. Prudence Francis1707/08 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Sergeant John Francis
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 4 Sep 1658 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 10 Feb 1680 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Sarah Dix
Marriage 16 Jan 1683 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Mercy Chatterton
Death[1][2] 28 Dec 1711 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Burial[3] Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory[4] 31 Jan 1711/12 £687-07-00. Taken by William Goodrich and John Curtis.
Probate[4] 4 Feb 1711/12 Administration to the widow.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Robert Francis, Fam. 2. Sgt. John2 Francis, in Adams, Sherman W. (Sherman Wolcott), and Henry R. (Henry Reed) Stiles. The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut: Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Early Families. (New York: The Grafton Press, 1904)
    2:337-38.

    "John (Francis) (Sgt.), b. (Wethersfield) 4 Sept., 1658; d. 28 Dec., 1711 (gravestone)."
    "… was fence-viewer, surveyor of highways, constable, and (1702) school-rate collector … m. (1) 16 Jan., 1680, Sarah _____, who d. 3 Apl., 1682, ae. 24; he m. (2) Mercy [Chittenden Chatterton] 16 Jan., 1683, who d. 13 Oct., 1745, ae. 83; … he d. 28 Dec, 1711, ae. 53, five days before his father. Invent, val. £713-07-00; est. div. by agreement 13 Apl., 1716."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wethersfield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    111.

    "Francis, … John, s. Robert & Joan, b. Sept. 4, 1658 [1:3]."
    "Francis, … Sergt, d. Dec 28, 171[_], Æ 53 y. 9 m. [1:03]."

  3. ↑ John Francis, in Find A Grave.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Francis, John, Sen., Wethersfield, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    2:198-99.

    "Probate Records. Vol. VIII, 1710 to 1715. Page 95.

    Francis, John, Sen., Wethersfield. Invt. £687-07-00. Taken 31 January, 1711-12, by William Goodrich and John Curtis.

    Court Record, Page 50—4 February, 1711-12: Adms. granted to Mary Francis, the widow.

    Page 182—1st March, 1713-14: Mary Francis, Adms., exhibits now in this Court an account of her Adms:

    Whole estate, real and personal, £713-07s-00d
    Real part, 558-03-06
    Paid in debts and charges, 20-00-00
    There remains for distribution, 693-07-00

    To Mary Francis, widow, 36-06-06
    To John Francis, eldest son, 93-17-02
    To James Francis, Thomas Francis, Robert Francis, Joseph Francis and Daniel Francis, younger sons, and to Sybbarance, Abigail, Hannah, Sarah, Prudence and Marcy, to each, 46-18-07
    And to Mary Francis alias Griswold, wife to Samuel Griswold, daughter of sd. deceased, including sum of £26 which the sd. Mary hath already had, 46-18-07

    And appoint Joseph Talcott, George Kilbourn and James Butler distributors."

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