John Brown Francis (Governor)

• BIRTH: 31 May 1791, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• DEATH: 9 Aug 1864, Spring Green, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
• BURIAL: North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

• TITLE: Governor

• MARRIAGE: 18 Jun 1822

1.  Abby Francis (8 Sep 1823 - 19 Oct 1841)
2.  John Francis (17 Mar 1825 - 22 Jan 1826)
3. +Anne Brown Francis (23 Apr 1828 - 24 Aug 1896)

• MARRIAGE: 22 May 1832

1.  Elizabeth Francis (12 Mar 1833 - 2 May 1901)
2.  Sally Francis (31 Mar 1834 - 1 Jun 1904)
3.  Sophia Harrison Francis (23 May 1836 - 23 Sep 1860)
4.  John Brown Francis (11 Feb 1838 - 24 Feb 1870)

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|--John Brown Francis 
|  (1791 - 1864)
|                                                                                          _John Brown _________+
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|                                                                    _James Brown ________|_Mary Holmes ________
|                                                                   | (1666 - 1732) m 1691  (1632 - 1690)       
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|                                             |                     |                      _Andrew Harris ______+
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|                                             |                     |_Mary Harris ________|_Mary Tew ___________
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|                        _John Brown _________|
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|_Abigail "Abby" Brown _|
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                        |                                            _Benjamin Smith _____|_Sarah Whipple ______
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                        |_Sarah Smith ________|
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                                              |                      _William Harris _____|_Elnathan Tew _______
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                                              |_Dorcas Harris ______|
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Notes

!SOURCE: E-mail from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 27 Mar 2002. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850; Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index.

!SOURCE: Abby Isabel Brown Bulkley, The Chad Browne Memorial, Consisting of Genealogical Memoirs of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne (Brooklyn, N.Y., 1888), p. 51, 82-83. Gives birth in Philadelphia (previously entered as Rhode Island.); gives death at Spring Green, Warwick (previously entered as Providence, R.I.).

!OFFICES: Numerous government positions, including Governor of Rhode Island, 1833-38. --A.I.B. Bulkley

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