Turbutt Francis

Colonel Turbutt Francis born 1740 Philadelphia died before 1797 Pennsylvania.

Turbutt Francis was the son of Elizabeth Turbutt and Tench Francis, Sr. He served as an officer in the Pennsylvania Troops during Pontiac's War and achieved the rank of Colonel. In 1769 he was stationed at Ft. Augusta, or Sunbury, Pennsylvania. On September 7, 1770 he married Sarah Mifflin, daughter of Samuel Mifflin. The names of their children were Rebecca Mifflin Francis, Tench Mifflin Francis, and Samuel Mifflin Francis. In March 1772 he was commissioned by the Governor of Pennsylvania to be one of the first justices in the new county of Northumberland, Pennsylvania. Turbot Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania is named for him.

In 1773 Turbutt returned to Philadelphia and resided there. A portrait of his daughter and mother-in-law was painted by Charles Willson Peale,[1] as well as a portrait of his Father-in-law Samuel Mifflin.[2] In the Shippen Papers it is stated that Turbutt Francis died in 1797[3] but local records from Buffalo Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania say he was dead in 1782.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Mrs.Samuel Mifflin and her Granddaughter
  2. ↑ Samuel Mifflin portrait
  3. ↑ Shippen Papers
  4. ↑ Oscar Jewell Harvey, 1909, A history of Wilkes Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
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