Thomas Willing Francis
BIRTH
Aug 30, 1767
Province of Pennsylvania, British America
DEATH
June 2, 1815
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
FAMILY
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Francis, Thomas Willing
(1767-1815)
Thomas Willing Francis (1767–1815) was a lawyer, governor, merchant whose life is documented in the historical record associated with the American Revolutionary era. This entry is supported by the biographical record titled “Thomas Willing Francis.”
The exact date and place of Thomas Willing Francis’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Thomas Willing Francis is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.