John Francis (1763–1796)
John Francis was born in Philadelphia on 30 May 1763. In 1788 he married Abigail Brown (1766–1821), the daughter of John Brown, a wealthy Providence merchant and treasurer of Rhode Island College (Brown University). Four years later, Francis and his father-in-law formed a mercantile partnership, the first Providence firm to trade in the East Indies and China. John Francis died on 4 November 1796.
Francis Family Papers, Manuscripts Division, Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence.
"To George Washington from Brown & Francis, 17 February 1793," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-12-02-0108. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 12, 16 January 1793 – 31 May 1793, ed. Christine Sternberg Patrick and John C. Pinheiro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2005, pp. 155–157.]
John Carter Brown Woods in Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889–1970 (Ancestry.com).
John Brown Francis at Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
John Francis (1763–1796) at House Histree.
John Francis at Find a Grave.
John Frances at FamilySearch.