Frances Napier

Female1732–after 29 March 1784

Brief Life History of Frances

When Frances Napier was born in 1732, in Albemarle, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Robert Napier Jr., was 35 and her mother, Mary Tarleton Hughes, was 35. She married Pvt Rueben Francis about 1766, in Goochland, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died after 29 March 1784, in Virginia, United States, at the age of 8267.

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Family Time Line

Pvt Rueben Francis
1725–
Frances Napier
1732–1784
Marriage: about 1766
Frances Francis
1766–
Robert Napier Francis
1768–
Charles Francis
1770–

Sources (4)

  • Frances Napier in entry for Rob. Napier Francis, "Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Frances Napier -

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1766Goochland, Virginia, United States
  • Children (3)

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    Siblings (10)

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    World Events (3)

    1758 · Mount Vernon

    Age 26

    Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.

    1775

    Age 43

    "Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."

    1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital

    Age 48

    On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.

    Name Meaning

    English and Scottish: occupational name from Old French napier, nappier, nap(p)er(er) ‘one who looks after the napery or table-linen’, a derivative of Old French nappe ‘table-cloth, napkin’. In Middle English, Napier and Nap(p)er might also have denoted a maker of table cloths, though this sense has not been recorded.

    English: alternatively an occupational name from Nap(p)er from an unrecorded Middle English word for one who makes naps, i.e. drinking cups or chalices (Middle English nap, Old English hnæp). Napper could also be a nickname from Middle English nappere ‘one who sleeps or naps’, though this is the least likely of the alternatives.

    American shortened form of Polish Napierala or a similar name.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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