Francis James and Elizabeth Milton

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Husband Francis James ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1760
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         Father: [Ancestor] James (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 3 Feb 1783 1

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Wife Elizabeth Milton ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1759
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           Died: Abt 1850
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Children

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1 M Edwin James ^{1 3}

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           Born: 10 Apr 1808 - Nantucket, Nantucket Co, MA 1
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           Died: 14 Aug 1868 - ? Nantucket, Nantucket Co, MA 1
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         Spouse: Sarah G. Cash (1807-1833) 1
           Marr: 30 Aug 1826 1

         Spouse: Sarah G. Sandbury (1815-1902) 1
           Marr: Aft 1833 - Nantucket, Nantucket Co, MA

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General Notes: Husband - Francis James

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Francis James with wife and two servants, Thomas Sucklin and Richard Baxter, came from Hingham, England, in 1638, and settled in Hingham, Massachusetts, of which he became a proprietor and he was admitted a freeman, May 10, 1643. His house was burned in May, 1647, and he died December 27 of the same year; his widow, Elizabeth, was appointed administratrix and July 12, 1688, she administered on the estate of her son Philip. Francis James owned land at Conihasset.
Philip James, brother of Francis James, was born in England and came thither with wife and four children and two servants, William Pitts and Edward Mitchell, from Hingham, England, to Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1638. He died soon afterward. His widow, Jane, married (second) February, 1640, George Russell.
Francis, son of Philip James, named for his uncle, according to the weight of evidence, was probably born in England. He died in Hingham, Massachusetts, November 29, 1684, intestate. His widow Elizabeth was administratrix of his estate. He was a farmer at Hingham Center. Children, born at Hingham: Elizabeth, died April 11, 1660; Sarah, born February 27, 1661-62; Jane, November 6, 1664; Francis, January 25, 1666-67; Thomas, December 7, 1669; Philip, died February 15, 1687- 88; Samuel, born April 6, 1676.
Francis James, a descendant several generations later of Francis James, above, was born about 1760. [GPHAV, 179]

In 1790, according to the first federal census, he had two sons and a daughter under sixteen years. The census shows but two other families on Nantucket in 1790: Abigail, whose family consisted of three females, and Hart whose family consisted of four females. Abigail was the widow of Robert Alsop James, whom she married at Sherburn, Nantucket, May 15, 1777. All three families were probably closely related. [GPHAV, 179]

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 615.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 179.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1044.