Tench Francis Sr.

John Francis, Dean of Linsmore and Rector of St. Mary's Church in Dublin, Ireland.

[1] Sometime before 1720, after studying law in London, he moved to America as an attorney for Lord Baltimore.

In Kent County, Maryland, he opened a law office.

From 1726 to 1734 he was clerk of Talbot County Court before being elected for a three-year term as legislative representative for Talbot County.

He was a founding trustee of the college, academy, and Charitable Schools of Philadelphia (which became the University of Pennsylvania), and he sent his sons Philip and Turbutt there to study.