Frances Tasker Carter (1738 – October 31, 1787) was born in
Annapolis, Maryland. Her parents were
Benjamin Tasker and Ann Bladen. Benjamin was one of the richest men in the
Province of Maryland and a president of the Maryland Council and
Provincial Governor of Maryland
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Life
On April 2, 1754, Frances Tasker married
Robert Carter of Virginia, the grandson of
Robert "King" Carter
Robert "King" Carter (4 August 1663 – 4 August 1732) was a merchant, planter and powerful politician in colonial Virginia. Born in Lancaster County, Carter eventually became one of the richest men in the Thirteen Colonies. As President of t ...
of
Corotoman,
from whom he inherited a large
estate called Nomini Hall. Robert and Frances Carter also had a house in
Williamsburg. They owned a
plantation
A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. The ...
where they had over 100
slaves. Robert was a member of the Virginia Council having been appointed by
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and later
George III
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. They were one of the most wealthy families in all of
Virginia
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Robert and Frances Carter had seventeen children, eleven of whom were living when Frances died. The children's names, in order of birth, were Benjamin (born 1757), Robert, Priscilla, Anne, Rebecca, Frances, Betty, Mary, Harriet, Amelia, Rebecca Dulany, John, Sarah, Judith, George, Sophia, and Julia (born 1783).
Frances Carter died at Nomini Hall on October 31, 1787.
Descendants
Frances' granddaughter, Frances Tasker Ball, married the great-nephew of
Fielding Lewis, I, the brother-in-law of President
George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of ...
. Her great-granddaughter married Henry Augustine Tayloe II, who inherited
Mount Airy, Richmond County, Virginia
Mount Airy, near Warsaw in Richmond County, Virginia, is the first neo-Palladian villa mid-Georgian plantation house built in the United States. It was constructed in 1764 for Colonel John Tayloe II, perhaps the richest Virginia planter of his ...
from his father
William Henry Tayloe
William Henry Tayloe (January 29, 1799 – January 7, 1871) was an American plantation owner, horse breeder, businessman and land speculator during the first half of the 19th century. He inherited a vast estate from his father and expanded his ...
brother of
Henry Augustine Tayloe I, whose 2nd great aunt Sarah married George Washington's nephew William Augustine Washington, I. Henry's 2nd great aunt, Rebecca, married
Francis "Lightfoot" Lee, whose 3rd cousin was President
William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration in 1841, and had the shortest pres ...
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References
External links
Ogle Family web site
See also
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Virginia Historical Society
The Virginia Museum of History and Culture founded in 1831 as the Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is a major repository, research, and teaching center for Virginia history. It is a private, n ...
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American slave owners
Frances Anne Tasker
1738 births
1787 deaths
Tasker family
American women slave owners