Tench Francis Jr.
Tench Francis (1730–1800) was an American merchant, lawyer and agent for the family of William Penn and the first cashier of the Bank of North America.
He was born the son of Elizabeth Turbitt and Tench Francis Sr., a prominent Philadelphia lawyer and jurist, at Fausley, Talbot County, Maryland, in 1730. For many years he acted as agent for the William Penn family in connection with their proprietary interests in provincial Pennsylvania. He became the first cashier of the Bank of North America, which office he held until his death. He is said to have contributed £5,000 for the support of the Revolutionary army. He later headed the commission that laid out the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His appointment as purveyor of public supplies on February 23, 1795 unified Navy pursers under a single person, and it is from this event that the Navy Supply Corps dates its creation.
He married , daughter of Philadelphia mayor Charles Willing and .
Francis died in Philadelphia, 1 May 1800; he is buried in Christ Church Burial Ground.
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- 1730 births
- 1800 deaths
- Lawyers from Philadelphia
- People of colonial Pennsylvania
- People of Pennsylvania in the American Revolution
- Colonial American merchants
- Colonial American smugglers
- People from Talbot County, Maryland
- Burials at Christ Church, Philadelphia