Frances Ann Tasker Carter

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Frances Tasker Carter (1738–1787) was born in Annapolis, Maryland. Her parents were Benjamin and Ann Bladen Tasker. Benjamin was one of the richest men in Maryland and a member of the Maryland Council.

On April 2, 1754, Frances Tasker married Robert Carter of Virginia, the grandson of Robert "King" Carter, from whom he inherited a large estate called Nomini Hall. Robert and Frances Carter also had a house in Williamsburg. They owned a plantation where they had over 100 slaves. Robert was a very honored member of the Virginia Council having been appointed by George II and later George III. They were one of the most wealthy families in all of Virginia.

Robert and Frances Carter had seventeen children, ten 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.

Cited Sources

www.oglefamilyofmarylandandalliedfamilies.com/

Virgina Historical Society


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