7. Frances³ Triplett III (Frances², Francis¹) was born in Richmond Co., VA c 1704. Frances died Between 1757 and 1758 in Loudoun Co., VA.

He married Elizabeth Browne in Richmond Co., VA, c 1724. When Francis III was 16 years of age, he asked permission from his step-father Hugh to go to sea. Hugh found a sea captain named Ledwidge, who consented to take the young boy on as an apprentice. However, Captain Ledwidge proved to be a cruel taskmaster who never taught young Francis the arts of seamanship, instead using him as almost a slave.

After 5 years, he came home, but was persuaded to return and try again. The customary apprentice term was 7 years. Francis returned but soon afterwards jumped ship and came back home. Since he had received no training in seamanship, Francis engaged in brick-laying once back home.

Francis apparently returned to the land his father had left him in Richmond Co. after his marriage to Elizabeth, but with his growing family decided on acquiring more acreage. He patented 505 acres in Fairfax Co on Goose Creek in 1738. In 1751, when Loudoun Co. was formed from part of Fairfax Co., his land then lay in Loudoun Co.

He signed a Will October 4, 1757 which was probated November 22, 1758. An inventory was taken of his possessions in 1758 as follows: Wooden tables and benches, 2 bedsteads with feather beds and furniture, pillows, curtains, and linens. Another bedstead without canopy, 2 chests for clothing, 2 chairs, 3 tables, a candle box and case of bottles. The remainder of the inventory consisted of household items and kitchen utensils, a brass warming pan, a copper still. The dishes were made of pewter. He had 4 books, 4 horses, 7 head of cattle and 14 head of hogs. Elizabeth had 2 negroes to help her, Bess and her daughter Nan.

Francis left 200 acres of the land to his son Thomas, with the remaining 305 acres to be split between his sons William and Daniel. John had apparently left home years earlier, maybe against his father's will, for the Will called for John to be given only 5 shillings, and that if called for. His son Mason was named Residuary Legatee in the event that either of his brothers died without heirs. To his son Francis, he gave the negro woman Bess after the death of Elizabeth.

Frances TriplettIII and Elizabeth Browne had the following children:

• + 8 i. William⁴ Triplett I was born c 1730.

• 9 ii. Margaret Triplett. I do not know when Margaret was born, other than it was in Virginia. She married a William B. Boylston and they had a daughter named Frances and several sons.

  If this is your line, please drop me a line and I will post more info for Margaret.

• 10 iii. Elizabeth Triplett. Elizabeth may have been born around 1736 in Virginia. She married Thomas Brammer.

  Untraced line.......if you have information on Elizabeth and family, will be happy to post some of it.

• 11 iv. Mason Triplett. Mason may have never been married??? It was said that he was deranged for some time and was kept in the Leeburg jail.

  He could have been the Mason shown in the Orange Co., NC Militia in 1770, as his brothers William and John were in Orange Co. at that same time period.

• 12 v. Francis Triplett. Francis could have been born c 1744 in Virginia. There was a Francis Triplett who married Rachel Brock in Virginia in 1783, moved to Richmond Co., GA, and died there in 1846. This may or may not be the same Francis.

  In his father's Will, he was left a negro woman called Bess, after the death of his mother.

• 13 vi. Patty Triplett. Patty born maybe around 1846 in Virginia. No record of who she married, where she moved, or when she died.

• 14 vii. Thomas Triplett was born in Fairfax Co., VA c 1725. Thomas died Early in 1769 in Loudoun Co., VA. He married Elizabeth Grimes in Fairfax Co., VA, c 1747. Thomas and Elizabeth had 8 children. He inherited 200 acres of land on Goose Creek on which he lived for awhile. He then purchased 233 acres of land on North River in Hampshire Co., VA. After a few years, he moved back to Loudoun Co., VA with his family where he died in 1769, with wife Elizabeth outliving him by another 50 years.

  Note: Loudoun Co., VA was formed from part of Fairfax Co. in 1751, so that even though the counties are shown different for some events, the home and lands remained in the same place.

  Thomas did not leave a Will, so an inventory of his property was taken March 12, 1769.

  Some information on their children is available.

• 15 viii. John Triplett was born in Fairfax Co., VA c 1727. John died Sometime during 1802 in Chester Co., SC. He married Lettice ??? in Loudoun Co., VA, c 1753. John and Lettice had 5 children.

  The family owned land in Orange Co., NC, then moved to Casell Co., NC where he appears on the 1777 tax lists. The family later moved to Chester Co., SC where his Will was probated October 1, 1802.

  John left home at manhood, and apparently incurred his father's displeasure because John was only left 5 shillings in his father's Will, and that only if he called for it.

• 16 ix. Daniel Triplett was born in VA c 1734. I do not have a record showing who Daniel's wife was.

  When his father died in Loudoun Co., VA, he left 305 acres of land there for Daniel and his brother William to divide between them. Apparently, both brothers were unsatisfied there and moved away.

  Daniel was in Caswell Co., NC according to the Tax List there, where his brother John also was living. Daniel shows up in the 1790 census of Wilkes Co., NC, but is not shown on the 1800 census. He did not leave a Will.

  Daniel and his wife were the parents of at least 5 children.

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