Francis (Frank) Fowke 1720 - 1802
Francis (Frank) Fowke , Ray Fowke (NZ) emailed in May 2021 that Sophia's son, Capt Francis John Bellew, writes of his early years in Bexley, Kent, "I have a venerable uncle of my mother's, an old Indian, who lived with us, and whose knee I sought whenever I could give my nurse the slip. My great-uncle, Frank always welcomed me....." HEIC, diamond merchant. of Tewkesbury. http://oudl.osmania.ac.in/bitstream/handle/OUDL/14195/218306_Calender_ Of_The_Madras_Despatches_1744-1755.pdf?sequence=2 Madras Despatches - 1750-1- Calendar p. 131 Have permitted to reside in India as free merchants: - .... Francis Fowke (late a factor at Bombay). (1744). NLW holds: Memorial for Francis Fowke, of Malmsbury, in the county of Wilts, Esq; and his attorney, against Margaret and Elisabeth Duncans, daughters of the deceased Thomas Duncan farmer in Boghead Author: Francis Fowke Date: [1770] M and E Duncan were the sisters of Francis' brother in law Patrick Duncan, husband of Sophia Fowke.
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| Born: Madras, , , India 29th Dec 1720 | Baptised: Madras, , , India 8th Jan 1721
| | Died: Lea and Cleverton, Wilts., , England 1802 | Buried: 1st Jul 1802
| | Family: Fowke formerly of Brewood |
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