FRANCIS DANA

Dana, Francis (1743-1811), a Delegate from Massachusetts; born in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Mass., June 13, 1743; was graduated from Harvard College in 1762; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Boston in 1767; delegate to the Provincial Congress in 1774; spent two years in England endeavoring to adjust differences between Great Britain and the American Colonies; State councilor 1776-1780; Member of the Continental Congress 1777-1778, and was one of the signers of the Articles of Confederation July 9, 1778; elected September 28, 1779, secretary to accompany John Adams, who was appointed a commissioner to negotiate a treaty of peace with Great Britain and a treaty of commerce with Holland; appointed December 19, 1780, Minister Resident to Russia, but was never received as such; again a Member of the Continental Congress in 1784; judge of the supreme court of Massachusetts 1785-1791; appointed chief justice November 29, 1791, and served for fifteen years; member of the State convention which adopted the Federal Constitution in 1788; a founder of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; died in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., April 25, 1811; interment in Old Cambridge Cemetery.
Father: Richard Dana
Mother: Lydia Trowbridge
Spouse: Elizabeth Ellery
Born: 13 Aug 1751 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island
Died: 30 Aug 1807 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Marriage: 5 Aug 1775 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Children Sex Birth
Francis Dana M 14 May 1777 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Edmund Trowbridge Dana M 26 Sep 1779 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Martha K Dana F 29 Sep 1784 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Richard Henry Dana M 15 Nov 1787 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Elizabeth Ellery Dana F 3 Sep 1789 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Sarah Ann Dana F 1 Sep 1791 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Sources:
Vital Records
Family Collections LDS
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell