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Frances Bland Randolph Tucker,
Elegant in Manners,
Beautiful in Person
  • born 24 September 1752, daughter of Theodrick and Frances Bolling Bland of Cawson's
  • married at Cawson's (1) 9 March 1769, John Randolph of Matoax
  • married (2) 23 September 1778, St. George Tucker of Port Royal, Bermuda
  • died 18 January 1788 at Matoax, at age thirty-five.
Her Biography

Why we honor her

Her Tombstone Inscription

I. H. S.
FRANCESCÆ TUCKER BLANDÆ
Conjugis
STI GEORGII TUCKER
Quis desiderio 'sit modus!
Obiit XVIII Januarii
MDCCLXXXVIII
Æt XXXVI

When shall we cease to mourn!

Her Grave Site

 Frances Tucker portrait
Her Family
Portrait of Frances Bland Randolph Tucker painted by John Durand before 3 February 1780, when she wrote to her husband, St. George Tucker,
* "Duran has taken a much better picture  of me than I expected and is now waiting for you..."

APPRECIATION:
The Chapter is extremely grateful to the owner of the portrait of Frances Tucker for granting us permission to display a photograph of it here.
The cooperation and assistance of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation are also gratefully acknowledged.

*Quote from letter to St. George Tucker from Frances Tucker, 3 Feb. 1780, St. George Tucker Papers, Tucker-Coleman Collection, Earl Greg Swem Library, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.

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