Frances Tasker Carter (1738 – October 31, 1787) was born in

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. Her parents were Benjamin Tasker and Ann Bladen. Benjamin was one of the richest men in the

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and a president of the Maryland Council and

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Life

On April 2, 1754, Frances Tasker married Robert Carter of Virginia, the grandson of

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of Corotoman, from whom he inherited a large

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called Nomini Hall. Robert and Frances Carter also had a house in Williamsburg. They owned a

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where they had over 100 slaves. Robert was a member of the Virginia Council having been appointed by

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and later

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. They were one of the most wealthy families in all of

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. Robert and Frances Carter had seventeen children, eleven 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.

Descendants

Frances' granddaughter, Frances Tasker Ball, married the great-nephew of

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, I, the brother-in-law of President George Washington. Her great-granddaughter married Henry Augustine Tayloe II, who inherited

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from his father

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brother of Henry Augustine Tayloe I, whose 2nd great aunt Sarah married George Washington's nephew William Augustine Washington, I. Henry's 2nd great aunt, Rebecca, married

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, whose 3rd cousin was President

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Ogle Family web site

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