Descendants
Frances' granddaughter, Frances Tasker Ball, married the great-nephew of Fielding Lewis, I, the brother-in-law of President George Washington. Her great-granddaughter married Henry Augustine Tayloe, II, whose 2nd great aunt Sarah married George Washington's nephew William Augustine Washington, I. Henry's 2nd great aunt, Rebecca, married Francis "Lightfoot" Lee, whose 3rd cousin was President William Henry Harrison.
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