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Image title: Johnson, Frances Husbands & Children 2 - St Johns Cemetery, Calcutta
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[Beneath]
are deposited the Remains of Mrs FRANCES JOHNSON
[she] was the second Daughter of EDWARD CROOK [Esqr]
Governor of Fort St David
on the Coast of Coromandel,
and was born on the 10th of April 1725.
In 1738 she intermarried with
PARRY [Perry] PURPLE [Purpel or Purnell] TEMPLER [Templar] Esqr.
Nephew of Mr Braddyll then Governor of Calcutta,
by whom she had issue two Children who died infants.
Her second Husband was
JAMES ALTHAM of Calcutta Esqr.
who died of the Small Pox a few
days after the marriage.
She next intermarried with
WILLIAM WATTS Esqr.
then Senior Member of the Supreme Council of Bengal,
by whom she had issue four Children,
AMELIA who married
the Right Honorable CHARLES JENKINSON,
afterwards Earl of Liverpool,
by whom she had issue one child, ROBERT BANKS,
now Earl of Liverpool.
EDWARD, now of Hanslope Park,
in the County of Bucks, Esqr.
SOPHIA, late the Wife and now the Widow of
GEORGE POYNTZ RICKETTS, Esqr.
late Governor of Barbadoes.
and WILLIAM who died an infant.
After the death of Mr WATTS, she in 1774
intermarried with the Revd WILLIAM JOHNSON
principle Chaplain of the Presidency of Fort William,
by whom she had no issue.
She died the 3rd of February 1812 aged 87.
The eldest British resident in Bengal
universally beloved respected and revered

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