Anne Frances Coalter

GEDCOM Note

Of the Tucker family, to which Frances belonged, there were Daniel (1), George (2) and Henry Tucker (3), who came of English stock. Daniel was the first Governor of Bermuda in 1616. From him descended John, Chief Justice of Bermuda, who married a daughter of Henry Tucker (2), and from these were descended Daniel, the immediate ancestor of Professor George Tucker of Virginia, the father of Frances who married Judge Coalter. Of the Blands we have the following history: Adam Bland, in the reign of Edward IV., married Jane Atkyns ; their son John married Susan; their son Giles Bland came to Virginia and engaged in Bacon's Rebellion and was hanged by Governor Berkley. John and Susan had another son, Theodoric, who came to Virginia about 1654. He married Jane Bennett, daughter of Richard Bennett, Governor of Virginia, and died in 1671.

Their son Richard married Elizabeth Randolph. Their eldest son, also named Richard, was a leading member of the Revolutionary Convention of Virginia, called by Jefferson "the wisest man south of the James River." Their daughter Mary married Henry Lee, and their son Henry was the father of the celebrated Col. Henry Lee (Light Horse Harry), of the Revolution.

He was the father of General Robert E. Lee. Richard Bland's son, Theodoric Bland, married Frances Boiling, and their only son, Theodoric, was Colonel of the Dragoons during the Revolution, and afterwards member of Congress. He had no children. Theodoric and Frances Bland also had a daughter, Frances Bland, who married the first time, John Randolph. Their son was John Randolph of Roanoke. The second time she married St. George Tucker, and their daughter, Frances B. Tucker, is the one who married Judge John Coalter.

Frances Coalter died at the Red Sulphur Springs, September 12, 1813.