Background
Turbutt Francis was the son of Elizabeth Turbutt and Tench Francis, Senior He served as an officer in the Pennsylvania Troops during Pontiac"s War and achieved the rank of Colonel.
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In 1769 he was stationed at Fort Augusta, or Sunbury, Pennsylvania. In March 1772 he was commissioned by the Governor of Pennsylvania to be one of the first justices in the new county of Northumberland, Pennsylvania.
Turbot Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania is named for him.
In 1773 Turbutt returned to Philadelphia and resided there. In the Shippen Papers it is stated that Turbutt Francis died in 1797 but local records from Buffalo Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania say he was dead in 1782.
