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Individual Record
Name
Surname:
Modena
Given Name:
Francis
Soundex Code:
M350
Birth, Christening and Other Information
Gender:
Male
Nation:
[Italy]
Occupation(s):
Vineyard Cultivator
Orphan:
Unknown
Position in Parent's Family:
Unknown
Year of Immigration:
1773
Landowner:
Unknown
Literate:
Unknown
Convict:
Unknown
Port of Departure
Town:
Livorno
Nation:
[Italy]
Place of Arrival
Town:
James River
Colony:
Virginia
Ship:
Triumph
Length of Indenture
Year of Indenture:
1773
Place of Indenture
Town:
Colle
County:
Albemarle
Colony:
Virginia
Master
Surname:
Mazzei
Given name:
Philip
Residence
Town/City:
Fredericksville,
County:
Albemarle
Colony:
Virginia
Research Notes
Post-Servitude Sources:
1799 Personal Property Tax List (B): Frances Modenia, 1 free white male over 16, 1 black slave over 16, 2 horses, value 68. (5)
Family:
Brother-in-law of Antonio Giannini.
Source Citations:
(1) "Antonio Giannini and Maria Modena Giannini: A Brief Introduction to the First Members of Our Family in America," http://www.hardingandgiannini.com/gianninifamily/AGintro.htm, accessed 18 October 2006; (2) O. Allan Gianniny and Robert Lewis Giannini, The Giannini's of Virginia (see http://www.hardingandgiannini.com/gianninifamily/Gianninisbook.htm); (3) Francis Modnia [sic] entry, 1810 U.S. Federal Census, Fredericksville, Albemarle County, Virginia, p. 203, www.ancestry.com (22101-00411); (4) Francis Modena entry, 1820 U.S. Federal Census, Fredericksville, Albemarle County, Virginia, p. 14A, www.ancestry.com (000010-00100; 1 person engaged in manufacture, 1 female slave under age 14); (5) Personal Property Tax Lists of Albemarle County, Virginia, Microfilm 2024443, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; (6) Charles Bellini and Thomas Jefferson, “Charles Bellini, First Professor of Modern Languages in an American College,†William and Mary Quarterly Historical Magazine, 2nd series, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jan 1925): 12, quoting letter from Thomas Jefferson to Charles Bellini, 26 April 1799.