see Autobiography of Francis Place ed. Mary Thale p71-82
Jane dau of Joseph & Frances France bapt 27.10.1755 St Andrew Holborn
Jane dau of Joseph & Frances France bapt 26.9.1762 St Dunstan i t West born 11.9.1762
Joseph son of Joseph & Frances France bapt 2.2.1766 St Dunstan i t West born 3.1.1766
Robert son of Joseph & Frances France bapt 5.5.1768 St Dunstan i t West born 17.4.1768
Middlesex Journal 14.9.1776 house of Mr France breeches maker in Bell Yard on fire, no damage
Frances France from Bell Yard buried 14.8.1777 St Dunstan i t West
Joseph France = St Dunstan i t West 14.10.1777 Elizabeth Felton
Sophia dau of Joseph & Elizabeth France Bell Yard bapt 27.9.1778 St Dunstan i t West born 3.9.1778
Harriet dau of Joseph & Elizabeth France Bell Yard bapt 17.2.1782 St Dunstan i t West born 24.1.1782
Elizabeth France from Bell Yard buried 13.12.1783 St Dunstan i t West
(possibly him) Joseph France wid otp = St Sepulchre 9.2.1784 Ann Day wid otp banns (wit Thos ?Puckridge)
(possibly the son) Joseph France bach otp = St Botolph Bishopsgate 12.7.1784 Elizabeth Moss sp otp sigs (wit Grace Moss)
Francis Place appr to Joseph France breeches maker, Liberty of the Rolls, for 7 yrs from 28.5.1785 premium £10
(possibly the son) Old Bailey Sessions papers 1788/09/16 Joseph France for picking pockets
Nat Arch HO47/15/59 Joseph France pickpocket 8.12.1792 letters from Sir James Sanderson of London Bridge on behalf of Joseph France as he had turned King's evidence. His 7 yrs transportation changed to self-transportation
Old Bailey 15.1.1812 witness Joseph France pewterer Castle St Marylebone