Ebenezer Joseph Francies

Ebenezer Joseph Francies was the son of George Francies, Baptist minister at Colchester and later at Lambeth, Surrey. After completing his studies at Stepney College, he was appointed as a BMS missionary to Jamaica in May 1839. He worked in the Hanover parish until 1844, when he was forced to remove to the island of St. Vincent for health reasons. After a furlough in England, he and his wife began a new work in Haiti in December 1845; however, their time in Haiti was short-lived, for Francies died of a fever in July 1846. His wife died in Falmouth, Jamaica, the next year. See John Clarke, Memorials of the Baptist Missionaries in Jamaica (London: Yates and Alexander, 1869), 177-178.