His adventures by sea had served, seemingly, to complete that change for the better, in his physical man, which had been so happily begun on land; and, subduing his roving inclinations, we hear of him only, in a period of ten years, as a tiller of the earth.

In this vocation he betrayed that diligent attention to his duties, that patient hardihood, and calm, equable temper, which distinguished his deportment in every part of his career.

He is represented as equally industrious and successful as a farmer.

The resources of his family seem to have been very moderate.

There were several children, and before Francis was yet twenty-five years of age, he lost his father.