Another elegy written by Francis was for fellow Baptist minister Robert Day 1720-1791. The title is Elegy on the Death of the Reverend and Much-Esteemed Mr. Robert Day: Pastor of the Baptist-Church, at Wellington, Nearly Forty-Five Years; Who Departed this Life, April the 1st, 1791, In the Seventy-First Year of His Age. Day had been a student in Bristol before entering the pastorate. He finished in Bristol in 1746 and although called to Abingdon he settled in his home church of Wellington, Somerset in 1747. He remained there for the rest of his life. In 1754 he received an MA from the university in Rhode Island. In 1758 he wrote the Western Association letter. He preached for the association at least 13 times. Perhaps he was the author of Free thoughts in defence of a future state.
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