Frances Pocock

Frances Pocock
Biographical information
Full name	Frances Pocock
Born	ca. 1767 (age 12
Also known as	Fanny
Physical information
Gender	Female
Hair color	Dark
Eye color	Brown
Affiliations
Nationality	U.S. American
Family members
Parents and Siblings	Faith Pocock (mother) † Jane Pocock (sister) †
Book appearances
Written in My Own Heart's Blood
Written in My Own Heart's Blood

Fanny Pocock is the young sister of Jane Pocock, a Philadelphian prostitute acquainted with William Ransom. Upon Jane's death, Jamie and Claire Fraser take Fanny into their care.

Personal History

Following the death of their parents, and having no way to feed themselves, Frances' older sister Jane prostituted herself to earn money. Because of this Frances grew up in a brothel fearing the day that she'd become a marketable commodity.

Events of the Novels

Written in My Own Heart's Blood

Main: Written in My Own Heart's Blood

In June 1778 Captain Harkness returned to the brothel her sister Jane works. He paid twenty pounds for her maidenhead. Jane asks her madam to be sent to the room together with Fanny. While Harkness is watching her, Jane cuts his throat. Jane and Fanny run, and leave Philadelphia with the British army. They meet William Ransom, and Jane asks him for his protection. William agrees to escort her and Fanny to New York, where they will part company.

Jane and Fanny leave the British camp the morning after the Battle of Monmouth. William finds them, and they tell him the story of Captain Harkness's death, and that they want to go to New York, but not with the British army. Rachel Hunter then takes the girls to a Quaker settlement, where they should be safe until William makes other arrangements.

In January 1779, a friend of Captain Harkness's recognizes Jane and denounces her for the murder. Fanny finds William and tells him that Jane has been arrested for the murder of a British officer and is to be hanged. William tries to speak on her behalf to Lieutenant Colonel Campbell, but fails to save her. As a last resort, William seeks Jamie's help to rescue Jane. They arrive too late – Jane has killed herself. William gives Fanny into the care of the Frasers.

In late spring 1779, Fanny travels with Jamie, Claire, Young Ian, Rachel, Jenny, and Germain to Fraser's Ridge. A few weeks later Claire performs frenectomy on her. After the procedure, Germain helps Fanny practice her tongue.

Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone

Fanny remains with Claire and Jamie as they begin rebuilding their house on the Ridge. She develops a close friendship with Germain as well as with Jem, who are approximately her age. She begins taking an interest in medicine, which Claire fosters. She is known to be a bit too open with people about her history, frequently oversharing, a habit Claire gently discourages her from. Later, she develops a tentative romantic interest in a local boy, Cyrus Crombie, but their relationship endures a setback after he accidentally drops a precious drawing of her sister's likeness in a river. However they later resume their friendship, which seems to be edging toward unofficial courtship.

Personality

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Physical Appearance

Fanny is a very pretty girl with dark, curly hair and the "big, soft eyes of a young doe."

She is tongue-tied. In spring 1779, Claire performs a frenectomy on her.

Name

• Frances is the feminine form of Francis, English form of the Late Latin name Franciscus which meant "Frenchman".
• Pocock a variant of Peacock, from the Middle English words pecok and pocok which mean "peacock". It was originally a nickname for a proud or haughty person.