Clymer Weir Cox Genealogy » James Andrews Franklin (1650-1721)

Personal data James Andrews Franklin 


Household of James Andrews Franklin

He is married to Elizabeth Hammond.

They got married in the year 1695, he was 44 years old.


Notes about James Andrews Franklin



Franklin History
James Franklin [abt 1650] of Jamestown, Rhode Island and Unice Barnes [abt 1658] of Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts
Children:
1. John [b. 1681] Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts [d. 1738]

2. James [b. 8 Jul 1682] Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts [d. 21 Oct 1756] Scituate, Plymouth Massachusetts married Martha Ormsbey [2 May 1706]

3. Mary [b.1684] Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts [d. Jul 1761]

4. David Franklin [b. 1686] Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts

5. Lydia [b. 18 Jun 1688] Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts

6. Abel [b. 18 May 1690] Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts [d. 3 Mar 1758]

Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island

Notes for this family:

James Sr. was a resident of Dartmouth before 1682. He took the oath of allegiance there March 26, 1686. By deed dated 16 Jan 1691/2 he bought 4 acres in the town. About 1693/4 he moved to Swansea. On 17 Feb 1706/7 he signed a deed of land in Swansea to his son James Jr.

John Franklin; Vol 105:256 of New England Genealogical and Historical Register suggests that John is a brother to the James who died in Swansea testate on 21 Oct 1756. John of Swansea, cordwainer, sold land with his wife Ruth in 1717. James Franklin was a witness to the deed. [Bristol Deeds, Taunton, Bk 10:527]

Bristol Co. Mass. The will of John Franklin of Swansea, cordwainer, was dated 11 Sep 1738 and proved on 19 Jan 1739. Wife Hannah, received 1/3 of the estate. Daughters, Hopestill, wife of John Jones and Ruth, wife of Richard Round had already received their share. Other children, Record, Lamuel and Ebenezer named. [Bristol Co. Probate Vol. 9:142]

James Franklin; James left a will in Scituate, R.I. dated 8 Aug 1748. Sons, Phillip, James, Gideon, Ichobod, Elisha and Uriah are named. Daughters, Lydia Rowland, Abigail Handy, and Martha Aylsworth are named. A granddaughter Sarah Lee is named. Daughter, Mary is not named. Could she have married a ____Lee?

Lydia Franklin; Birth from Dartmouth Vital Records [FHL#974.485/DIV28v]

Abel Franklin; Birth from Dartmouth Vital Records [FHL#974.485/DIV28v] Abel died at age 68 and is buried in the Old Friends Cemetery in Jamestown [Rhode Island Biographies Vol 3 p.2095

Contributed ByJackie Larson's Family Tree‡18 August 2015in familysearch.org
Complete file on Franklin ancestry from Nona I. Bassett, P.O. Box 1445, Merced, CA 95341-1445 6/93. " Soldier in King Phillips War - 24 Aug 1676, he was Capt. Thomas Brattle's Co.; on 9 Dec 1675 was of Capt. Mostley's Vol. Troopers,; present at Great Swamp Battle on 24 Aug 1672. His pay was assigned at Braintree, Mass. Was in R.I. Oct. 1693; bought land at Rehoboth in 1706, was at Swanzey in 1710, styled cordwainer; and at Rehoboth by 1716 had ret. to Swanzey. M. 2nd 17 Apr 1695, Swansey, MA Elizabeth Hammond, dau. of Capt. Lawrence and Abigail Hammond." "Brother John of Swansey, cordwainer, wife Ruth, sold land 1717, James was a witness." NEHGS record of Ralph M. Stoughton - "1. James of Dartmouth, Mass." Major Franklin Genealogy received 6/97 from Kay Franklin, Brier, WA (425)774-2226. She supplied name of first wife, death info. and name of father.She also sent a copy of relevant pages from the Franklin Genealogy by desc.William Lewis, 1954, from the Lacawanna Historical Society, Scranton, PA929/F854/1791 - "The first record of James Franklin is found in Oct. 9, 1675 when he enlisted in Capt. Saml. Moseley's Company of Dedham, Mass. for service in King Philip's War. He served during 1675 and 1676 in the Narangansettes campaign. He settled in the town of Dartmouth, Mass. where he took the Oath of Fidelity in 1686. He was born no later than 1650 and would seem very probably to be related to the other Franklins of Boston and vicinity, from whom Benjamin Franklin was descended. Pres. Calvin Coolidge was descended from this James Franklin." Occupation Soldier in Massachusetts Militia, Cordwainer Notes N143 Soldier in the Massachusetts militia and fought in the Great Swamp Battle of King Philip's War in December 1675 under Captain Samuel Moseley.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of James Andrews Franklin

William (Franklyn) Franklin
1606-1624

James Andrews Franklin
1650-1721

1695

Elizabeth Hammond
1673-????


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Birthday March 23, 1650

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem II (Huis van Oranje) was from 1647 till 1650 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
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    • April 27 » The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army from Orkney invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a Covenanter army.
    • August 13 » Colonel George Monck of the English Army forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, which will later become the Coldstream Guards.
    • September 3 » Third English Civil War: In the Battle of Dunbar, English Parliamentarian forces led by Oliver Cromwell defeat an army loyal to King Charles I of England and led by David Leslie, Lord Newark.
    • December 14 » Anne Greene is hanged at Oxford Castle in England for infanticide, having concealed an illegitimate stillbirth. The following day she revives in the dissection room and, being pardoned, lives until 1659.

Day of death January 16, 1721

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    • January 6 » The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians.
    • March 24 » Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051.
    • April 4 » Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first British prime minister.
    • April 26 » A massive earthquake devastates the Iranian city of Tabriz.
    • August 18 » The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.
    • October 22 » Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War.


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