FRANKLIN

The Family of Thomas FRANCKLYNE

Thomas FRANCKLYNE (b. 1563-73, of Ecton, Northamptonshire, England; wife unknown; had:

    Henry FRANCKYLE (b. 26 May 1573, Ecton; d. 23 Oct 1631, Ecton; husbandman, blacksmith; m. Agnes Joanes or James (d. 29 Jan 1646), 30 Oct 1595; they had:

      Thomas FRANKLIN (b. 8 Oct 1598, Ecton; d. 21 Mar 1682, Banbury); farmer; blacksmith; 1m. Jane WHITE (b. c. 1617; d. 30 Oct 1662) 2m. Elizabeth; Jane and Thomas had:

        Thomas FRANKLIN (b. 11 Mar 1637, Ecton; d. 6 Jan 1702, Ecton); school teacher, tobacco merchant; m. Eleanor or Helen (d. 14 Mar 1711); they had:

          Mary FRANKLIN (b. 24 Oct 1673, Ecton; d. 25 Dec 1758) m. Richard FISHER (d. 12 Dec 1758) of Wellingtonborough, Northamptonshire; they had:

            Eleanor FISHER (d. 1728)

        Samuel FRANKLIN (b. 1641; d. 1641); no issue

        John FRANKLIN (b. 20 Feb 1643, Ecton; d. 1691, 7 Jun 1691, Banbury) m. Ann JEFFS of Marston, Warwickshire; they had:

          Thomas FRANKLIN (b. 15 Sep 1683, Birmingham; d. 1752); lived at Lutterworth, Leicestershire; wife unknown; they had:

            Thomas FRANKLIN (lived old age) visited Benjamin FRANKLIN (first cousin once removed) in London in 1766 and later; m. unknown; they had:

              Sarah FRANKLIN (b. Lutterworth, abt 1753; d. 22 Oct 1781) m. James PEARCE, 1773; they had 1 son and 3 daughters

          Anne FRANKLIN (b. 1686; d. 1771); lacemaker at Hartwell; kept school at Castlethorpe, near Stony Stratford, Bucks; m. Henry Farrow; they had:

            Hannah Farrow (b. 21 Jul 1724) m. Thomas WALKER; they had:

              John WALKER (b. 4 Mar 1755)
              Henry WALKER (b. 29 Nov 1756)

            Jane FRANKLIN (d. abt 1757) m. Robert PAGE (whom Benjamin FRANKLIN (wife's first cousin) visited at or near Ecton, 1758, securing family letters, etc.

          Joseph FRANKLIN (b. 10 Oct 1646; d. 30 Nov 1683); carpenter; m. Sarah SAWYER; they had one son

          twin son (died young)

          twin son (died young)

          Benjamin FRANKLIN (b. 20 Mar 1650, Ecton; d. 17 Mar 1727, Boston, MA); removed to Boston, landing 10 Oct 1715; m. Hannah WELLES (d. 4 Nov 1705, Westminster), 23 Nov 1683; they had 6 sons, 4 daughters, all dying young except:

            Samuel FRANKLIN (b. 15 Oct 1684); cutler; removed to Boston before his father; 1m. Hannah KELLINECK, 13 Aug 1719; 2m. unknown; Hannah and Samuel had:

              Samuel FRANKLIN (b. 21 Oct 1721; d. 21 Feb 1775, Boston); cutler; 1m. Sarah BEAUDRI, 12 May 1748, without issue; 2m. Eunice GREENLEAF; they had 4 daughters

            Elizabeth FRANKLIN (b. 27 Oct 1694, Southwark)

          Hannah FRANKLIN (b. 29 Oct 1654, Ecton; d. 24 Jun 1712, Ecton) m. John MORRIS (d. 17 Jun 1695); they had:

            Eleanor MORRIS
            Jane MORRIS
            Hannah MORRIS

          Josiah FRANKLIN (b. 23 Dec 1657; d. 16 Jan 1745, Boston) m. Abiah Lee FOLGER (b. 15 Aug 1667, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes, MA; d. 18 May 1752, Boston, MA); they had:

            John FRANKLIN (b. 7 Dec 1690, Boston, MA; d. Jan 1756, Boston, MA) m. Mary Elizabeth GOOCH, 1716, Boston, MA

            Peter FRANKLIN (b. 22 Nov 1692, Boston, MA; d. 1 Jul 1766, Boston, MA) m. Mary HARMAN, 1714, Boston, MA

            Mary FRANKLIN (b. 26 Sep 1694, Boston, MA; d. abt 1730) m. Robert HOLMES, 1716

            James FRANKLIN (b. 4 Feb 1696/97, Boston, MA; d. Feb 1734/5)

            Sarah FRANKLIN (b. 9 Jan 1698/9, Boston, MA; d. 23 May 1731, Boston, MA)

            Ebenezer FRANKLIN (b. 20 Sep 1701, Boston, MA; d. 5 Feb 1702/3, Boston, MA)

            Thomas FRANKLIN (b. 7 Dec 1703, Boston, MA; d. 17 Aug 1706, Boston, MA)

            Benjamin FRANKLIN (b. 6 Jan 1705/6, Boston, MA; d. 17 Apr 1790, Philadelphia, PA)

            Lydia FRANKLIN (b. 3 Aug 1708, Boston, MA; d. unknown) m. Robert Scott, 1731

            Jane FRANKLIN (b. 27 Mar 1712, Boston, MA; d. 1795) m. Edward MECOM, 27 Jul 1727


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