Samuel Franklin

Eldest son of Josiah and Ann and married Elizabeth Tyng. Samuel became a blacksmith, the traditional trade for the eldest Franklin son.

notes

From http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ffru/Docs/FFRU_ba... footnote 14:

"children of Elizabeth Compton (daughter of Samuel Franklin) descended in the right line from Samuel Franklin; they lived at Providence, R.I., 1793."

From Franklin Family page 18. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 11

(g) 9. Josiah,|| son of Thomas, had: ... 2. Samuel, b. May 16, 1681; m. Elizabeth Tyng, in New England.fi

fi. They appear to havo had descendants. The following memorandum is attached to my record: "Children of Elizabeth Compton (Daughter of Samuel Franklin) and Grandchildren descended in a right line from Samuel Franklin; they lived at Providence, R. I., 1793.