Abigail Hamilton

• the Franks family came from a long line of successful Sephardic Jews.

A story of their dealings in the Revolution is told in Cha. 13 of Loyalist Mosaic by Joan McGee; Dundurn Press, Toronto (1984) Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania Volume I John W. Jordan, Editor Published 1911:

"Abigail Hamilton, the widow, continued to reside in the old mansion at Third and Walnut, but her death, which occurred at "The Woodlands," September 11, 1798, is thus noted in the Pennsylvania Gazette of September 12, 1798 "Died in the township of Blockley, yesterday, after a lingering indisposition, Mrs Hamilton, relict of the late Andrew Hamilton, Esq, of Third street"* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jun 23 2019, 7:14:28 UTC