Jonathan Franklin, Sr.

Jonathan FRANKLIN, parents unk., was born Bet. 1640 - 1645 in England, and died 19 Mar 1693 in Haverhill, MA Killed by Indians.

He married Sarah (twin) SMITH, daughter of Lt. John Smith and Sarah WOODWARD.

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Jonathan Franklin, the husband, was brutally slain by Indians near Haverhill March 19, 1692/93. In Haverhill, August 30, 1694, The widon married JOHN FIELDS. John Smith sold land to him in Hingham, besides in the will devised him a portion of the estate.
... The importance of the document, however, reveals that JOHN, JONATHAN and DAVID FRANKLIN are brothers, and are sons of the JONATHAN FRANKLIN who was killed by Indians at Haverhill, MA. ---- The three brothers signed the document, each spelling his last name ---- FRANKLIN. The three personally appeared and signed the document in the presence of SAMUEL THAXTER on Oct. 29, 1711.
There was a Jonathan Franklin in Hadley, (Massachusetts) in 1678 and took the oath of allegiance. He was in Charlestown, 1677, and a glovemaker. (There was also a Jonathan Franklin in Boston in 1674 - City Document No. 92 - listed as a servant, and again in 1687 one is listed as a tax payer and as a new father.) He may have been the Jonathan who married Sarah Smith of Hingham, and settled for a time in Boston, thence to Haverhill, (MA) where he was massacred in 1692. Jonathan Franklin was a skinner and a glover by trade. ( I wondered how, with only about 36 dwellings in Haverhill in 1692, my grandfather 6XR made a living. Did he export, I wondered? In reading various books and articles on New England history I learned it was a custom, when one died, for friends to be invited to the funeral. It was considered ill mannered to attend without one. Enclosed in the invitation, which was almost always written, was either a ring or a pair of gloves. Upon the death of a certain rich man in New England, prior to 1700, the family sent a thousand invitations accompanied by as many pairs of gloves. After 1700 the governing body of the colony passed a law making such gifts in invitations to funerals illegal.) (DWF)

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References

1. http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/j/o/h/Katie-Johnston-Alabama/WEBSITE-0...
2. http://www.roperld.com/franklin.htm
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