Thomas Franklin

• Birth: Oct 8, 1598 in Ecton, Northhamptonshire, England
• Death: March 24, 1681/82 in Banbury, Oxford, England
• Father: Henry Franklin, born May 16, 1573 in England
• Mother: Agnes James, born in England Also known as Thomas Francklyne of Ecton, in Northamptonshire

THOMAS FRANKLIN, born Oct. 8, 1598, died Mar. 21, 1682, a blacksmith, married 1636 to Jane White who died at Ecton Sep. 1, 1696

Children:

1. Thomas Franklin, born March 11, 1636/37 in Ecton, Northamptonshire, England
2. Samuel Franklin, born 1641 in Ecton
3. John Franklin, born Feb 20, 1642/43 in Ecton
4. Joseph Franklin, born Oct 10, 1646 in Ecton
5. Benjamin Franklin, born Mar 20, 1649/50, Ecton
6. James Franklin, born between 1650-51 in Ecton
7. Henry Franklin, born 1650/51, Ecton
8. Hannah Franklin, born Oct 29, 1654, Ecton
9. Josiah Franklin, born Dec 23, 1657 in Ecton

Family Note: James Franklin, of Swansea was not mentioned as an uncle by Benjamin Franklin.

Notes:

Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. I (Jan .6, 1706 through Dec. 31, 1734) Yale University Press, 1959 Was Grandfather of BF

"Thomas was a farmer and blacksmith. He married a second time, Elizabeth, last name unknown. All his children were by his first wife, Jane White."

From Remarks on the Origin and Genealogy of the Franklin Family

Dr. Franklin seems to have taken much pains to search out the history of his immediate ancestors. He traced them back four generations to Thomas Francklyne of Ecton, in Northamptonshire. His grandfather had nine children, of whom his father, JOSIAH, was the youngest. Josiah Franklin emigrated to Boston, New England, in the year 1684, or in the early part of 1685.

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Alternate birth date 5/23/1598.
Alternate death date March 24, 1682.

• http://www.aylesworth.net/Confidence_family_DWT_CSS/rfa_franklin.htm
• http://www.angelfire.com/games2/dorayjo/franklin.html

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When Benjamin Thomas Franklin Sr was born on 8 October 1598, in Nassington, Northamptonshire, England, his father, Henry I Franckline, was 25 and his mother, Agnes James Jones, was 23. He married Jane White about 1636, in Northamptonshire, England. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Stranton, Durham, England, United Kingdom in 1881. He died on 24 March 1682, in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, at the age of 83, and was buried in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England.

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