Jerusha (Hickok) Franklin (1740 - 1782)

Born 17 Aug 1740 in Woodbury, Litchfield Co, Ct

Ancestors

Wife of Roswell Franklin Sr. — married 22 Sep 1762 in Woodbury, CT

Descendants

Died 14 Apr 1782 at age 41 in Aurora, Cayuga, New York, United States

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Biography

Killed by indians who kidnapped her and children. Suzanna and Olive survived.

Name is also spelled Hickock.

Daughter of Stephen Hickok and Bertha Bethia Hickok

Wife of LT. Roswell Franklin

Mother of Pvt. Roswell Franklin, Jr.; Olive Stephens; Suzanna White and (No Name)

Sister of Daniel Hickock; Katherine Hickock; Dorcas Johnson; Ruth Franklin; Ann Sanford; Samuel Hickock; Mary Curtiss; Susannah Hubbell; Aaron Hickok; Ichabod Hickock and Prudence Cogsil

Name: Jerusha Hickok. ^{[1] [2]}

Born 17 Aug 1740. Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. ^{[1] [2]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Source: #S-2146179064 Birth year: 1740; Birth city: Woodbury; Birth state: CT. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=1206089&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Birth date: 17 August 1740 Birth place: Woodbury, Litchfield Co, CT Ancestry Record 4725 #1206089
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Source: #S1490215431 Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 142 : 1918 Ancestry Record 61157 #3602874

• Stevens, Plowdon. Stephens-Stevens Genealogy. 1909. pp53,75.
• Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volumes 59-60

History and geography of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, 1615-1924 Chapter XX. Wysox Township Pages 258 and 259

Roswell Franklin, a native of Connecticut, who was among the earliest emigrants to Wyoming and prominent in the affairs of that colony, came to Wysox in the fall of 1784 or spring of 1785. He was an ardent patriot, served as an Ensign at the Battle of Wyoming and afterwards a Lieutenant under Col John Franklin.

Having killed an Indian while on a scout, he was marked a victim for savage vengeance. Only a few months elapsed when the Indians killed one of his sons, carried another into captivity, burned his grain stacks and stole his horses.

On Sunday, April 7, 1782, (or April 13, 1781?) "still burning with rage and intent on vengeance, the Indians rushed into Lieutenant Franklin's house, took his wife and their four remaining children, set fire to the building, which with the furniture not plundered, was consumed to ashes. Parties went immediately into pursuit."

In the engagement which ensued at Lime Hill, between the rescuing party and Indians, Mrs Franklin was shot by one of the savages. Three of the children were recovered but the baby was carried away. When Mr Franklin moved to Wysox his brother, Jehial, came with him. They held the Connecticut title to several lots in Claverack, embracing all the flats opposite Towanda.

Roswell built and occupied a double log house a little below the Nobles place.

In 1889 (should be 1789), he removed to Cayuga County (New York), where he settled on lands in dispute between Massachusetts and New York. "After two years of arduous labor, winter approached and found his cellar stored and granaries full, the product of a fruitful soil and unremitting industry. A ray of gladness broke in on his dwelling, and "Hope and Pleasure" smiled.

Governor Clinton sent a band of men early in the winter into Genesee County to destroy the settlements making there. Every habitation was burned, the improvements laid waste and all the grain consumed by fire. Lieutenant Franklin looked around him a moment on this new scene of desolation and woe in utter despair - seized a rifle and put an end to his existence."

18:03, 5 February 2018 (EST)18:03, 5 February 2018 (EST)18:03, 5 February 2018 (EST)18:03, 5 February 2018 (EST)18:03, 5 February 2018 (EST)Hendy-581 She and three of her children were captured by Indians. Jerusha was killed, Susanna and Olive were rescued and Icabod was never found.

• Source: S-2146179064 Family Data Collection - Individual Records Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Note: Record Collection 4725

• Source: S-2146180820 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.Ancestry Family Trees Ancestry Family Tree 9337041

• Source: S1490215431 North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Record Collection 61157