Philip Franklin (1707 - 1797)

Born 25 Feb 1707 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Horton) Franklin — married 31 Mar 1728 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, MA

Descendants

Died 5 Feb 1797 at age 89 in Guilford, Windham, Vermont, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Phillip Franklin was born 25 Feb 1707 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts to James and Martha Franklin.^[1][2][3]

Philip Franklin of Swansea and Rachel Horton of Rehoboth, were married by Rev. David Turner March 31,1728.^[4]

Philip died 05 Feb 1797 and is buried in Franklin Cemetery, Guilford, Windham County, Vermont.^[5]

A bronze tablet in memory of Philip Franklin, ancestor of Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States, was attached to a large boulder on the Old Albany Post Road, part of Cumberland County, New York, before Vermont became a state. It was dedicated July 20, 1939, and is located at Packer’s Corners, Guilford, Vermont, near the Dr. Sweet property. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F89F-NXF : 4 November 2020), James Franklin in entry for Phillip Franklin, 1707.
2. ↑ Beamon, Alden G. The Rhode Island Genealogical Register. East Princeton, Massachusetts. Vol.1 No.3. (Jan 1979). Abstracts of Scituate, Rhode Island Wills by Nellie M. C. Beaman. p133.-

   FRANKLIN, James, yeoman. Will dated 8 Aug 1748, pvd 8 Nov 1756, pgs 266-267. Mentions: Sons Philip, James, Gideon, Ichabod, Uriah, & Elisha. Daughters Lydia Rowland, Abigail Hinds, & Martha Aylesworth. Granddaughter Sarah Lee.

3. ↑ Scituate, Rhode Island Probate Volume 1 (1731-1773). p266, 267-268. Repository-Scituate Town Clerk, Scituate, Rhode Island.
4. ↑ Vital Records of Rehoboth, 1642-1895
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #38791712 Tombstone photograph for Mr. Philip Franklin died Feb 5, 1797, in his 90th year.
6. ↑ Vermont State Conference, Daughters of the American Revolution 1931-1985 Book 2 Elizabeth J. Patterson, State Historian.

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2M-N2P : accessed 1 December 2016), Philip Franklin, Guilford, Windham, Vermont, United States; citing p. 102, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 12; FHL microfilm 568,152.
• DAR Patriot Index p. 250. M. VR of Rehoboth, MA - Arnold, p. 140, by Rev.David Turner.
• Congressional Series of United States Public Documents, Volume 7601
• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volumes 76-77