John Franklin, son of Josiah and Abiah Folger Franklin was born on 07 Dec 1690 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.[1][2][3][4][5]
He learned his trade as tallow chandler in his father's shop and pursued the same business as a soap and candle maker, first in Newport, Rhode Island and later in Boston.[4]
Spouse Conflicts
Possible first wife: A Mary Franklin, (formerly Gooch) had son John baptized at Boston on November 25, 1714. This may be the son John lost at sea.[6] No more records found on this Mary.
Second wife: Elizabeth Good married John Hubbard in 1714. John Hubbard died in 1732. Births in Boston and his will indicate this couple had James, John, Joseph, Thomas, Tuthill, Sarah and Susannah. Therefore, marriage to John Franklin occurred after 1732, likely after December 1740 as she was called 'widow Hubbert' at that time, and birth of son John Jr. who died as a young man, is most likely a child by his first wife. [7][8][9]
1752: February 5: Made the annual visitation of the town with the justices selectmen and others.[4]
1753: Appointed postmaster general at Boston, by brother Benjamin Franklin. A position he held until his death.[4]
1754: Post office opened at Mr. John Franklin's, Corn Hill.[4]
He married after 1732, possibly as late as 1741, Elizabeth/Mary Elizabeth (Gooch) Hubbard, widow of Capt. John Hubbard.[11] According to the History of the Surname of John Gooch, she was called 'widow Hubbert' in Dec. 1740.[12]
Elizabeth's husband, Capt. John Hubbard died in 1732, and widow Elizabeth was the mother of seven children at that time, all named in his will, they being: James, Thomas, Tuthill, Joseph, John, Susanna, Sarah and Elizabeth.[13][14]
John and Elizabeth Franklin were executors of John Hubbard's will.[12]
John died at Boston on January 30, 1756 in his 67th year.[15][5]
Elizabeth Franklin sells at the Post Office in Boston: Genuine Crown Soap, Candles, Cheese &c. Advertisement in Boston Papers: May 7, 1764.][4]
Elizabeth Franklin, widow of John, died at Boston on December 16, 1768.[16]
Child
John apparently had one son John Jr. , who was lost at sea as a 'grown man'.[4][5] It is unclear who the mother of John Jr. might be. She appears to be Mary (Gooch) Franklin whose son John Franklin was baptized at Boston on June 17, 1716.[17][12] This would have been prior to any marriage to Elizabeth (Gooch) Hubbard.
Research notes
Boston Births
1690: John of Josiah & Abia Franklin born December 7 (p. 189)
1698: Eliza. of James and Eliza. Gooch born March 17 (p. 240)[3]
Boston Baptisms
John, son of Mary Franklin (formerly) Gooch June 17, 1716.[17]
Boston Marriages
John Hubbert & Eliza. Gooch Married By Rev. Mr. Thos. Bridge Presbyterian. on November 25, 1714. (p.52)[18]
Hubbard children:
Boston Baptisms
Tuthill Hubbard July 24, 1720, son of John Hubbard. (p. 51)[19]
Boston Births
James son of John Hubbard and Eliza. his wife born August 14, 1715. (p. 108)
Thomas son of John Hubbard and Eliza. his wife born July 1, 1717. (p. 122)
Sarah daughter of John Hubbert and Eliza. his wife born February 3, 1718. (p. 130)
Joseph son of John and Elizabeth Hubbard born January 16, 1724. (p. 165)
Susanna daughter of John and Elizabeth Hubbard born July 13, 1726. (p. 176)
Elizabeth daughter of John and Elizabeth Hubbart born June 16, 1728.(p. 187)[20]
Boston Baptisms
John son of Mary Franklin (formerly) Gooch June 17, 1716.[17]
Fact: Also Known As John Frankling
Fact: Residence (1690) Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Fact: Christening (7 December 1690)
Fact: Burial (January 1756) Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Soap-maker, deputy postmaster of Boston. One son (lost at sea) and 7 stepchildren named Hubbard. He became quite wealthy in Boston (real estate and glass) -- From Temple's Diary - History of Benjamin Franklin
Fact: John Franklin's parents are Joseph Franklin and Abiah Folger
Fact: Occupation soapmaker and tallow chandler; appointed deputy postmaster of Boston
↑ 3.03.1 Appleton, William S. City Document 130. Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths 1630-1699, Registry Dept. City of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, Rockwell & Churchill Printers, 1883
↑ 4.004.014.024.034.044.054.064.074.084.094.104.11 Roberts, Oliver A. History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, Now Called the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts. 1637-1888, A. Mudge & Son, printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1897 p. 9
↑ 5.05.15.2 The Franklin Family. In: The New England Historical Genealogical Register, Vol. 11, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1847
↑ Records of the First Church in Boston: “Boston Church Records” The Records of the Churches of Boston. CD_ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008 .) p. 285.
↑ Whittemore, William H. & William S. Appleton. The Heraldic Journal: Recording the Armorial Bearings and Genealogies of American Families, Volumes 1-4, J.K. Wiggin, Publisher, Boston, Massachusetts 1865 p. 133.
↑ Index to the Probate Records of the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts: G to O, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1895 p. 148
↑ Gooch, Frank Austin. The History of a Surname, with Some Account of the line of John Gooch in New England, New Haven, Connecticut, 1926 p. 102-3.
↑ James, Edward T. et al. Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume 2, Harvard University Press, Boston, Massachusetts, 1971 p. 662
↑The New England Historical Genealogical Register. Vol. 86, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1932 p. 329
↑ 12.012.112.2 Gooch, Frank Austin. The History of a Surname, with Some Account of the line of John Gooch in New England, New Haven, Connecticut. 1926 p. 102-3
↑ Whittemore, William H. & William S. Appleton. The Heraldic Journal: Recording the Armorial Bearings and Genealogies of American Families. Volumes 1-4, J.K. Wiggin, Publisher, Boston, Massachusetts 1865 p. 133
↑ Index to the Probate Records of the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts: G to O, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1895 p. 148
↑ From: BOSTON ATHENAEUM: Index of Obituaries in Boston Newspapers, 1704-1800 (G. K. Hall, [Boston, 1968], 3 volumes). From the papers of Ogden Codman, the Athenaeum published his compilation of deaths taken from the various newspapers of the time. Boston, Massachusetts: Deaths, 1700-1799. (Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), (Dunkle, Robert J. and Lainhart, Ann S. Boston Deaths, 1700-1799, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1999.) p. 13819
↑ Boyle's Journal of Occurrences in Boston. The New England Historical Genealogical Register. Vol. 84, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1930 p. 257
↑ 17.017.117.2 Records of the First Church in Boston: “Boston Church Records” The Records of the Churches of Boston. CD_ROM. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008 .) p. 285
↑ McGlenen, Edward W. compiler. City Document 150: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, containing Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1751. Municipal Printing Office, Boston, Massachusetts, 1898
↑ Records of the Church in Brattle Square. “Boston Church Records” The Records of the Churches of Boston. CD_ROM. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008 .)
↑ City Document 43. A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston containing Boston Births From AD 1700 to AD 1800, Rockwell and Churchill Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1894
Oliver A. Roberts, History of The Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company, [Boston, 1895]
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I have in my family tree that Mary Franklin (4/23/1975 - 1/3/1869 was the daughter of John Franklin and Mary Gooch. Is there any information about this anywhere?
I am so confused on John Franklin. Nothing seems to come together. All I have really gotten is that he married Elizabeth Gooch Hubbard sometime after 1732. He took on her children. John Jr baptized in 1714...lost at sea...when? Lost at sea says he was in the Navy? So where was he in-between? Who is the other John Franklin who married Keziah Pierce? Such a mystery to solve here. Any new info?
A John Franklin Jr. b. Sept. 26, 1749 Canaan CT, married Lydia Doolittle b. Aug. 13 1751.
John Franklin, Jr., & Lydia Doolittle, Feb. 2, 1774, married at North Canaan, Litchfield, CT.
They removed to PA.
Is there any reliable source that indicates this particular John Franklin also married a Lydia Doolittle?
Correction: John Hubbert & Eliza. Gooch Married By Rev. Mr. Thos. Bridge Presbt. on Nov. 25, 1714. Their children are listed in Boston Births. see her page. and notes on her husband John's death in 1732. If John Franklin married Elizabeth Gooch Hubbard it would have to be much later than 1716/7., and this son John, bapt. 1716/7, would not be their child. This is a nightmare!!! Chris
There is no evidence that he had a child with Mary/Elizabeth Gooch, other than son John. If there are no reliable sources for James and Peter, they should be removed from this profile.
John Franklin, Jr., & Lydia Doolittle, Feb. 2, 1774, married at North Canaan, Litchfield, CT. They removed to PA. Is there any reliable source that indicates this particular John Franklin also married a Lydia Doolittle?