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Issac enlisted in Colonel Lesher's Regiment. He was taken prisoner at the Battle of New York. He escaped after three months.
Although Franks was Jewish, he was a practicing Christian. He joined the Continental army at age 17 and fought the British in the battles on Long Island. He was captured in Manhattan but escaped to New Jersey in a leaky rowboat. There he joined the quartermaster division as an assistant foragemaster for Washington's main army. He was promoted to foragemaster and sent to West Point, where he received a commission as ensign in a Massachusetts regiment in 1781. He resigned the following year, married and moved to Germantown. He worked as a financial broker.
In 1793 he lent his house to George Washington, to live in while the Yellow Fever epidemic ravaged in the capital of Philadelphia. Franks's home became the Germantown Whitehouse and Washington and his cabinet met within. In 1794 he received a commission as lieutenant colonel in the state militia. Franks died in 1822
Isaac Franks married Mary Davison on 09 Jul 1782 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1]
1820 Census:[2]
Issac died on Mar 4, 1822[3] Philadelphia death certificate
He was buried in the Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery[4]
Purcell, L. Edward. "Franks, Isaac." Who Was Who in the American Revolution. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1993.
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Categories: New York Militia, American Revolution