When John Francom was born in 1676, his father, Francis Francombe, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Emerson, was 35. He married Elizabeth Workeman about 1701, in Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters.
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English (of Norman origin): status name from the Anglo-Norman French feudal term franchomme ‘free man’ (see Free ), composed of the elements franc, fraunc ‘free’ + homme ‘man’ (from Latin homo). The spelling has been altered as the result of folk etymological association with the common English placename endings -combe and -ham. See Frank 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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