When Nancy Franklin was born on 12 January 1816, in Russell, Virginia, United States, her father, James William Franklin Sr, was 26 and her mother, Nancy Amburgey, was 25. She married Jesse Grizzle on 1 October 1835, in Russell, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Castlewood District, Russell, Virginia, United States in 1880 and Pine Creek District, Carroll, Virginia, United States in 1880. In 1880, at the age of 64, her occupation is listed as keeping house in Russell, Virginia, United States. She died on 25 March 1891, in Castlewood, Russell, Virginia, United States, at the age of 75.
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English: status name from Middle English frankeleyn ‘freeman, freeholder, land-owner of free but not noble birth’ (Anglo-Norman French fraunclein). In general, he was a gentleman ranked above the main body of minor freeholders but below a knight or a member of the nobility.
Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames, such as Frankel .
History: The American statesman and scientist Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) was the son of Josiah Franklin, a chandler (dealer in soap and candles), who had emigrated c. 1682 from Ecton, Northamptonshire, to Boston, MA, where his son was born.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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