Ann (Nancy) Lloyd Franklin

Female14 October 1771–18 September 1850

Brief Life History of Ann (Nancy) Lloyd

When Ann (Nancy) Lloyd Franklin was born on 14 October 1771, in Charles, Maryland, United States, her father, Francis Boucher Franklin, was 29 and her mother, Chloe Cornish, was 27. She married John Downing Franklin in 1792, in Charles, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 18 September 1850, in Preston, Virginia, United States, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

Col John Fairfax
1762–1843
Ann (Nancy) Lloyd Franklin
1771–1850
Marriage: 1805
Col. Francis Boucher Franklin Fairfax
1807–1888
Elizabeth Loid Fairfax
1810–1882
George Washington Fairfax
1812–1885
Chloe Ann Fairfax
1814–1815

Sources (4)

  • Will of Ann Cornish, Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYMN-K8G?cc=1803986&wc=SNY8-6TY%3A146535701%2C148442101
  • Petition regarding estate of John Downing Franklin, Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYMJ-SXC?cc=1803986&wc=SNY8-N3X%3A146535701%2C148284001
  • Will of Ann L. Fairfax, Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89MX-T91M?cc=1803986&wc=SNYX-7MS%3A146535701%2C148485401

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1805Virginia, United States
  • Children (4)

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    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1776

    Age 5

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1776

    Age 5

    Maryland is the 7th state.

    1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

    Age 23

    The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

    Name Meaning

    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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