Brief Life History of Samuel Ransom
When Samuel Ransom Franklin was born on 20 December 1807, in Huntington Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Samuel Franklin, was 48 and his mother, Mary "Polly" Ransom, was 35. He married Dorothy Seward on 1 January 1830, in Fairmount Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. He died on 19 June 1873, in Huntington Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Scott Cemetery, Huntington Mills, Huntington Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Ransom Franklin, "United States Census, 1840"
- Legacy NFS Source: Samuel Ransom Franklin - birth: 20 December 1807; Huntington Twp, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
- Samuel R Franklin, "Find A Grave Index"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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