Brief Life History of Abel
When Abel Franklin Jr was born on 8 March 1719, in Jamestown, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, his father, Abel Franklin Sr., was 28 and his mother, Sarah Remington, was 30. He married Lydia Mott Littlefield on 14 October 1741, in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 11 December 1775, in Rhode Island, British Colonial America, at the age of 56.
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- Abel Franklin, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Abel Franklin in entry for Frederick Franklin, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Abel Franklin in entry for Phebe Franklin, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
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World Events (3)
1723 · Pirates Hung in Newport
On July 17, 1723, twenty-eight pirates are hung in Newport, Rhode Island.
1763 · First Synagogue in America
The first Jewish Synagogue in America was built in Newport, Rhode Island in 1763. It still stands today, making it the oldest synagogue in the United States.
1772 · The Gaspee Affair
On June 9, 1772, colonists that are angry with the trade restrictions that Britain put them under, board the HMS Gaspee and set it ablaze. This was the first act of violence against the British on the North American continent.
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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