 1688 - 1769 (81 years)
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| Name |
Jacob Franks [2, 3, 4, 5] |
| Born |
1687-1688 |
London, Middlesex, England  [4, 5, 6, 7] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Alt. Birth |
1688 |
London, Middlesex, England [3] |
| Naturalized |
21 Aug 1710 [6] |
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| Reference Number |
396 |
| Residence |
Newport, Newport, RI [8] |
| Died |
16 Jan 1769 |
New York, New York (Manhattan), NY [3, 4, 5, 6, 7] |
| Person ID |
I396 |
aojd |
| Last Modified |
20 Mar 2012 |
| Children |
| | 1. Naphtali Franks, b. 1 Jul 1715, New York, New York (Manhattan), NY , d. 31 Oct 1796, Mortlake, England (Age 81 years) |
| | 2. Aaron Franks, b. 8 Dec 1732, d. 21 Jul 1738 (Age 5 years) |
| | 3. Abigail Franks, b. Abt 1734, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 4. Sara Franks, b. 26 Jan 1731, d. 20 Nov 1733 (Age 2 years) |
| | 5. Moses Franks, b. 1 Jan 1719, d. 2 Apr 1789, Teddington, Middlesex, England (Age 70 years) |
| | 6. Richa Franks, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 7. Phila Franks, b. 19 Jun 1722, New York, New York (Manhattan), NY , d. 5 Mar 1811, Smith Street, Chelsea, England (Age 88 years) |
| | 8. Abraham B. Franks, b. 1713, New York , d. 28 Apr 1797, Canada (Age 84 years) |
| | 9. David Franks, b. 23 Sep 1720, New York, New York (Manhattan), NY , d. Oct 1794, Isleworth, Middlesex, England (Age 74 years) |
| | 10. Rebecca Franks, b. 27 Dec 1742, New York, New York (Manhattan), NY , d. 7 Mar 1803, England (Age 60 years) |
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| Family ID |
F152 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- "Jacob was a sucessful NY merchant" [3]
- (Research):AJLLJ Portraits Database 5 Aug 2011
This son of an English broker, Jacob Franks, came to New York around 1708 and was naturalized there in August of 1710. A merchant involved in shipping and wholesale, in 1712 Jacob carried out business with relatives in England, as part of a mercantile network that spanned the Atlantic, the Caribbean, Europe and beyond.
In 1712 he married Bilhah Abigail Levy, daughter of fellow merchant Moses Raphael Levy.
Franks was very active in New York's Jewish community, and was one of the four men who laid the cornerstone of Shearith Israel in 1729. The following year he served as the congregations parnas.
Franks was never able to achieve the type of wealth he and his wife believed he should. Accusations were even leveled that this was because he had been taken advantage of by his English relatives with whom he did business. Writing to their eldest son, Naphtali, who had gone England to work in his uncle's firm, Abigail complained, "I think your Fathers Treatment from you & your Uncle Especially from the Latter is more Like a Slave than Freeman."
As the Franks children became Tories, they almost all left the United States after the Revolution. [9]
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| Sources |
- [S285] .
- [S4] PG. 75, 154 (Reliability: 3).
QUAY 3
- [S3] CHAPTER 5 PG 9 (Reliability: 3).
- [S59] EMAIL 6 AUG 2010 ARYEH GREEN TO DAVID M. KLEIMAN (Reliability: 3).
- [S634] EMAIL 6 AUG 2010 ARYEH GREEN TO DAVID M. KLEIMAN (Reliability: 3).
- [S4] PG. 75 FRANKS I (1) (Reliability: 3).
QUAY 3
- [S7] (Reliability: 3).
- [S333] PG. 46. (Reliability: 3).
- [S294] FRANKS, JACOB (Reliability: 3).
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