Franklin Family History by William M. Franklin

Author:William M. Franklin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Franklin family, Franklin family history, Franklin genealogy
Publisher: Thomas-Jacob Publishing, LLC
Published: 2021-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

The next thing we know about Robert II is that in 1676 William Collier in his will left to Robert II two cows, a feather bed, furniture and 179 acres of land on Herring Creek. I have a copy of that will.

Records show that Robert II died April 3, 1680 when he was only 29 or 30 years old (Maryland Indexes Marriage References, 1998).

Robert III would have been about 5 years old when his father died and about 7 years old when his grandfather, Robert I, died.

After the death of Robert II, his wife Sarah, apparently feeling that his affairs were too complicated for her to straighten out, turned everything over to the administrator, Colonel William Burgess, to resolve (Hall, 1941).

Colonel Burgess was an uncle by marriage to Robert II and also apparently a trusted family friend. When George Puddington married Jane Cornish, they had both been married before. Both brought children to the marriage. One of Jane Cornish’s daughters was named Elizabeth Robins, and she eventually married Colonel William Burgess. George Puddington and Jane Cornish had Mary Puddington together, and she later married Robert I. This made Robert Franklin I and William Burgess brothers-in-law (with the sisters being half-sisters), and Colonel Burgess an uncle to Robert II (Warfield, 1905).

Robert II was evidently in debt at the time of his death, and it is speculated that a big part of that debt was owed to Colonel Burgess (Hall, 1941). After all was settled and the debts were paid, we do not know if there was anything left.

We do know that Sarah went on to a fourth marriage to a John Willoughby (Maryland Indexes Marriage References, 1998). Willoughby, who was also a land owner, offered to leave his land to his wife Sarah and then to Sarah’s son Robert III if, when Robert III had a son, he would change his name to Willoughby instead of Franklin (Meyers, 2003). Robert III did not comply with that request, and we do not know if Robert III inherited any of Willoughby’s land.

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