Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Franklin (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from Kent County, England. Some of their related families also came from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. In the 1600s, some immigrated to the United States and settled in South Carolina and Virginia. In the 1700s, some settled in Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode...

Johann Georg Froschauer, son of Hans Conrad Froschauer, was born in about 1700 in Meckenheim-an der-Hard, Pfalz, Germany. He married Catharina Graf (d. 1771), daughter of Hans Adam Graf, between 1722-1729 in Germany. They had twelve children. He married Elizabeth Tempel 28 April 1771 in Frederick County, Maryland. He died in about 1790. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

Caleb Russell was born 29 August 1779 in Maryland. His father was Caleb Russell. He married Nancy Grady (1782-1872), daughter of James Grady and Elizabeth Jennings, 14 May 1800 in Columbia County, Georgia. They had thirteen children. He died 28 November 1848 in Greene County, Alabama. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas.

Two Crain brothers emigrated about 1700 from Wales to North Carolina. John Crain (fl.1750-1762), a son of one of the two immigrants, had various sons who served in the Revolutionary War, and at least the last two if these sons were born in Granville County, North Carolina. Descendants and relatives also lived in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, New Mexico and elsewhere.

Samuel Hotchkiss was one son of John Hotchkiss and Margaret Newett, of Dodington, England. Samuel left England and came with the Davenport Colony to New Haven, Connecticut, in 1638. Some of Samuel's siblings immigrated also. Samuel married Elizabeth Cleverly in 1642. Their children were John, Samuel, James, Sarah, Joshua, Thomas and Daniel. Descendants and related families live(d) in Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts,...

Daniel Darwin, son of Thomas Darwin, was born in about 1690 in Nottingham County, England. Descendant, Robert Charles Darwin, emigrated in 1858 and settled in Joliet, Illinois. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in England, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Kansas, Nebraska, and California.

David Jacks, son of Nicholas Jacks and Jane (?) was born 27 October 1795 in Surry County, North Carolina. He married Rachel Johnson, daughter of William Johnson and Mary Parks, 16 June 1821. In 1827, David and Rachel, their son Thomas Mastin Jacks, and daughters Alzena and Jane Jacks, moved with other members of the Jacks clan to Jackson County, Alabama. David and Jane had six more sons in Alabama, namely: William Parks, Simeon Romulus, Jonathan...

Margaret Slick was born in 1793 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Her parents were John Slick and Elizabeth Wilson. She married Andrew Riley in about 1813. Traces her ancestors, descendants and relatives in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere, .

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Adams (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England, France, Germany, Ireland, Prussia, Scotland, and Wales. Some settled in Barbados and Jamaica (West Indies) and in Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Virginia in the 1600's. In the 1700's, some immigrated to Quebec (Canada), San Domingo (West Indies), and to Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine,...

Lawrence Ellison (ca. 1592-ca. 1665) was born at Blackburn, Lancaster County, England. He married Mary Rishton at Blackburn in 1617. They had eight children, 1623-1631 born at Blackburn. He died at Hempstead, Queens County, New York. Descendants listed, chiefly some descendants of his sons, Richard Elison (1618-after 1689) and Thomas Ellison (1631-1697), lived in New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Florida, Canada and elsewhere.