Re: Benjamin Franklin's relatives ?
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Re: Benjamin Franklin's relatives ?
Michelle Johnson 12/30/02
Hi All,
Did your Franklin/McMillin clan ever go to TN? My cousin states that the father of our Samuel Franklin, b.abt 1816 VA, was one William Franklin and his mother a Sally McMillan.Per her records William Franklin and Sally McMillan were married in Knox Co., TN which seems odd if Samuel was born in VA.Her records may not be accurate.However Samuel Franklin did marry Olivia Jane Rudder in Knox Co., TN that I have record of and there is a William Franklin family living in Knox Co., TN on the 1840 census.We have always been told we were related to Benjamin Franklin, however I have not been able to make that connection.Maybe that is the claim of every Franklin line.I was quite interested when I read your connection between your Franklin line and the McMillin line.I may also have been given an incorrect spelling.The thing is that some of the Northeastern part of TN was once included in the state of NC and some in VA; so one could have been born in a part of VA that later became TN.Also just as a curosity, did the any of the Parker family end up in east TX or do mission work in Limestone Co., TX?