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Note: REFN172 It is possible that the husband is John A. Franklin, born 1805, and died
9 Nov. 1892. Buried in Pine Grove Cemetary, Washington St., Coventry, RI.
(Information from the
RI Cemeteries Transcription Project.)
In a July 20, 1998 letter Betty Jean Lees wrote,"Patience (Dyer)
Franklin's second husband was Samuel Tillinghast". Patience Dyer married
Samuel Tillinghast June 28, 1849. According to the 1850 US census for
Warwick, Kent, RI, "William J. Dyer, 54, machinist; Sarah Dyer 53;
Patricia Tillinghast 26; Samuel Tillinghast 28, mariner; Abby A. Tillinghast 7; Hannah Tillinghast 5." I believe that first it should be
William T. Dyer; second that Patricia is Patience; third that Abby A.
Tillinghast is Abby A. Franklin; fourth that Hannah is another daughter of John A. and Patience (Dyer) Franklin. Somewhere in the 1844 to 1849
period John and Patience must have been divorced, or perhaps John A.
died. By the 1850 census Patience and Samuel Tillinghast were married and
I believe that Samuel must have adopted Abby and Hannah, or else they just gave the two girls the Tillinghast name. In future references I have
for Abby A. she is always Franklin.
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