image 13: 'On this 28th day of October 1851 before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County & State aforesaid [Chautauqua, New York] personally appeared John Franklin Jr of the town of Arkwright in the County & State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to Law says that is he is a son of John Franklin deceased who served in the Revolutionary war as a Teamster. that the said John Franklin died on the 14th day of February 1850 leaving no widow & the following surviving children only viz. John Franklin Jr this declarant, Ebenezer Franklin, Alpheus Franklin, Purley wife of Joseph Howard & Rachel widow of Alvah Cummings. That said John Franklin formerly resided in the town of Hanover in the County & State aforesaid.'
