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Person Details
 
Last NameFRANKLIN
First NameANN
Maiden[SMITH]
RelationW/O JAMES
Cemetery NumberNT003
Cemetery NameCOMMON BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1696c
Death Day19
Death MonthAPR
Death Year1763
War 
Gravestone Details
SectionBH
Lot 
Map00259
Stone Materialslate
Conditiongood
Shapefancy top
Carvingwinged cherub/other
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date2007
CarverWILLIAM STEVENS
Notes/Misc Details
Notes[Ezra Stiles notes death of Wo. (widow) Franklin, printer, aPresbyterian (NEHGS Reg. 62:359).] [she inherited her husbands printing business and ran it successfully for 13 years after his death. She was a skilled typesetter and taught her 2 daughters the craft. She wrote almanacs under the name of "Poor Robin". Her son James Jr launced the Newport Mercury.]
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