Franklin (Somerset County)
- Identifier
- NJS-PLC-00061
- Place Type
- City, Town, or Village
- Description
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Franklin Township is located in the southeastern part of Somerset County, New Jersey, between Route 27 and the Millstone River. Somerset County's Franklin Township was formed in 1798 from the area previously known as the Eastern Precinct. The municipality of South Bound Brook, located on the southern shore of the Raritan River, was originally part of Franklin Township, and it separated after the Civil War. For this reason, records documenting slavery in South Bound Brook may be found among Franklin Township records.
Franklin Township borders the municipalities of New Brunswick, North Brunswick, and South Brunswick, which are located in Middlesex County. The road known today as Route 27 serves as the county boundary between Somerset and Middlesex, i.e. the boundary between Franklin township and the aforementioned municipalities in Middlesex County. This is a historic road that connected New Brunswick and Princeton and was part of Kings Highway in the colonial era. Several villages and unincorporated communities were located along this road, including Three Mile Run, Six Mile Run, and Ten Mile Run. Because these communities spanned both sides of the county line, researchers looking for slavery records related to this section of Franklin township are encouraged to survey both Somerset and Middlesex County records.
Note that there are multiple municipalities in New Jersey that bear the name Franklin due to the historical influence of Benjamin Franklin and his son, William Franklin, who served as the colonial-era Governor of New Jersey. Today, there are still municipalities called Franklin in Gloucester County, Hunterdon County, Somerset County, Sussex County, and Warren County. Franklin township in Bergen County is now defunct (Franklin Lakes inherited some of its territory), and Essex County's Franklin township has been renamed Nutley. - Locality
- Franklin
- County (Modern)
- Somerset County
- State or Province
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States of America
- Latitude
- 40.47583
- Longitude
- -74.55152
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Places
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Franklin was previously associated with:
Places located in Franklin (Somerset County):
Places formed from a portion of Franklin (Somerset County) or formerly associated with this place:
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Persons of African descent linked to Franklin (Somerset County):
- Betty (b. 1806)
- Betty (b. 1807)
- Caroline (b. 1805)
- Claus (b. 1808)
- Deon
- Dian (b. 1809)
- Dick (b. 1804)
- Dinah Van Cleef
- Fillis
- Gin
- Grace
- Han (b. 1805)
- Hannah (b. 1817)
- Harry (b. 1804)
- Henry Staats {aka Harry}
- Henry Van Cleef (b. 1833)
- Mark (b. ca. 1788)
- Name Unrecorded - Female (b. 1784) {Waldron household}
- Name Unrecorded - Female (b. 1804) {Nevius household}
- Name Unrecorded - Male (b. 1804) {Stoothoff household}
- Nell (b. 1818)
- Peg
- Prime (b. 1805)
- Rachel (b. 1806)
- Sal
- Suk
- Susan (b. 1805)
- Susan (b. ca. 1786)
- Tom (b. 1807)
- Tone (b. 1806)
- Will (b. 1805)
White persons linked to Franklin (Somerset County):
- Abraham Staats (1743-1821)
- Andrew Brown (d. 1822)
- Augustus R. Taylor
- David Nevius (1748-1825)
- David Nevius Jr. (1787-1843)
- Dinah Stryker Voorhees (d. 1831)
- Elbert Stoothoff
- Frederick Stryker
- Isaac Davis
- Isaac Staats (1791-1869)
- Jacob Van Dike (1723-1809)
- Jacques Voorhees (1763-1802)
- James Neilson (1784-1862)
- James Van Duyn
- Jaques Cortelyou (1778-1863)
- Jeromus Rappleyea (d. 1831)
- John H. Disborough
- John P. Nevius
- John Woldron
- Margaret Du Bois Staats (1749-1822)
- Peter Wortman Jr.
- Linked Events
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Event location is Franklin (Somerset County):
- 1802-11-14 Freedom Seeking: Jack, Name Unrecorded - Female
- 1804-07-12 Birth: Name Unrecorded - Male
- 1804-07-31 Birth: Harry
- 1804-09-02 Birth: Dick
- 1804-12-24 Birth: Name Unrecorded - Female
- 1805-03-26 Birth: Will
- 1805-03-31 Birth: Susan
- 1805-05-20 Birth: Caroline
- 1805-11-25 Birth: Han
- 1805-11-30 Birth: Prime
- 1806-07-07 Birth: Betty
- 1806-08-04 Birth: Tone
- 1806-09-26 Birth: Rachel
- 1807-01-25 Birth: Tom
- 1807-10-15 Birth: Betty
- 1808-04-21 Birth: Claus
- 1809-08-03 Birth: Dian
- 1810-04-13 Abandonment: 9 Black girls
- 1817-03-18 Birth: Hannah
- 1818-02-14 Removal Registration: Mark
- 1818-04-13 Birth: Nell
- 1820-08-16 Manumission: Susan
- 1833-08-29 Birth: Henry Van Cleef
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