David Franks: Colonial Merchant

Index

Adams, John Arthur, 26 Adams, Samuel, 117 adventure system, 18, 36, 37, 52, 84, 100 Alden, John, 72 Allen, Andrew, 109, 124, 142, 180, 188 Allen, William, 124 Allen family, 3, 136 All Saints Anglican Church (Isleworth, England ), 92, 197 American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS), 198 American Philosophical Society, 16 Amherst, Jeffrey, 54, 69, 76, 78, 81; biographical information, 34, 56 –57, 59, 60, 68; economy actions, 49, 57, 58, 63, 64; impressment of ships, 51, 53; military actions, 36, 42, 47, 72; obstinacy, 48, 52, 55, 58, 65, 66; relations with David Franks, 65; relations with Indians, 42, 57, 59, 63; victualing contract issues, 34 –35, 41, 50 –51, 55, 67, 73 Amphitrite (snow), 20 André, John: aide to General Clinton, 127, 148, 152, 153, 158; Mischianza, 128; prisoner, 125, 201 Aquila, Richard, 27 Arnold, Benedict, 4, 146, 162, 203, 237n22, 237–38n25; biographical information, 137, 138; relations with David Franks, 143; relations with radicals, 139, 140, 143, 153, 154; West Point treason, 158 Arnold, Margaret (Peggy) Shippen (wife of Benedict): friendship with Rebecca Franks, 125, 127, 143, 237n22, 237–38n24; Mischianza, 128; relationship with Benedict Arnold, 140, 146, 153 Auchmuty, Frances Tucker, 128 Ayer, Peter, 9 Ayres (captain), 113, 114 Bache, Richard, 41, 120 Baker, Kilby and Baker, 34, 36 –38, 43–44, 49 Baker, Richard, 34, 35 Baker, William, 32, 34, 35, 38 Barclay, Alexander, 24, 60, 74, 106, 107 Barclay, Ann (Alexander’s first wife), 24 Barclay, David, 24 Barclay, Rebecca Evans (Margaret Franks’s sister; Alexander’s second wife), 24 Batho, Charles, 41 Bayard, John, 139 Bayard, Stephen, 12 Bedford, 4th duke of ( John Russell), 62 Beekman, William, 9 Beekman family, 7 Belle (cargo ship), 111 Bevan, Davis, 149 Bingham family, 238–39nn30, 31 Blane, Archibald, 53 Bloch, David, 6 Blouin, Daniel, 88 Board of War, 132, 136 –37, 141–42, 144 –45 Bond, Phineas, 120, 127, 164, 236n17 Bond, Phineas, Jr., 124 Bond, Rebecca (Becky), 128, 140 Bond, Thomas, 140 Bond, Williamina (Willy). See Cadwalader, Williamina (Willy) Bond Boone, Daniel, 62 Boone, Thomas, 168 Boudinot, Elias, 121, 133, 136 Boudinot, Nancy (wife of Elias), 140 Bowker, R. Arthur, 116 Braddock, James, 31, 33, 72 Bradshaw, Thomas, 106 Bremmer, James, 120 Bridenbaugh, Carl, 106 Brown, Windsor, 88, 89 Bruce, Thomas, 40 Bryan, George, 112, 139, 145, 149 Bush, Matthias, 56, 113, 132, 169 Bush, Nathaniel (Nathan), 113 Bush Hill (mansion), 175, 176 Bushy Run, battle of, 59, 63, 64, 66 Bute, 3rd earl of ( John Stuart), 57 Byrd, William, III, 54 Index Index 254 Cadwalader, John, 107, 175; biographical information, 2, 3, 173, 207n5; David Franks’s arrest and trial, 2, 145; disputes with Joseph Reed, 3–4, military life, 123; political participation, 1, 109, 174; William Hamilton’s arrest and trial, 4, 106, 142, 156 Cadwalader, Lambert, 106, 237n20, 239n36 Cadwalader, Thomas, 22, 207–8n5, 237n20 Cadwalader, Williamina (Willy) Bond, 125, 128, 174, 236n17, 237n19, 239n37 Callender, Robert, 28, 82; biographical information , 80; connection with Colonel Bouquet, 74; David Franks’s employee, 18, 64, 66, 80, 84; land speculations, 97, 100; partnership with Baynton, Wharton and Morgan, 84 –85; Suffering Trader, 29, 30, 43, 61 Camden, 1st earl of (Charles Pratt), 96 Campbell, John, 199, 114 Cannon, Abraham, 9 Cannon, James, 112, 139 Carey, Mathew, 199 Carroll, Charles, 101 Castles, George, 100 Chamier, Daniel, 117, 118, 121 Charleton, Thomas, 16 Chase, Samuel, 101, 160, 174 Chatham, 1st earl of (William Pitt), 57, 98 Chew, Margaret Oswald (Peggy), 125, 127, 128, 239–40n38 Chew, Sally, 128 Chew family, 136 Christ Church, Philadelphia, 120, 126; baptisms , 15, 19, 20; burials and gravestones, 19, 115, 154, 176, 197, 199; Evans family affiliation, 14; Franks family affiliation, 14, 15, 107; not baptized, 32; partners of David Franks as members, 28, 46, 74; steeple bells, 21, 22 Clarke, Gedney, 69 Clarke family, 7 Clarkson, Matthew, 138, 154 Clifford, Thomas, 53 Clinton, George, 239n34 Clinton, Henry, 145, 152; Amherst’s staff, 127; commander in chief, 137; David Franks’s imprisonment, 142; military campaign, 158; prisoner ration issues, 141, 142, 144; victualing claims, 147, 148, 149, 153 Clive, Kitty, 6 Clymer, George, 1, 2, 5, 106, 109, 175 Coffin, Alexander, 110 Cohen, Jacob, 177 Colden, Cadwallader, 12 Colebrooke, George, 35, 38 Colebrooke, James, 35, 202 Colebrooke, Nesbitt, Colebrooke and Franks, 37, 50, 54, 80, 216n4 Coleman, William, 106, 107 College of Philadelphia: attendees, 41, 106, 124, 237n21, 239–40n38; headmaster, 101; trustees, 16, 46, 74 Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, 132, 172, 177 Congregation Shearith Israel, New York, 17; Captain Phillips’s...