Michael Francklin






Michael Francklin By John Singleton Copley, Uniacke Estate Museum Park


Michael Francklin or Franklin (6 December 1733 – 8 November 1782) served as Nova Scotia's Lieutenant Governor from 1766-1772. He is buried in the crypt of St. Paul's Church (Halifax).




Contents






  • 1 Early life and immigration


  • 2 Capture


  • 3 Political career


  • 4 Death


  • 5 Legacy


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Early life and immigration


Born in Poole, England, Francklin immigrated to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1752. He worked as a trader and merchant, initially in association with Joshua Maugher.



Capture


During Father Le Loutre's War, Michael Francklin was captured by a Mi'kmaw raiding party in 1754 and held captive for three months in which he learned the Mi'kmaw language and developed an appreciation for native culture.[1]



Political career




Governor Franklin's residence (built 1749). (Located on the site of Province House, which still is furnished with his Nova Scotia Council table)




Michael Francklin's Bible, St. John's Anglican Church (Lunenburg), Nova Scotia (1765)


Francklin represented Lunenburg County from 1759 to 1760 and Halifax County from 1761 to 1762 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.


On February 7, 1762, Francklin married Susannah Boutineau. In May of that year, he was named to the Nova Scotia Council.


In the early 1770s, he was responsible for bringing about the Yorkshire Emigration. He also played an important role in assisting the return of Acadians after the Expulsion of the Acadians by guaranteeing Catholic worship, land grants and a promise that there would be no second expulsion.


He established the Shubenacadie reserve in 1779.[2]



Death


He died at home in Halifax in 1782. Many Mi'kmaq attended his funeral at St. Paul's Church (Halifax).



Legacy



  • namesake of Fort Franklin, Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia (1768) [3]

  • namesake of Mi'kmaq reserve Franklin Manor 22, Nova Scotia[4]






  • Susannah (Boutineau) Franklin (1762) by John Singleton Copley (wife of Michael Franklin; grandchild of Peter Faneuil), Uniacke Estate Museum Park







  • Susannah Boutineau by Robert Feke (1748), (mother-in-law of Michael Franklin), Uniacke Estate Museum Park






See also


  • Captivity Narratives - Nova Scotia


References


Endnotes




  1. ^ Fischer, L. R. (1979). "Francklin, Michael". In Halpenny, Francess G. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Murdoch, Beamish (1866). A History of Nova-Scotia, Or Acadie. Vol. II. Halifax: J. Barnes. p. 600.


  3. ^ Frank Patterson. Acadian Tatamagouche and Fort Franklkin, p.75


  4. ^ https://archive.org/stream/placenamesofprov00browuoft#page/52/mode/2up


Texts



  • James S. Macdonald, "Lt. Governor Michael Francklin, 1752-1782" Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society; (40 pp.) vol. 16 (1912)

  • W. B. Kerr, "The Rise of Michael Francklin" (7 pp.) The Dalhousie Review, Vol. 13 (1934), No. 4.



External links



  • Biography of Michael Francklin

  • Memoir of Michael Franklin Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society











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