Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . FRANKLIN FRANKLIN 537 to have borne a strong likeness to his immortalnephew. The second son, John, was a dyer ofwoollens, and lived in Banbury. The third son,Benjamin, for some time a silk-dyer in London,emigrated to Boston at an advanced age, and leftdescendants there. He took a great interest inpolitics, was fond of writing verses, and inventeda system of short-hand. The fourth son, Josiah,born in 1655, served an apprenticeship with hisbrother John, at Banbury, but removed to NewEngland in 1082. From the beginning of theReformation the family had
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . FRANKLIN FRANKLIN 537 to have borne a strong likeness to his immortalnephew. The second son, John, was a dyer ofwoollens, and lived in Banbury. The third son,Benjamin, for some time a silk-dyer in London,emigrated to Boston at an advanced age, and leftdescendants there. He took a great interest inpolitics, was fond of writing verses, and inventeda system of short-hand. The fourth son, Josiah,born in 1655, served an apprenticeship with hisbrother John, at Banbury, but removed to NewEngland in 1082. From the beginning of theReformation the family had been zealous Protes-tants, and in Marys reign had incurred considera-ble danger on that account. Their inclinationseems to have been toward Puritanism, but theyremained in the Church of England until late inthe reign of Charles II., when so many clergymenwere dispossessed of their holdings for non-con-formity, and proceeded to carry on religious ser-vices in conventicles forbidden by law. Amongthese dispossessed clergymen in Northamptonshir
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