The town of Franklin was organized in 1786, having been a part of Norwich.
The Congregational Church of Franklin was organized January 4, 1718,
and called the West Farms (Norwich) Church.
Rev. Henry Willes, pastor, 1718-1758.
Following are the records at Franklin:

Name	Spouse	Date
Jacob Hazzen	Abigail Baker	Oct. 27, 1719
Ebenezer Baker	Ruth Johnson	Dec. 15, 1719
Thomas Weed	Experience Abel	Jan 26, 1720
David Birchard	Lydia Backus	May 9, 1720
Jacob Willes	Dinah Peck	May 17, 1720
Samuel Crocker	Jemima French	May 25, 1720
Daniel Weedworth	Mehitabell Brown	Dec. 15, 1720
Francis Smith	Elizebeth Gager	May 25, 1721
Thomas Grist	Ann Birchard	Aug. 14, 1721
John Hyde	Sarah Haskin	Sept. 21, 1721
Thomas Wallbridge	Mary Knight	March 29, 1722
Thomas Austin	Sarah Holes	June 7, 1722
Daniel Buck	Elizebeth Perkin	June 11, 1722
Nathaniel Baker	Mary Longbotom	Aug. 20, 1722
John Partridge	Ann Fitch	Sept. 27, 1722
Aaron Read	Hannah Knight	Jan 10, 1723
Daniel White	Elizebeth Answorth	Jan 10, 1723
Timothy Collins	Elizebeth Hyde	Jan 16, 1723
James Birchard	Deborah Marks	Oct. 1, 1723
Abner French	Sarah Sluman	Nov. 6, 1723
Jabez Crocker	Ruth Hazzen	Feb. 25, 1724
William Johnson	Hannah Stodard	March 2, 1724
John Badger	Sarah Noyes	May 13, 1724
Joshua Smith	Edne Hazzen	Oct. 21, 1724
Evan Harris	Mary Badger	Nov. 5, 1724
Richard Edgerton	Hannah Calkin	Feb. 9, 1725
Daniel Palmeter	Mary Ames	June 29, 1725
Thomas Groves	Hannah Baker	Aug. 10, 1725
Jonathan Dyke	Mary Edgerton	Nov. 11, 1725
Mathew Birchard	Ruth Hartshorn	Dec. 22, 1725
Timothy Ayer	Abigail Hartshorn	Jan 25, 1726
John Baker	Jerusha Pitcher	June 27, 1726
Friend Weeks	Rachell Armstrong	Aug. 24, 1726
Daniel Johnson	Jemima Olmsby	Nov. 9, 1726
Benjamin Armstrong	Hannah Fox	Jan 12, 1727
David Lambard	Lurana Bill	Feb. 1, 1727
John Morgan	Susannah ??	Feb. 23, 1727
John Searborn	Abigail Philmore	April 4, 1727
Daniel Badger	Patience Durkee	June 28, 1727
Jacob Hyde	Hannah Kingsbery	Oct. 11, 1727
James Bill	Keziah French	Nov. 8, 1727
Daniel Denison	Hannah Crocker	Dec. 6, 1727
John Birchard	Jane Hyde	March 20, 1728
Ephraim Kingsbery	Martha Smith	July 3, 1728
John Barker	Hannah Brewster	Nov. 6, 1728
Samuel Bushnell	Ann Cogswell	Jan 22, 1729
Benjamin Peck	Phebe Hatch	May 14, 1729
John French	Phebe Hyde	Aug., 1729
Samuel Butt	Abigail Rudd	Sept. 24, 1729
Jarret Ingraham	Mary Taylor	Oct. 27, 1729
Henry Legrant	Elizebeth Richley	Oct. 28, 1729
?? Holmes	Ann Rockwell	Dec. 3, 1729
Edward Marcy	Rebecca Haskin	Jan 22, 1730
Ephraim Tingly	Elizebeth Birchard	Aug. 28, 1730
Ebenezer Wallbridge	Mary Durkee	Dec. 2, 1730
John Barret	Hannah Downer	Dec. 10, 1730
Samuel Ladd	Hannah Hartshorn	Dec. 30, 1730
Nathaniel Badger	Rebecca Simons	Jan 6, 1731
Lauranee Antiszell	Mary Armstrong	March 15, 1731
Eleazer Harmon	Margaret Wallbridge	March 15, 1731
Stephen Meigs	Jane Johnson	June 1, 1731
William Wentworth	Martha Armstrong	June 16, 1731
David Hartshorn	Sarah Birchard	June 17, 1731
Elisha Lothrope	Margaret Sluman	Jan 31, 1732
John Lune	Experience Edgerton	March 9, 1732
Isaac Woodard	Elisabeth Armstrong	Aug. 22, 1732
Simeon Woodard	Sarah Baker	Nov. 23, 1732
Josiah Backus	Love Kingsbery	Nov. 30, 1732
Nathaniel Day	Ruth Filmore	Dec. 4, 1732
Aaron Owen	Meriham Wright	Jan 11, 1733
Edward Waldoe	Abigail Elderkin	Jan 25, 1733
Moses Buzzell	Mehitabell Baker	Jan 30, 1733
Daniel Armstrong	Mary Guile	April 4, 1733
Joshua Vose	Prudence Saunders	June 18, 1733
William Edgerton	Lydia Barstow	Nov. 6, 1733
Joseph Rudd	Sarah Mosley	Nov. 21, 1733
Caleb Downer	Martha Smith	Dec. 5, 1733
James Payne	Sarah Armstrong	Jan 15, 1734
Hezekiah Edgerton	Ann Abell	May 13, 1734
John Gager	Jerusha Barstow	July 3, 1734
Abner Hyde	Mehetable Smith	Oct. 28, 1734
Samuel French	Elizabeth White	Nov. 4, 1734
Abell Deene	Mercy Polley	Jan 28, 1735
Joshua Edgerton	Ruth Kingsbery	Jan 28, 1735
Joseph Lothrup	Mary Hartshorn	April 17, 1735
Joshua Pettes	Elizabeth Crocker	May 20, 1735
John Armstrong	Mary Durke	Oct. 9, 1735
Samuel Lothrup	Charity Sluman	Oct. 16, 1735
William Mannering of New London	Rebekah Gager	Nov. 5, 1735
Samuel Field of Guilford	Bethiah Johnson	Dec. 15, 1735
David Hartshorn	Olive Armstrong	April 1, 1736
Nathan Messenger	Abigail Collam	Nov. 11, 1736
Stephen Howard of Mansfield	Mrs. Martha Ladd	Nov. 15, 1736
Jabez Hyde	Lydia Abell	Dec. 8, 1736
Joseph Hastings	Zeruiah Crocker	June 21, 1737
Andrew Veaeh of Lebanon	Experience Edgerton	Aug. 18, 1737
Isaac Woodworth, Jr.	Elizabeth Fox	Aug. 22, 1737
Joseph Lanphere of Stonington	Margaret Crocker	Sept. 22, 1737
Isaac Williams	Lydia Taylor	Sept. 27, 1737
Israel Lothrup	Ednah Moseley	Oct. 5, 1737
Hopestill Armstrong	Rebecca Durke	Dec. 22, 1737
John Rouse	Alice Hazzen	March 16, 1738
Joseph Kingsbery, 3d,	Deliverance Squire	March 28, 1738
Elisha Tubs	Ann Miller, both of Lyme	July 31, 1738
Benoni Messenger	Mary Wood	Sept. 6, 1738
John Peck	Mary Deming	Sept. 7, 1738
James Dean	Elizabeth Rood	Oct. 11, 1738
Joseph Shadduck	Mary Willson	Nov. 7, 1738
Andrew Reed	?? Steal	Sept. 26, 1739
Ezekiel Barret	Mary Lothrup	Oct. 24, 1739
Bally Bishop	?? Downer	Nov. 8, 1739
John Jurdan	Dorcas Burt	Dec. 9, 1739
Aaron Cook	Submit ??	Dec. 9, 1739
Thomas Williams	Esther Hyde	Feb. 5, 1740
Timothy Corlis, Jr., of Haverhill	Mrs. Ann Willoughby	June 2, 1740
Zebulon Lothrup	Lois Rodgers	Sept. 4, 1740
Josiah Tracy	Rachel Allin	Nov. 3, 1740
Joseph Hazzen	Elizabeth Durke	Dec. 3, 1740
?? Story	Lydia Wood	Oct. 6, 1741
Ichabud Hyde	Mary ??	Oct. 21, 1741
Jonathan Ely	Bridget Callam	Nov. 5, 1741
Noah Woodard of Canterbery	Ann Armstrong	Nov. 25, 1741
Jonathan Peck	Bethiah Bingham	Jan 14, 1742
John Elderkin	Rebecca Allen	March 2, 1742
Benjamin Atwell	Mary Story	March 4, 1742
Jonathan Weston	Elizabeth Bosworth	April 7, 1742
Samuel Pitcher	Hannah Fox	Aug. 23, 1742
Jonathan Barstow	Abigail Hyde	Sept. 7, 1742
Jedediah Lothrup	Abigail Hyde	Sept. 27, 1742
Rev. Daniel Fuller of Willington	Mary Edgerton	Oct. 26, 1742
Richard Haskin	Julia Wood	Nov. 23, 1742
Samuel Robbards	Zeruiah Hartshorn	Jan 4, 1743
William Armstrong	Mercy Pitcher	March 16, 1743
Jabez Emerson	Sarah Downer	March 23, 1743
Joseph Sanford	Bethiah Lothrup	April 6, 1743
Jeremiah Bingham	Sarah White	April 14, 1743
John Wheatly	Submit Cook	April 25, 1743
Nathaniel Messenger	Joanna Callam	May 19, 1743
John Packer	Elizabeth Lothrup	June 29, 1743
James Elderkin	Betty Waterman	Aug. 31, 1743
James Blague	Abigail Rennals	Nov. 6, 1743
Rodolphus Hawkins	Typhena Lathrop	March 27, 1782
Cherub Abell	Lydia Gager	April 18, 1782
Jathbell Peck	Olive Hyde	May 2, 1782
Jabez Lanphere	Esther Sabin	May 26, 1782
Abel Edgerton	Mehitable Tracy	May 16, 1782
Abet Hyde	Margaret Tracy, 3d	May 23, 1782
Ephraim Chaffee	Olive Edgerton	Aug. 29, 1782
Isaiah Armstrong	Artemis Philemore	Sept. 15, 1782
Azel Peck	Dolly Kingsley	Sept. 19, 1782
William Ellis	Anna Edgerton	Sept. 19, 1782
Benjamin Hyde	Elizabeth Hyde	Oct. 26, 1782
Jonathan Palmer	Lucinda Smith	Nov. 7, 1782
Amos Ingram	Sarah Ayer	Nov. 11, 1782
Ezekiel Hyde	Mary Closen	Dec. 12, 1782
?? Lathrop	Polly Whetmore of Chelsea	Dec. 14, 1782
Asa Hibbard of Windham	Abigail Armstrong	Jan 1, 1783
Moses Hazen	Joanna Samson	Jan 9, 1783
Daniel Ellis	Roxanna Peck	March 13, 1783
David Metcalf	Anna Champion	April 27, 1783
William Tiffany	Anna Pettis	April 30, 1783
Levi Gager	Anna Sabin	May 22, 1783
David Ladd	Eunice Sabin	June 4, 1783
Benoni Muro	Margaret Edgerton	June 12, 1783
Joseph Knight	Jane Hyde	Sept. 14, 1783
Daniel Tracy	Lucy Tracy	Oct. 30, 1783
Dudley Tracy	Sarah Kingsbury	Nov. 3, 1783
Joseph Hyde	Juliette Abell	Jan 11, 1784
John Munsell	Dilla Edgerton	Feb. 1, 1784
John Vaughan	Mary Hyde	Feb. 19, 1784
Eliphelet Rudd	Sibyl Tracy	April 1, 1784
Nathan Gile	Eunice Ladd	April 29, 1784
Nathan Edgerton	Sally Belshaw	May 2, 1784
Elisha Huntington	Nancy Rudd	May 20, 1784
Cyrus Brewster	Anna Willes	Aug. 10, 1784
Joseph Davis	Fanny Belshaw	Aug. 25, 1784
Charles Bentley	Phebe Pember	Sept. 2, 1784
Stephen Rogers	Ednah Hyde	Oct. 7, 1784
Edward Corwin	Esther Barstow	Nov. 4, 1784
Nathaniel Smith	Lurinda Armsby	Nov. 4, 1784
Jonathan Samson	Clarissa Hyde	Nov. 7, 1784
Jeremiah Armstrong	Anna Hazen	Dec. 30, 1784
Billey Hale	Hannah Barker	Jan 1, 1785
Hayward Cheney	Cynthia Hartshorn	March 17, 1785
Elijah Hartshorn	Jerusha Johnson	June 30, 1785
Stephen Ellis	Rebecca Huntington	Nov. 23, 1785
James Armstrong	Nabby Ladd	Nov. 24, 1785
?? Hibbard of Vermont	?? Wood	Dec. 6, 1785
Eleazer Hartshorn	Lidia Hyde	March 16, 1786
Miner Sholes	Abigail Chappel	March 16, 1786
?? Doubledee of Lebanon	?? Huntley of Norwich	March 25, 1786
Ezekiel Waterman	Ruth Huntington	April 2, 1786
Samuel Judd	Dinah Huntington	May 19, 1786
Benjamin Storrs	Margaret Lathrop	Sept. 14, 1786
Daniel Hyde	?? Rogers	Sept. 21, 1786
Isaac Sargent	?? Belshaw	Oct. 19, 1786
Darius Lathtop	Lydia McCall	Nov. 23, 1786
?? Philomore	?? Ladd	Dec. 21, 1786
Ezra Edgerton	Anna Edgerton	Jan 21, 1787
John Hartshorn	Irene Haskin	Feb. 14, 1787
John Nott	Hannah Hyde	April 5, 1787
Nathan Palmer	Saloma Smith	April 12, 1787
William Crocker	Sibyl Lathrop	May 17, 1787
Oliver Backus	Dice Hyde	May 20, 1787
Thomas Marshall	Frelove Edgerton	June 13, 1787
Eveter Cyrus	?? Gune (colored)	Sept. 13, 1787
Jeremiah Ingraham	Sally Ladd	Oct. 11, 1787
Levi Hazen	Breenetta Philemore	Dec. 16, 1787
Eleazar Bently	Elizabeth Edgerton	Feb. 14, 1788
Andrew Ladd	Hannah Sanford	April 17, 1788
Elihu Hyde	Hannah Abell	April 24, 1788
Gidion Prior	Lydia Loomis	May 8, 1788
Andrew Williams	Bethiah Tracy	May 8, 1788
Green Marshall	Asenath Gager	June 5, 1788
Timothy Backus	Jerusha Tracy	July 6, 1788
John Gager	Phebe Hyde	Aug. 11, 1788
Eleazer Tracy	Prudee Rogers	Sept. 14, 1788
Jonathan Jilson	Lydia Pember	Oct. 1, 1788
Benjamin Ellis	Sally Kingsbury	Oct. 5, 1788
Eliphelet Metcalf	Bethiah Edgerton, Jr.	Oct. 12, 1788
Jedediah Griswold	Nancy Maning	Oct. 30, 1788
Walter Birchard	Abigail Rogers	Nov. 2, 1788
Jeremiah Lathtop	Lucretia Smith,	Jan 22, 1789
Hezekiah Edgerton, Jr.	Maria Brigham	April 26, 1789
Josiah Griswold	Eunice Kingsbury	Oct. 31, 1789
Stephen Nott	Abigail Bradford	Nov. 1, 1789
Gui Morris	Freelove Frank	Dec. 9, 1789
Azel Avery	Clarissa Hartshorn	Dec. 17, 1789
Seth Johnson	Daphne Edgerton	Jan 4, 1790
Asa Backus	Parthena Jones	Feb. 10, 1790
Jabot Willes	Nabby Abell	March 10, 1790
Roswell Foard	Polly Harris	June 8, 1790
Joshua Parish	Abigail Waterman	Aug. 28, 1790
Othniel Gager	Rebekah Rudd	Aug. 25, 1790
Jabez R. Packard	Lois Hartshorn	Sept. 2, 1790
Johathan Peck	Martha Willes	Oct. 15, 1790
Ambrose Hyde	Phebe Hyde	Nov. 24, 1790
Oliver Scott	Ruth Kingsbury	Dec. 8, 1790
Simeon Hazen	Nabba Sampson	Dec. 16, 1790
Joshua Griswold	Clarissa Wright	Dec. 30, 1790
Azariah Huntington	Parnel Champion	Jan 9, 1791
Gurdon Tracy	Eunice Packard	Jan 31, 1791
Samuel Ellis	Rachel Smith	March 17, 1791
Samuel Hutchinson	Hannah Hale	March 24, 1791
Eb. Edgerton	Eunice Smith	March 24, 1791
Samuel Whiting	Faith Manning	April 18, 1791
Reuben Ingram	Lydia Gager	April 28, 1791
Asa Crocker	Lois Crocker	May 21, 1791
Lavius Fillemore	Philura Hartshorn	Sept. 8, 1791
Aaron Fargo	Ruth Perry	Sept. 20, 1791
Azel Fitch of Lebanon	Demmis Ellis	Sept. 22, 1791
Otis Chester of Montville	Charlotte Nott	Oct. 6, 1791
Ezra Woodworth	Sukey Gager	Nov. 15, 1791
Jehiel Root of Willington	Rachel Edgerton	Nov. 24, 1791
William Gager of Lebanon	Lavinia Barker	Dec. 1, 1791
Oliver Gager of Lebanon	Sarah Lathrop	Jan 12, 1792
Erastus Ladd	Sarah Hazen	Jan 12, 1792
Amos Jones of Middlebury, Vt.	Lois Pember	Jan 19, 1792
Aaron Bailey	Hannah Ladd	Jan 19, 1792
Daniel Sampson of the Grand Isle	Anna Sampson	Jan 26, 1792
Roger Wattles of Hamden, N.Y.	Sally Mason	Jan 29, 1792
Jedediah Morse	Fanny Waterman	Jan 31, 1792
James Tracy	Ruth Calkins	Feb. 19, 1792
Jedediah Armstrong	Anna Graves	March 12, 1792
Hazen Ladd	Rhoda Smith	April 9, 1792
Oliver Tracy	Lydia Rudd	June 14, 1792
Eliel Wales of Windham	Anna Edgerton	June 28, 1792
Ephriam Bushnell	Temperance Willes	Sept. 20, 1792
Eliekam Hitchcock of Bolton	Eunice Abell	Oct. 31, 1792
Stephon Palmer of Lebanon	Naomi Calkins	Nov. 8, 1792
Silas Hartshorn	Mrs. Eunice Backus	Nov. 15, 1792
Erastus Tracy	Clarissa Prentice	Nov. 29, 1792
Milton Hyde	Lovice Hyde	Jan 6, 1793
Enos Thompson	Sally Munsell	March 7, 1793
Newell Robinson	Sally Giddings	March 24, 1793
Oliver Smith	Eunice Abell	April 7, 1793
Eliphalet Gray	Sally Owen	April 7, 1793
Abner Ladd, Jr.	Sally Cook	Aug. 25, 1793
Eliphalet Dewey of Lebanon	Rachel Hyde	Aug. 25, 1793
Denison Wales of Windham	Parmelia Edgerton	Sept. 19, 1793
Cato Quasho of Ellington	Selah Pedro	Sept. 26, 1793
Ebon Hyde	Anna Edgerton	Nov. 6, 1793
Darius Peck	Mary Francis	Nov. 14, 1793
Abell Holt of Willington	Anne Abell	Nov. 17, 1793
Silas Hyde of Lebanon, N.H.	Sally Armstrong	Nov. 26, 1793
Nathan Williams of Lebanon	Temperance Edgerton	Dec. 21, 1793
Samuel Ladd, 3d	Abigail Ladd	Jan 30, 1794
Bradford Peck	Lydia Barstow	July 24, 1794
Ira Abell	Abigail Hyde	Oct. 28, 1794
Jabez Abell	Elizabeth Sanford	Jan 18, 1795
Hezekiah Tracy	Abigail Starr	Feb. 1, 1795
Jonathan Taylor of Mansfield	Ruth Edgerton	Feb. 12, 1795
Eliphalet Wright of Norwich	Mary Griswold	Feb. 19, 1795
John Colegrove of Coventry, R. I.	Hannah Corwin	March 5, 1795
Ebenezer Luce of Windham	Rebecca Scott	March 16, 1795
Hiel Tracy	Susanna Gifford	Nov. 8, 1795
Elias West of Bozrah	Polly Armstrong	Dec. 13, 1795
James Hyde	Betsey Starr	Feb. 18, 1796
Josiah Tracy	Polly Birchard of Bozrah	Feb. 20, 1796
Joshua Brooks of Lebanon	Lucy Abell	April 24, 1796
John Birchard of Norwich	Anna Hyde	May 8, 1796
Eliphalet Barker of Lebanon	Lucinda Andrews of Windham	May 22, 1796
N. Bingham of Windham	Mrs. Lucretia Edgerton	July 7, 1796
Gurdon Lathtop of Norwich	Jemima Pember	Dec. 22, 1796
Jedediah Sabin	Lydia Armstrong	Dec. 24, 1796
Asaph Smith, Jr., of Ashford	Vienna Robinson	Jan 3, 1797
Cyrenus Clark of Lebanon	Rachel Tracy	Jan 19, 1797
John Crocker of Lebanon, N.H.	Mrs. Anne Gardner of Bozrah	Feb. 1, 1797
Joshua Smith, 3d,	Elizabeth Hartshorn	Feb. 13, 1797
Azel Edgerton	Lucy Pember	March 6, 1797
Varanes Lathtop of Lebanon	Lucy Edgerton	March 7, 1797
Jacob Linkhorn of Windham	Elizabeth Scott	March 12, 1797
Carpenter Morse of Norwich	Mary Tenny	April 12, 1797
Jesse Lathtop of Norwich	Rhoda Hyde	April 16, 1797
Asahel Ladd	Rebekah Armstrong	April 23, 1797
Joshua Bushnell of Lisbon	Zervia Fillemore	May 14, 1797
Samuel Carver of Bolton	Lucy Tracy	June 7, 1797
Ezra Hunting of Norwich	Mary Deans	Oct. 8, 1797
William Thomas	Eunice Duglass of Norwich	Oct. 22, 1797
Jonathan Hyde of Canterbury	Hannah Bently	Nov. 4, 1797
Jesse Birchard of Bozrah	Harriet Smith	Nov. 4, 1797
William Bacon of Windham	Anne Clark of Lebanon	Dec. 14, 1797
Septa Fellemore	Eunice Edgerton	Dec. 21, 1797
Andrew Lathrop of Hartford, N.Y.	Betsey Mason	1798
Jabez Rudd	Elizabeth Hyde	Feb. 25, 1798
Silas Scott	Betsey Perry	April 16, 1798
Asahel Smith	Eunice Sampson	May 27, 1798
Simeon Backus	Clarissa Hyde	June 3, 1798
Eliud Smith	Betty Smith	July 8, 1798
Ebenezer Peck	Polly Tracy	July 15, 1798
Uriah Lathrop of Lebanon	Betsey P. Edgerton	Sept. 9, 1798
Jared Hyde	Polly Hartshorn	Oct. 25, 1798
Jonathan Bushnell	Eunice Kingsley	Nov. 16, 1798
Earl Fillemore	Betsey Mahegue	Jan 20, 1799
Pliny Searl of Norwich, Mass.	Susanna Carpenter	Feb. 5, 1799
James Gordon of Lisbon	Anna Lathrop of Norwich	Feb. 17, 1799
William Bailey of Lebanon	Lucretia Tracy	March 6, 1799
Solomon Holt of Willington	Zerviah Abell	April 7, 1799
Nathaniel Hopkins of Harwick, Mass.	Anna Armstrong	July 7, 1799
Jacob Kingsbury	Sally P. Ellis	Nov. 24, 1799
Ebenezer Hyde	Elizabeth Peck	Dec. 4, 1799
Aaron Bailey	Matilda Giddings	Dec. 25, 1799