Richa Franks^[1]

- Yes, date unknown

• Name	Richa Franks  [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	443
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I443	aojd
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2011

  
  

  Father	Jacob Franks,   b. 1687-1688, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 16 Jan 1769, New York, New York (Manhattan), NY  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F152	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  (Research):AJLLJ Portrait Database 5 Aug 2011      Previously identified as Phila Franks, the young woman represented in this portrait is now believed to be her sister Richa. Although fewer details are available from Richa's life than some of her siblings, we do find some descriptions of her from around this time in the letters of her mother, Abigail Levy Franks, to her brother Naphtali in England. For instance, in 1834 Abigail wrote her son, "Your Sister Richa has bin out of town this three weeks at huntington & Oyster Bay. She will Not be at home this fortnight. She has Learned to ride horseback and intends to come down in that Manner." Skeptical of her daughter's intentions to ride from their property on Long Island to Manhattan, she continues, "but I hardly believe She rides well enough to make a Jurney of fourty Mile."      The following year she wrote, "Your sister Richa has begun to learn the harpsichord and playas three Very good tunes in a months Teaching." She then goes on to write, "Richa is Like'd by all that know her. And I hope she will Allways have that happyness."      Like the rest of her family, Loyalists who found it uncomfortable or impossible to remain in America after the Revolution, Richa moved to England where she married Abraham de Fries. [5]

  
  

• Sources

  [S285] . [S4] PG. 75 FRANKS I (1) (Reliability: 3). QUAY 3 [S4] PG. 75 FRANKS I (1) (Reliability: 3). [S3] CHAPTER 5 PG 9 (Reliability: 3). [S294] FRANKS, RICHA (Reliability: 3).