Lt. John Frink

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 376

JOHN FRINK (2): John (1)
B. May 18,1671 at Stonington. D. Nov.14,1753. His will was proved June 26, 1754 in New London, Conn. He is buried in the Burdick Yard, Betsy Kenyon Farm, near Stonington. M. Hannah Prentice (Prentiss) Feb. 15,1694, daughter of Capt. John Prentice and Hester Nichols Prentice of New
London. She was b. in June, 1672.

He was Ensign, 3rd Co., Stonington, in May,1728 and was promoted to Lt. of the company in October,1729. In the 1850's a whaling ship company still sailed out of New London under the name Frink & Prentis.

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Children: Grace Frink 1658-unknown Hannah Frink 1661-1705 Sgt. Samuel Frink I 1668-1713 John Frink III 1671-1717 Lt. Thomas Frink 1674-1739 Judith Frink 1680-1740

Children:

Grace Frink 1658-unknown

Hannah Frink 1661-1705

Sgt. Samuel Frink I 1668-1713

John Frink III 1671-1717

Lt. Thomas Frink 1674-1739

Judith Frink 1680-1740

John, Jr. md Hannah had 11 children 1694

Nicholas 1696

Hannah 1698

Thomas 1700

Zechariah 1702

Mary 1705

Joseph 1708

Benjamin 1710

William 1712 died infancy

Thankful 1715

Esther 1717

The Frink family of New England are a very different people than the Frinks of the Carolinas, although they initally had some common ancestors.

+++ When the King of England purchased the rights to the Carolinas from Lords Proprietors in 1729, a plan was formed to attract settlers to this large unsettled land. The King's council offered 50 acres to each man, woman and child, including slaves, who would come and settle the land.

The scheme worked and settlers came, not only from England and Europe, but from other American colonies. John Frink was married to Hannah Prentice whose father was John Prentice a sea captain who plied the coastal waters between New England and the Carolinas.

He was probably influential in attracting Nicholas Frink son of John and Hannah to the Carolinas. Nicholas came here in 1734.

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• ** Source: Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers