Mr. John Frank was born in the Pennsylvania Colony in 1759. He was still living there in 1781, aged 22, when he went to Philadelphia to enlist in the militia. He served in Company F of the 6th Battalion of the Lancaster Militia and was likely engaged in the Battle of Yorktown.

In 1805 Mr. Frank moved to Canada where he purchased 100 acres of land in Chinguacousy Township, Ontario. At the age of 78 in 1837, he married what is believed to be his second wife, Jane Walker McLean in the Wesleyen Methodist Church of Ontario. Three years later, his twin daughters Julia and Elizabeth, were born. This family of 4 was enumerated together on the 1851 census of Vaughn Township, Ontario, Canada when the twins were 12 years old.

He would die just a couple years later on 29 October 1854, aged 94, after suffering from sunstroke that purportedly resulted from his work roofing a shed. His girls were just 14 years old when their father died.

Nine Daughters have joined the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) by proving descent from this distinguished Patriot, including his two Real Daughters, Julia Ann Frank Demaray and Elizabeth Ann Frank Russell. Six descendants of Elizabeth and one descendant of Julia, have joined the NSDAR.