Not to be confused with Franklin County, Tennessee. Franklin is a city in and county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. Located about 21 miles south of Nashville, it is one of the principal cities of the Nashville metropolitan area. Since 1980 its population has increased more than fivefold and, based on its 2013 estimated population of 68,886, it is ranked as the seventh-largest city in Tennessee.
Purport(noun) design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor. Purport(noun) disguise; covering. Purport(noun) to intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import; -- often with an object clause or infinitive.
The Puritan movement referred to the desire and goal of purifying the Church of England and Roman Catholic Church from within, in contrast to Separatists such as the Pilgrims, who believed that the established churches could not be reformed and the only hope was to set up separate churches.