Ann Smith

Born 2 OCT 1696 · Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA · Died 19 APR 1763 · Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Connecticut

Historical Authors & printers Major figures
Birth2 OCT 1696 · Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Death19 APR 1763 · Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Connecticut
Generation distance to John Boone7
GEDCOM record@I412553320450@
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Biological parents

Sgt Robert Smith
1678–1738
Hannah Brown
1679–1711

Step parents

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Siblings

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Half siblings

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Spouse(s)

James Briggs
Born 1696
Married 1751
1697–1735
Married 1715 · Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Children

Andres Franklin
Born 1716
Elisha Franklin
Born 1716
Robert Lewis Franklin
1716–1770
Abigail Franklin
1720–1730
John Franklin
1725–1793
Abiah Buckmaster
1726–1754
Ann Franklin
1728–1730
Elizabeth Compton
1728–1778
James Franklin
1730–1762
Mary Franklin
1732–1758
Sarah Franklin
1734–1756

Biography and reference links

Ann Smith Franklin was an American colonial newspaper printer and publisher, remembered as the first female newspaper editor in what became the United States.

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Ann Smith Franklin was an American colonial newspaper printer and publisher, remembered as the first female newspaper editor in what became the United States.

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  1. 1696
    Birth
    2 OCT 1696 · Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
  2. 1763
    Death
    19 APR 1763 · Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Connecticut
  3. 1715
    Marriage
    1715 · Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
    Spouse: James Franklin
  4. 1751
    Marriage
    1751
    Spouse: James Briggs
  5. Burial
    Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
  6. Marriage
    Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

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Genealogical line to John Boone

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1. Ann Smith
1696 — 1763
2. Robert Lewis Franklin
1716 — 1770
3. Owen E Franklin
1750 — 1794
4. Kesiah Maxwell Franklin
1771 — < 1839
5. Edmund Wood
c. 1797 — 1878
6. Nancy Wood
1838 — 1920
7. Martha "Mattie" Jane Davis
1856 — 1937
8. John "Johny" Layfette Franklin Boone
1893 — 1955