James Franklin

Born 4 FEB 1697 · Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay · Died 4 FEB 1735 · Newport, Colony of Rhode Island

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Birth4 FEB 1697 · Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Death4 FEB 1735 · Newport, Colony of Rhode Island
Generation distance to John Boone7
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Biological parents

1655–1744
1667–1752

Step parents

No records listed yet.

Siblings

Benjamin Franklin
1706–1790
Jane Franklin
1712–1794

Half siblings

No records listed yet.

Spouse(s)

Ann Flint
1690–1722
Married 1715 · Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
1696–1763
Married 1715 · Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Children

Andres Franklin
Born 1716
Elisha Franklin
Born 1716
Robert Lewis Franklin
1716–1770
Abigail Franklin
1720–1730
Abigail Franklin
Born 1720
James Franklin
1724–1762
John Franklin
1725–1793
Abiah Buckmaster
1726–1754
Sarah Franklin
1726–1756
Ann Franklin
1728–1730
Elizabeth Compton
1728–1778
Hannah Franklin
Born 1728
James Franklin
1730–1762
Mary Franklin
1732–1758
Sarah Franklin
1734–1756

Biography and reference links

James Franklin was an early American printer, publisher, and author who published the New England Courant and the Rhode Island Gazette.

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James Franklin was an early American printer, publisher, and author who published the New England Courant and the Rhode Island Gazette.

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  1. 1697
    Birth
    4 FEB 1697 · Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
  2. 1735
    Death
    4 FEB 1735 · Newport, Colony of Rhode Island
  3. 1715
    Marriage
    1715 · Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
    Spouse: Ann Smith
  4. 1715
    Marriage
    1715 · Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
    Spouse: Ann Flint
  5. Burial
    Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA

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Genealogical line to John Boone

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1. James Franklin
1697 — 1735
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