Josiah Franklin

Josiah Franklin

Born 23 DEC 1655 · Ecton, Wellingborough Borough, Northamptonshire, England · Died 16 JAN 1744 · Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth23 DEC 1655 · Ecton, Wellingborough Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Death16 JAN 1744 · Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Generation distance to John Boone8
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Spouse(s)

1667–1752
Married 25 NOV 1689 · Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Children

1697–1735
Benjamin Franklin
1706–1790
Jane Franklin
1712–1794

Biography and reference links

Josiah Franklin Sr. was an English businessman who emigrated to Massachusetts Bay and is best known as the father of Benjamin Franklin.

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Josiah Franklin Sr. was an English businessman who emigrated to Massachusetts Bay and is best known as the father of Benjamin Franklin.

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  1. 1744
    Death
    16 JAN 1744 · Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
  2. 1655
    Birth
    23 DEC 1655 · Ecton, Wellingborough Borough, Northamptonshire, England
  3. 1689
    Marriage
    25 NOV 1689 · Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
    Spouse: Abiah Lee Folger
  4. Burial
    Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

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Genealogical line to John Boone

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1. Josiah Franklin
1655 — 1744
2. James Franklin
1697 — 1735
3. Robert Lewis Franklin
1716 — 1770
4. Owen E Franklin
1750 — 1794
5. Kesiah Maxwell Franklin
1771 — < 1839
6. Edmund Wood
c. 1797 — 1878
7. Nancy Wood
1838 — 1920
8. Martha "Mattie" Jane Davis
1856 — 1937
9. John "Johny" Layfette Franklin Boone
1893 — 1955