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Benjamin FRANKLIN 1706–1790

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Birth Date: January 17, 1706

Birth Location: Boston, Massachusets, USA

Death Date: April 17, 1790

Death Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Josiah Franklin

Mother: Abiah FOLGER

In 1706, Benjamin FRANKLIN entered the world in Boston, Massachusets, USA, born to Josiah Franklin And Abiah Lee Folger. Benjamin FRANKLIN married Deborah Read, and had children including Frances Folger Franklin, Sarah Franklin, William Franklin. Benjamin FRANKLIN passed away in 1790 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Why This Is a Public Tree Person

This person was detected across multiple family trees uploaded by different tree owners in the YourRoots network. Using our proprietary algorithm and AI tools, we evaluate matching based on name, birth/death dates and locations, and parents/descendants matching.

Full name consistent across 11 independent trees
Birth year and location consistent across 11 trees
Death year and location consistent across 11 trees

Reliability Score

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Reliability Score:
A
Criteria:
  • A 3 criteria (Strong)
  • B 2 criteria (Medium)
  • C 1 criteria (Basic)

Verification checklist:

  • Record available
  • Descendant's record available
  • Star tree owner

Immediate Family

Parents

Josiah Franklin
1657–1745
JF
Abiah FOLGER
1667–1752
AF

Spouse(s)

Children

Biography

Early Life

In 1706, Benjamin FRANKLIN entered the world in Boston, Massachusets, USA, born to Josiah Franklin And Abiah Lee Folger.

Family

Benjamin FRANKLIN married Deborah Read, and had children including Frances Folger Franklin, Sarah Franklin, William Franklin.

Later Years

Benjamin FRANKLIN passed away in 1790 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Sources

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    Census 1790 United States Federal Census
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    Burial Records Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
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    Record American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
  4. 4
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    Record Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary
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  8. 8
    Record Family Data Collection - Individual Records
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  10. 10
    Record Handy Book of American Authors, 1907
  11. 11
    Record Millennium File
  12. 12
    Record New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920
  13. 13
    City Directory U.K. and U.S. Directories, 1680-1830
  14. 14
    Marriage Records U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  15. 15
    Burial Records U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
  16. 16
    Record U.S., Library of Congress Photo Collection, 1840-2000
  17. 17
    Record U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
  18. 18
    Record U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
  19. 19
    Record North America, Family Histories
  20. 20
    Record Public Member Trees
  21. 21
    Record U.S., Quaker Meeting Records
  22. 22
    Vital Records Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records
  23. 23
    Burial Records Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index
  24. 24
    Vital Records Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections
  25. 25
    Record New York Genealogical Records
  26. 26
    Record Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography
  27. 27
    Birth Records Boston, Massachusetts, Birth Index
  28. 28
    Vital Records Virginia, Extracted Vital Records
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    Tax Records Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration
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    Record U.S., Craftperson Files
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    Burial Records Pennsylvania, Find a Grave Index
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    Military Headstones Provided for Deceased Union CIVIL War Veterans
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    Record Oregon, Biographical and Other Index Card File
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    Burial Records Www.findagrave.com
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    Record Pennsylvania, Card Indexes to Genealogical Scrapbooks and Research Folders
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    Family Tree Ancestry Family Trees
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    Record Colonial records of Pennsylvania
  38. 38
    Record Delaware, Craftperson Files, 1600-1995
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    Record Early settlers of Nantucket : their associates and descendants
  40. 40
    Record Encyclopedia of Philadelphia
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    Record Highlights of the Folger family : with a brief genealogy
  42. 42
    Newspaper Local historical and biographical notes from the files of newspapers published in Easton, Penna.
  43. 43
    Birth Records Massachusetts, USA, städische Register und Lebensdaten, Boston, Birth, Marriages and Death, 1697 to 1704 and 1704 to 1710, Bild 1471 Seite II.
  44. 44
    Church Records Philadelphia, Tombstone Inscriptions from Christ Church
  45. 45
    Record Thomas Payne of Salem and his descendants : the Salem branch of the Paine family

Life Timeline

1706
Born in Boston, Massachusets, USA
1790
Buried in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1790
Died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Related Records

JF
Josiah Franklin
1657–1745 · Parent
AF
Abiah Lee FOLGER
1667–1752 · Parent
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