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Benjamin 'Ben' Franklin 1706–1790 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 January 1706

Birth Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 17 April 1790

Death Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Father: Ablah Folger

Mother: Josiah Franklin

Spouse(s): Deborah Read

Children(s): Sarah Franklin, Francis Franklin

Benjamin 'Ben' Franklin was born in 1706 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Ablah Lee Folger And Josiah Franklin. Benjamin 'Ben' Franklin married Deborah Read, and had children including Francis Folger Franklin, Sarah Sally Franklin. Benjamin 'Ben' Franklin passed away in 1790 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Benjamin 'Ben' Franklin was born in 1706 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Ablah Lee Folger And Josiah Franklin.
  • Benjamin 'Ben' Franklin married Deborah Read, and had children including Francis Folger Franklin, Sarah Sally Franklin.
  • Benjamin 'Ben' Franklin passed away in 1790 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Benjamin Franklin's Ancestors

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Benjamin Franklin
1706–1790
Birth Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Ablah Lee Folger
1667–1752
Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Josiah Franklin
1656–1745
Ecton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Rev (Peter Folger Foulger ,) England
1617–1690
Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Mary Morrill
1620–1704
Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
John Folger
1581–1660
Meribah Gibbs
1585–1635
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Benjamin Franklin's Descendants

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Benjamin ('Ben') Franklin (17 January 1706–17 April 1790) m. Deborah Read (14 February 1708–19 December 1774)
  1. 1. Sarah ('Sally') Franklin 1743–1808 m. Richard (Bache) Sr 1737–1811
    1. 1. Louis Bache 1779–1819
    2. 2. Deborah Duane 1781–1863
    3. 3. Sarah Bache 1775–1776
    4. 4. William (Franklin) Bache 1773–1820
    5. 5. Benjamin (Franklin) Bache 1769–1798 m. Margaret (Hartman) Markoe 1770–1836
      1. 1. Benjamin Bache 1796–1853
      2. 2. Franklin Bache 1792–1864
      3. 3. Hartman Bache 1798–1872
      4. 4. Richard Bache 1794–1836
    6. 6. Richard (Bache) Jr 1784–1848
    7. 7. Sarah (Franklin) Sergeant 1788–1863
  2. 2. Francis (Folger) Franklin 1732–1736

Benjamin Franklin's Timeline

2 Records

1706
17 January 1706
Birth of Benjamin 'Ben' Franklin in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
1790
17 April 1790
Age 84
Death of Benjamin 'Ben' Franklin in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 January 1706
    Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Boston, Massachusetts, Birth Index
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 April 1790
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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