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Artist and date unknown) Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706. He was the tenth son of soap maker, Josiah Franklin. Benjamin's mother was Abiah Folger, the second wife of Josiah. In all, Josiah would father 17 children. Josiah intended for Benjamin to enter into the clergy. However, Josiah could only afford to send his son ...
28 de ago. de 2019 · Josiah Franklin and his first wife Anne Child (m. 1677–1689) immigrated to Boston from Northamptonshire, England in 1682. Anne died in 1689 and, left with seven children, Josiah soon married a prominent colonist named Abiah Folger. Benjamin was Josiah's and Abiah's eighth child and Josiah's 10th son and 15th child—Josiah would ...
Josiah Franklin, a tallow chandler and soapmaker, remains a marginal figure in most biographies of his well-known son, Benjamin Franklin, due largely to a lack of written documentation. Biographers of Franklin included him mainly from a genealogical viewpoint, and few of them gave him further attention. Here, Huang has reconstructed Josiah Franklin's life based on fragmented yet valuable ...
Born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, Abiah came of age in a time of great upheaval for Puritans seeking religious freedom in the New World. After an arranged marriage, she and husband Josiah Franklin embarked on the arduous journey across the Atlantic with their young children to forge a new life in Boston. As a mother of seventeen in pioneer ...
24 de ene. de 2016 · Josiah and Abiah Franklin Obelisk. This Obelisk was erected in 1827 by citizens to replace the original marker, that Benjamin Franklin had erected to honor his parents, since the original was worn because of the passage of time. The inscription on the stone reads, “Josiah Franklin And Abiah his Wife Lie here interred.
2 de ene. de 2002 · Josiah Franklin, Jan. 11, 1743/4, wrote to a relative, of whom he had heard through BF, and who he believed was his brother John’s grandson Thomas (A.5.2.3.1.1). MS, Boston Pub. Lib. In England years later BF established direct contact with this Thomas Franklin and his daughter Sarah, who resided for some time in BF ’s London home in the ...
When Josiah Franklin was born on 23 December 1656, in Ecton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Franklin, was 58 and his mother, Jane White, was 39. He married Anne Child on 23 December 1677. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters.
