Ancestry of
Marilyn Monroe

Actress, Model, and Singer

John Franklin

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Marilyn Monroe — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 92 
  • Father:
  • Abel Franklin 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • 12 May 1727 
  • Birth Location:
  • Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island 
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  • Death Date:
  • 16 Aug 1806 
  • Death Location:
  • Wickford, North Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Mitchell
  • Marriage Date:
  • 28 Aug 1750 
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  • Child:

  Robert Maynard Franklin (Ahnentafel No:46 )

• Additional marriages for John Franklin

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  • Spouse:
  • Hannah - - - - - -
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 25 May 1768

• Sources for John Franklin

  • ¹ Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, Vol. 3, Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. (1908), 2095.
  • ² Brenneman, Richard E., "Notable Kin - New England in Hollywood, Part Three: The Possible Rhode Island Ancestry of Marilyn Monroe", www.americanancestors.org/notable-kin-the-possible-rhode-island-ancestry-of-marilyn-monroe, (accessed 10/09/2014).
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 297.