Ancestry of
Benjamin Franklin

(1650–1727)

Benjamin Franklin

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Franklin 
  • Mother:
  • Jane White   
  • Birth Date:
  • 20 Mar 1650 
  • Birth Location:
  • Elton, Northamptonshire, England 
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  • Death Date:
  • 17 May 1727 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 

• Marriages for Benjamin Franklin

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  • Spouse:
  • Hannah Wells
  • Marriage Date:
  • 23 Nov 1683

• Sources for Benjamin Franklin

  • ¹ Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), p. 8482, Record for son Samuel Franklin.
  • ² Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), p. 8463, Record for Benjamin Franklin.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 07/06/2016).
  • ⁴ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1857, Vol. 11, pp. 17-18.
  • ⁵ Publications of The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Volume 10: Transactions 1904-1906, Boston: The Colonial Society of Massachusetts (1907), 205.