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Josiah Franklin

Ancestry of
Josiah Franklin

(1657–1745)

    Josiah Franklin

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    • 1st Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 1 
    • Birth Date:
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    • Birth Location:
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    • Christening Date:
    • 3 Jan 1657 
    • Christening Location:
    • Ecton, Northamptonshire, England 
    • Death Date:
    • 16 Jan 1745 
    • Death Location:
    • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
    • Burial Date:
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    • Burial Location:
    • Granary Burial Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 

  • Marriages for Josiah Franklin

    • Spouse:
    • Anne Child
    • Marriage Date:
    • ABT 1677
    • Marriage Location:
    • Ecton, Staffordshire, England
    • Spouse:
    • Abiah Folger
    • Marriage Date:
    • 25 Nov 1689
    • Marriage Location:
    • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

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  • Sources for Josiah Franklin

    • 5 The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Philadelphia: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1899, Vol. 23, No. 1, p. 19.
    • 6 Barthelmas, Della Gray, The Signers of the Declaration of Independence: A Biographical and Genealogical Reference, Jefferson, N.C. and London: McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers (1997), 76.
    • 7 Brands, H. W., The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, New York: Doubleday (2000), 12-16, 176-177.
    • 8 Cornell, Thomas C., Adam and Anne Mott: Their Ancestors and Their Descendants, Poughkeepsie, New York: A.V. Haight, Printer (1890), 322.
    • 9 Jordan, John W., Franklin as a Genealogist, Philadelphia?: Unknown (1899), Reprinted from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (April 1899), 6, 18-19.
    • 10 Lemay, J. A. Leo, The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1: Journalist, 1706-1730, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press (2006), 31.
    • 11 Starbuck, Alexander, The History of Nantucket County, Island and Town including Genealogies of First Settlers, Boston: C. E. Goodspeed and Co. (1924), 741.