Person:Josiah Franklin (1)

Josiah Franklin
  1. Josiah Franklin1657 - 1745
  • HJosiah Franklin1657 - 1745
  • WAnn Child - 1689
m. Est 1675
  1. Elizabeth Franklin1678 - 1759
  2. Samuel Franklin1681 - 1720
  3. Hannah Franklin1683 - 1723
  4. Josiah Franklin1685 - Est 1715
  5. Anne Franklin1687 - 1729
  6. Joseph Franklin1688 - 1688
  7. Joseph Franklin1689 - 1689
m. 25 Nov 1689
  1. John Franklin1690 - 1756
  2. Peter Franklin1692 - 1766
  3. Mary Franklin1694 - 1731
  4. James Franklin1696/97 - 1734/35
  5. Sarah Franklin1699 - 1731
  6. Ebenezer Franklin1701 -
  7. Thomas Franklin1703 -
  8. Benjamin Franklin1705/06 - 1790
  9. Lydia Franklin1708 - 1758
  10. Jane Franklin1712 - 1794
Facts and Events
Name[1] Josiah Franklin
Gender Male
Birth[1] 23 Dec 1657 Ecton, Northamptonshire, England
Marriage Est 1675 Ecton, Northamptonshire, Englandto Ann Child
Marriage 25 Nov 1689 to Abiah Folger
Death[1] 16 Jan 1745 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Reference Number? Q2112630?


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Josiah Franklin Sr. (December 23, 1657 – January 16, 1745) was an English businessman and the father of Benjamin Franklin. Born in the village of Ecton, Northamptonshire, England, Josiah was the ninth child of blacksmith Thomas Franklin (b. 1598), and his first wife, Jane White. Thomas was the son of Henry Franckline (b. 1573) and Agnes Joanes. Thomas Franklin remarried and had more children. Josiah Franklin worked as a fabric dyer in Ecton. Franklin immigrated to the American colonies in 1682. He married twice and had 17 children: ten boys and seven girls. In Boston, he was a member of the Congregational Old South Church where he served as a tithingman.

References

  • Feinstein, Stephan, Read About Benjamin Franklin. Enslow elementary, 2006.
  • Gaustad, Edwin S, Benjamin Franklin. Oxford University Press, 2006.
  • Lemay, Joseph A. Leo, The Life of Benjamin Franklin. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006.

External links

Franklin's Father Josiah - Google BooksA well researched and comprehensive biography.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Papers of Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790
    lvi.
  2.   Josiah Franklin, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.