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Branch: Descendants of James Taylor I (died VA 1698)

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Parents

Thomas Franklin + Jane White

Peter Folger + Mary Morrill

Parents

Josiah Franklin	12/23/1657 -- 01/16/1745
Abiah Folger	08/15/1667 -- 05/18/1752

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Benjamin Franklin

Birth	17 JAN 1706		MA, Suffolk Co, Boston ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Massachusetts Trails To The Past
Occup	1737		PA, Philadelphia Co, Philadelphia Postmaster
Org.	1749-1754		Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, President
Occup	1775-1776		USA Postmaster General
History	4 JUL 1776		Declaration of Independence Signer
Occup	1778-1785		USA Ambassador to France
Occup	1782-1783		USA Ambassador to Sweden
History	May-Sep 1787		Constitutional Convention, 1787 Signer
Other			PA, Philadelphia Co, Philadelphia ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Pennsylvania TTTP Masonic member of Tun Tavern Lodge
Occup			Inventor lightening rod, bifocals
Death	17 APR 1790		PA, Philadelphia Co, Philadelphia ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Pennsylvania TTTP
Grave			PA, Philadelphia Co, Philadelphia, Christ Church Burial Ground ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Pennsylvania TTTP

Aged: 84.2 years

______ Mother of William Franklin

Birth

abt 1719

( place questionable )

Children	First Name	Birth Dt	Death Dt	Birth Place		Spouses
1+	William	22 FEB 1731	17 NOV 1813		PA, Philadelphia Co, Philadelphia	Elizabeth Downes, ___ Morther of William Temple Franklin

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ments

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ciates

	Name	Relation	Src
	Aaron Cleveland IV	friend
	Gurdon Saltonstall Mumford	private secretary

Biographies By (2)

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Sources

Website: Worldconnect--George Larson; The core of this database was compiled between 1992-97 using sources at the Genealogy Annex of the Sonoma County (Calif.) Library (i.e. HeritageQuest).; ➤
Website: Postmaster Finder; ➤
Source from: Ray Gurganus
Marriage Sources:
Website: William Franklin, 1731-1813; unknown mother, son of Benjamin Franklin; ➤
Source from: Virginia Sholin Smallwood

(& 2) Website: William Franklin, 1731-1813; unknown mother, son of Benjamin Franklin; ➤

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