 Our Family Tree |
Branch: Descendants of James Taylor I (died VA 1698)  |
Grand
Parents
Parents
Thomas Franklin + Jane White
Peter Folger + Mary Morrill
Names
Events
Events
Benjamin Franklin
| Birth | 17 JAN 1706 | |||
| 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 | Masonic member of Tun Tavern Lodge | |||
| Occup |  |
Inventor lightening rod, bifocals |  | |
| Death | 17 APR 1790 | |||
| Grave |
______ Mother of William Franklin
| Birth | abt 1719 | ( place questionable ) |
Pics & Attach-
ments
ments
Asso-
ciates
ciates
| Name | Relation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Cleveland IV | friend | ||
| |||
| Gurdon Saltonstall Mumford | private secretary | ||
| |||
Namesake Places (29) 
Suggest
To suggest changes to these records, login & edit by clicking the names above, & your suggested changes will be saved for the record moderator to review.
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
Access
| Name | Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Taylor | Moderator |
| Name | Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Virginia Sholin Smallwood | Email: ksma... | Moderator |
Added
2-6-2012 02:51 PM
2-8-2020 04:09 PM
Updated
12-1-2020 11:45 AM
2-8-2020 04:09 PM