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

Grand
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

Spouses

Marriage

Not married

Names

Events

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

Pics & Attach-
ments

Asso-
ciates

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

Authored Works (2)

Namesake Places (34)

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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