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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...
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    Papers of Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin's father, Josiah Franklin, was a tallow chandler, soaper, and candlemaker. Josiah Franklin was born at Ecton...
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  • marriage. Mecom was the youngest of ten children to Josiah Franklin's second wife, Abiah Folger. Jane Franklin was born at Blue Ball house on Union Street in...
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    Francis Folger Franklin (October 20, 1732 – November 21, 1736) was the son of Founding Father of the United States Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read...
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    Abiah Folger (category Benjamin Franklin)
    and widower Josiah Franklin and they had 10 children. She raised her children with the Presbyterian religious tradition. Abiah and Josiah's children included...
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  • Benjamin Franklin and the son of Josiah Franklin, a chandler and businessman from Ecton, Northamptonshire, England, and Abiah Folger Franklin, who came...
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  • Mary Morrell Folger (category Benjamin Franklin)
    was born there. She married Boston candle-maker Josiah Franklin and they had a son, Benjamin Franklin. Her husband died in 1690, and she died in 1704...
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    and relatives of Benjamin Franklin who was born in Boston and is buried in Philadelphia. Franklin's father was Josiah Franklin, originally from Ecton, Northamptonshire...
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  • British naval architect Josiah Francis (disambiguation), multiple people Josiah Franklin (1657–1745), English businessman Josiah Frederick Fraser (1870–1942)...
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    informing Benjamin Franklin; he intended as a reward for Benjamin's role and a move to weaken the Penn faction. He replaced Josiah Hardy, a merchant and...
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