Josiah Franklin

1657 - 1745  (87 years)

• Name	Josiah Franklin
  Birth	24 Dec 1657	Ecton, Northamptonshire, England   [1]
  Baptism	28 Dec 1657	St. Mary Magdalene, Ecton, Northamptonshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Jan 1745	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [1]
  Burial	Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [2]
  Person ID	I17455	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Thomas Franklin,   b. Bef 8 Oct 1598   d. 21 Mar 1682, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England (Age > 83 years)
  Mother	Jane White,   b. Bef 30 Nov 1617   d. Bef 30 Oct 1662 (Age < 44 years)
  Marriage	Abt Nov 1635	Harbury, Warwickshire, England   [1]
  Family ID	F12428	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abiah Folger,   b. 15 Aug 1667, Nantucket, New York d. 8 May 1752, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	25 Nov 1689	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Franklin,   b. 26 Sep 1694, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 1731, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 36 years)   2. Benjamin Franklin,   b. 6 Jan 1706, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 17 Apr 1790, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F10713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2020

  
  

• Notes

  He was by trade a dyer, but for lack of custom he became a soap-boiler and a tallow-chandler. He ridiculed his son Benjamin for writing poetry, saying (as reported by Benjamin) "Verse makers were generally beggars." Josiah Franklin's son Benjamin on his father: He had an excellent constitution, was of middle size, but well made and strong, and extremely active in whatever he undertook. He designed with a degree of neatness, and knew a little music. He had sound judgment, and upon public and private matters his advice was sought by the leading men in Boston.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4425] Benjamin Franklin's Family: Volume I, English Ancestors by Michael J. Leclerc. 2019. [S2742] Find a Grave page for Josiah Franklin.