Josiah Franklin
(1657-1745)
BIRTH
December 23, 1657
PLACE
Ecton
DEATH
January 16, 1745
PLACE
Boston
FAMILY
FATHER
Benjamin Franklin
(1706-1790)
WIFE
Abiah Folger
(1667-1752)
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Josiah Franklin (1657–1745) was an English-born Boston candle and soap maker and Benjamin Franklin’s father. He emigrated from Ecton in 1683 with his first wife, Anne Child; after her death he married Abiah Folger. He raised a large family and brought Benjamin into his workshop, then apprenticed him to printer James Franklin. Benjamin’s autobiography remembers his father’s practical judgment, musical interests and modest household economy. He worked as a tradesman.
EARLY LIFE
Josiah Franklin was born Dec 23, 1657 in Ecton. The external genealogical record identifies Thomas Franklin and Jane Franklin as the parents. Surviving structured biographical sources provide limited detail about childhood, education, household routines, or the economic circumstances in which this person grew up.
The available external biographical record associates Josiah Franklin with the following work or social roles: businessperson. These labels provide the clearest documented basis for describing this person’s public or economic activity. Josiah Franklin died Jan 16, 1745 in Boston. Additional claims about employment, officeholding, military service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted record did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Benjamin’s autobiography remembers his father’s practical judgment, musical interests and modest household economy. The available external biographical record associates Josiah Franklin with the following work or social roles: businessperson. Josiah Franklin died Jan 16, 1745 in Boston. The available biographical account does not describe a continuous final medical course. It gives no dependable sequence of treatment and last symptoms from which to reconstruct a more detailed bedside narrative.
Granary Burying Ground
Tremont Place, Boston, Massachusetts, 02133, USA
GRAVE
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