Benjamin Franklin

1706 - 1790  (84 years)

• Name	Benjamin Franklin  [1]
  Birth	17 Jan 1706	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Colonial America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	29176
  Death	17 Apr 1790	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I29176	KLD Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Josiah Franklin,   b. 28 Dec 1656, Ecton, Northamptonshire, England d. 16 Jan 1745, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Colonial America (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	bio
  Mother	Abiah Lee Folger,   b. 15 Aug 1667, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, Colonial America d. 8 May 1752, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Colonial America (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	bio
  Family ID	F19186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Jan 1706 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Colonial America Death - 17 Apr 1790 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show	10 Photos
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  	Franklin Benjamin b1706 17XX Will p9 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B2-PQFR-W?i=550&cat=353446
  	Franklin Benjamin b1706 17XX Will p6 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B2-PQFR-W?i=550&cat=353446
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  	Franklin Benjamin b1706 17XX Will p7 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B2-PQFR-W?i=550&cat=353446
  	Franklin Benjamin b1706 17XX Will p4 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B2-PQFR-W?i=550&cat=353446
  	Franklin Benjamin b1706 17XX Will p8 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B2-PQFR-W?i=550&cat=353446
  	Franklin Benjamin b1706 17XX Will p1 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B2-PQFR-W?i=550&cat=353446
  	Franklin Benjamin b1706 17XX Will p5 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B2-PQFR-W?i=550&cat=353446
  	Franklin Benjamin b1706 17XX Will p2 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B2-PQFR-W?i=550&cat=353446

  
  

• Sources

  [S1254] Ancestry.com, Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography; Volume: Vol. II. Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889 Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography; Volume: Vol. II