Folger, Abiah Lee

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Name Folger, Abiah Lee [1] Born 15 Aug 1667 Martha's Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA [1]
Gender Female Find A Grave Memorial 1497 Died 18 May 1752 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA [1]
Buried Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA [1]
- Granary Burying Ground
Person ID I33258 Sullivan Burgess Family Tree | Ancestors of Benjamin Franklin Last Modified 15 Sep 2018
Family Franklin, Josiah, b. 23 Dec 1652, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA , d. 16 Jan 1745, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
(Age 92 years)
Married 25 Nov 1689 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Children 1. Franklin, John, b. 7 Dec 1690, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA , d. 30 Jan 1756, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
(Age 65 years) [natural]
2. Franklin, Peter, b. 22 Nov 1692, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA , d. 1 Jul 1766, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
(Age 73 years) [natural]
3. Franklin, Mary, b. 26 Sep 1694, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA , d. 1731, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA
(Age 36 years) [natural]
4. Franklin, James, b. 4 Feb 1696, Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA , d. 4 Feb 1734, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
(Age 38 years) [natural]
5. Franklin, Sarah, b. 9 Jul 1699, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA , d. 23 May 1731, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA
(Age 31 years) [natural]
6. Franklin, Ebenezer, b. 20 Sep 1701, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA , d. 5 Feb 1703, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
(Age 1 years) [natural]
7. Franklin, Thomas, b. 7 Dec 1703, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA , d. 17 Aug 1706, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
(Age 2 years) [natural]
+ 8. Franklin, Benjamin, b. 17 Jan 1706, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA , d. 17 Apr 1790, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
(Age 84 years) [natural]
9. Franklin, Lydia, b. 8 Aug 1708, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA , d. 1758, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
(Age 49 years) [natural]
10. Franklin, Jane, b. 27 Mar 1712, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA , d. 1795, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
(Age 82 years) [natural]
Last Modified 15 Sep 2018 Family ID F11317 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos Folger, Abiah Lee
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Notes - Benjamin Franklin's mother, Abiah Folger, was born into a Puritan family among those that fled to Massachusetts to establish a purified Congregationalist Christianity in New England, when King Charles I of England began persecuting Puritans. They sailed for Boston in 1635. Her father was "the sort of rebel destined to transform colonial America" as clerk of the court, he was jailed for disobeying the local magistrate in defense of middle-class shopkeepers and artisans in conflict with wealthy landowners. Ben Franklin followed in his grandfather's footsteps in his battles against the wealthy Penn family that owned the Pennsylvania Colony.
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Sources - [S167] FindAGrave, (Name: www.findagrave.com;).
Record for Benjamin Franklin
- [S167] FindAGrave, (Name: www.findagrave.com;).