FRANKLIN, Benjamin
| GRAMPS ID | I02848 |
| Birth Name | FRANKLIN, Benjamin 1 2 3 |
| Also Known As | Franklin, Ben |
| Gender | male |
Events
| Birth | 1705-01-17 at Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA 4 5 6 |
| Death | 1790-04-17 at Philadelphia, , PA, USA 7 8 9 |
Parents
Families
| Married | Wife | ?, Barbara [I02964] |
| Marriage Beginning Status | ||
| Children |
FRANKLIN, William [I02965] |
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| Married | Wife | READ, Deborah [I02849] |
| Marriage | Marriage of FRANKLIN, Benjamin and READ, Deborah, 1730-09-01 at Philadelphia, , PA, USA 10 11 12 | |
| Children |
FRANKLIN, William Temple [I02850] FRANKLIN, Frances Folger [I02851] FRANKLIN, Sarah (Sally) [I02852] |
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Narrative
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NB Benjamin FRANKLIN's grandfather, Peter FOLGER, is a direct ancestor of Yvette COLE.
-Encyclopedia Britanica
Occupation: printer, publisher, author, inventor, scientist and diplomat.
He helped frame the US Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution.
He invented the Franklin stove, bifocal spectacles and the lightning rod.
He was the 10th son of 17 children of a soap and candle maker.
-end -Encyclopedia Britanica-
-Encarta
FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790), American printer, author, diplomat, philosopher, and scientist, whose many contributions to the cause of the American Revolution (1775-1783), and the newly formed federal governmentthat followed, rank him among the country's greatest statesmen.
FRANKLIN was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston. His father, Josiah FRANKLIN, a tallow chandler by trade, had 17 children; Benjamin was the 15th child and the 10th son. His mother, Abiah FOLGER, was his father's second wife.
In 1731 he founded what was probably the first public library in America, chartered in 1742 as the Philadelphia Library. He first published Poor Richard's Almanack in 1732, under the pen name Richard SAUNDERS.
In 1736 FRANKLIN became clerk of the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the next year was appointed deputy postmaster of Philadelphia. About this time, he organized the first fire company in that city and introducedmethods for the improvement of street paving and lighting. Always interested in scientific studies, he devised means to correct the excessivesmoking of chimneys and invented, around 1744, the Franklin stove, which furnished greater heat with a reduced consumption of fuel. He discovered electricity when he performed his celebrated experiment with the kite in 1752. He also invented the lightning rod.
Source - "Franklin, Benjamin," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 98 Encyclopedia.(c) 1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
-end-Encarta
DC0001
.S. Alphabet once Contained a 27th Letter
by Terry KERNS
"Most of us assume the English alphabet has remained unchanged for
centuries. If one looks at a copy of the original Declaration of
Independence or the Constitution of the United States, however, he seesthat
the letter "s" as we know it was not widely used until after we became a
nation.
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