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Granary Burying Ground. Known for. Mother of Benjamin Franklin. Spouse. Josiah Franklin. Children. 10 children, including Benjamin, James, and Jane. Abiah Folger Franklin (August 15, 1667 – May 18, 1752) was the mother of Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States .
Learn how Abiah Folger, a Puritan candle maker's wife, shaped the life and legacy of her son Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States. Discover how she taught him to read, write, and think critically, and how she influenced colonial culture as a mother and community leader.
When Abiah Folger was born on 15 August 1667, in Nantucket, New York Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Peter Folger, was 50 and her mother, Mary Morrell, was 47. She married Josiah Franklin Sr. on 25 November 1689, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
26 de abr. de 2022 · Abiah Folger. Buried in the Old Granary Burying Ground on Tremont Street in Boston. Birth: Aug. 15, 1667; Death: May 8, 1752; Mother Of Benjamin Franklin. Family. Parents: Peter Folger (1617 - 1690) Mary Katherine Morrell Folger (1620 - 1703) Spouse: Josiah Franklin (1655 - 1744) Children: James Franklin (1697 - 1735)* Ebenezer ...
Abiah Folger [1] [2] is the mother of the sixth president of Pennsylvania, Benjamin Franklin. She was born in 1667 to Peter Folger and Mary Morrill, and is the second wife of Josiah Franklin. [1] . She died in 1752. Vitals. b. 15 Aug 1665/6/7 Marthas Vineyard, MA [3] [2] d. 18 MAY 1750/1 or 08 May 1752 [2] or 18 Jun 1752 Boston, MA.
Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston in what was known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was born on a small house on 17 Milk Street, across the street from the Old Meeting House. His father was Josiah Franklin, soap and candle maker. His mother was Abiah Folger, a home maker.
Abiah Lee Folger (1667-1752) was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts on August 15, 1667 to Peter and Mary Morrell Folger. Her father was a miller and schoolteacher. Peter’s parents were reformist Flemish Protestants who fled to America to escape religious persecution in 1635.
