Bøger i Benjamin Franklin's Family serien

Benjamin Franklin is one of the most well-known figures in history. Franklin himself was very interested in his family history and collected a number of stories about his Franklin ancestors. Despite hundreds of volumes that have been published on him that include details his family, no compiled genealogy of the family has ever been done. Here for the first time is the genealogy of the family, published to modern documentation standards.This volume documents more than two dozen Franklin families from the 1500s to the 1700s, elaborating on many previously-known individuals, correcting inaccurate information, and adding new family members. It also reviews Franklin families that are not related to Benjamin Franklin.In addition to the Franklins, the ancestries of the women who married into the family in England are examined for the first time: Anne Child, wife of Josiah Franklin; Jane White, wife of Thomas Franklin; Agnes Jones, wife of Henry Franklin; and Margery Meadows, wife of Thomas Franklin.