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    Abiah Folger Franklin (August 15, 1667 – May 18, 1752) was the mother of Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States. Abiah Folger was born...
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    1689, Josiah Franklin married his second wife, Abiah Folger (1667–1752), in the Old South Church. Abiah of Nantucket, Massachusetts, was the daughter of...
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  • Folger is an English and German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Abiah Folger (1667–1752), mother of Benjamin Franklin Abigail Folger...
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    to the lack of an heir. The baby's middle name, Folger, was the maiden name of Franklin's mother, Abiah. Franklin was proud of his maternal family (one...
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  • Mary Folger (née Morrell (Morrel/Morrill/Morrills/Morill); c. 1620–1704) was the maternal grandmother of Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United...
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  • indentured servant and Folger bought her freedom from Hugh Peters for £20. They had nine children by 1669, the last of whom, Abiah Folger, married Josiah Franklin...
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    (1700–1743), benefactor of Faneuil Hall Josiah Franklin (1657–1745) and Abiah Folger (1667–1752), the parents of Benjamin Franklin, along with other members...
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  • chandler and businessman from Ecton, Northamptonshire, England, and Abiah Folger Franklin, who came from a family of Nantucket Puritans. In addition to...
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    before emigration and four after. Following her death, Josiah married Abiah Folger on July 9, 1689, in the Old South Meeting House by Reverend Samuel Willard...
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  • & Simon Julie Arthur Episode: "Art for Arthur's Sake" 1982 Voyagers! Abiah Folger Episode: "Agents of Satan" 1982–1983 Newhart Leslie Vanderkellen 22 episodes...
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  • Mecom was the youngest of ten children to Josiah Franklin's second wife, Abiah Folger. Jane Franklin was born at Blue Ball house on Union Street in Boston...
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  • 14, 1692. Bogg and Jeff must prevent the mother of Benjamin Franklin, Abiah Folger, from being hanged. Bogg, however, is himself tried and sentenced as...
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    science-fiction TV show Voyagers!, the main characters, Bogg and Jeff, help save Abiah Folger, the mother of Benjamin Franklin, from being burned at the stake during...
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    sister-in-law of Joseph Dudley. While in Boston, he married Josiah Franklin and Abiah Folger, the parents of the American polymath and Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin...
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    his mother, who was a cousin of Franklin's mother, Abiah Folger Franklin, and grandfather Peter Folger. He went to New York at the age of 16, engaged in...
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  • Middle 1730–1785 George Eustis Paine Lyman Paine (politician) Irwin Pakula Abiah W. Palmer Abraham J. Palmer Harry J. Palmer Thomas Palmer 1781–1783 Middle...
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  • of descendants of several of his sons. Doras Folger, one of Benjamin Franklin's mother Abiah Lee Folger's six sisters, passed on her mtDNA to her 9th-great-granddaughter...
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    elected Speaker pro tempore of the Assembly. On February 6, Charles J. Folger (R) was re-elected President pro tempore of the State Senate. On February...
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  • Victoria Claflin Woodhull Maud Younger Hannah Clark Johnston Bailey Josephine Abiah Penfield Cushman Bateham Ada Matilda Cole Bittenbender Amelia Jenks Bloomer...
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    for a six-year term beginning on March 4, 1869. On February 4, Charles J. Folger (R) was elected president pro tempore of the State Senate "for this session...
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    session. William Hitchman (D) was elected speaker. On January 15, Charles J. Folger (R) was re-elected president pro tempore of the State Senate. On February...
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