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If you are still convinced that you are a Franklin descendant of Benjamin Franklin, or if you think you have inherited an artifact from him or his family, many researchers and historians will be delighted. Any of the following will be enthusiastic to authenticate your find. Please contact them directly:
Benjamin Franklin, 1785, By Charles Wilson Peale
(Collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts)
Author
Leach, Frank Willing, 1855-1943.
Title
Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790.
Notes
In Genealogy of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. --
Vol. 11, p. 3196-3324.
Contents
Benjamin Franklin, signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania,
was born in Boston, Massachusetts, 17 January 1706. He married Mrs. Deborah
Read Rogers (died 1744), widow of John Rogers, and daughter of John
and Sarah Read. They had a son that died as a child and a daughter, Sarah,
who married Richard Bache. Benjamin Franklin died 17 April 1790 in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey,
New York and elsewhere.
Includes the Bache, Duane, Emory, Gassaway, Hodge, Perry, Scott and
other related families.
Author
Shoemaker, Mrs. Robert W.
Title
Descendants of Benjamin Franklin, through Bache -- Lott families
Publication Information
Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967.
Format
on 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm.
Notes
Microfilm of typescript (carbon copy, [17] leaves) at the Historical
Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Contents
Richard Bache married Sarah Franklin (1743-1808), daughter of Benjamin
Franklin in Philadelphia, 29 Oct. 1767. They had eight children. Their
granddaughter, Margaret Bache (1803-1871), daughter of Louis Bache (1779-1819),
married Samuel Lott (1796-1870) in Philadelphia, 4 June 1822. They had
six children. Descendants listed lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
and elsewhere.
Includes the Crowell family.
Author
Hessinger, Philip S., 1929-.
Title
The descendents of Benjamin Franklin through the Bache, Lott, Birt
line
Publication Information
West Caldwell, New Jersey: P.S. Hessinger, c1982.
Format
[27] leaves: facsim., geneal. tables, ports.
Contents
Richard Bache (1737-1811) immigrated from England to New York, and
in 1761 moved to Philadelphia. He married Sally Franklin (a daughter of
Benjamin Franklin). Descendants and relatives lived in New York, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, New York, Ohio and elsewhere.
Bibliography: leaves [23-24].
Includes Eyer, Marker, St. Clair and related families.
See FFRU
Volume 47
Parton, James, The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, Mason Bros., New York 1865. See Google Books
“The Descendants of Dr. Franklin,” communicated by William Duane, Esq. of Philadelphia and William Bache, Esq. of Bristol, Pennsylvania; The New England Historical and Genealogical Register for 1854, Vol.B, P.374. See Google Books.
Bache, William, Franklin Ancestry and Descendants in the Col. Louis Bache (1779) Line to 1889, Bristol, Pa.1894 (Boston Public Library, Rare Book Dept. K.13.24). See Family History Archive
Sellers, E. J., Kollock Genealogy (Page 52) See Google Books
The General Court Martial of Lt. Col. Louis Bache, Wilson Company Publishers 1815, (Philadelphia Free Library 1343.1 B12)
The Will of Col. Louis Bache, dated Sept. 1, 1819, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Historical Society, Doylestown., Pennsylvania. Book 9 Page 365, Will No. 4623
“Will of Henry Lott,” Index of Wills and Admin. Records Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1811-1831 by R.T.and Mildred C. Williams, Danboro, Pennsylvania. 197128. (1812 File 102 Will No. 4 Page 188)
Investigation of the Case Against the Reverend Garret J. Garretson by the Reformed Dutch Church of Lodi (N.Y.) before the Classis of Geneva in Extra Session April 7, 1853, (Philadelphia Free Library L343.1 G19)
“Transcript of Samuel Lott Family Bible” by Mrs. Robert Shoemaker Apr. 84, 1959 (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, F. 999) See Google Books.
The Lott Family in America by A. V. Phillips, New York Public. See Local and Family Histories.
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