Jane FRANKLIN

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27 March 1712 , Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Died

8 May 1794 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Josiah FRANKLIN Abiah FOLGER

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Born: 27 March 1712 in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Father: Josiah FRANKLIN

Mother: Abiah FOLGER

Maternal grandparents: Peter FOLGER , Mary MORRILL

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Jane married Edward MECOM 27 July 1727 in Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay . Edward MECOM was born December 1704 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. Edward died 11 September 1765 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale).

Jane FRANKLIN died 8 May 1794 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA .
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Jane FRANKLIN married

Edward MECOM
Marriage date: 27 July 1727
Marriage place: Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Mary Mecom (1726 - 1767)*

Josiah Mecom (1729 - 1730)*

Edward Mecom (1731 - 1758)*

Benjamin Mecom (1732 - 1778)*

Ebenezer Mecom (1735 - 1762)*

Sarah Mecom Flagg (1737 - 1764)*

Peter Franklin Mecom (1739 - 1779)*

John Mecom (1741 - 1770)*

Josiah Mecom (1743 - 1767)*

Jane Mecom Collas (1745 - 1802)*

James Mecom (1746 - 1746)*

Abiah Mecom (1751 - 1752)*

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1712 Birth
Name: Jane Franklin
Gender: Female
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Birth Date: 27 Mar 1712
Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
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Father's Name: Josiah Franklin
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Mother's Name: Abiah
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50255-8
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 14734
Reference ID: v 24 p 82

'Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ F4D2-MMT : accessed 05 Nov 2013), Josiah Franklin in entry for Jane Franklin, 27 Mar 1712.
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1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1727 Marriage / Partner
Jane FRANKLIN and Edward MECOM 27 July 1727, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

She was 15 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1765 Death of Spouse/Partner
Edward MECOM died 11 September 1765, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

1775 - Paul Revere's famous ride (April 18)

1775 - First shots of Revolutionary War fired in Lexington and Concord. (April 19)

1776 - American Declaration of Independence (July 4)

1776 - Congress renames the nation 'United States of America' (September 9)

1777 - The Articles of Confederation Were Adopted (November 15)

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 - The Continental Congress Ratified the Treaty of Paris Ending the Revolutionary War (January 14)

1787 - U.S. Constitution ratified (September 17)

1789 - George Washington becomes the 1st President of the United States

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1791 - The Bill of Rights takes effect (December 15)

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

Death — 1794
8 May 1794
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
She died at the age of 82.

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