Parker

Parker B.

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//**Entry**//
 Benjamin Franklin was an amazing inventor. But what did he do when he was young? What was his life like? Were their any tragedies going on? Did he have any siblings? When was he born? Who was his parents? Were his parents wealthy? Did he grow up in a small town? Did he have a teacher? What year was he born? Those might be some of the questions you have been asking. If so I am about to answer all the questions above and even more about his childhood and youth. Their will also be some sentences about how Benjamin Franklin was taught. Or was he? I chose to write about Benjamin Franklins childhood/youth and about how he was taught...............Or was he? those are all of the questions I have been asking myself. So I did some research and this is what I have found. Enjoy!

//**Starting to Learn**//
 Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts in the year of 1706, on January 6. He lived in a small house on Milk Street. Milk Street was very close to a church called Old South Church. His parents were Josiah Franklin and Abiah Folger. Franklins father was married two times. His first wife was Anne Child. Josiah and Abiah were married for twelve whole years. So, Benjamin was Josiah Franklin's tenth son! Wow! Josiah Franklin made soap and candles for his living, while Abiah raised the children. Franklin always thought that his home was a very crowded, noisy, but also a very happy home. When Benjamin turned eight his father sent him to the South Grammer School (know known as the Boston Latin). Ben's father sent him to that specific school because when Ben grew older his father wanted him to become a minister for a living. But, as most of us know that did not happen. But, unfortunately the school did not work out. Ben's parents could not afford to send him to the school. After a few months Ben was sent back to school at the George Brownell's English school. Except once again Ben was out of the George Brownell's English school in 1716. After that Ben never went to school again. Though Benjamin would have loved to continue school, his parents could not afford the tuition. So, instead of going back to school Benjamin went to work. Josiah thought that Benjamin would make a good salesman. But, Ben was not interested in the salesmen. He wanted to go out to sea. But Benjamin ended up as an apprentice to his half-brother, named James. James was a printer and Ben loved to write poetry and read poetry. So, this seemed like a good first job for Benjamin Franklin. Ben learned how to trade and the skills of trading from James. Ben continued to work on his great writing skills, he copied the styles of essays he read in magazines. James soon started a paper in 1721. It was called, the New England Courant. Ben submitted a series of essays under the pseudonym (not true/fiction) Silence Dogood. What was bad about Ben's essays were they all made fun of the Boston society (group). And those essays soon became very popular. Which was not so good.

//**OH,NO**//
One year after the newspaper/magazine was published James was put in jail twice. The Massachusetts government were the people/society who put James in jail. The Massachusetts government put James in jail because of the criticizing in //his// newspaper, even though Benjamin was the person who wrote the essays. James was put in jail for Ben expressing himself about the Boston society because back then there was no freedom of press. While this was all going on Benjamin Franklin published the paper under //his// name. When James finally came out of prison he and Ben had lots of disagreements and tough arguments. James (as we think) sensed that his younger half-brother was too talented for //his// own good. Ben finally broke or lost his patience with James and quit the printing shop. Benjamin thought he could find a job with another Boston printer. But, James secretly and suspiciously told all the other Boston printers not to hire his brother (Ben). Once Benjamin Franklin realized nobody was giving him an opportunity to work, Ben left Boston.

**//Blast Back to the Family//**

 * __//Benjamin Franklins family was a huge,huge,huge family. Below is his whole entire family and a few facts too.//__**


 * Brothers**: James Franklin, Ebenezer Franklin, Peter Franklin, Joseph Franklin 1, Josiah Franklin jr., Samuel Franklin, John Franklin, Joseph Franklin 2, and last but not least Thomas Franklin

Here are a few interesting facts below about each brother.

__James__: James B. Franklin was an amazing author, printer, newspaper publisher, and a almanac publisher. James published the New England Courant, one of the oldest and first truly independent American newspaper.

__Ebenezer__: Not too much interesting information is know about Ebenezer Franklin. But we do know that Eben. was born in the year of 1701, Sep. 20th. But, unfortunately died in a boiling bath of suds at the age of 16 months.Awww... Poor Ebenezer.

__Peter__: Peter Franklin was born in the year of 1690. Peter died from an unknown cause or from age in 1766. Peter was a merchant and shipmaster.

__Joseph__: Joseph Franklin 1 real mom was not Benjamin Franklin's mom. Joseph's mom was Ben's dad's first marriage to Anne Child. But, the marriage did not work and Josiah married Abiah. Joseph lived less than one week. He was born on Feb. 6 1688 and died Feb. 11,1688.

__Josiah jr__: Josiah Franklin jr. was born in 1685. But, sadly died in the year of 1715. Well, everybody thinks he died. He was lost some where near or on the China Sea.

__Samuel__: Samuel Franklin was born in 1682. Samuel Franklin was a blacksmith. When he was eligible he married. I did a lot of research and could not find who he was married to. But, he did have one daughter. Samuel died from natural causes in the year of 1720.

__John__: John Franklin was born in 1690. he was a soap maker and a postmaster of Boston.John Franklin had one son who was sadly lost at sea (I guess being lost at sea runs in the family). John had seven step children. What!!! John later became very wealthy back in Boston.

__Joseph 2__: Joseph Franklin the 2nd was born June 30th, 1689 but, sadly died July 15th 1689. Soon after his mother (Anne Child) died July 9th,1689. Their are a lot of tragic ending for this family aren't their?

__Thomas__: Thomas Franklin was born December 7,1703. No one knows how Thomas died. But, he died August 17,1706


 * Sisters**: Jane Mecom, Elizabeth Douse, Hannah Cole, Lydia Scott, Anne Harris, Mary Holmes, and Sarah Davenport.

__Jane__:Jane Mecom was the youngest sister of Benjamin Franklin and was considered one of his closest confidents. Jane and Benjamin would keep in touch by letters for a while. And some of their letters are still in good shape and are kept. Jane was born in 1712. And died in 1794.

__Elizabeth__: Elizabeth Douse was born in 1678. But, terribly died in the year of 1759 because of old age.

__Hannah__: Hannah Cole was born in 1683. She was married twice and had a few children. She died of natural causes in the year of 1723.

__Lydia__: Lydia Scott was born in the year of 1708. She married a young gentleman named Robert Scott. He was a sea captain. Together they had one daughter. She later died with no explanation in the year of 1758

__Anne__: Anne Harris was born in the year of 1687. She soon got married and had 2 boys and 5 girls. So, she had seven total kids in all. Her house must have been busy and loud. Anne died for old age in the year of 1729.

__Mary__: Mary Holmes was born in 1694. He husband was lost at sea and was never found and assumed died a few weeks after leaving the dock. Mary and her husband had one son. Mary died in the year of 1731.

__Sarah__: Sarah Davenport was born in the year of 1699. She married a bakery,a tavern keeper in Boston, MA. Sarah died in the year of 1731 because of natural causes and old age.


 * Mother**: __//**Abiah Folger**//__

Abiah Folger was born in the year of 1667 in Nantucket, MA. Abiah married Franklin's dad in the year of 1689. When she was 22 years old. Sadly, Abiah died in the year of 1752, in Boston, MA.


 * Father:** __//**Josiah Franklin**//__

Josiah Franklin was an English-born businessman better known as the father of Benjamin Franklin. Josiah was born in the village of Ecton, Northamptonshire, England on December 23, 1657. So he was born in the United Kingdom. Josiah was married to his first wife Anne Child when he was only twenty years old. Their marriage lasted for twelve whole years until, Anne Child passed away. In that same year that Anne pasted away was when Josiah married his second wife Abiah Folger. He married Abiah when he was thirty-two years old. Their marriage went on for the rest of both of their lives. They did not divorce or separate. Josiah Franklin died in Boston, MA, January 17, 1745. Josiah was eighty-eight years old when he died! That was a long time for Josiah.

  For my book I used Who was Benjamin Franklin? BY: Dennis Brindell Fradin

 Thank you!

Parker B.

Sites used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Marquette and http://www.biography.com/search?query=Father%20Jacques%20Marquette and https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Pere_Marquette.JPG and http://www.mrnussbaumpremium.com/professorn/socialstudies/history/images/marquette.jpg

Father Jacques Marquette was born June 1,1637 Laon, Kingdom of France. Pere Marquette joined the Society of Jesus at age seventeen. The whole reason why Marquette went to the Americas was because he was assigned by the Jesuits in 1666 to travel to the indigenous people (people who have no religious belief) of the Americas and show and teach local languages especially a language called Huron. Marquette was moved by his superiors to missions farther up the St. Lawrence River in the western Great Lakes region. The Illinois tribes saw him one day and told him stories about a great trading route of the Mississippi River. They invited him to teach Christianity to their tribe, so he went on with his life teaching Christianity to tribes nearby. Unfortunately Marquette died May 18,1675 (age 37) then was buried by two French explorers some where along Lake Michigan. But Jacques was a great person in fact he was not the only great person that was on the expedition to the northeast corner of Lake Michigan into the center of the unknown continent. Louis Jolliet was a fur trader that also went on the expedition. One of Marquette's accomplishments would be that he found missions in present day Michigan and later joined explorer Louis Jolliet on a expedition to discover and map the Mississippi River. When Father Jacques Marquette died it was when he was returning to his mission at St. Ignace to go explore the Mississippi state. The reason for Marquette's death was Infectious Diarrhea. Marquette has been recognized and memorialized for his accomplishments in the names of towns, parks, and Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin was named after him. He is on several statues, including one at the Prairie du Chien post office and Marquette's birth place of Laon, France also has a statue honoring him.