Abiah Folger [812] ^{4 5}

  General Notes:

"My mother, the second wife, was Abiah Folger, daughter of Peter Folger, one of the first settlers of New England, of whom honorable mention is made by Cotton Mather in his church history of that country, entitled Magnalia Christi Americana, as "a godly, learned Englishman, ...My mother had likewise an excellent constitution: she suckled all her ten children. I never knew either my father or mother to have any sickness but that of which they dy'd, he at 89, and she at 85 years of age. They lie buried together at Boston, where I some years since placed a marble over their grave, with this inscription:
JOSIAH FRANKLIN,
and
ABIAH his Wife,
lie here interred.
They lived lovingly together in wedlock
fifty-five years.
Without an estate, or any gainful employment,
By constant labor and industry,
with God's blessing,
They maintained a large family
comfortably,
and brought up thirteen children
and seven grandchildren
reputably.
From this instance, reader,
Be encouraged to diligence in thy calling,
And distrust not Providence.
He was a pious and prudent man;
She, a discreet and virtuous woman.
Their youngest son,
In filial regard to their memory,
Places this stone.
J.F. born 1655, died 1744, AEtat 89.
A.F. born 1667, died 1752, ----- 95.
" --- The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, by Benjamin Franklin ^{9 10}

  Research Notes:

Alt Marriage: 25 Nov 1689, Boston, Massachusetts

Alt. Death: 18 May 1752 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Alt. Birth: 15 Aug 1667 Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts

Alt. Death: May 1752

  Noted events in her life were:

• She was buried at the Old Granary Burying Ground in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts in 1752.

Abiah married Josiah E. Franklin [1741] [MRIN: 389], son of Thomas Franklin [3676] and Jane White [3677], on 25 Nov 1689 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.^{1 2 3} (Josiah E. Franklin [1741] was born on 23 Dec 1655 in Ecton Parish, Northammptonshire, England,² died on 16 Jan 1745/46 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts and was buried in 1746 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.)