Benjamin Franklin, Ecton, Northamptonshire, UK

A chance comment on Facebook led to me finding out that I could be descended from "the Benjamin Franklin's father." Later investigations showed that James, his younger brother, and a printer could be my 7 times great grandfather.





A visit to friends in Lincolnshire gave us an opportunity to visit the birthplace of his father, in Ecton, just outside Northampton. It is a quiet little village. When we visited we only met about four people. There is scant reference to the Franklins. A sign over the village noticeboard, a close, and gravestones. There is no evidence of the site of their house, long since demolished.

The Church had a well kept graveyard but with only two stones relating to the Franklins. There is also a tree and a plaque commentating the visit from one of Benjamin Franklin's descendants from the USA

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