Was Benjamin Franklin's middle name "Free"?  Was this his mother's maiden name?
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No, his mother was Abiah Folger.  I don't know that Benjamin Franklin had a middle name, to be honest.
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Yes and no\n"On January 1, 1752, Elizabeth Griscom, familiarly called Betsy, was the eighth of seventeen children born into the Quaker family of Samuel and Rebecca Griscom. Samuel, a successful carpenter, moved his large family from their farmhouse in New Jersey to the growing city of Philadelphia when Betsy was three years old. They eventually settled into a large home on 4th and Arch Streets"
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Email me her first name and last if you have it.\nI will run a search for you for free.\n\nOr you can use a website link.\nwww.nonpublished.com
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Samuel Adams' father was also named Samuel Adams, though some people referred to him as "Ole Sam Adams."\n\nI can't find any record of his mother's name.
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I looked to see what I could find on Rootsweb.com and familysearch.org  I thought maybe I could get a name of someone researching this person and they would be able to help you.  I found nothing.
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Your local genealogical society welcomes volunteers to transcibe records. They will upload them to a US Gen Web site. If you are not willing to do that for free, you can't complain that others were not willing to do it for free either. The people at Ancestry transcribe records because someone pays them. If everyone who complained about Ancestry transcribed two pages a day for a year or two, the Internet would be full of free data.\n\nWithout a genral idea - like birth year and which town, county, state and nation Artelia and Theodore lived in - people will have a hard time helping you.\n\nI found\nARTELIA ROBINSON  \nb. 30 Sep 1918 \nd. Sep 1984 \nLR (Brooklyn, Anne Arundel, MD)\n\non a hunch - most people who post without any clues are americans who know their grandparent's name and want to find a 12-generation tree instantly.\n\nIn the same town is\n\nTHEODORE ROBINSON  \nb. 23 Jan 1905 \nb. Sep 1971 \n\nThere is another Theodore, b. 1936, whose LR is Annapolis.\n\nAre those the two you mean?\n\nIf so, this might be Artelia in 1920:\n\nShocco, Warren, North Carolina \n\n(Name, approx. birth year, birth state, race)\n\nArtelia Christmas    abt 1918 North Carolina Black  \n\nWrite if it is and I will transcribe the family for you.
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If you have your mothers maiden name then you can go to www.intelius.com. It is a service that provide information on individuals for a fee. Their fees depend on how much detail you desire.
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Sounds cool ... my mom's maiden name was Swanson ... pretty boring and pretty average ... lol ... !
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Ancestry.com and there are many others that will let you search free of charge.
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It doesn't exist.  What you get with the free service is the first and last name, possible state where they live, possible relatives, and sometimes the birthday...that's it.\n\nIf you saw more, than you're lucky...
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Ben Franklin was one of the founding fathers of the of the United States.\nBen Franklin discovered electricity wa sproduced by lightening with his key on a kite experiment.\nBe Franklin in his youngr years secretly wrote Poor Richards Altmac whic became a best seller of his time.\nFrankin Was very instrumental in getting aid for the American Colonists from France an dothers during the Revolutionary war.\n\nThe   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Franklin   gives this description of  Franklin.                       \nBenjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6] – April 17, 1790) was one of the best known Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, politician, printer, scientist, philosopher, publisher, inventor, civic activist, and diplomat. As a scientist he was a major figure in the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As a political writer and activist he, more than anyone, invented the idea of an American nation[1], and as a diplomat during the American Revolution, he secured the French alliance that made independence possible.\n\nFranklin was noted for his curiosity, his writings (popular, political and scientific), and his diversity of interests. His wise and scintillating writings are proverbial to this day. As a leader of the Enlightenment, he gained the recognition of scientists and intellectuals across Europe. An agent in London before the Revolution, and Minister to France during it, he more than anyone defined the new nation in the minds of Europe. His success in securing French military and financial aid was the turning point for American victory over Britain. He invented the lightning rod; he was an early proponent of colonial unity; historians hail him as the "First American". The city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania marked Franklin's 300th birthday in January 2006 with a wide array of exhibitions, and events citing Franklin's extraordinary accomplishments throughout his illustrious career.\n\nBorn in Boston, Massachusetts to a devout Anglican tallow-maker, he was baptized at Old South Meeting House. Franklin learned printing from his older brother and became a newspaper editor, printer, and merchant in Philadelphia, becoming very wealthy. He spent many years in England and published the famous Poor Richard's Almanac and the Pennsylvania Gazette. He formed both the first public lending library and fire department in America as well as the Junto, a political discussion club.\n\nHe became a national hero in America when he spearheaded the effort to have Parliament repeal the unpopular Stamp Act. A diplomatic genius, Franklin was almost universally admired among the French as American minister to Paris, and was a major figure in the development of positive Franco-American relations. From 1775 to 1776, Franklin was Postmaster General under the Continental Congress and from 1785 to his death in 1790 was President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. Towards the end of his life, he became one of the most prominent abolitionists.\n\nFranklin was interested in science and technology, carrying out his famous electricity experiments and inventing, in addition to his very important lightning rod, the Franklin stove, catheter, swimfins, glass harmonica, and bifocals. He also played a major role in establishing the University of Pennsylvania and Franklin and Marshall College. He was elected the first president of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, the oldest learned society in the United States, in 1769. In addition, Franklin was a noted linguist, fluent in five languages. He is typically recognized as a polymath.
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benjamin franklin 1775
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My middle name is "Jo"...nothing special sounding but it is special because I share it with my mother, grandmother, and it was my great-grandfather's first name. so i like it and I will pass it on to my daughter...but I go by my first name, Kyla
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People\nThe award for the longest name for a person belongs to a German immigrant to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The name he was given at birth, and which somehow fit on his passport was:\n\n(First and "middle" names)\nAdolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert \nIrvim John Kenneth Loyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy \nRandolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor Willian Xerxes Yancy \nZeus\n\n(Last name)\nWolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffvoralternwarengewissenhaf\ntschaferswesenchafewarenwholgepflegeundsorgfaltigkeitbeschut\nzenvonangereifenduchihrraubgiriigfeindewelchevorralternzwolf\ntausendjahresvorandieerscheinenbanderersteerdeemmeshedrraums\nchiffgebrauchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraftgestartseinlangefah\nrthinzwischensternartigraumaufdersuchenachdiesternwelshegeha\nbtbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwohinderneurassevanver\nstandigmenshlichkeittkonntevortpflanzenundsicherfreunanleben\nslamdlichfreudeundruhemitnichteinfurchtvorangreifenvonandere\nrintlligentgeschopfsvonhinzwischensternartigraum\n\nSenior\nIn case you didn't notice, he has one given name for every letter of the alphabet plus his surname. Needless to say, he shortened it, and was commonly known as Mr. Hubert Wolfe, though officially it was said that he signed his name Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff, Sr.\n\nThe children's author, Jane Yolen wrote a book called The Longest Name on the Block about a young Italian boy whose mother would call him home for dinner using his full name (which was extremely long). Unfortunately I cannot find my copy of the book, and cannot remember what the name was. If anyone has a copy of the book, please /msg me.\n\nThe longest name in the Bible is Mahershalalhashbaz which can be found in Isaiah 8:1.\n\nYou can also see Albin Hallin for a long and unusual name.
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I think it was Ben Franklin. He did believe that freedom had it's cost.
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I hold with Benjamin Franklin: \n    "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security."
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Ben Franklin - righteous dude