In the winter of 1773, 29-year-old Dinah Nevil, a woman with Indigenous, African, and European ancestry, arrived in Philadelphia with her young children and made a remarkable claim — one that set her ...

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TO SUE FOR FRANKLIN'S MONEY.; Descendants of Philosopher Who Will Attempt to Recover Century Old Bequests with Interest from Boston and Philadelphia. Share full article. Sept. 7, 1902.

FRANKLIN'S DESCENDANTS.; THE HONORABLE POSITIONS THEY HAVE HELD UNDER THE GOVERNMENT. Share full article. May 9, 1880. ... is that of the descendants of Benjamin Franklin. ...

DNA science identifies bones, find descendants of Franklin expedition sailor. James Fitzjames captained one of the expedition’s two ships and served as second-in-command. The Canadian Press Sep 25, ...

DNA science identifies bones, find descendants of Franklin expedition sailor. James Fitzjames captained one of the expedition’s two ships and served as second-in-command. The Canadian Press Sep 25, ...

Franklin's ships, HMS Erebus and Terror, set out from England in 1845 in search of the Northwest Passage. The commander and his 128 men never returned. More than 30 expeditions tried to find them.

Scientists use DNA to identify bones, find descendants of Franklin expedition sailor By: Bob Weber, The Canadian Press Posted: 8:00 AM CDT Tuesday, Sep. 24, 2024 Last Modified: 9:57 AM CDT Tuesday ...

Stenton and his colleagues have advertised for years at venues, such as museum displays on the Franklin expedition, for DNA samples from people who believe they are descendants of those doomed sailors ...