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Francis Folger Franklin (October 20, 1732 – November 21, 1736) [a] was the son of Founding Father of the United States Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read . In 1736, four-year-old Francis contracted the smallpox virus and died shortly thereafter.
Franklin was a great man—scientist, publisher, political theorist, diplomat. But we can’t understand him fully without considering why he treated his wife so shabbily at the end of her...
Jan 2, 2002 · Francis Folger Franklin, born Oct. 20, 1732, died of smallpox Nov. 21, 1736. BF regretted to the end of his life, he wrote in his autobiography, that he had not had the boy inoculated.
Jun 12, 2024 · Francis Folger Franklin was born in 1732, but tragically contracted smallpox and died when he was only four years old. In 1743, Deborah Franklin gave birth to Sally, a daughter. That made...
The couple had two children. The first was Francis Folger Franklin born October 1732. The second, Sarah Franklin born in 1743. In 1736 Francis, who was 4 years old, died from small pox. He had not been inoculated. Inoculation had proven successful after the 1721 outbreak in Boston when 5,889 Bostonians had smallpox, and 844 died of it.
Francis Folger (Franky) Franklin - The Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary. 1732 - 1736. BF's first child with common-law wife Deborah. Died at age four from smallpox.
Francis Folger Franklin (1732-1736) was the second child of Benjamin Franklin and the first child of Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read. He was born on October 20, 1732, in Philadelphia but only lived for four years until his death from smallpox on November 21, 1736.
Francis “Franky” Folger Franklin Francis Folger Franklin, Benjamin and Deborah’s first child together, was born in 1732. His proud and doting parents called him “Franky.”
Nov 2, 2021 · It came from painful first-hand experience; as a 30-year-old father, Benjamin Franklin lost the youngest of his two sons, Francis Folger Franklin, to smallpox on Nov. 21, 1736, in...
May 14, 2024 · Francis Franklin. Benjamin Franklin’s son Francis lived for only four years but had a profound impact on his father’s life. After Francis died from small pox, Franklin became a vocal supporter of inoculation.
