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  1. Life Abiah Folger Franklin, Francis' grandmother and namesake. Francis Folger Franklin was born on October 20, 1732, [b] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (then a colony in British America). He was the oldest legitimate child of Benjamin Franklin, then the publisher of the Pennsylvania Gazette, and Deborah Read. Franklin also had an illegitimate son, William (born c. 1730–31), whose mother may ...

  2. Why did Benjamin Franklin live apart from his wife Deborah for nearly two decades? A new theory suggests that a dispute over their son's smallpox inoculation was the root cause of their marital breakdown.

  3. 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.

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  5. Learn about the life and legacy of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, and his family members, including his son Francis Folger Franklin. Francis died of smallpox at age four, while his father was in London, and his grave was lost in London.

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  6. Francis Folger Franklin was the eldest son of Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read. He was born in 1732 and died in 1736 from smallpox, despite his father's efforts to inoculate him.

  7. Nov 19, 2018 · Francis Folger Franklin was born to Franklin and Deborah Read on October 20, 1732, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Called “Franky” by his parents, Francis was described as a “precocious, curious and special” child. Tragically, Francis died in 1736 at the age of four after contracting small pox.

  8. Francis Folger (Franky) Franklin. 1732 - 1736. BF's first child with common-law wife Deborah. Died at age four from smallpox. Major international interactive exhibition and Philadelphia city-wide celebration honoring genius and wit of Founding Father Benjamin Franklin on his three-hundred-year birthday anniversary.

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