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Francis Folger Franklin (October 20, 1732 – November 21, 1736) 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.
What Led Benjamin Franklin to Live Estranged From His Wife for Nearly Two Decades? A stunning new theory suggests that a debate over the failed treatment of their son’s smallpox was the culprit
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.
Their son, Francis Folger Franklin, was born in October 1732 and died of smallpox in 1736. Their daughter, Sarah "Sally" Franklin , was born in 1743 and eventually married Richard Bache . [50]
Around the time they married Franklin took custody of an illegitimate child, William. The name of the mother remains a mystery. 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.
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.
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 Philadelphia.
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.
Feb 28, 2011 · Franklin died in 1790 six years before Jenner’s discovery and 190 years before the World Health Organization announced that vaccination efforts had succeeded in eradicating smallpox from...
Francis Folger Franklin, Benjamin and Deborah’s first child together, was born in 1732. His proud and doting parents called him “Franky.”
