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Deborah Read Franklin (c. 1708 – December 19, 1774) was the common-law wife of Benjamin Franklin, polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
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.
14. Feb. 2020 · Learn about Deborah Read Franklin, the wife of Benjamin Franklin, who found him as a teenager and later married him after his first husband died. Discover how she supported him in his inventions, business and political career, and how she died while he was away.
Deborah Read and Benjamin Franklin entered a common law agreement on September 1, 1730. A bachelor in his twenties was frowned upon and Franklin at age 24 was set to find a wife. Deborah Read, who he had courted before going to England, had married Roger Potter during his absence.
Deborah Read Franklin. Born c. 1707 Died December 19, 1774 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Businesswoman. Deborah Read Franklin played an important role in the founding of the United States simply by taking on the management of her family business.
relationship with Franklin. In Benjamin Franklin: Youthful adventures. …the Read family, where stood Deborah, his future wife. She saw him and “thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward ridiculous Appearance.”.
3. Feb. 2024 · At age 17, Franklin proposed to 15-year-old Deborah Read while a boarder in the Read home. At that time, Deborah's mother was wary of allowing her young daughter to marry Franklin, who was on his way to London at Governor Keith's request, and also because of his financial instability.
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