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2. Jan. 2002 · Benjamin Franklin published a notice in The Pennsylvania Gazette to clarify that his son Francis, who died of smallpox in 1736, was not inoculated. He regretted not having his son inoculated and praised his intelligence and character in his autobiography.
12. Juni 2024 · William Franklin, the only surviving son of Benjamin Franklin, sided with the British during the American Revolution and was imprisoned and banished. He tried to reconcile with his father in 1785, but Benjamin refused to forgive him for his Loyalism.
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.
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Discover life events, stories and photos about Francis Folger Franklin (1732–1736) of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America.
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.
2. Nov. 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...
Francis Folger Franklin (October 20, 1732 – November 21, 1736) [lower-alpha 1] was the son of Founding Father of the United States Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read.
