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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.
13 de jun. de 2024 · Francis Folger Franklin nació en 1732, pero contrajo trágicamente la viruela y murió cuando sólo tenía cuatro años. En 1743, Deborah Franklin dio a luz a Sally, una niña. Eso convirtió a William en el único heredero varón superviviente de su padre.
12 de jun. de 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.
2 de ene. de 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.
30 de abr. de 2022 · 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.
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 de nov. de 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.
