Search results
William Franklin (paternal half-brother) Francis Folger Franklin (October 20, 1732 – November 21, 1736) [a] 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.
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. Inoculation had proven successful after the 1721 outbreak in Boston when 5,889 Bostonians had smallpox, and 844 died of it.
Francis Folger Franklin (October 20, 1732 – November 21, 1736) was the son of Founding Father of the United States Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read. Quick Facts Born, Died ... Close. In 1736, four-year-old Francis contracted the smallpox virus and died shortly thereafter.
21 de mar. de 2024 · 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. His tombstone read: “The delight of all who knew him.”
19 de nov. de 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.
2 de ene. de 2002 · B. Franklin. [Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.] 2 . 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 · In time, Deborah bore them two children, Francis (Franky) and Sarah (Sally), and also agreed to take in Benjamin’s older son, William, whom she and Benjamin would raise from the time he was a...
