Francis Folger Franklin

Francis Folger Franklin was the eldest son of Founding Father of the United States Benjamin Franklin by Deborah Read.

Francis Folger Franklin was born on October 20, 1732, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . He was the eldest legitimate son of Benjamin Franklin, then the publisher of the Pennsylvania Gazette, and Deborah Read. Franklin also had an illegitimate son, William , whose mother may have been a maid in the household, perhaps a woman named Barbara, or even Deborah Read herself. It has been suggested that William was Franklins son by Deborah, but was acknowledged as illegitimate because he had been conceived before the marriage of his parents. Some accounts argue that Williams birth was legitimized sometime after Francis death, possibly due to the lack of an heir.

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