Who is the spouse of Benjamin Franklin?

Their first child was named Francis Folger Franklin and was born in October 1732. Sadly, he passed away just four years later from smallpox. Sarah Franklin, their next child, was born in 1743. The Franklins had eight grandchildren: Benjamin, William, Betsy, Louis, Deborah, Richard, Sarah and William Temple (son of Benjamin's illegitimate son William). read more

There’s an excellent book drawing from diaries and private papers, “The Private Live of Benjamin Franklin” that delves deeply into Polly’s considerable role in Franklin’s successes and how shabbily he treated her later in the marriage. read more

Deborah Read Franklin was the common-law spouse of inventor, printer, thinker, revolutionary and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Benjamin Franklin. read more