William Franklin was Benjamin’s first child and his only son to survive into adulthood. His exact birthday is unknown, as is the identity of his mother, but he was born sometime around 1730 ...

Although fathering two children with Deborah Read, Benjamin Franklin had another son from a previous relationship. William Franklin got on well with his father, and his father helped him in his ...

most notably including the English physicist Robert William Boyle in 1675. Benjamin Franklin made plenty of his own ...