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William Franklin (1730-1813) was the acknowledged illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin, born before Benjamin’s common-law marriage with Deborah Read. His mother’s identity is unknown even until now because Benjamin was secretive about his birth. William was raised alongside his half-sister, Sarah.
7 de may. de 2024 · William Franklin was born around 1731 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While he was acknowledged to be illegitimate, Benjamin Franklin and his common-law wife Deborah Read raised him as their son. In 1746, William joined the British provincial army to fight in King George’s War, achieving the rank of captain.
William Franklin c1730 – 1814. I became the Governor of the Colony of New Jersey, and that tore my family apart. My father was Benjamin Franklin, but I was his illegitimate son. Nonetheless, he treated me well and gave me a classical education.
14 de may. de 2018 · William Franklin, the illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin, was born in 1731 (possibly late 1730) and reared in his father's home. He obtained a militia commission with Pennsylvanians on the New York frontier and by 1750 had risen to captain. When he returned to Philadelphia, Franklin became comptroller of the General Post Office, under his ...
William and Benjamin Franklin were partners and confidantes, working together to pursue land grants in the Midwest. William was engaged to Elizabeth Graeme, daughter of prominent Philadelphia physician Dr. Thomas Graeme and granddaughter of Pennsylvania's 14th Governor, Sir William Keith. Neither family approved of the match, and when William ...
William tried without success to reconcile with his father through a letter sent on August 16 1784. William Franklin died in 1813, and is buried in St Pancras Old Church churchyard. Franklin Township, in Bergen County, New Jersey was named in his honor, rather than for his father, as was the borough of Franklin Lakes.
William Leo Franklyn (22 September 1925 – 31 October 2006) was a British actor, perhaps best known for voicing the "Schhh... You Know Who" adverts for Schweppes from 1965 to 1973. He also performed on stage, film, television and radio, taking over from Peter Jones as "The Book" (the narrator) in the third, fourth and fifth radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy .
