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 ...

"The Franklin stove" was added to the Pennsylvania fireplace in 1744, which became known as the Franklin stove after Franklin. The boy Benjamin Franklin was born on January 6, 1706, in a small Boston ...

Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin ... his admirers. Born on January 17, 1706, to a poor English chandler (a candle and soap maker) living in Boston, Franklin was the ...

Benjamin Franklin, scientist, philosopher, author and the most celebrated American on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean in the ...