Hybridization is the process of breeding a plant or animal with a different type of plant or animal. Most types of hybridization...
Deborah Read (Franklinâs future wife), daughter of John and Sarah Read, born in Philadelphia. 1712 Jane Franklin (Franklinâs youngest sister, and favorite) born.
In 1723, at the age of 17, Franklin proposed to 15-year-old Deborah Read while a boarder in the Read home. At that time, Read's mother was wary of allowing her young daughter to marry Franklin, who was on his way to London at Governor Sir William Keith's request, and also because of his financial instability.