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.
While there, however, he married another Elizabeth - Elizabeth Downes {1728-1777}- on September 4, 1762 and had one son, William Temple Franklin, who may or may not have been illegitimate, and who, by mutual decision, was raised by Benjamin Franklin.