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.
December 23: Josiah Franklin (Franklinâs father), born in Ecton, Northamptonshire, England, the ninth and last child of Thomas Franklin and his wife Jane White. Thomas Franklin was a farmer and blacksmith.