When was Benjamin Franklins married?

Answer 1

Deborah Read (February 14, 1708 - December 24, 1774) was the spouse of Benjamin Franklin, a prominent inventor, printer, thinker, and revolutionary.

Franklin proposed to fifteen-year-old Read in 1724, but her mother would not consent to the marriage, citing Franklin's frequent trips to England and financial instability. While Franklin was away in search of a printing press in the Mother Country, Read married John Rogers, who fled to Barbados in 1725 to avoid debt. Read accepted another proposal from Franklin when he returned to the colonies two years later. Because the status of Rogers was unknown, they were not free to marry formally. Instead, they began a common-law marriage in 1730. They had two children together: Francis "Franky" Folger Franklin (1732 - November 21, 1736) died of smallpox at age four, and Sarah Franklin Bache, called Sally. Together they also raised William Franklin, Franklin's illegitimate son and future Colonial Governor of New Jersey.

Deborah Read Franklin died of a stroke in 1774, while Benjamin was on an extended trip to England. She did not accompany him on his frequent trips to Europe due to a phobia of ocean travel.

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Answer 2

He never married, he had a common Law wife "Deborah Read."